Gabby Williams scored 26 points and made six free throws in the final 2:15 after taking a knock to her knee, and the #2 Golden State Valkyries beat the #4 Atlanta Dream 68-64 in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Saturday at Chase Center in San Francisco. The win was the first Finals victory for the second-year franchise, which leads the best-of-seven series 1-0.
Atlanta was ahead 64-61 with a little more than three minutes to play and never scored again. Golden State closed on a 7-0 run built entirely at the free-throw line. Williams put the Valkyries ahead for good with two free throws at 1:18, Kiah Stokes made one of two with 23.8 seconds left, and after Allisha Gray missed a 3-pointer that would have given Atlanta the lead with nine seconds remaining, Williams sealed it with two more at 4.1 seconds. She was treated on the bench in the closing moments after the knock to her knee, but she did not miss from the line down the stretch.
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