Your guide to the WNBA Finals: Dream-Valkyries predictions and how each team could win

OK NOBODY WARNED ME ABOUT THIS ONE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE WNBA FINALS AT THE CHASE CENTER IN SAN FRANCISCO, WHICH MATTERS BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE VALKYRIES HAVE HOME COURT ADVANTAGE! SO THE GOLDEN STATE VALKYRIES ARE IN THEIR SECOND SEASON EVER AND THEY ARE ALREADY FACING THE ATLANTA DREAM WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE 2008, AND BOTH TEAMS JUST SWEPT THEIR SEMIFINALS SERIES WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THEY ARE THE TOP TWO DEFENSIVE TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE! THE VALKYRIES ARE HEALTHY BUT THE DREAM’S ALLISHA GRAY IS DAY-TO-DAY AFTER A HAND PROCEDURE AND THE DREAM ARE ON A TEN-GAME WINNING STREAK! GOLDEN STATE WON ALL THREE REGULAR-SEASON GAMES AGAINST THEM BUT THAT WAS AGES AGO IN JULY, SO IT IS ANYBODY’S GAME NOW. OK LAST ONE AND THEN WE DANCE.

SO BASICALLY THE WNBA FINALS ARE KICKING OFF SATURDAY AT 3:30 PM AND IT IS A BEST-OF-SEVEN SHOWDOWN BETWEEN THE GOLDEN STATE VALKYRIES AND THE ATLANTA DREAM! GOLDEN STATE IS HOSTING GAMES ONE AND TWO AT CHASE CENTER BECAUSE THEY ARE THE NUMBER TWO SEED, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY BONKERS CONSIDERING THEY ONLY STARTED PLAYING IN 2025! MEANWHILE ATLANTA IS FIGHTING THROUGH INJURY CONCERNS WITH ALLISHA GRAY’S SHOOTING HAND, AND SHE IS LISTED AS DAY-TO-DAY, SO WE DON’T EVEN KNOW IF SHE’S GONNA BE FULL STRENGTH! BOTH TEAMS SWEPT THEIR SEMIFINALS AGAINST THE ACES AND LIBERTY AND THEY HAVE BEEN RESTING SINCE OCTOBER NINTH! NOBODY KNOWS WHO IS GOING TO WIN THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN’T PLAYED EACH OTHER SINCE JULY FOURTH AND DEFENSE IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE WHOLE THEME HERE. ANYWAY THAT IS ALL I KNOW, GENUINELY.

The Golden State Valkyries and Atlanta Dream meet in the WNBA Finals starting Saturday at Chase Center, with both teams coming off semifinal sweeps and top-tier defensive records.

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