Hayes scores 13 critical points in the second half as Golden State evens the WNBA Finals and heads home to San Francisco.
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The IX Sports Podcast Basketball Edition: The Dream dominated Game 3 of the WNBA Finals. What’s gone wrong for the Valkyries?
The Atlanta Dream are up against the Valkyries 2-1 in the WNBA Finals. What is the Dream getting right? And can Golden State respond?
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Can the Valkyries offense do enough to come back in the Finals?
Gabby Williams: “We have to just go back to our defense, and that will get our offense going”
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The Atlanta Dream reached their final form in Game 3 win
Why everything was clicking for the Atlanta Dream in their Game 3 win over the Golden State Valkyries
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Golden State Valkyries are charting a new course in the WNBA
The IX Sports: Basketball Insider with Michelle Smith, Oct. 21, 2026
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Valkyries have no answer for Angel Reese in Game 2 loss
Nakase: ‘[Reese’s] rebounding, her fight was at a high level tonight’
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How Angel Reese became ‘Queen of the South’ in Atlanta
How Reese’s historic performance shifted the WNBA Finals
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What went wrong for Golden State’s offense in Game 2?
And how do the Valkyries fix it in Atlanta?
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Why Kaila Charles was Golden State’s key to winning Game 1
She scored seven points, had 10 rebounds and two blocks and probably was the most important player in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals. That wasn’t Gabby Williams, who did score 16 points in the second quarter alone to keep the Valkyries in the game. But Kaila Charles, who played 30 minutes off the bench […]
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Depth disparity loomed large in the Atlanta Dream’s WNBA Finals Game 1 loss
Heading into the WNBA Finals, we knew a few things. We knew that the two teams were evenly matched and that defense — with six players making the WNBA All-Defense first and second teams — was going to be a driving force. We also knew that both teams like to dictate the flow of the […]
