WNBA · Playoffs 2026updated 00:59 UTC

Golden State vs Dallas

First round of the 2026 WNBA playoffs: the series, and each team's eight main players, how they are playing, against this opponent and in past playoffs.

First round · Best of 3 · first to 2 wins

Golden State Valkyries against Dallas Wings

Seed 2Golden State ValkyriesGolden State2 wins
Seed 7Dallas WingsDallas1 win

Golden State won 2⁠–⁠1

Head to head

2026 regular season: Golden State 3, Dallas 0 (games won)

Earlier playoff meetings

None since 2021.

The betting market before each game

Before game 1: Betting prices for this game are unavailable right now.
Before game 2, Golden State leading 1⁠–⁠0: Betting prices for this game are unavailable right now.
Before game 3, series tied 1⁠–⁠1: Betting prices for this game are unavailable right now.

Each from that game's last prices before it started. The market's view, not our pick.

Our picks in this series

18 won, 15 lost

Game 1

Lost Awak Kuier over 9.5 points
Lost Cecilia Zandalasini over 2.5 assists
Lost Kaitlyn Chen over 2.5 assists
Won Jessica Shepard under 26.5 points + rebounds + assists
Lost Gabby Williams under 21.5 points + rebounds + assists
Won Kaitlyn Chen over 4.5 points
Won Arike Ogunbowale under 14.5 points
Won Tiffany Hayes over 2.5 assists
Won Veronica Burton under 9.5 rebounds + assists
Won Gabby Williams under 3.5 rebounds
Won Veronica Burton under 22.5 points + rebounds + assists
Won Paige Bueckers over 20.5 points
Lost Jessica Shepard over 16.5 points + assists
Lost Gabby Williams under 1.5 3-pointers
Won Cecilia Zandalasini over 11.5 points + rebounds + assists
Won Awak Kuier under 1.5 assists
Lost Kayla Thornton under 9.5 points

Game 2

Won Jessica Shepard under 25.5 points + rebounds + assists
Lost Gabby Williams under 15.5 points
Won Kiah Stokes under 5.5 rebounds
Won Veronica Burton under 22.5 points + rebounds + assists
Lost Gabby Williams under 18.5 points + assists
Won Kiah Stokes under 9.5 points + rebounds
Lost Paige Bueckers over 29.5 points + rebounds + assists
Won Alysha Clark over 2.5 rebounds
Lost Gabby Williams under 23.5 points + rebounds + assists

Game 3

Lost Gabby Williams over 4.5 assists
Won Janelle Salaun under 14.5 points + rebounds + assists
Won Cecilia Zandalasini under 10.5 points + rebounds + assists
Lost Jessica Shepard under 9.5 rebounds
Won Janelle Salaun under 4.5 rebounds + assists
Lost Alysha Clark under 3.5 rebounds
Lost Paige Bueckers over 1.5 3-pointers

The players

Each team's eight main players, by minutes played in this series; an injured regular keeps her place. Tap a player for her last ten games, her record against this opponent and her past playoff series.

Numbers are averages per game: Min = minutes played, Pts = points, Reb = rebounds, Ast = assists. The change row compares this series with her regular season; “same” means within about a tenth.

Golden State Valkyries

Veronica BurtonGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries32.112.34.75.3Season28.612.23.65.8ChangeupsameupsamePlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Gabby WilliamsForwardMinPtsRebAstSeries31.625.04.34.3Season25.114.43.32.2ChangeupupupupPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Kiah StokesCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries26.72.78.72.0Season22.33.65.81.3ChangeupdownupupPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Kaila CharlesGuard/ForwardMinPtsRebAstSeries23.29.04.70.7Season20.26.34.71.4ChangeupupsamedownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Kayla ThorntonForwardMinPtsRebAstSeries21.17.73.70.7Season24.37.74.50.7ChangedownsamedownsamePlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Tiffany HayesGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries20.215.02.72.7Season17.09.02.02.5ChangeupupupsamePlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Janelle SalaunForwardMinPtsRebAstSeries19.65.72.01.0Season22.012.74.01.2ChangedowndowndownsamePlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Cecilia ZandalasiniForwardMinPtsRebAstSeries16.810.70.31.3Season19.08.62.11.7ChangedownupdownsamePlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.

Dallas Wings

Paige BueckersGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries35.516.03.74.0Season32.820.94.15.9ChangesamedownsamedownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Jessica ShepardForwardMinPtsRebAstSeries34.85.37.73.7Season31.814.511.15.3ChangesamedowndowndownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Arike OgunbowaleGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries33.828.34.33.3Season30.015.33.03.3ChangeupupupsamePlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Awak KuierForwardMinPtsRebAstSeries27.45.34.00.7Season18.66.33.91.0ChangeupdownsamesamePlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Alysha ClarkForwardMinPtsRebAstSeries25.19.34.71.0Season11.42.61.70.7ChangeupupupsamePlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Maddy SiegristForwardMinPtsRebAstSeries13.44.33.00.3Season14.96.52.70.9ChangesamedownsamedownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Aziaha JamesGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries13.07.30.70.7Season11.86.12.41.3ChangeupupdowndownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Odyssey SimsGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries12.75.01.73.7Season14.34.60.92.0ChangedownsameupupPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.