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INDIANAPOLIS -- Victoria Vivians scored a career-best 21 points to help the Indiana Fever win their first game of the season, beating the Atlanta Dream 96-64 on Saturday night.

The Fever (1-10) trailed 38-35 at halftime before outscoring the Dream 36-16 advantage in the third quarter. Indiana opened the fourth quarter with a 15-6 run to lead 86-60 and put the game away.

Indiana's 10-game losing streak matched a franchise worst. The Fever's last regular season win came on Aug. 6 and was followed by eight straight losses to end the 2017 season.

Vivians was 5 of 8 from 3-point range, Kelsey Mitchell added 19 points with three 3-pointers and Erica Wheeler scored 10.

Angel McCoughtry led the Dream (6-5) with 19 points and eight rebounds and Renee Montgomery added 12 points.

Tiffany Hayes and Stephanie Mavunga suffered ankle injuries in the third quarter and each had to be helped off the court.

LYNX 85, LIBERTY 71

MINNEAPOLIS -- Sylvia Fowles scored 25 points, hitting 10 of 13 shots, to help the Lynx beat the Liberty.

Maya Moore added 20 points and Cecilia Zandalasini scored 13 for the Lynx (4-6), who had lost five of six coming into the game.

Minnesota went on a 10-0 run to extend its lead to 68-45 on Moore's jumper with 3:11 left in the third quarter. New York had an 8-0 run to cut the deficit to 77-61 but then went scoreless for over three minutes and failed to challenge the outcome.

Tina Charles had 12 points for the Liberty (3-6), who have lost four of the last five.

The Lynx took control early and already had their lead in double digits at 22-11. New York had only five rebounds in the first half and Minnesota finished with a 35-22 edge on the glass.

Copyright 2018 by The Associated Press

This story is from ESPN.com's automated news wire. Wire index

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