Golden State Valkyries @ Los Angeles Sparks

23-9, 10-5 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Valkyries GS	29	16	19	20	84
Sparks LA	15	17	15	31	78

Los Angeles SparksSparksLA

12-19, 5-10 Home

Golden State Valkyries

Kayla ThorntonK. Thornton#5
starters
Gabby WilliamsG. Williams#1
Cecilia ZandalasiniC. Zandalasini#24
Kiah StokesK. Stokes#41
Veronica BurtonV. Burton#22
bench
Laeticia AmihereL. Amihere#3
Janelle SalaunJ. Salaun#13
Tiffany HayesT. Hayes#15
Kaila CharlesK. Charles#6
Kaitlyn ChenK. Chen#2
Nadia FingallN. Fingall#45
Juste JocyteJ. Jocyte#4
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
28	11	4-10	1-7	2-2	7	1	3	1	0	1	6	1	+11
19	11	5-11	0-3	1-2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
23	15	5-8	5-5	0-0	7	2	0	1	0	2	5	2	+12
20	5	2-8	1-4	0-0	7	3	1	0	0	5	2	5	+10
29	7	2-6	0-2	3-3	0	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	+9
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
12	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	3	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	-2
21	8	3-8	2-6	0-0	3	0	2	1	0	0	3	1	-7
19	14	5-8	2-3	2-2	3	2	3	0	0	0	3	3	-4
18	5	2-4	1-2	0-0	4	3	1	0	0	2	2	2	+3
11	6	3-4	0-1	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	-3
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	84	32-69	12-34	8-9	36	22	13	7	2	11	25	16
		46%	35%	89%

Los Angeles Sparks

Nneka OgwumikeN. Ogwumike#30
starters
Dearica HambyD. Hamby#5
Erica WheelerE. Wheeler#17
Ariel AtkinsA. Atkins#7
Rae BurrellR. Burrell#12
bench
Cameron BrinkC. Brink#22
Jihyun ParkJihyun#6
Kiana WilliamsK. Williams#23
Chance GrayC. Gray#2
Emma CannonE. Cannon#32
Kate MartinK. Martin#21
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
32	16	7-18	0-3	2-2	7	3	4	0	0	3	4	0	0
26	12	5-8	1-2	1-3	3	1	2	1	0	1	2	1	-6
27	15	6-12	3-9	0-0	2	4	1	1	0	0	2	5	-2
30	9	3-5	2-4	1-1	4	4	0	1	0	2	2	3	-3
32	9	4-7	1-2	0-0	3	1	2	1	0	0	3	2	-5
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
22	7	3-6	1-3	0-2	7	0	2	2	1	3	4	4	-6
5	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	+2
15	10	4-8	2-5	0-1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3
10	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	-7
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	78	32-70	10-31	4-9	28	18	11	6	1	11	17	17
		46%	32%	44%

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

Rae Burrell knocks down the 3

0:20

Janelle Salaun hits the dagger 3-pointer for the Valkyries

0:22

Tiffany Hayes shows off the range with 3-pointer

0:10

Matchups

GS leads season

2-0

Game 1@ GS

Final

Game 2@ LA

Final

23-9

Game 3@ LA

12-19

Game Information

Los Angeles, CA

Referee:Roy Gulbeyan

Referee:Agon Abazi

Referee:Gerda Gatling

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	27	7	.794	-	W2
Golden State	23	9	.719	3	W4
Las Vegas	22	11	.667	4.5	L2
Dallas	19	14	.576	7.5	L3
Portland	13	19	.406	13	W2
Los Angeles	12	19	.387	13.5	L1
Phoenix	12	22	.353	15	L3
Seattle	6	28	.176	21	L11

WNBA News

Valkyries blow most of a 19-point lead before beating the Sparks 84-78

— Cecilia Zandalasini scored 15 points on 5-of-5 shooting from 3-point range, Tiffany Hayes added 14 and the Golden State Valkyries blew most of a 19-point lead before beating the Los Angeles Sparks 84-78 on Sunday night.

Los Angeles Sparks vs. Golden State Valkyries - Game Highlights

Watch the Game Highlights from Los Angeles Sparks vs. Golden State Valkyries, 08/09/2026

Mystics beat Mercury to extend win streak to 7 games

Shakira Austin had 19 points and 11 rebounds, Sonia Citron also scored 19 points and the Washington Mystics beat the Phoenix Mercury 95-75 on Sunday to extend their win streak to seven games.

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