Golden State Valkyries defeat Atlanta Dream to capture first WNBA crown

In a near-single-handed performance, Gabby Williams helped the Golden ⁠⁠State Valkyries defeat the Atlanta Dream 68-63 in game seven of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) Finals to give the West Coast franchise a championship in the second year of its existence.Williams scored 28 of her game-high 30 ‌‌points in the second half to force a turnaround and bag the Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) award in San Francisco, California, on Saturday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4LeBron shrugs off Trump blast in home debut win for Philadelphia 76erslist 2 of 4Northern Nigeria’s female basketball players chase bigger dreamslist 3 of 4Former NBA player Enes Kanter ejected after confrontation with WNBA’s Cloudlist 4 of 4USA hold off spirited France to win Women’s Basketball World Cupend of listKiah Stokes converted a Williams miss into a key hoop with 53 ⁠⁠seconds left to the deafening cheers of “Ballhalla”, as the Valkyries’ home crowd is known at the Chase Center.In what was mostly a defensive struggle, Williams made the difference in the end, including winning a jump ball over Allisha Gray with 8.3 seconds to go.With the likes of former San Francisco Giants ⁠⁠...