Lynx vs. Valkyries (Aug 19, 2026)

Odds

MIN

GSV

-2.5

-106

+2.5

-117

o168.5

+120

u168.5

-127

Money

+117

Money

-2.5

Open

u166.5

Open

N. Collier Over 2.5 Assists -130 O. Miles Over 6.5 Assists -153

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MIN

Season Leaders

GSV

19.9

O. Miles

PPG

14.9

G. Williams

7.8

N. Howard

RPG

5.3

K. Stokes

6.1

O. Miles

APG

5.5

V. Burton

MIN

Team Stats

GSV

92.6

Offensive Rating

83.4

83.8

Defensive Rating

76.7

+8.8

Net Rating

+6.7

39.4

3P%

35.2

9.3

3PM

10.8

13.7

Stocks

11.7

MIN

Injuries

GSV

Emma Cechova

C

Out for season (Knee)

C

Kiah Stokes

Day to day (Concussion Protocol)

C

Iliana Rupert

Out for season (Pregnancy)

2026 Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lynx - x	29	7	.806
2	Valkyries - x	25	9	.735	3.0
3	Aces - x	24	12	.667	5.0
4	Fever	23	12	.657	5.5
5	Dream	21	13	.618	7.0
6	Liberty	22	14	.611	7.0
7	Mystics	20	14	.588	8.0
8	Wings	20	16	.556	9.0
9	Fire	15	20	.429	13.5
10	Sky	13	22	.371	15.5
11	Mercury	13	23	.361	16.0
12	Sparks	12	22	.353	16.0
13	Tempo	10	23	.303	17.5
14	Sun - e	8	25	.242	19.5
15	Storm - e	7	30	.189	22.5

MIN

Last 5

GSV

Sat, Aug 15

Mon, Aug 17

Wed, Aug 12

Wed, Aug 12

Sun, Aug 9

Sun, Aug 9

Sat, Aug 8

Fri, Aug 7

Thu, Aug 6

Tue, Aug 4

Game Info

August 19, 2026

USA

Chase Center

San Francisco, California

Points

Avg Line Over Under

N. Collier 19.1 18.5 -108

V. Burton 12.4 13.5 -113

C. Williams 14.6 10.5 -125

C. Zandalasini 8.3 9.5 -108

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Rebounds

Avg Line Over Under

N. Collier 7.3 7.5 -106 -125

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Assists

Avg Line Over Under

O. Miles 6.1 6.5 -153

V. Burton 5.5 6.5 +108

C. Williams 4.2 4.5 +106

N. Collier 3.2 2.5 -130

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Threes Made

Avg Line Over Under

K. McBride 2.9 2.5 -122 -111

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Team Leaders

PPG

19.9

O. Miles

RPG

7.8

N. Howard

APG

6.1

O. Miles

+/-

+310

N. Howard

Season

Career vs GSV

Regular Season	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Kayla McBride K. McBride	36	36	32.3	18.2	3.2	2.1	1.8	0.3	6.0	12.7	47.2	2.9	6.9	42.3	3.3	3.6	92.2	63.7	0.6	2.6	1.3	1.9
Olivia Miles O. Miles	34	34	31.1	19.9	4.6	6.1	1.2	0.6	7.0	14.1	49.7	1.6	4.1	40.0	4.2	4.8	87.7	61.2	0.6	4.0	3.1	3.0
Courtney Williams C. Williams	36	36	30.6	14.6	5.1	4.2	1.2	0.3	6.2	13.6	45.4	1.2	3.3	35.9	1.1	1.3	81.3	51.5	0.9	4.2	1.8	2.1
Natasha Howard N. Howard	36	36	29.1	15.1	7.8	3.3	1.8	0.8	6.2	10.6	58.7	0.1	0.4	21.4	2.6	3.7	72.0	62.1	3.4	4.4	2.5	3.4
Napheesa Collier N. Collier	9	9	29.0	19.1	7.3	3.2	1.7	1.2	7.2	13.8	52.4	2.0	4.0	50.0	2.7	3.2	82.8	62.9	1.4	5.9	2.2	2.0
Nia Coffey N. Coffey	36	27	23.3	6.8	4.6	1.9	0.9	1.1	2.6	5.7	44.9	1.3	3.3	39.2	0.3	0.6	54.5	56.6	0.9	3.7	0.7	2.2
Emma Cechova E. Cechova	3	0	17.3	8.3	3.7	0.0	0.3	0.7	3.3	5.3	62.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.7	2.7	62.5	64.0	1.3	2.3	1.3	4.0
Dorka Juhász D. Juhász	14	0	14.5	3.7	2.5	1.5	0.4	0.6	1.4	3.8	37.7	0.8	2.6	29.7	0.1	0.3	25.0	47.5	0.4	2.1	0.6	0.9
Maya Caldwell M. Caldwell	36	2	13.8	4.0	2.2	1.1	0.7	0.2	1.4	3.8	37.0	0.7	1.9	37.3	0.6	0.7	80.0	49.7	0.8	1.4	0.7	1.4
Antonia Delaere A. Delaere	35	0	11.9	3.1	0.7	1.1	0.5	0.0	1.1	2.4	45.8	0.7	1.6	43.9	0.2	0.2	100.0	62.5	0.2	0.5	0.4	1.0
Anastasiia Olairi Kosu A. Olairi Kosu	27	0	11.0	4.0	2.2	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.4	3.0	47.6	0.1	0.1	66.7	1.0	1.2	84.8	55.9	1.3	0.9	0.7	1.3
Liatu King L. King	8	0	9.1	3.0	2.9	0.0	0.4	0.5	1.1	2.0	56.3	0.3	0.8	33.3	0.5	1.3	40.0	58.8	1.0	1.9	0.6	1.6
Eliska Joklova E. Joklova	18	0	5.8	2.0	1.2	1.1	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.3	43.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.2	76.2	55.8	0.4	0.8	0.6	0.9

