For the primary time in her profession, Angel Reese gained a WNBA Finals recreation. The previous LSU star and the Atlanta Dream knocked off the Golden State Valkyries 79-65 in Sport 2 on Monday in San Francisco. It was the primary Finals win in Dream franchise historical past and evened the best-of-seven sequence at 1-1. The sequence shifts to Atlanta for Video games 3 and 4.
Reese turned the youngest participant in WNBA historical past to file a minimum of 30 factors and 15 rebounds in a postseason recreation. She led all gamers with 30 factors and 16 rebounds, together with 12 on protection, making her the third participant in league historical past to complete with a minimum of 30 factors and 15 rebounds in a Finals recreation. The 6-foot-3 ahead added three assists, two blocks and a steal.
In a back-and-forth first half, Reese scored 15 factors. She gave the Dream the lead by finishing a three-point play 5 minutes into the third quarter when Atlanta began to tug away. Reese knocked down a dagger three-pointer that prolonged the result in 19 factors with beneath 5 minutes to play within the fourth quarter.
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— Atlanta Dream (@AtlantaDream) 6
The efficiency got here two days after Reese scored 11 factors within the first quarter of Sport 1 and by no means made one other discipline purpose in a 68-64 loss.
"I let my staff down final recreation," . She picked up her third foul halfway by means of the second quarter on Monday, however Reese managed the remainder of the way in which. Allisha Grey added 18 factors, and Jordin Canada posted 13 factors, 10 assists and 7 rebounds. Atlanta went 21 of 24 from the free-throw line after halftime, whereas Golden State completed 4 of seven and dedicated 19 turnovers.
Reese made 10 of her 16 photographs from the sphere and went 9 of 11 from the free-throw line. She bought concerned within the transition recreation, which the Dream used to attain 19 factors. Via seven playoff video games in 2026, Reese is averaging 19.1 factors, 10 rebounds, two blocks, 1.9 assists, and 1.6 steals per recreation.
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