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\n\t\t\t\t\tActress Wanda Sykes heads to her courtside seats before the Golden State Valkyries game against the Atlanta Dream for Game 2 of the WNBA Finals at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The Golden State Valkyries<\/a> didn\u2019t get what they wanted in terms of the scoreboard on Monday at Chase Center in San Francisco, as the Atlanta Dream dominated the home team 79-65 during Game 2 of the WNBA Finals and evened the series at 1-1.<\/p>\n The Valkyries<\/a> did, however, get a strong turnout of celebrities to the game, further signifying the huge drawing power of both the team and the WNBA.<\/p>\n Here is a partial list of the stars who were in attendance for Monday\u2019s game at Chase:<\/p>\n Wanda Sykes \u2014 Emmy-winning stand-up comedian\/actress\/writer known for her roles on \u201cThe New Adventures of Old Christine,\u201d \u201cCurb Your Enthusiasm\u201d and other TV shows.<\/p>\n Too $hort<\/a> \u2014 The West Coast rap pioneer from Oakland<\/a>, known for such platinum-plus-selling platters as \u201cLife Is\u2026 Too Short\u201d and \u201cShorty the Pimp,\u201d was in the house to bang the drum prior to tip-off.<\/p>\n Alanis Morissette<\/a> \u2014 Multiplatinum-selling alt-rock star, whose \u201cJagged Little Pill\u201d<\/a> is one of the biggest-selling albums of all time, sang the national anthem.<\/p>\n Common \u2014 Popular rapper, who released the debut studio album \u201cCan I Borrow a Dollar?\u201d in 1992, has won three Grammys, an Oscar, an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award.<\/p>\n Sheryl Swoops \u2014 She\u2019s one of the greatest basketball players of all time \u2014 and one of only eleven people to have won an Olympic gold medal, a WNBA title, a NCAA Championship and a FIBA World Cup gold.<\/p>\n Mistah F.A.B. \u2014 The Oakland hyphy hip-hop legend \u2014 whose moniker is reportedly a backronym for Money Is Something To Always Have, Forever After Bread \u2014 has been releasing albums now for roughly 25 years.<\/p>\n Chris Paul \u2014 An all-time great point guard, who was named to 11 All-NBA teams, and played one season for the Golden State Warriors (2023-24).<\/p>\n Warriors \u2014 Speaking of the Dubs, there were a number of them in the house \u2014 including future first-ballot hall of famers Draymond Green and Steph Curry<\/a>.<\/p>\n LaRussell<\/a> \u2014 The increasingly popular and prolific hip-hop hero out of Vallejo<\/a>, who has already released dozens of recordings during his still relatively young career, did a great job performing the halftime show.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actress Wanda Sykes heads to her courtside seats before the Golden State Valkyries game against the Atlanta Dream…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-501875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Rapper](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/BNG-L-VALKYRIES-1020-104.jpg\")
Rapper Too Short prepares to hit the bass drum before Game 2 of the WNBA Finals at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. (Jane Tyska\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Alanis](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/BNG-L-VALKYRIES-1020-100.jpg\")
Alanis Morissette sings the national anthem before Game 2 of the WNBA Finals at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. (Jane Tyska\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Rapper](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/BNG-L-VALKYRIES-1020-107.jpg\")
Rapper LaRussell, of Vallejo, performs in during halftime of Game 2 of the WNBA Finals at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. (Jane Tyska\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<\/p>\n