{"id":886638,"date":"2026-10-18T13:20:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T13:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/886638\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T13:20:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T13:20:22","slug":"inside-veronica-burtons-defining-moments-in-the-golden-state-valkyries-playoff-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/886638\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Veronica Burton’s defining moments in the Golden State Valkyries’ playoff run"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Veronica Burton<\/a> has helped the Golden State Valkyries<\/a> navigate a postseason of franchise firsts \u2014 from their first playoff victory to their first series win. Now, they turn their attention to the WNBA Finals.<\/p>\n

Burton and the Valkyries have spent the postseason redefining expectations for a franchise in just its second season. Despite battling a cold, Burton recorded<\/a> 16 points and 10 rebounds to help the Valkyries win their first-round series against the Dallas Wings. <\/p>\n

In the next round against the reigning WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces, she anchored another defining moment in Game 2. Despite missing every field goal attempt until then, she sank a game-winning 3-pointer<\/a> that quickly became part of Ballhalla lore.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy ears have been clogged probably for a week now, so I couldn\u2019t hear it,\u201d Burton said. \u201cI don\u2019t think I understood the magnitude of it. For me, it was just like a sigh of relief because, gosh, I finally did something on this floor. I felt like I was maybe finally helping the team. So for me, it was just a sigh of relief to see the ball go in and obviously help contribute to the win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, Golden State stands one step away from what once seemed improbable for a young expansion team: winning a WNBA championship.<\/p>\n

Burton believes the Valkyries\u2019 historic playoff run proves the power of vision and preparation. In its inaugural 2025 season, Golden State became the first WNBA expansion team to reach the playoffs in its debut season.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt says a lot about what a vision can do and what a vision can be,\u201d Burton said. \u201cI think when you have specific goals in mind and when you have tactics to reach that goal, like there\u2019s nothing anyone can say or do to stop you. I think the silliest thing that we all do \u2014 that we do as humans \u2014 is we put limitations on ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I think when you have other people just saying it\u2019s impossible or saying we don\u2019t have enough, saying we don\u2019t have this, we don\u2019t have a superstar, we don\u2019t have a scorer like whatever it may be,\u201d she continued. \u201cSo I think that\u2019s the beautiful thing about what we\u2019re doing is because we\u2019re hooping. \u2026We\u2019re defying the odds, we\u2019re defying the rankings, whatever it may be. It\u2019s not a matter of we don\u2019t care what other people are saying, but I think it\u2019s a lesson that don\u2019t let your own limitations stop you from what\u2019s possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Episode 5 of her WNBA Diary on Andscape, Burton discusses her game-winning 3-pointer against the Aces, the franchise\u2019s first WNBA Finals appearance, and the challenge of playing the Atlanta Dream, who are also seeking their franchise\u2019s first WNBA championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mia Berry is the senior HBCU writer for Andscape and covers everything from sports to student-led protests. She is a Detroit native (What up Doe!), long-suffering Detroit sports fan and Notre Dame alumna who randomly shouts, “Go Irish.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veronica Burton has helped the Golden State Valkyries navigate a postseason of franchise firsts \u2014 from their first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":886639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-886638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886638","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=886638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/886639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}