The Atlanta Dream is one win away from playing for the WNBA championship.

Angel Reese and Jordin Canada scored 23 points each to lead the Dream to a 101-98 overtime victory over New York on Wednesday in a thrilling and sometimes choppy game at State Farm Arena. The victory gave Atlanta a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series. No team in WNBA history has overcome a 2-0 deficit in a best-of-five playoff series.

“I think our team always rises to the occasion,” Reese said. “Our team is always fearless. We stayed together and played together, and that’s how we won it.”

Game 3, Atlanta’s chance to end the series, will be Friday in New York.

“The series isn’t over,” New York coach Chris DeMarco said.

Reese and Canada weren’t the only standouts. Rhyne Howard scored 18, Naz Hillmon 12, Izzy Borlase 11, and DeWanna Bonner 10. Atlanta won despite missing leading scorer Allisha Gray because of an injury.

Dream Head Coach Karl Smesko made sure to single out Hillmon, who hit a big layup in overtime.

“She does so much dirty work for us,” he said. “The defense was just exceptional. The extra possessions were exceptional. She played a ton of minutes and just was fantastic today.”

Atlanta overcame an inspired performance from New York’s Breanna Stewart, who finished with 35 points and 11 rebounds.

The Dream led 56-54 at halftime, despite the officiating crew calling 29 personal fouls. Howard was flagged four times, and Reese three. Stewart, who scored 25 points in the first two quarters, and Leonie Fiebich had three fouls each for the Liberty.

While New York relied on Stewart for most of its offense, all of the Dream starters had at least 10 points with 4:39 remaining in the third quarter. Back-to-back 3s for Borlase made her the sixth Dream player to reach at least 10 points and gave Atlanta an eight-point lead with 1:58 remaining in the quarter.

Atlanta took a 75-74 lead into the fourth quarter. Just four personal fouls were called in the third quarter.

Then came the drama.

Trailing by three, New York called a timeout with 31.2 seconds left. Stewart got the ball, drove past Reese, and hit a layup to cut Atlanta’s lead to 86-85 with 26 seconds remaining.

Reese was fouled and hit both free throws to put Atlanta’s lead back to three, 88-85, with 14.5 seconds remaining.

It wasn’t over.

New York’s Marine Fauthoux came off a pick and hit a 3-pointer, tying the game at 88 with 10.3 seconds remaining.

Howard drove into the lane with a chance to win.

Her running jumper rolled around the circumference of the rim, stopped, and then lazily dropped out to send the game to overtime.

Smesko said he told the team to be the best team over the final five minutes. Bonner reminded the team that the first team to score in overtime usually wins.

Atlanta scored first, but New York grabbed a 96-93 lead on a 3-pointer by Jones with 2:01 left. It was the Liberty’s first lead since the second quarter.

Atlanta regained the lead on shots by Canada and Reese. But Stewart cut through the lane for a layup, and the Liberty led again, 98-97, with 33 seconds remaining.

Atlanta ran a smart play in which Howard, at the top of the 3-point arc, found Hillmon cutting behind New York’s defense and toward the basket. She hit the layup to give Atlanta another one-point lead with 20.8 seconds remaining.

“It was great teamwork,” Smesko said.

The Dream forced Sabrina Ionescu into a wild, cross-court pass that sailed out of bounds with 6.5 seconds remaining.

Reese was fouled and hit both free throws to give Atlanta a 101-98 lead. Stewart’s final shot went wide.

It was finally over.

Atlanta is one win away from advancing to the championship series.

Reese said the Dream wasn’t aware of the five-game playoff series stat. She said it doesn’t matter.

“New York is a really good team,” Reese said. “As long as we continue to be who we are, continue to do the things that have gotten us here, and stick together, I think we will be fine.”