Valkyries Win the WNBA Title in Just Their Second Season, Beating the Dream 68-63 in the First Finals Game 7

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31 (TodayViralUSA) — The Golden State Valkyries are WNBA champions in only their second season. Gabby Williams scored 30 points, 28 of them after halftime, as Golden State beat the Atlanta Dream 68-63 on Saturday night in the first Game 7 in WNBA Finals history.

Williams was named Finals MVP. Her 28 second-half points were the most in a second half in WNBA Finals history, the team said, and she added four blocks.

A comeback on Halloween night

Atlanta led 30-24 at halftime, and the team ahead at the break had won each of the first six games of the series. Williams changed that, scoring Golden State’s final 11 points of the third quarter. With the score tied at 55 and under three minutes to play, she hit a 3-pointer that sparked a 7-0 run, and Veronica Burton’s free throws sealed it in front of a sold-out Chase Center crowd.

“Gabby is our closer, she stayed patient, she stayed with it,” coach Natalie Nakase said.

Jordin Canada led the Dream with 18 points, Allisha Gray added 16 and Angel Reese had eight points and 12 rebounds. Atlanta has now lost all four Finals appearances in its history.

A promise kept early

The Valkyries began play in 2025 as the league’s newest franchise and became the first expansion team to reach the playoffs in its debut season. Owner Joe Lacob had promised a championship within five years; it took two. According to the league, no new team in the NBA, NFL, NHL or MLB has won a championship so soon after its founding since 1967.

The franchise has sold out every regular-season and playoff game in its history, and the title gives the Bay Area a women’s championship to go with the Warriors’ 2022 NBA crown.