WNBA Finals between Valkyries and Dream won’t be pretty, but they’ll be far from boring

Yahoo Sports·October 18, 2026 at 12:31 AM+10

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SAN FRANCISCO – The problem with two elite defensive teams meeting in the WNBA Finals is two elite defensive teams meeting in the finals. Because a day like Saturday begins with so much anticipation, particularly around here, where sidewalk tailgates near the arena were setting up by 9:30 a.m. Before tipoff, the outgoing commissioner fairly extolled the state of the league, noting the record amount of people that paid to see the product in person this year. The competitors, in a happy coincidenc

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WNBA Finals between Valkyries and Dream won’t be pretty, but they’ll be far from boring

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