Sky, playing without top scorer Chennedy Carter, loses to Atlanta Dream

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Jordin Canada scored 18 points, Tina Charles finished with 16 points and 14 rebounds to tie the WNBA record with her 193rd career double-double and the Atlanta Dream defeated the Chicago Sky 86-70 on Tuesday night to move into the eighth playoff spot with one game remaining.

Atlanta (14-25) broke a three-way tie with Chicago (13-26) and Washington. The Mystics (13-26) lost 87-71 to New York on Tuesday.

Rachel Banham made six 3-pointers to lead Chicago to 22 points.

Charles’ 13-footer gave Atlanta a 60-48 lead with just over two minutes left in the third quarter and the Dream led 60-52 entering the fourth. Charles and Canada combined to score Atlanta’s first 14 points of the final period to keep the Dream ahead by double figures.

With her double-double, Charles tied Sylvia Fowles for the league record. Charles also passed 4,000 career rebounds and is two away from tying Fowles’ league record of 4,016.

Charles is the only WNBA player with 7,000 points and 4,000 rebounds in her career.

Allisha Gray and Rhyne Howard each scored 15 points for Atlanta.

Lindsay Allen scored 16 points and Isabelle Harrison had 13 points and 11 rebounds for Chicago.

Atlanta led 45-27 with 90 seconds left in the second quarter, its largest lead of the first half.

Chicago was without leading scorer Chennedy Carter (17.5 ppg), who was held with a foot injury. The Sky have now lost four of five games since Angel Reese’s season-ending wrist injury. The rookie averaged 13.6 points and a league-best 13.1 rebounds per game.

On Thursday, Atlanta will play New York, Chicago will play Connecticut and Indiana will play Washington in the final games of the regular season.