WNBA Heat Check, Atlanta Dream 8-2 in Their Last 10

Every WNBA season has a week when the temperature map redraws itself, and this feels like one of them. Atlanta Dream have become the team nobody wants to see next on the schedule, while Toronto Tempo are hunting for anything that resembles a good night.

Burning up

Nobody is playing better than Atlanta Dream right now. The record says 8-2 over their last 10; the points column says even more, a +110 margin that works out to 97.0 scored and 86.0 allowed a night.

The chase belongs to Indiana Fever, who have gone 8-2 with a +83 margin of their own.

And do not sleep on Minnesota Lynx, quietly 8-2 across their last 10.

For scale, the league as a whole is averaging 86.7 points a game over this window, Atlanta Dream are clearing that bar by 10.3 a night all on their own.

The cold end

Toronto Tempo are the cold front. They have gone 1-9 over their last 10, and the -138 margin underneath means the losses have not even been close, roughly 13.8 points a game the wrong way.

They have company at the cold end: Connecticut Sun, 2-8 over the same window.

Do not ignore the middle class, either: Dallas Wings (5-5) and Las Vegas Aces (5-5) sit close enough that a single hot or cold series flips their order.

By the numbers

For the fuller picture, the five best recent records in the league:

The fine print

One reading tip before you go: points margin travels better than record. A fat margin with a modest record usually means the wins are coming; the reverse usually means they are not.