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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Carla Leite came off the bench to contribute 19 points and six assists, and the Golden State Valkyries<\/a> ran away from the Washington Mystics<\/a> 99-62 on Saturday night to snap a two-game home losing streak and stay well positioned in the playoff chase.<\/p>\n Veronica Burton had 15 points, Janelle Salaun added 20 points and six rebounds and Kaila Charles scored 16 points as Golden State (20-18) tries to secure the eighth and final berth in the WNBA playoffs.<\/p>\n Coach Natalie Nakase had an opportunity to mix and match with her team up big, even with several players still sidelined.<\/p>\n Burton criss-crossed through the key for a layup and three-point play late in the first half as the Valkyries built their lead to 45-16.<\/p>\n Sug Sutton scored 17 points while Lucy Olsen added 13 as the Mystics lost their sixth straight game.<\/p>\n Golden State shot 53.1% in the first half with six 3-pointers, ending the second quarter on a 23-9 run to cap a 32-point period. The Valkyries finished 55% from the floor.<\/p>\n Leading scorer Tiffany Hayes sat out a second straight game, this time with an illness and left knee injury.<\/p>\n Leite warmed up to test her tender right ankle and was cleared to play, finishing 5 for 5 from the floor over 19 minutes.<\/p>\n Washington began 3 for 16 and 1 of 9 on 3s to fall behind 19-8 after one quarter. The Mystics committed nine first-half turnovers accounting for 11 Golden State points as the Valkyries led by as many as 31.<\/p>\n Golden State held a 31-20 rebounding advantage and scored 19 points off 15 turnovers in all.<\/p>\n The Mystics conclude their three-game road trip at Los Angeles on Sunday while the Valkyries host the Indiana Fever on Sunday.<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n AP WNBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/wnba-basketball<\/p>\n \n Copyright 2025 STATS LLC and Associated Press. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of STATS LLC and Associated Press is strictly prohibited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Carla Leite came off the bench to contribute 19 points and six assists, and the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,1612,82,737,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-109094","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-golden-state-valkyries","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-washington-mystics","13":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}