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.

Who's hot

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 +145 margin that works out to 97.5 scored and 83.0 allowed a night.

Right behind them sit Golden State Valkyries, 8-2 over the same kind of stretch and +111 on points margin, quieter, but pointed the same direction.

Indiana Fever (8-2) round out the warm end of the ledger.

For scale, the league as a whole is averaging 86.5 points a game over this window, Atlanta Dream are clearing that bar by 11.0 a night all on their own.

Who's cold

Toronto Tempo are the cold front. They have gone 1-9 over their last 10, and the -124 margin underneath means the losses have not even been close, roughly 12.4 points a game the wrong way.

Connecticut Sun (2-8) share the cold row, for whatever comfort that provides.

The middle of the table is where the real congestion lives: Washington Mystics (6-4) and Las Vegas Aces (6-4) are separated by almost nothing, and one good weekend reshuffles the whole neighborhood.

At a glance

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

Worth remembering

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.

One to circle: Atlanta Dream meet Chicago Sky in their next game, and we will find out quickly whether this stretch travels.