{"id":664928,"date":"2026-05-25T23:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T23:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/664928\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T23:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T23:16:09","slug":"valkyries-take-on-connecticut-sun-at-ballhalla-heres-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/664928\/","title":{"rendered":"Valkyries take on Connecticut Sun at Ballhalla. Here&#8217;s how to watch."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Golden State Valkyries are looking to keep pace with the WNBA Western Conference leaders with a matchup against the Connecticut Sun Monday evening at Ballhalla.<\/p>\n<p>The Valkyries come into the contest with a 3-2 record, good for 3rd place in the Western Conference standings behind Las Vegas and Minnesota who are tied at the top of the conference at 4-2. The Sun have struggled so far this season, and their 1-6 record has them currently at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings.<\/p>\n<p>Through the opening stretch, Golden State been one of the league&#8217;s stingiest defensive teams while also showing more offensive balance than many expected, showing their record-setting inaugural season was not a fluke. Janelle Sala\u00fcn is solidifying her role as a foundational player for the Valkyries, including a 21-point performance in the home-opening win over the Phoenix Mercury which followed a 20-point showing in the season opener against the Seattle Storm.  <\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gettyimages-2229813240.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"Connecticut Sun v Golden State Valkyries \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Janelle Salaun #13 of the Golden State Valkyries dribbles against Aneesah Morrow #24 of the Connecticut Sun in the first half at Chase Center on August 11, 2025 in San Francisco, California.<\/p>\n<p>                Thien-An Truong \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>For the Sun, one of the most encouraging young players is Olivia Nelson-Ododa, who is following her breakout season last year when she posted career highs in nearly every category. The former UConn center has become one of the team&#8217;s most efficient players, shooting nearly 69% from the field so far this season while contributing strong rebounding and rim protection. Although she has missed the last three games with a right ankle sprain, she was listed as probable for Monday&#8217;s game at Chase Center in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>If Golden State controls tempo and turns the game into a defensive grind, they&#8217;re heavily favored, with most sports books listing the Valkyries at around -12.5. If Connecticut can speed things up and get cleaner half-court creation, the game becomes much more competitive.<\/p>\n<p>How to watch the Golden State Valkyries vs. Connecticut Sun<\/p>\n<p>What:\u00a0Golden State Valkyries vs. Connecticut Sun<\/p>\n<p>Date:\u00a0Monday, May 25<\/p>\n<p>Time:\u00a07 p.m. PDT<\/p>\n<p>Location:\u00a0Chase Center, San Francisco<\/p>\n<p>On TV: KPIX+ 44 \/ Cable 12 in the Bay Area, KMAX 31 in Sacramento<\/p>\n<p>On Radio:\u00a095.7 The Game, Audacy App<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Golden State Valkyries are looking to keep pace with the WNBA Western Conference leaders with a matchup&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[402,4804,99,434,238055],"class_list":["post-664928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-basketball","tag-golden-state-valkyries","tag-sports","tag-wnba","tag-women039s-basketball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}