FINAL · GAME DETAIL

Golden State Valkyries
vs Indiana Fever

One game ID connects the final, quarter flow, leading player lines and season position.

StatusFinal

Korea timeMay 23, 8:30 AM GMT+9

Venue localMay 22, 7:30 PM EDT

VenueGainbridge Fieldhouse · Indianapolis · IN

Golden State Valkyries82

Indiana Fever90

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
GS	18	26	17	21	82
IND	19	18	29	24	90

GAME FLOW · NUMBERS

Reconstructing the game from the quarter line

Indiana Fever finished ahead of Golden State Valkyries, 90-82, a 8-point margin. The first-half totals were 44 for Golden State Valkyries and 37 for Indiana Fever; the third- and fourth-quarter totals were 38 and 53. The combined final of 172 matches the sum of the two quarter lines across 4 periods, including any overtime.

1Q: GS 18-IND 19, 18-19 cumulative; 2Q: GS 26-IND 18, 44-37 cumulative; 3Q: GS 17-IND 29, 61-66 cumulative; 4Q: GS 21-IND 24, 82-90 cumulative. Reading the period score beside the running score identifies exactly when the gap expanded or contracted. Golden State Valkyries's highest-scoring period was 26 points, while Indiana Fever's high was 29; the final separation was 8 points.

The first-half margin was 7 points, compared with 15 across the third and fourth quarters. Splitting the final this way preserves two distinct parts of the game instead of reducing it to one score. The quarter table above provides the same sequence as team scores and cumulative totals for direct comparison.

BOX SCORE READ

Team indicators and leading player lines

Golden State Valkyries recorded 37% from the field, 32% from three and 85% at the line; Indiana Fever posted 46%, 38% and 76%. Rebounds finished 28-34, assists 11-22 and turnovers 14-18. The same team box reports a 30-28 split in paint points and 10-8 in offensive rebounds.

Tiffany Hayes led Golden State Valkyries with 19 points. Kaila Charles supplied a team-high 7 rebounds, while Veronica Burton led with 3 assists. For Indiana Fever, the corresponding leaders were Caitlin Clark with 22 points, Aliyah Boston with 16 rebounds and Caitlin Clark with 9 assists.

The player tables contain minutes, points, rebounds, assists, shooting and on-court differential for 9 recorded participants from GS and 11 from IND. Reading those rows beside the team totals connects the final score, shooting efficiency and possession outcomes to specific player production without substituting an unsupported judgment for the box score.

SEASON CONTEXT · 2026

Locating both teams through standings and head-to-head results

In the current table, Golden State Valkyries are 19-9, No. 3 overall and No. 3 in the West, 4 games behind the conference leader. Indiana Fever are 19-10, No. 4 overall and No. 1 in the East, 0 games back. Their cumulative point differentials are +147 and +183.

Counting only completed standard-season results through this game, Golden State Valkyries stood at 3-2 across 5 games and Indiana Fever at 4-2 across 6. Their most recent sets of up to five finals were 3-2 and 4-1. Scoring in those short windows was 418-388 for the away team and 458-415 for the home team, keeping recent form separate from the full-season record.

Across 1 completed meetings in the same season, Golden State Valkyries recorded 0 wins and Indiana Fever 1; aggregate scoring was 82-90. The teams are separated by 1 places in the overall order and by 0 cumulative wins. Standings, the recent five-game window and the season series cover different sample sizes, so they are presented as three numerical views of the same matchup rather than collapsed into one rating.

Team box score

Stat	GS	IND
FG%	37	46
3P%	32	38
FT%	85	76
Rebounds	28	34
Assists	11	22
Turnovers	14	18
Paint points	30	28