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WNBA · Playoffs 2026updated

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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 State0 wins
  • Seed 7Dallas WingsDallas0 wins

Series starts

Betting market: Golden State 75⁠–⁠78% to win the series

From Pinnacle's game 1 prices (the bookmaker we use as the reference), bookmaker's margin removed; 33 betting sites had prices. The market's view, not our pick.

  1. Game 1Dallas at Golden State
  2. Game 2Golden State at Dallas
  3. Game 3Dallas at Golden StateFri Oct 2 · start time to be announcedIf needed

Next game: game 1

Chance to win game 1, by the betting market, with the bookmaker's margin removed: Golden State 72%, Dallas 28%.

From Pinnacle's odds: Golden State 1.33, Dallas 3.39 (checked ). Odds of 1.50 mean a bet of 1 returns 1.50 in total if it wins.

Injuries before game 1

Golden State

Nobody is listed as injured.

Dallas

  • Out Alanna Smith · left leg

From the league's official injury report, published .

Head to head

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

Earlier playoff meetings

None since 2021.

Our picks in this series

No settled picks yet

The players

Each team's eight main players, by minutes per game with the team this season. 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.

Golden State Valkyries

Dallas Wings