Intro (00:00 - 01:04)
Preview of this WNBA Finals review episode (01:05 - 02:01)
Game 1 breakdown (02:02 - 03:54)
Game 2 breakdown (03:55 - 05:15)
Game 3 breakdown (05:16 - 07:20)
Game 4 breakdown (07:21 - 09:53)
Game 5 breakdown (09:54 - 11:30)
Game 6 breakdown (11:31 - 15:39)
Game 7 breakdown (15:40 - 18:02)
Golden State Valkyries win the WNBA Championship thus becoming the quickest expansion team to win it; kudos to Coach Natalie Nakase & GM Ohemaa Nyanin (18:02 - 19:42)
Gabby Williams wins Finals MVP; her journey to this championship (19:43 - 22:20)
Veronica Burton, who was discarded by the Dallas Wings & Connecticut Sun, gets drafted by this expansion team & becomes the lead guard & thus winning a championship (22:21 - 23:36)
Kiah Stokes, a WNBA champ for her 3rd time prior to signing as a free agent with this team gets yet another championship (23:37 - 26:04)
14 year vet Tiffany Hayes finally gets a championship; started her WNBA career with the Atlanta Dream for 10 years ironically enough (26:05 - 27:23)
Kayla Thornton, who has beaten the odds her entire WNBA career, become a 2 time champion; 1st one came with the New York Liberty 2 seasons ago (27:24 - 29:22)
Cecelia Zandalasini, a 10 year veteran of women's hoops in the WNBA & overseas, wins a championship as a rookie with the Minnesota Lynx in 2017 & then now in 2026 (29:23 - 30:54)
Janelle Saluan, the reigning 6th Player of the Year who didn't see a lot of time in the Finals, becomes a WNBA champion (30:55 - 31:47)
Kaila Charles, Laeticia Amihere & Kaitlyn Chen as contributors to this championship for the Valkyries (31:48 - 34:05)
How a team full of misfits comes together to form a championship winning squad (34:06 - 34:05)
Kudos to the Atlanta Dream for making this a tough series (34:05 - 36:38)
A great 1st season for Angel Reese as a Dream player; this setback will only fuel her to get better (36:39 - 39:20)
What's next for the Atlanta Dream (39:21 - 43:10)
What's next for the Golden State Valkyries (43:11 - 45:48)
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