{"id":1003960,"date":"2026-08-16T06:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T06:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1003960\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T06:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T06:58:14","slug":"golden-state-aims-for-25th-win-this-season-in-matchup-against-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1003960\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden State aims for 25th win this season in matchup against Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas Wings<\/a> (20-15, 8-8 Western Conference) at Golden State Valkyries<\/a> (24-9, 9-6 Western Conference)<\/p>\n

San Francisco; Monday, 10 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Golden State Valkyries will try to earn its 25th victory of the season when the Valkyries take on the Dallas Wings.<\/p>\n

The Valkyries’ record in Western Conference games is 9-6. Golden State averages 83.5 points and has outscored opponents by 6.6 points per game.<\/p>\n

The Wings are 8-8 in Western Conference play. Dallas is 7-14 against opponents with a winning record.<\/p>\n

Golden State averages 83.5 points per game, 3.1 fewer points than the 86.6 Dallas gives up. Dallas averages 8.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.4 more makes per game than Golden State gives up.<\/p>\n

The teams square off for the third time this season. The Valkyries won the last meeting 94-76 on Aug. 8, with Veronica Burton<\/a> scoring 22 points in the victory.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Janelle Salaun<\/a> is averaging 13.1 points for the Valkyries. Burton is averaging 13.0 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Jessica Shepard<\/a> is averaging 14.2 points, 11.4 rebounds and 5.2 assists for the Wings. Paige Bueckers<\/a> is averaging 1.6 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Valkyries: 8-2, averaging 86.9 points, 31.0 rebounds, 21.4 assists, 9.3 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 46.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 77.4 points per game.<\/p>\n

Wings: 3-7, averaging 87.7 points, 33.7 rebounds, 21.2 assists, 6.0 steals and 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 46.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 90.1 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Valkyries: Janelle Salaun: day to day (knee), Iliana Rupert<\/a>: out for season (pregnancy), Kiah Stokes: day to day (concussion protocol).<\/p>\n

Wings: Jessica Shepard: day to day (ankle), Azzi Fudd: day to day (knee), Aziaha James: day to day (leg).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas Wings (20-15, 8-8 Western Conference) at Golden State Valkyries (24-9, 9-6 Western Conference) San Francisco; Monday, 10…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":999469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[49],"tags":[2470,255655,2473,115616,43951,96323,2471,62,67,132,68,43950,232,12860],"class_list":["post-1003960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-dallas-wings","tag-event_preview","tag-golden-state-valkyries","tag-iliana-rupert","tag-janelle-salaun","tag-jessica-shepard","tag-paige-bueckers","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-veronica-burton","tag-wnba","tag-womens-national-basketball-association"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117103893373260763","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/999469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1003960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1003960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}