Valkyries vs. