San Francisco – Golden State Valcaries On Thursday night, he made history as he became the first WNBA expansion franchise to make a playoffs in his inaugural season.
Vulkiriz attains berth after beating Dallas Wings 84-80 At Chase Center.
“Many people did not believe in us, (and) it lights us,” further Genel salon Said. “It’s a good thing. It is better to start as an underdog and it has to be proved by everyone. I know that the girls of this team (always) are in this position. It’s something that we are used to do, and we have done it as a group.”
Veronica Burton 2025 No. 1 Draft Payed against Pick Piege Beukers The game’s watch in the game decreased by 30 seconds in the game and the Golden State above just two points.
Burton started working on his right, with him pulling the beukers inside the 3-point line. Burton tried to move her, and as Grace barger Arrived as a defender for help, Burton fought through contact and threw a circus shot.
“I turned black in a way,” Burton said laughing.
After going inside the ball, he punished the wind, and Ballah exploded because the Vulciris were four, but all decided to play the game.
Burton said, “I don’t even know what I was feeling.” I was not looking for dishonesty, I just wanted to finish. … It was a great help that everyone was building a group of confidence in me. “
Burton finished 5 -10 shooting and 15 points on five assistance. Saloun led the team with 19 points, and Carla Leight There were 15 points on 6 to 8 shoots and plus -28 net ratings.
After the last buzzer, the players gathered in the center court and put it on a T-shirt, who read “Playoff 2025”. The fans “this is the same that came to you,” refused to leave the stand. Salon grabbed Arina Mike and shouted, “Come on Gooo,” and inside the locker room, the players immersed each other with water.
Valkyries coach Natalie Nakez saw the festival that she consider a healthy distance, knowing that she would let the team go to the moment, but tomorrow the film would return to the room.
Golden State has only three games left on its regular-season schedule-two against the League-Leading Minnesota Links – And each seeding is important to secure and does not fall in the seventh or eighth position in the standing.
“I know, I am a party,” said Nakez.
She said: “We haven’t been done yet. After the season, after doing all this, I will reflect … I have met to stay in the present.
Despite being a “start-up” team, Vulcaries have been relying on themselves since informing the camp in April. With a roster made of former sixth women and role players, international stars and young miscreants, the general conclusion was that at least one season for the Golden State – at least one season – to find your foot. It is that most other expansion teams begin, such as when Atlanta dream In 2008, the League’s final expansion team joined the WNBA.
But Valkyries made it clear that they were writing their story and did not want to compare the expansion teams in front of them. He used suspicion as fuel.
“I told the girls: We chose you guys for this reason – to do things for the first (time),” Nakez said.
Golden State has broken several records in its first season. First, it became the first team to receive 15,000 season-ticket deposits in women’s sports history. It led the league in appearance, selling all its home games at the Chess Center, which is in more than 18,000 seats. Now, it is the first expansion team to compete in the playoffs.
“It’s terrible, honestly,” Burton said. “This is a will for all the tasks that we put, a will for the belief that our coaching staff was in us; [Nyanin]Front office, all these. What we did to do it with the group, we are just enjoying it, soaking it. Obviously, we have a long road ahead of us, but (we) are capable of sitting and enjoying it. ,
Due to a scheduling conflict, Valkyries will not play their first home playoff game at the Chase Center. Instead, Game 2 will be hosted at SAP Center in San Jose, 48.4 miles from San Francisco.
“We can’t control it,” Burton said. “We believe our fans that they are going to continue to show out for us. Wherever we play, we are going to bring our basketball. We are confident, we are excited to the opportunity to compete. Whether we are going to show, we are going to show.”
In the first round, facing vulcaries is still in the air. They currently sit in the sixth seed, behind a game New York Liberty, Seattle Storm In the seventh, one game and one half of the vulcaries are behind. Dream, Phoenix mercury And Las vegas ekka The second, third and fourth seeds are in a warm race.
