Yahoo Sports Staff Updated Mon, October 19, 2026 at 11:08 PM UTC About Our Ads Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement The Golden State Valkyries are riding high after their Game 1 WNBA Finals win on Saturday, but the Atlanta Dream will be out to even the series Monday in Game 2 in front of another raucous Ballhalla crowd. And after such a tight first game that went down to the wire, the Dream will be looking to secure their first WNBA Finals win in franchise history.
Can Gabby Williams put together another huge game to give her team a commanding 2-0 series lead? Or will Angel Reese and the Dream offense rebound to even things up as the series shifts to Atlanta on Wednesday? Tune in to find out.
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If Rhyne Howard's 25-footer went down in a one-point game. If Naz Hillmon's attempt from two feet farther out didn't pop out of the basket.
Then Atlanta Dream head coach Karl Smesko might not be talking about whatever mistakes the Dream made, and would instead be talking about how they secured the franchise's first WNBA Finals victory in its 18-year history.
Then Golden State Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase would be the one sitting between her players, highlighting misses instead of makes and stars who came up empty instead of those ascending.
But reality hit the Atlanta Dream, who came into the Finals on a 10-game winning streak, including five straight in the postseason. In what is their fourth Finals appearance in franchise history, they remain winless after a 68-64 loss in Game 1 on Saturday at Chase Center.
It left Smesko to stare down the missed 3-pointers and analyze how the defense limited Angel Reese, while Nakase praised her leading scorer Gabby Williams as " one of the best players in the world. "
"We were right there. Right there," Smesko said. "So that's why it hurts a little bit, but it also motivates us. We know what we're capable of doing."
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