WNBA Preview | Finals Game 7, October 31, 2026
For the first time in league history, the WNBA Finals go to a Game 7. Atlanta forced it with an 80-69 win on Thursday, and tonight one of these franchises wins its first championship. Golden State hosts as the higher seed, at Chase Center in San Francisco. Atlanta at Golden State tips at 8:00 PM ET on USA Network, CNBC and Peacock.
One Game for a First Title, and the Series Has Swung Every Way
Atlanta Dream @ Golden State Valkyries | Game 7 | 8:00 PM ET | USA Network / CNBC / Peacock
KEY STAT
32
Atlanta's first-quarter points in Game 6, including six threes, matching the Dream's three-point total from all of Game 5.
Atlanta came out of Thursday's midday tip on fire. A 13-0 run broke the game open early, the Dream led by as many as 25, and Allisha Gray finally had her shooting night: 23 points on 8-of-12, including 5-of-7 from three, with a corner three to seal it in the final minute. Rhyne Howard added 21, and Atlanta made 12 threes, twice its total from Game 5.
Golden State didn't go quietly. Gabby Williams scored 22 points in the second half alone and the Valkyries cut a 19-point fourth-quarter deficit to 11 inside the final two minutes, a run worth remembering for a team that now gets its own crowd back. Kiah Stokes has been the series' steadiest defender, and the Valkyries have held Atlanta under 70 in all three of their wins.
Home teams are 4-2 in this series, and the scoring has bounced around: 132, 144, 168, 129, 119 and 149 combined points through six games. The two blowouts came when one team got hot from three early; the grinders came when neither did.
Atlanta wins if Gray and Howard keep shooting the way they did Thursday, and Angel Reese wins enough of her matchup with Stokes to give the Dream an inside game to go with it.
Golden State wins if the defense that held Atlanta to 55 in Game 5 shows up at home, and Williams carries her Game 6 second half into the opening quarter.
Our number has Atlanta winning by 3.0, which is 4.5 points off a line that has Golden State favored by 1.5, enough for a real gap on the side. The total gap is wider: our number of 133.2 sits 9.3 points under the posted 142.5. Lean Atlanta +1.5 (Lean), and lean the under 142.5 (Strong).
THE CARD · ATL @ GS
The line GS -1.5 · total 142.5 (DraftKings; spread unchanged since open, total down 1)
Our number ATL -3.0 · total 133.2, 4.5 pts from the book on the side, 9.3 on the total
Last 10 ATL 7-3 ATS, 5-5 O/U · GS 6-4 ATS, 4-6 O/U
Rest & availability Both teams on two days off after Thursday's midday tip and a cross-country trip · Gray (ATL) playing through a hand injury
The public 59% of tickets on GS · 67% on the over (as of Oct 30)
Lean ATL +1.5 (Lean) · Under ↓ 142.5 (Strong)
Driven by the number. Both leans follow our number, and both run against where the public sits.
What to Watch For Tonight.
Our series call was Golden State in 6, and Thursday's result means that one missed. Tonight our number leans the other way on the side. Watch the first quarter from three: in this series, the team that got hot early has usually controlled the game. Game 7, the first in WNBA Finals history, tips at 8:00 PM ET in San Francisco.