Team Leaders

PPG

14.9

G. Williams

RPG

5.3

K. Stokes

APG

5.5

V. Burton

+/-

+216

V. Burton

Season

Career vs MIN

Regular Season	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Veronica Burton V. Burton	34	34	28.7	12.4	3.5	5.5	1.4	0.4	4.0	9.4	42.8	1.4	3.9	36.8	2.9	3.6	81.3	56.5	1.1	2.4	1.5	2.7
Kayla Thornton K. Thornton	34	34	25.1	8.5	4.9	0.8	0.7	0.2	2.7	7.4	37.2	1.6	4.7	35.0	1.4	1.5	92.0	52.9	1.4	3.5	0.7	2.2
Gabby Williams G. Williams	32	32	25.1	14.9	3.3	2.2	1.7	0.2	5.4	12.8	42.1	1.7	4.9	34.2	2.5	3.4	73.1	52.2	0.7	2.7	1.7	1.4
Kiah Stokes K. Stokes	33	33	22.5	3.8	5.3	1.2	0.6	1.8	1.5	3.5	43.6	0.5	1.7	32.1	0.2	0.5	46.7	51.4	1.1	4.3	0.5	2.5
Janelle Salaün J. Salaün	33	0	22.2	13.0	3.7	1.1	0.7	0.1	4.1	9.8	42.2	2.5	6.3	39.6	2.3	2.8	83.5	59.4	1.0	2.8	0.8	2.3
Kaila Charles K. Charles	34	8	19.9	6.1	4.4	1.3	0.8	0.2	2.3	5.6	40.5	0.7	2.3	29.1	0.9	1.2	77.5	50.1	1.7	2.7	1.0	2.3
Cecilia Zandalasini C. Zandalasini	30	27	18.5	8.3	2.0	1.8	0.9	0.2	3.0	7.4	40.8	1.3	3.7	35.7	0.9	1.1	82.4	52.5	0.3	1.7	1.5	1.8
Tiffany Hayes T. Hayes	32	1	16.3	8.4	1.7	2.4	0.7	0.2	2.7	5.9	45.5	0.6	1.9	29.0	2.5	3.0	82.3	58.2	0.4	1.3	1.1	2.1
Kaitlyn Chen K. Chen	34	0	14.4	6.9	1.1	2.0	0.3	0.0	2.8	5.1	54.6	0.5	1.4	37.0	0.8	1.1	70.3	61.2	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.1
Ashten Prechtel A. Prechtel	2	0	11.5	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	2.5	40.0	0.5	1.5	33.3	1.5	1.5	100.0	63.3	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.5
Laeticia Amihere L. Amihere	30	1	11.1	3.0	3.2	1.0	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.6	41.6	0.1	0.3	40.0	0.8	1.4	53.5	47.4	1.3	1.9	0.8	1.5
Justė Jocytė J. Jocytė	10	0	6.1	2.6	0.5	0.7	0.0	0.1	0.8	2.6	30.8	0.5	1.4	35.7	0.5	0.6	83.3	45.4	0.0	0.5	0.7	0.5
Miela Sowah M. Sowah	2	0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
Nadia Fingall N. Fingall	5	0	2.4	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	100.0	0.2	0.2	100.0	0.0	0.0	0	125.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2

