Golden State Valkyries @ Minnesota Lynx

Golden State Valkyries

23-21, 9-13 away

	1	2	3	4	T
GS	28	12	18	14	72
MIN	21	26	32	22	101

Minnesota Lynx

34-10, 20-2 home

101

Golden State Valkyries

starters
Cecilia ZandalasiniC. Zandalasini#24
Janelle SalaunJ. Salaun#13
Temi FagbenleT. Fagbenle#14
Kaila CharlesK. Charles#6
Veronica BurtonV. Burton#22
bench
Monique BillingsM. Billings#25
Laeticia AmihereL. Amihere#3
Iliana RupertI. Rupert#12
Kate MartinK. Martin#20
Kaitlyn ChenK. Chen#2
Carla LeiteC. Leite#0
Tiffany HayesT. Hayes#15
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
30	3-10	1-5	7-7	0	4	4	2	1	0	1	3	-24	14
36	5-11	3-7	0-0	1	5	6	0	1	0	2	2	-34	13
20	5-8	0-1	2-4	0	3	3	3	0	0	1	5	-9	12
18	1-6	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	4	-12	2
34	3-13	3-9	5-5	0	5	5	7	3	1	7	4	-28	14
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0
4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	+5	0
17	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	1	1	3	-21	0
26	2-7	2-6	5-7	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	-23	11
4	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	+5	2
8	0-1	0-0	4-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-5	4
DNP-LEFT KNEE INJURY
	20-59	9-31	23-27	3	23	26	17	6	3	16	22		72
	33.9%	29.0%	85.2%

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Bridget CarletonB. Carleton#6
Alanna SmithA. Smith#8
Napheesa CollierN. Collier#24
Kayla McBrideK. McBride#21
Courtney WilliamsC. Williams#10
bench
Jessica ShepardJ. Shepard#15
Maria KliundikovaM. Kliundikova#77
Camryn TaylorC. Taylor#20
Anastasiia Olairi KosuA. Kosu#7
Natisha HiedemanN. Hiedeman#2
DiJonai CarringtonD. Carrington#3
Jaylyn SherrodJ. Sherrod#00
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
21	0-1	0-1	2-2	1	2	3	3	0	0	0	2	+12	2
28	2-5	1-4	4-7	0	6	6	2	4	0	2	3	+31	9
26	7-11	1-3	5-5	1	5	6	2	1	0	2	4	+11	20
26	6-10	3-5	2-2	0	3	3	1	1	0	3	3	+11	17
27	4-10	1-2	2-2	0	4	4	4	4	1	2	1	+22	11
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
17	4-7	0-0	4-4	4	4	8	4	1	0	0	1	+26	12
4	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	-5	0
4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	-5	0
4	3-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	-5	6
26	7-15	2-7	2-2	1	2	3	4	1	0	2	3	+32	18
11	2-3	2-2	0-0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	+20	6
4	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	-5	0
	35-68	10-24	21-24	9	27	36	25	13	1	11	23		101
	51.5%	41.7%	87.5%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Valkyries
72
Lynx
101

Game 1

9/14

Lynx
Valkyries

Game 2

9/17

ESPN

Valkyries
Lynx

Game 3

9/19

ESPN2

Target Center

1:00 PM, September 14, 2025Coverage: ESPN

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 8,821

Referees:
Jeff Wooten
Tiara Cruse
Kevin Fahy
Gerda Gatling

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	34	10	.773	-	W1
Las Vegas	30	14	.682	4	W16
Phoenix	27	17	.614	7	L3
Seattle	23	21	.523	11	W1
Golden State	23	21	.523	11	L3
Los Angeles	21	23	.477	13	L1
Dallas	10	34	.227	24	W1

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Golden State Valkyries @ Minnesota Lynx