Date, Time, Location: Sunday, June 29th, 5:30pm PDT, Chase Center
Broadcast Information: KPYX (Bay Area) and KMAX (Sacramento area), KUNS (away team market), WNBA League Pass (out-of-market streaming), KGMZ (radio)
The Golden State Valkyries close out a five game homestand on Sunday when they host the Seattle Storm for the second time this season. This game will also be the last one before a short break in the league for the championship game of the Commissioner’s Cup. A 4-1 run at home would be big for the team and secure a winning record before the break and a tough road trip. The last meeting between the teams resulted in one of the biggest wins yet this season for the Valkyries so their opponents are going to want to avenge that defeat.
The Valkyries
Golden State was hoping to have Carla Leite and Temi Fagbenle back for this matchup as they still have three players away at EuroBasket, but Leite will miss another game. This will be the final time that this particular group will be on the roster together as changes will be forced by the end of that tournament. Even with so many players missing, the experience that their key midseason signings had in training camp have helped them contribute off the bench to some big wins.
The Opposition
Seattle won three straight games after their defeat to the Valkyries before their next loss. They got back to winning ways in their last game on Friday, an easy home victory over the Connecticut Sun to improve their record to 10-6. The Storm only had ten players on their roster during the last meeting so they had to get back up to the minimum of eleven players afterwards. They brought in center Mackenzie Holmes, who was with the team in training camp as a former draft pick, and she has made a couple of appearances so far. In addition to Katie Lou Samuelson being out for the year, guard Lexie Brown will miss this game.
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