FINAL · GAME DETAIL
New York Liberty
vs Golden State Valkyries
One game ID connects the final, quarter flow, leading player lines and season position.
| Team | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NY | 15 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 67 |
| GS | 20 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 76 |
GAME FLOW · NUMBERS
Reconstructing the game from the quarter line
Golden State Valkyries finished ahead of New York Liberty, 76-67, a 9-point margin. The first-half totals were 29 for New York Liberty and 41 for Golden State Valkyries; the third- and fourth-quarter totals were 38 and 35. The combined final of 143 matches the sum of the two quarter lines across 4 periods, including any overtime.
1Q: NY 15-GS 20, 15-20 cumulative; 2Q: NY 14-GS 21, 29-41 cumulative; 3Q: NY 19-GS 23, 48-64 cumulative; 4Q: NY 19-GS 12, 67-76 cumulative. Reading the period score beside the running score identifies exactly when the gap expanded or contracted. New York Liberty's highest-scoring period was 19 points, while Golden State Valkyries's high was 23; the final separation was 9 points.
The first-half margin was 12 points, compared with 3 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
New York Liberty recorded 40% from the field, 36% from three and 76% at the line; Golden State Valkyries posted 43%, 25% and 72%. Rebounds finished 24-30, assists 14-20 and turnovers 11-8. The same team box reports a 22-30 split in paint points and 4-7 in offensive rebounds.
Jonquel Jones led New York Liberty with 21 points. Jonquel Jones supplied a team-high 7 rebounds, while Pauline Astier led with 4 assists. For Golden State Valkyries, the corresponding leaders were Kaila Charles with 13 points, Veronica Burton with 6 rebounds and Veronica Burton with 8 assists.
The player tables contain minutes, points, rebounds, assists, shooting and on-court differential for 11 recorded participants from NY and 12 from GS. 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, New York Liberty are 17-13, No. 8 overall and No. 4 in the East, 2.5 games behind the conference leader. Golden State Valkyries are 19-9, No. 3 overall and No. 3 in the West, 4 games back. Their cumulative point differentials are +64 and +147.
Counting only completed standard-season results through this game, New York Liberty stood at 12-8 across 20 games and Golden State Valkyries at 13-7 across 20. Their most recent sets of up to five finals were 1-4 and 3-2. Scoring in those short windows was 422-435 for the away team and 379-381 for the home team, keeping recent form separate from the full-season record.
Across 2 completed meetings in the same season, New York Liberty recorded 0 wins and Golden State Valkyries 2; aggregate scoring was 137-163. The teams are separated by 5 places in the overall order and by 2 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 | NY | GS |
|---|---|---|
| FG% | 40 | 43 |
| 3P% | 36 | 25 |
| FT% | 76 | 72 |
| Rebounds | 24 | 30 |
| Assists | 14 | 20 |
| Turnovers | 11 | 8 |
| Paint points | 22 | 30 |
New York Liberty
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonie Fiebich * | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3-4 | -17 |
| Jonquel Jones * | 27 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 5-8 | -9 |
| Breanna Stewart * | 26 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 4-11 | -10 |
| Sabrina Ionescu * | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3-10 | -23 |
| Pauline Astier * | 23 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2-6 | -12 |
| Marine Johannes | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1-5 | 17 |
| Rebekah Gardner | 15 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2-6 | 1 |
| Betnijah Laney-Hamilton | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | -13 |
| Han Xu | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 7 |
| Raquel Carrera | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 6 |
| Rebecca Allen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 8 |
Golden State Valkyries
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veronica Burton * | 27 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3-7 | 25 |
| Kayla Thornton * | 26 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4-7 | 16 |
| Kiah Stokes * | 23 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0-1 | 3 |
| Gabby Williams * | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2-9 | 9 |
| Cecilia Zandalasini * | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3-5 | 8 |
| Kaila Charles | 23 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6-12 | 1 |
| Tiffany Hayes | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3-8 | 7 |
| Laeticia Amihere | 15 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0-2 | -1 |
| Janelle Salaun | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4-8 | 7 |
| Kaitlyn Chen | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3-5 | -16 |
| Nadia Fingall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | -7 |
| Juste Jocyte | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | -7 |