Golden State Valkyries @ Minnesota Lynx

First Round - Game 1 • MIN leads series 1-0

23-21, 9-13 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Valkyries GS	28	12	18	14	72
Lynx MIN	21	26	32	22	101

Minnesota LynxLynxMIN

34-10, 20-2 Home

101

34-10, 20-2 Home

Golden State Valkyries

starters
Cecilia ZandalasiniC. Zandalasini#24
Janelle SalaunJ. Salaun#13
Temi FagbenleT. Fagbenle#14
Kaila CharlesK. Charles#6
Veronica BurtonV. Burton#22
bench
Monique BillingsM. Billings#25
Laeticia AmihereL. Amihere#3
Iliana RupertI. Rupert#12
Kate MartinK. Martin#20
Kaitlyn ChenK. Chen#2
Carla LeiteC. Leite#0
Tiffany HayesT. Hayes#15
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
30	14	3-10	1-5	7-7	4	2	1	1	0	0	4	3	-24
36	13	5-11	3-7	0-0	6	0	2	1	0	1	5	2	-34
20	12	5-8	0-1	2-4	3	3	1	0	0	0	3	5	-9
18	2	1-6	0-1	0-0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	4	-12
34	14	3-13	3-9	5-5	5	7	7	3	1	0	5	4	-28
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	+5
17	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	3	1	1	0	1	1	2	3	-21
26	11	2-7	2-6	5-7	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	-23
4	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	+5
8	4	0-1	0-0	4-4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	-5
DNP-LEFT KNEE INJURY
	72	20-59	9-31	23-27	26	17	16	6	3	3	23	22
		34%	29%	85%

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
Maria KliundikovaM. Kliundikova#77
Camryn TaylorC. Taylor#20
Anastasiia Olairi KosuA. Kosu#7
Natisha HiedemanN. Hiedeman#2
DiJonai CarringtonD. Carrington#3
Jaylyn SherrodJ. Sherrod#00
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
21	2	0-1	0-1	2-2	3	3	0	0	0	1	2	2	+12
28	9	2-5	1-4	4-7	6	2	2	4	0	0	6	3	+31
26	20	7-11	1-3	5-5	6	2	2	1	0	1	5	4	+11
26	17	6-10	3-5	2-2	3	1	3	1	0	0	3	3	+11
27	11	4-10	1-2	2-2	4	4	2	4	1	0	4	1	+22
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
17	12	4-7	0-0	4-4	8	4	0	1	0	4	4	1	+26
4	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	-5
4	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-5
4	6	3-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	-5
26	18	7-15	2-7	2-2	3	4	2	1	0	1	2	3	+32
11	6	2-3	2-2	0-0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	+20
4	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	-5
	101	35-68	10-24	21-24	36	25	11	13	1	9	27	23
		51%	42%	88%

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

Matchups

First Round

MIN leads series

1-0

MIN

Game 1@ MIN

Final

101

Game 2@ GS

Final

Game Information

Minneapolis, MN

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Referee:Jeff Wooten

Referee:Tiara Cruse

Referee:Kevin Fahy

Referee:Gerda Gatling

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	15	4	.789	-	W2
Las Vegas	14	5	.737	1	W2
Golden State	13	7	.650	2.5	W3
Dallas	11	8	.579	4	L2
Los Angeles	8	10	.444	6.5	L2
Portland	8	12	.400	7.5	L3
Phoenix	7	13	.350	8.5	W2
Seattle	5	15	.250	10.5	W2

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