Golden State Valkyries @ Minnesota Lynx

9-8, 2-5 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Valkyries GS	18	18	24	11	71
Lynx MIN	25	16	28	13	82

Minnesota LynxLynxMIN

16-2, 10-0 Home

Golden State Valkyries

starters
Kayla ThorntonK. Thornton#5
Stephanie TalbotS. Talbot#7
Temi FagbenleT. Fagbenle#14
Tiffany HayesT. Hayes#15
Veronica BurtonV. Burton#22
bench
Monique BillingsM. Billings#25
Cecilia ZandalasiniC. Zandalasini#24
Janelle SalaunJ. Salaun#13
Kate MartinK. Martin#20
Kaitlyn ChenK. Chen#2
Laeticia AmihereL. Amihere#3
Carla LeiteC. Leite#0
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
34	13	6-15	1-7	0-0	10	3	0	2	0	3	7	1	-8
24	10	4-8	2-5	0-0	4	4	0	0	0	1	3	2	+3
26	7	3-6	0-2	1-2	6	2	2	0	1	2	4	5	-2
33	23	8-11	5-6	2-2	3	4	1	0	0	1	2	3	-6
31	6	2-9	1-3	1-2	3	4	3	0	0	1	2	2	-8
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
14	5	2-3	1-1	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	-9
9	2	0-3	0-2	2-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-8
9	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	-10
15	5	2-7	1-4	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	-7
4	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-BACK
	71	27-65	11-32	6-8	33	19	10	2	1	9	24	19
		42%	34%	75%

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Bridget CarletonB. Carleton#6
Alanna SmithA. Smith#8
Napheesa CollierN. Collier#24
Kayla McBrideK. McBride#21
Courtney WilliamsC. Williams#10
bench
Jessica ShepardJ. Shepard#15
Diamond MillerD. Miller#1
Natisha HiedemanN. Hiedeman#2
Maria KliundikovaM. Kliundikova#77
Alissa PiliA. Pili#35
Anastasiia Olairi KosuA. Kosu#7
Karlie SamuelsonK. Samuelson#44
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
35	7	3-8	1-6	0-0	4	4	0	0	0	1	3	1	+5
19	5	2-6	1-3	0-0	5	6	3	1	2	3	2	2	+1
35	22	8-11	1-1	5-5	6	1	3	1	1	2	4	2	+9
30	12	3-10	2-6	4-4	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	2	+7
27	15	6-14	3-8	0-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	+3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
24	8	3-7	0-0	2-4	10	5	0	2	0	3	7	2	+11
13	8	2-3	2-3	2-2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	+8
16	5	2-5	1-3	0-0	3	3	1	0	0	0	3	1	+11
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-LEFT FOOT
	82	29-64	11-30	13-15	31	25	9	4	4	9	22	14
		45%	37%	87%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 4-0

Lynx
86
Valkyries
75

Game 1

2/6

Valkyries
71
Lynx
82

Game 2

6/7

Lynx
78
Valkyries
72

Game 3

7/9

Valkyries
53
Lynx
72

Game 4

12/9

Target Center

1:00 AM, 6 July 2025

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 8,771

Referees:
Eric Brewton
Blanca Burns
Ashley Gloss

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	34	10	.773	-	W1
Las Vegas	30	14	.682	4	W16
Phoenix	27	17	.614	7	L3
Seattle	23	21	.523	11	W1
Golden State	23	21	.523	11	L3
Los Angeles	21	23	.477	13	L1
Dallas	10	34	.227	24	W1

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Golden State Valkyries @ Minnesota Lynx

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 4-0

Game Information

2024-25 Western Conference Standings

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