Williams scores 30 and the Valkyries beat the Dream 68-63 for the title
Every play: Dream at Valkyries, Game 7 →
The Golden State Valkyries beat the Atlanta Dream 68-63 in Game 7 on Saturday at Chase Center and won the 2026 WNBA Finals, 4-3. Gabby Williams scored 30 points, 15 of them in the third quarter.
2026 Finals series trend: score, pace and the halftime lead
The Valkyries won the series 4-3 while being outscored by 28 points, and Game 7 was the only game the team that trailed at halftime won.
| Game | Final | Margin | Halftime (Dream-Valkyries) | Pace | Dream FG | Dream threes | Valkyries FG | Valkyries threes | Scoring leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valkyries 68, Dream 64 | 4 | 39-42 | 79.6 | 21-64 | 4-25 | 25-78 | 7-33 | Gabby Williams, 26 |
| 2 | Dream 79, Valkyries 65 | 14 | 39-37 | 82.4 | 21-62 | 7-25 | 21-61 | 7-24 | Angel Reese, 30 |
| 3 | Dream 97, Valkyries 71 | 26 | 46-40 | 83.1 | 34-69 | 9-22 | 24-69 | 12-30 | Angel Reese, 21 |
| 4 | Valkyries 67, Dream 62 | 5 | 26-42 | 73.2 | 18-54 | 4-23 | 26-72 | 4-25 | Rhyne Howard, 19 |
| 5 | Valkyries 64, Dream 55 | 9 | 22-25 | 71.4 | 19-65 | 6-26 | 24-61 | 6-24 | Rhyne Howard, 20 |
| 6 | Dream 80, Valkyries 69 | 11 | 46-26 | 79.6 | 27-62 | 13-30 | 22-70 | 7-27 | Gabby Williams, 26 |
| 7 | Valkyries 68, Dream 63 | 5 | 30-24 | 72.8 | 23-69 | 6-30 | 24-64 | 5-20 | Gabby Williams, 30 |
| 1-7 | Dream 500, Valkyries 472 | Dream by 28 | Leader won 6 of 7 | 77.5 | 163-445 | 49-181 | 166-475 | 48-183 | Williams 137, Reese 90 reb |
Source: official WNBA.com box scores (Game 1, Game 2, Game 3, Game 4, Game 5, Game 6, Game 7). Data through Game 7, Oct. 31, 2026. Methods: pace is the average of the two teams' estimated possessions. Possessions = field-goal attempts + 0.44 x free-throw attempts - offensive rebounds + turnovers, using player rebounds and player turnovers, not team rebounds or team turnovers. Each game was 40 minutes, so pace is possessions per 40 minutes. The 1-7 pace uses the series possession totals, not a simple average of the rounded game paces. Halftime is the sum of the first two quarters. The scoring leader is the game's high point total. The 1-7 leader cell is Williams' series points and Reese's series rebounds. Games 1-6 come from Full Court Buckets game files checked against those box scores. Game 7 comes from the official box score. The data is free to use and republish (CC0). Download CSV (CC0)
Atlanta shot 163 of 445 (36.6%) in the series and Golden State 166 of 475 (34.9%). From three, Atlanta was 49 of 181 (27.1%) and Golden State 48 of 183 (26.2%). Game 7's pace, 72.8, was the second-lowest of the series. Game 5 was 71.4.
A 9-point hole, then 15 points from Williams
The Dream led 30-24 at halftime and 37-28 with 5:59 left in the third, after DeWanna Bonner's layup. That was Atlanta's largest lead. Golden State then scored 17 points to Atlanta's 7 and led 45-44 at 1:05 of the third. Williams scored 15 of Golden State's 21 third-quarter points. After the score reached 37-34, the Valkyries' last 11 points of the quarter were hers: threes at 2:58, 2:22 and 2:00, then a turnaround jumper at 1:05. Those three threes came 58 seconds apart, from the first to the third.
Williams finished with 30 points on 10 of 23 shooting, 4 of 8 from three and 6 of 6 at the line, with 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 4 blocks and a plus-7. She had 2 points at halftime. Watch the sequence on the Game 7 play-by-play.
The fourth quarter was tied at 57 with 2:41 left, after Rhyne Howard's layup. Williams' 31-foot three at 2:18, assisted by Veronica Burton, made it 57-60. Golden State led the rest of the way. Williams made two free throws at 1:40 for her 30th point and a 62-57 lead. Kiah Stokes tipped in a miss with 53.8 seconds left to make it 64-57. Allisha Gray answered with a three at 34.2 seconds, assisted by Howard, to make it 64-60. Burton made two free throws with 5.1 seconds left for the final margin, 68-63.
What the box score adds
- Shooting. Atlanta shot 23 of 69 (33.3%) and 6 of 30 from three (20.0%). Golden State shot 24 of 64 (37.5%) and 5 of 20 from three (25.0%). Golden State made 15 of 16 free throws. Atlanta made 11 of 15.
- The glass and the extra points. Player rebounds were 37-35, Golden State. Atlanta had 18 second-chance points to Golden State's 9, and 12 points off turnovers to Golden State's 7. Points in the paint were 30-28, Golden State. Fast-break points were 2-2. Turnovers were 10 for Atlanta and 9 for Golden State, plus 2 team turnovers each. The official box score lists those team turnovers on top of the player totals.
- Blocks and the lead. Golden State blocked 8 shots to Atlanta's 2. Williams had 4 of the 8. The box lists 4 lead changes and 4 ties. Atlanta's biggest lead was 9. Golden State's was 8, at 8-0. Atlanta led for 19:25 and Golden State for 17:14.
- Who scored. Jordin Canada led Atlanta with 18 points on 6 of 15 shooting, with 5 assists. Gray had 16 on 5 of 16, including 4 of 4 at the line. Howard had 6 points on 3 of 14 shooting and 0 of 7 from three, with 3 steals. Angel Reese had 8 points, 12 rebounds and 4 turnovers. Her seven-game rebound totals are 12, 16, 12, 9, 15, 14 and 12, which is 90. Burton had 10 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists on 3 of 13 shooting, and she made 4 of 4 free throws. Stokes had 8 points, 13 rebounds and 2 blocks. Tiffany Hayes had 11 points and fouled out. Atlanta's bench scored 12, Golden State's 5.
The crowd, the series and where it was shown
Game 7 drew 18,064, a sellout, at Chase Center (WNBA.com game page). That is the same attendance figure on the official pages for Games 1, 2 and 5 at Chase Center. The FCB Finals attendance file now has 123,553 fans through seven games.
Saturday was the first seventh game since the WNBA made the Finals a best-of-seven in 2025 (WNBA announcement). The Las Vegas Aces swept Phoenix in four games in that first series (WNBA). The FCB Finals file from 2002 through 2025 includes no seventh game.
The series result, the schedule and the links are on the 2026 Finals schedule. This game's preview was published before tip.
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