WNBA Finals: Gabby Williams leads Valkyries to nervy Game 1 win over Dream

Al Jazeera reports: Williams scored 26 points as the Golden State Valkyries came back to take the lead at home against the Atlanta Dream. Gabby Williams scored a game-high 26 points, including four key free throws in the final 78 seconds as the Golden State Valkyries held off the Atlanta Dream 68-64 in game one of the WNBA Finals. Williams, runner-up to Atlanta’s Angel Reese in Defensive Player of the Year voting, has emerged as an offensive force for the Valkyries in the playoffs and carried the scoring load on a tough shooting night for the hosts, who did not have another player score in double figures on Saturday.

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