NBA

Golden State Valkyries at New York Liberty

· Women's National Basketball Association
28-11, 13-6 Away
Final
60 - 79

23-16, 13-6 Home

Cecilia Zandalasini scores 20 and the Valkyries shut down the Liberty 79-60

New York Liberty vs. Golden State Valkyries - Game Highlights

Golden State (28-11) improved to 3-0 against New York this season — the only team the Liberty have not beaten this season. The Valkyries held the Liberty to 70, 67 and 60 points in three games, the three lowest-scoring games of the season for New York.

New York (23-16) had scored 80-plus points in 16 straight games — the longest streak in franchise history.

Veronica Burton had a season-high 13 assists to go with eight points for Golden State, which was coming off an 89-64 victory over Connecticut on Wednesday. Tiffany Hayes had 12 points off the bench.

Jonquel Jones scored 18 points for New York, which had a six-game home winning streak halted. Breanna Stewart added 16 points on 4-of-10 shooting.

Zandalasini made four 3-pointers in the first half to help Golden State build a 42-30 lead. The Valkyries started the third quarter on an 11-6 run to go ahead by 17 points, and scored the opening six points of the fourth to go ahead 65-47.

Up next Valkyries: At Portland on Sunday.

Liberty: Host Chicago on Saturday.

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Regular Season Series

GS wins series 3-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 79 - 60
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 79 - 60
4th 18.6 Ashten Prechtel defensive rebound 79 - 60
4th 21.6 Raquel Carrera misses 23-foot three point jumper 79 - 60
4th 34.4 Ashten Prechtel makes 23-foot three point jumper (Juste Jocyte assists) 79 - 60

Statistics

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30-71 FG 19-63
42 Field Goal % 30
13-33 3PT 7-31
39 Three Point % 23
6-8 FT 15-19
75 Free Throw % 79
39 Rebounds 32
8 Offensive Rebounds 9
31 Defensive Rebounds 23
23 Assists 14
4 Steals 3
2 Blocks 6
7 Turnovers 9
2 Team Turnovers 0
9 Total Turnovers 9
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 1
12 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 2
4 Fast Break Points 6
22 Points in Paint 24
16 Fouls 13
19 Largest Lead 4
4 Lead Changes 4
89 Percent Led 10

Game Information

Barclays Center

Location: Brooklyn, NY
Attendance: 17,579 · Capacity:

2025-26 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Minnesota - 11 W1 0.75 33
Golden State 1 12 W1 0.72727275 32
Las Vegas 2 13 W7 0.70454544 31
Dallas 6 17 W1 0.6136364 27
Portland 16 27 W1 0.38636363 17
Los Angeles 17 28 L2 0.36363637 16
Phoenix 17 28 L1 0.36363637 16
Seattle 25 36 L5 0.18181819 8

2025-26 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Atlanta - 14 W5 0.6818182 30
Washington 2 16 W4 0.6363636 28
Indiana 2 16 L1 0.6363636 28
New York 4 18 L2 0.59090906 26
Chicago 14 28 L1 0.36363637 16
Toronto 19 33 L8 0.25 11
Connecticut 19 33 W1 0.25 11
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