Dallas Wings vs Golden State Valkyries Player Stats and Box Score (Sept. 4) | 2025 WNBA season

The Golden State Valkyries rallied in the second half to overcome the Dallas Wings 84-80 on Thursday. Golden State trailed 41-32 at halftime before winning the next 20 minutes 52-39. Valkyries guard Carla Leite hit the go-ahead jumper to push the home team to a 76-74 lead. Veronic Burton and Janelle Salaun hit crucial free throws to prevent Paige Bueckers from dragging the Wings to a win.

Bueckers played decoy in the first half as her teammates picked up the scoring slack. She found her groove in the third quarter with 10 points and one assist. The rookie added 11 in the fourth quarter, including the Wings' final six, but fell short in leading the Wings to a victory.

Veronica Burton and Carla Leite combined for 30 points and 10 assists for the Valkyries, who extended their winning streak to five. More importantly, they clinched a playoff spot with the win.

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Dallas Wings vs Golden State Valkyries player stats and box score

Dallas Wings player stats and box score

Player	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3-PT FG	FT	+/-
Myisha Hines-Allen	12	11	4	1	0	4	4-9	0-3	4-6	+5
Maddy Siegrist	16	1	1	2	0	0	6-16	3-8	1-4	+8
Grace Berger	0	6	2	1	2	0	0-4	0-2	0-0	-2
Paige Bueckers	27	4	6	4	0	2	11-20	0-3	5-5	+5
Haley Jones	18	5	7	3	3	3	7-10	1-3	3-3	+4
Amy Okonkwo	2	2	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	2-2	-10
Diamond Miller	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-14
Aziaha James	5	0	1	0	0	0	2-7	1-3	0-0	-16
Ajae Petty	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Christyn Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Golden State Valkyries player stats and box score

Player	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3-PT FG	FT	+/-
Janelle Salaun	19	6	1	0	0	2	6-10	3-4	4-5	-2
Temi Fagbenle	5	1	0	0	0	0	2-5	0-1	1-1	-6
Iliana Rupert	10	1	4	1	3	1	4-10	2-4	0-0	-10
Kaila Charles	0	7	3	1	0	1	0-3	0-1	0-0	-9
Veronica Burton	15	3	5	0	1	2	5-10	0-3	5-5	-13
Monique Billings	11	7	3	1	3	3	4-10	0-0	3-4	+17
Laeticia Amihere	0	5	0	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+8
Kate Martin	9	4	1	1	0	1	2-6	2-6	3-3	+11
Kaitlin Chen	0	2	0	0	0	1	0-3	0-0	0-0	-4
Carla Leite	15	2	5	0	0	3	6-8	0-1	3-5	+28

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Dallas Wings vs Golden State Valkyries Game Summary

The slumping Dallas Wings continued Thursday a punishing four-game road trip in San Francisco, where they faced the Golden State Valkyries. Dallas, which has not won since mid-August, looked to end an eight-game losing streak. The Wings entered the game without Arike Ogunbowale, JJ Quinerly, Tyasha Harris, Luisa Geiselsoder and Li Yueru.

Maddy Siegrist, Haley Jones and Paige Bueckers gave the Wings a fast start before the Valkyries caught up with them late in the first quarter. The home team's bench stepped up to take over the starters' lackluster opening salvo. Fourteen points from the second-stringers pushed the Valkyries to a 21-20 lead after 10 minutes.

The Valkyries defense, one of the best in the WNBA, suddenly had trouble containing the Wings. Behind Bueckers, Jones and Siegrist, the visitors won the second quarter 21-11 to take a 41-32 halftime lead.

After regrouping during the halftime break, the hosts played with more intensity to open the second half. They shrugged off Paige Bueckers 10 points and one assist in the third quarter to cut the Wings' lead to 62-58 entering the final frame.

The fourth quarter was a slugfest between the Wings and the Valkyries. Janelle Salaun made two free throws to tie the game at 74-74 with 3:22 to go. Carla Leite hit a 21-footer before Veronica Burton completed an and-1 play off a foul from Bueckers. Burton's bonus free throw gave the Valkyries a 79-74 lead.

Burton and Salaun made key free throws down the stretch to offset Bueckers' back-to-back layups, allowing Golden State to win 84-80.