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Valkyries And Dream Play For First Franchise Title In First Game 7 In WNBA Finals History
Golden State's Valkyries and Atlanta's Dream split the first two playoff games and meet Saturday at 8 p.m. Eastern in Ballhalla, where Atlanta's 25-point halftime lead in Game 6 was the Finals' biggest ever for a team facing elimination.
On air: Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock on The Weekend ShiftPublished
Photo: Battlesnake1 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0Watch it as it aired: Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock on this story, from The Weekend Shift at 5:30 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Yahoo Sports's, the jokes are ours.
At a glance
- First reported by Yahoo Sports: “Valkyries And Dream Play For First Franchise Title In First Game 7 In WNBA Finals History”, with reporting from ESPN.
- Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 31, 2026, at 5:30 PM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock.
- Topics: WNBA Finals Game, Valkyries.
- BBN covered this story before: WNBA Game 7, Chelsea-United lineups, McDavid's Halloween chase (October 31).
The real story
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- Yahoo SportsValkyries And Dream Play For First Franchise Title In First Game 7 In WNBA Finals History
- Yahoo SportsDream vs. Valkyries live score, updates, highlights from WNBA Finals Game 7 of 2026 playoffs
- ESPNAllisha Gray, Dream beat Valkyries, force Game 7 of WNBA Finals - ESPN October 29, 2026 · facts used on air
What BBN said about it
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTonight at eight Eastern, five Pacific, the Golden State Valkyries host the Atlanta Dream in the first Game 7 in WNBA Finals history, with a first franchise title for one of them.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAtlanta led Game 6 by twenty-five points at halftime, the biggest lead by a team facing elimination in Finals history, and then won eighty to sixty-nine.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd it's Halloween, so many Valkyries fans will show up already in costume.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentCostume fans in a building named Ballhalla. That crowd was built for tonight.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPolitics now.
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The story so far
- Celebrity fans pack WNBA Finals Game Five in San Francisco · E! News
- Stokes' 14 blocks set a Finals record as Valkyries go up 3-2 · ESPN
- Dream lose grip on WNBA Finals, trail Valkyries 3-2 · Yahoo Sports
- East Potomac golf lease ends; WNBA Game 6 and more · Washington Examiner
- Dream force first-ever Finals Game 7 after 46-26 halftime lead · ESPN
- WNBA Game 7, Chelsea-United lineups, McDavid's Halloween chase · Yahoo Sports
- Valkyries And Dream Play For First Franchise Title In First Game 7… (this story)
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