Overview

• Veronica Burton led Golden State with 25 points, 13 assists and four blocks as the Valkyries snapped a three-game slide.
• Kaila Charles, recently signed for the rest of the season after hardship deals and waived by Dallas earlier this year, tied her career high with 16 points and took the primary assignment on Paige Bueckers.
• Golden State held Bueckers to nine points on 3-of-12 shooting, ending her 30-game streak of double-digit scoring.
• The Valkyries, down to eight available players, hit 16 three-pointers and moved one game clear of the Sparks for the eighth seed.
• Dallas dropped its fifth straight and 10th in 11 games, hours after announcing rookie JJ Quinerly’s season-ending ACL sprain, with Arike Ogunbowale and Li Yueru also sidelined.