Regular Season	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Gabby Williams G. Williams	18	13	27.4	8.9	5.1	3.7	1.4	0.5	3.7	9.3	39.5	0.8	3.2	25.9	0.8	0.9	87.5	46.3	1.4	3.6	2.1	1.4
Tiffany Hayes T. Hayes	32	25	27.1	14.9	3.1	2.1	0.8	0.2	4.9	10.8	45.5	1.8	4.5	38.9	3.3	3.8	86.2	59.6	1.0	2.2	1.7	3.0
Janelle Salaün J. Salaün	6	3	24.1	9.5	6.2	1.7	0.5	0.2	3.3	10.8	30.8	2.0	7.0	28.6	0.8	1.3	62.5	41.6	2.0	4.2	1.5	1.8
Kayla Thornton K. Thornton	27	15	22.7	7.9	4.1	1.3	1.0	0.2	2.7	6.3	43.2	0.9	3.0	30.9	1.5	1.8	83.7	55.6	1.3	2.8	0.9	1.8
Cecilia Zandalasini C. Zandalasini	5	2	20.5	10.8	2.2	1.0	0.4	0.0	3.2	9.0	35.6	1.8	6.4	28.1	2.6	2.8	92.9	52.8	0.4	1.8	2.4	1.2
Veronica Burton V. Burton	15	8	20.4	6.1	2.0	3.1	0.9	0.3	1.9	5.7	34.1	0.6	2.2	27.3	1.7	2.1	78.1	46.4	0.9	1.1	1.5	1.5
Kiah Stokes K. Stokes	34	14	17.8	2.6	4.5	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.0	2.2	46.1	0.1	0.6	26.3	0.4	0.8	51.9	50.6	1.0	3.5	0.4	1.2
Iliana Rupert I. Rupert	6	2	15.9	6.2	3.5	0.7	0.7	0.2	2.0	4.8	41.4	1.3	3.8	34.8	0.8	1.0	83.3	58.5	1.0	2.5	0.8	1.3
Kaila Charles K. Charles	11	3	14.8	4.0	2.9	0.6	1.3	0.6	1.7	5.0	34.5	0.2	1.6	11.1	0.4	0.5	80.0	38.5	0.5	2.4	1.7	2.0
Kaitlyn Chen K. Chen	4	0	9.5	3.0	0.3	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.3	55.6	0.5	0.8	66.7	0.0	0.0	0	66.7	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.8
Justė Jocytė J. Jocytė	1	0	6.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Laeticia Amihere L. Amihere	4	0	4.9	1.0	1.3	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.8	33.3	0.3	0.3	100.0	0.3	1.0	25.0	42.0	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.0

Minnesota faces Golden State, looks for 30th win this season

The Associated Press

Aug 18, 2026

Minnesota Lynx (29-7, 19-2 Western Conference) at Golden State Valkyries (25-9, 10-6 Western Conference)

San Francisco; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: Minnesota Lynx will aim for its 30th win this season when the Lynx visit the Golden State Valkyries.

The Valkyries are 10-6 against Western Conference opponents. Golden State ranks eighth in the Western Conference with 30.8 points per game in the paint led by Gabby Williams averaging 6.1.

The Lynx have gone 19-2 against Western Conference opponents. Minnesota ranks seventh in the WNBA with 25.2 defensive rebounds per game led by Napheesa Collier averaging 5.9.

Golden State averages 10.8 made 3-pointers per game, 1.7 more made shots than the 9.1 per game Minnesota gives up. Minnesota averages 9.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.5 more made shots on average than the 7.8 per game Golden State allows.

The two teams square off for the third time this season. The Lynx defeated the Valkyries 81-75 in their last matchup on June 20. Nia Coffey led the Lynx with 22 points, and Cecilia Zandalasini led the Valkyries with 23 points.

TOP PERFORMERS: Veronica Burton is shooting 42.8% and averaging 12.4 points for the Valkyries. Williams is averaging 13.3 points over the last 10 games.

Olivia Miles is averaging 19.9 points and 6.1 assists for the Lynx. Kayla McBride is averaging 19.9 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Valkyries: 8-2, averaging 86.8 points, 31.0 rebounds, 21.2 assists, 8.9 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 45.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 78.0 points per game.

Lynx: 9-1, averaging 96.3 points, 33.1 rebounds, 22.9 assists, 9.8 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 48.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 87.7 points.

INJURIES: Valkyries: Iliana Rupert: out for season (pregnancy), Kiah Stokes: day to day (concussion protocol).

Lynx: Emma Cechova: out for season (knee).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Lynx MIN

Valkyries GSV

Odds

Season Leaders

Team Stats

Injuries

2026 Standings

Last 5

Game Info

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Threes Made

Minnesota faces Golden State, looks for 30th win this season

Players Mentioned

Kiah Stokes

Kayla McBride

Napheesa Collier

Nia Coffey

Veronica Burton

Iliana Rupert