{"id":341247,"date":"2026-06-18T12:11:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/341247\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T12:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:11:17","slug":"the-recipe-to-stopping-paige-bueckers-and-the-dallas-wings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/341247\/","title":{"rendered":"The recipe to stopping Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Golden State Valkyries (10-5) dialed in the recipe to beat the Wings (9-6) on Wednesday in their 91-80 win over Dallas.<\/a><\/p>\n

The key ingredients seem to be limiting Paige Bueckers and shooting well from the 3-point line. In five of the team\u2019s six losses this season, opposing teams have shot at least 40% from beyond the arc against the Wings.<\/p>\n

Golden State entered the game fourth in the W in 3-point shooting, shooting 36.3%. On Wednesday night, the Valkyries made 48% from beyond the arc. Every time the Wings fought back to within one or two possessions of the lead, the Valkyries would hit another big 3-pointer. Gabby Williams, Kayla Thornton, Veronica Burton, Janelle Salaun and Tiffany Hayes made two apiece from distance in the win over the Wings.<\/p>\n

Excellent 3-point shooting allows opposing teams to stay competitive with a Wings offense that is averaging 88.1 points per game.<\/p>\n

The Dallas offense was spectacular in the first quarter. The Wings shot 65% from the field and 60% from the 3-point line and entered the second quarter with a 26-17 lead. Golden State kept pace in the first quarter by shooting 50% from the field and 50% from the 3-point line.<\/p>\n

Then, Golden State took control of the game with 27 points in the second. The Valkyries finished the second quarter shooting 50% from the 3-point line while shooting 56% from the field. Dallas entered halftime trailing 44-33.<\/p>\n

The Wings fought back in the second half and finished the game shooting 47% from the field. However, Golden State excelled from the 3-point line, getting the first ingredient.<\/p>\n

The Valkyries also got the second ingredient right by limiting Bueckers, who is the engine of the Wings offense.<\/p>\n

Bueckers\u2019 ability to get a bucket from anywhere keeps the Wings in games. She can cover her teammates lack of points with her scoring. She can also help them get going with her passing.<\/p>\n

Opposing teams limit Bueckers with constant pressure. She is being targeted by each opponent\u2019s best on-ball defender each time out. Golden State pressured her when she had the ball and then forced her to be the primary defender, tiring her out.<\/p>\n

Bueckers finished the game with 15 points on 5-of-13 shooting from the field and 1-of-5 from the 3-point line. She came in averaging better than 19 a game.<\/p>\n

The recipe is out on how to stop Dallas, and Golden State was the latest team to use it. The Portland Fire shot 14-of-31 (45%) from deep in their 84-84 win over Dallas on Saturday \u2014 Bueckers\u2019 first and only game missed so far this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Golden State Valkyries (10-5) dialed in the recipe to beat the Wings (9-6) on Wednesday in their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,14421],"class_list":["post-341247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-dallas-wings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}