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WNBA Finals Game 5: Valkyries vs Dream, Monday 8 PM ET

The WNBA Finals come down to one game. Golden State hosts Atlanta in Game 5 at Chase Center on Monday at 8 p.m. Eastern, after the Valkyries tied the series 2-2 with a 67-62 win.

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WNBA Finals Game 5: Valkyries vs Dream, Monday 8 PM ET

Key points

  • The WNBA Finals will be decided on Monday night.
  • Atlanta won Game 2 at home, 79-65, and then Game 3, 97-71, to take a 2-1 lead.
  • Gabby Williams led Golden State in Game 4 with 17 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals.

The WNBA Finals will be decided on Monday night. The Golden State Valkyries host the Atlanta Dream in Game 5 at Chase Center in San Francisco, tipping at 8 p.m. Eastern on USA Network, Peacock and CNBC, with the winner taking the championship. The series is tied 2-2 after Golden State won Game 4 in Atlanta on Saturday, 67-62.

How the series got here

Atlanta won Game 2 at home, 79-65, and then Game 3, 97-71, to take a 2-1 lead. Golden State answered in Game 4 with the strongest defensive half of the series. The Valkyries led 42-26 at halftime, the largest halftime lead of the Finals, after holding Atlanta to 11 points in the first quarter and 15 in the second, the Dream's lowest scoring half of the season. Atlanta committed 14 of its 18 turnovers in that first half.

Gabby Williams led Golden State in Game 4 with 17 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. Rhyne Howard scored 19 points with 8 rebounds for Atlanta. The Dream won the second half and cut the margin to five, and outrebounded Golden State 51-42 in front of 17,099 fans at State Farm Arena, but the comeback stopped there. Kiah Stokes set a WNBA Finals record for total blocks in a series during the game.

What decides Game 5

Golden State will try to repeat the pressure that turned Atlanta's stars into passers in the first half of Game 4. The Valkyries won both games in Atlanta after the series arrived there tied at one game each, and now they play the decider at home in the first Finals in the expansion team's history. Atlanta needs the version of itself that won the second half on Saturday, and it needs that version for the full forty minutes. The Dream also need to protect the ball: 18 turnovers in Game 4, against 9 for Golden State, was the clearest gap in the box score.

There is no Game 6. Monday night ends the WNBA season, and one of these teams leaves Chase Center as champion.

Key numbers

  • Series: tied 2-2. Game 1 Golden State, Game 2 Atlanta 79-65, Game 3 Atlanta 97-71, Game 4 Golden State 67-62
  • Game 5: Monday, October 26, Chase Center, San Francisco, 8 p.m. Eastern, USA Network, Peacock and CNBC
  • Game 4 halftime: Golden State 42, Atlanta 26, the largest halftime lead of the series
  • Turnovers in Game 4: Atlanta 18, Golden State 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-22Atlanta beats Golden State 97-71 in Game 3 in Atlanta to take a 2-1 series lead.
  2. 2026-10-24Golden State leads 42-26 at halftime, holds on to win Game 4 67-62 and ties the Finals at 2-2.
  3. 2026-10-26Game 5 at Chase Center in San Francisco at 8 p.m. Eastern decides the championship.

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