{"id":452975,"date":"2026-10-01T07:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T07:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/452975\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T07:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T07:58:08","slug":"golden-state-dallas-set-for-game-3-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/452975\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden State, Dallas set for game 3 matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas Wings<\/a> (27-17, 13-10 Western Conference) at Golden State Valkyries<\/a> (32-12, 15-8 Western Conference)<\/p>\n

San Francisco; Friday, 9 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

WNBA<\/a> PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND: Series tied 1-1<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Golden State Valkyries host the Dallas Wings in game three of the first round of the WNBA playoffs. The Wings defeated the Valkyries 108-100 in the last matchup. Arike Ogunbowale<\/a> led the Wings with 45 points, and Gabby Williams<\/a> led the Valkyries with 36 points.<\/p>\n

The Valkyries are 15-8 in conference matchups. Golden State ranks eighth in the Western Conference with 31.2 points per game in the paint led by Williams averaging 9.0.<\/p>\n

The Wings are 13-10 against Western Conference opponents. Dallas is 4-4 in games decided by less than 4 points.<\/p>\n

Golden State averages 10.4 made 3-pointers per game, 2.4 more made shots than the 8.0 per game Dallas allows. Dallas averages 8.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.3 more makes per game than Golden State gives up.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Janelle Salaun<\/a> is averaging 12.7 points for the Valkyries. Williams is averaging 12.7 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Jessica Shepard<\/a> is averaging 14.5 points, 11.1 rebounds and 5.3 assists for the Wings. Paige Bueckers<\/a> is averaging 2.4 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Valkyries: 8-2, averaging 84.8 points, 35.4 rebounds, 21.1 assists, 7.9 steals and 4.7 blocks per game while shooting 44.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.5 points per game.<\/p>\n

Wings: 8-2, averaging 93.7 points, 36.3 rebounds, 23.8 assists, 6.7 steals and 5.8 blocks per game while shooting 49.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 84.5 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Valkyries: Iliana Rupert: out for season (pregnancy).<\/p>\n

Wings: Alanna Smith: out (leg), Azzi Fudd: out for season (knee).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas Wings (27-17, 13-10 Western Conference) at Golden State Valkyries (32-12, 15-8 Western Conference) San Francisco; Friday, 9…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[14447,102,104,103,14421,64550,111969,32792,143109,93656,14446,94593],"class_list":["post-452975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-arike-ogunbowale","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-dallas-wings","tag-event_preview","tag-gabby-williams","tag-golden-state-valkyries","tag-janelle-salaun","tag-jessica-shepard","tag-paige-bueckers","tag-womens-national-basketball-association"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452975","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=452975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}