Valkyries Win First WNBA Title With 68-63 Game 7 Victory Over Dream

The Golden State Valkyries are the 2026 WNBA champions. They beat the Atlanta Dream 68-63 in Game 7 of the Finals on Saturday, October 31, at Chase Center in San Francisco.

It was a winner-take-all game, meaning one result decided the whole series. The Dream had levelled the series at 3-3 with an 80-69 win in Game 6 on Thursday, as Reuters reported, which set up a deciding seventh game. The Valkyries took it with the home crowd behind them.

The title is the franchise's first. It also came quickly. The Valkyries are in just their second season, and WNBA.com noted that the championship arrived in that second year. The game also marked the first Game 7 in the history of the WNBA Finals.

For fans who wanted to watch, the game was on television in the United States. The Hollywood Reporter listed USA Network as the main channel, with a 5 p.m. Pacific start (8 p.m. Eastern), and said it would also stream on DirecTV, Sling, Hulu + Live TV and Peacock. USA Today later reported that CNBC also carried the game alongside USA Network.

Why does a single basketball game matter beyond the scoreboard? A Finals broadcast is one of the few sports events that reaches a wide audience at the same moment. Networks plan their schedules around it, and streaming services lean on it to show what their packages can carry. For the people involved, the result sets the next chapter. Players, coaches and staff now begin the off-season, and the franchise starts planning for the year ahead.

The Dream were eliminated after pushing the series to a seventh game, and their Game 6 win had already made the finale possible. Both teams spent the week in front of the cameras, and both sides of the series ended with a game that could not be replayed.

Keep an eye on the official WNBA and team channels for the full box score, player statistics and any official announcements on the off-season schedule.