• San Francisco is about to be rocking! 🤘💜🏀 It's officially WNBA Finals week
• Golden State u/valkyries have the entire Bay Area ready to show out.
• From the excitement around Chase Center to the energy of Ballhalla, this is what we've been waiting for! 🏆
• https://www.instagram.com/reels/DeXHNcoCzep/

• https://www.instagram.com/reel/DemqBRctom-/

• Here is the source link - https://www.threads.com/share/IIsjX7Q92/

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Pretty cool!

Summary: Golden State wins the even-numbered quarters and takes Game 1 of the Finals over Atlanta, 68-84. Gabby Williams led all scorers with 26pts and Kiah Stokes had 9pts 7reb 4blk. Allisha Gray led the Dream with 19pts 6reb, and Angel Reese added 14pts 12reb 2stl in the loss.

What bingo squares would you add?

Oh wow did NOT expect this news!

Renee Montgomery will cover the WNBA Finals on USA Network as a studio analyst while co-owning the Atlanta Dream, one of the two teams competing.

She told FOS she has no bias restrictions imposed by USA Network or her other employers, and a source with the network confirmed it.

To be fair, though Ryan and Rebecca would probably be in the same position of scrutiny if Fever made it that far

edit: the bird and taurasi show avoided this by somehow being canceled before uconn won their championship and subsequent run the next year

Don’t know if anyone has been watching any of the WNBL which started the week on YouTube but watched a game on Thursday (Jewels first game worth checking out on replay if just for fun half time chats with Lauren Jackson and Alanna Smith) and now watching Perth Lynx and Georgia Amoore now.

The entire live chat is just gambling chat. Like literally no chat about the game at all just people, mostly men, talking about hedge bets and lines to bet and then shitting on the players when they aren’t getting them their money.

I know it happens in the W too but it’s not as extremely obvious and depressing with the WNBL that it is literally all anyone’s talking about, especially when the game has been really good. Mystics fans you should be pumped about Amoore, she is gonna be so good.

We’ve seen a bunch of players in the W and the MNBA too say the abuse they get from gamblers because they miss a FT or something and it’s just so gross.

You’re never gonna separate sports from gambling but these WNBL games have just been so offensive. Last I looked 800 comments and I would say 750 of those are gambling relating.

Edit: Added context of games

Atlanta Dream Finals Anthem

yahoosports The family connections run deep in the WNBA Finals 🧬🏀
https://www.instagram.com/p/DekK1dYFfw_/

• Love seeing these connections 🥰

EDIT: Forgot the pic for Janelle Salaun. Please see below.

Thought this was interesting given ESPN’s role and how many of us on the thread don’t like seeing the sports gambling commercials.

I realize there are gamblers among us and who I am to judge 🤷🏻‍♀️

But there is rare discussion of critical perspectives of sports gambling by athletes, commentators or key networks.

Long time coming. Glad for her and to be able to tune out the fakes. She seems rested and ready for game 1.

Are WNBA "all in one" advanced stats listed anywhere; like EPM, DARKO, LEBRON et al for the MNBA?

What a roster. Still insane to me they couldn’t pull it off, I’d argue they’re much better than any of the Liberty’s “superteam” rosters since 2023.

If I lived ANYWHERE close to Ballhalla or State Farm Arena, I would be catching every in-person game I could, even if I was limited to nose-bleed seats. As it is, I’m just too far away for it to make financial sense but the fomo is reaaaal. I want to see my Dream Girls take it home in 5! (Respectfully, Valks, respectfully)

Who else is suffering with me?

The players I caught in the commercial are:

• Diana Taurausi
• Dawn Staley
• Kara Lawson
• Cynthia Copper
• Swin Cash
• Tamika Catchings
• Lisa Leslie
• Katie Smith
• Alana Beard
• Sheryl Swoops
• Sue Bird

https://www.threads.com/share/FLPbKAzKW/

Coach Jackie interviews Meg Stacy (Thee W Artiste @ wnbaart)

Timestamp: 17:27

• Draymond and Sheryl Swoopes on why Angel Reese makes this WNBA Finals must-watch.
• "You should tune into the finals because of Angel Reese... She alone is worth the price of the ticket... 
• Angel is gonna have people watching this because there's a large consortium of people who wants to see her succeed.
• There's an even larger group of people who wants to see her fail, and they're gonna watch to see her fail."
• 📺 Watch on YouTube | 🎧 Listen everywhere podcasts are available

Here are the best 15 players in the postseason, as ranked by Michael Voepel, Alexa Philippou, Kendra Andrews and Kareem Copeland.

The rankings come with one asterisk: Dream guard Allisha Gray, when healthy, is easily one of the WNBA’s best. But she sustained a hand injury in the first game of the semifinals and hasn’t played since. Gray made the cut after she said Thursday she was optimistic about playing in Game 1 at Chase Center in San Francisco.

1. Angel Reese, Atlanta Dream

2. Gabby Williams, Golden State Valkyries

3. Rhyne Howard, Atlanta Dream

4. Jordin Canada, Atlanta Dream

5. Veronica Burton, Golden State Valkyries

6. Allisha Gray, Atlanta Dream

7. Tiffany Hayes, Golden State Valkyries

8. Kiah Stokes, Golden State Valkyries

9. DeWanna Bonner, Atlanta Dream

10. Kayla Thornton, Golden State Valkyries

11. Cecilia Zandalasini, Golden State Valkyries

12. Naz Hillmon, Atlanta Dream

13. Kaila Charles, Golden State Valkyries

14. Kaitlyn Chen, Golden State Valkyries

15. Isobel Borlase, Atlanta Dream

Read Full Article About Their Rankings - https://www.tsn.ca/wnba/article/reese-sits-first-in-ranking-of-top-15-players-in-the-wnba-finals-n1-50190828/