{"id":816765,"date":"2026-08-17T17:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/816765\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T17:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:14:07","slug":"wings-vs-valkyries-golden-state-eyes-wnba-playoff-berth-against-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/816765\/","title":{"rendered":"Wings vs Valkyries: Golden State Eyes WNBA Playoff Berth Against Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No. 2 Golden State\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/golden-state-valkyries-wnba-power-rankings-2026\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"36296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">magic number<\/a> is down to one, hosting No. 8 Dallas with a ticket to the 2026 WNBA playoffs on the line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2025 expansion side rides a <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/sky-vs-valkyries-golden-state-chicago-recap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">five-game winning streak<\/a> into tonight\u2019s Wings vs Valkyries clash. They blew past last year\u2019s victory total behind balanced shooting and battle-tested depth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe just know our roles,\u201d said veteran guard Tiffany Hayes. \u201cWhether you\u2019re starting that game, whether you\u2019re coming off the bench\u2026 We just know how to move with each other.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dallas arrives humbled from Friday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/49615171\/clark-bests-bueckers-clash-no-1-picks-fever-top-wings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">98-87 loss<\/a> to No. 4 Indiana. The Wings have won just three of its last 10 games as stars Azzi Fudd and Jessica Shepard deal with injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Golden State took both of the pair\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/wnba-commissioners-cup-wings-vs-valkyries-paige-bueckers-azzi-fudd-stats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">prior meetings<\/a>, including August 7th\u2019s 94-76 rout fueled by Veronica Burton\u2019s 22 points and seven assists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe don\u2019t think being down people is an excuse,\u201d Wings guard <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/paige-bueckers-wnba-black-women-coaches\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"36599\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Paige Bueckers<\/a> said Friday. \u201cWe have a really good team and really good players coming off the bench and a deep team. We want to get these wins, regardless.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Golden State hosts Dallas tonight at 10 PM ET (<a href=\"https:\/\/peacocktv.app.link\/jhLuHWvtY2b\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/peacocktv.app.link\/jhLuHWvtY2b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Peacock<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No. 2 Golden State\u2019s magic number is down to one, hosting No. 8 Dallas with a ticket to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[346534,177217,2834,4804,2833,99,434],"class_list":["post-816765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-2026-wnba-playoffs","tag-2026-wnba-season","tag-dallas-wings","tag-golden-state-valkyries","tag-paige-bueckers","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816765","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=816765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}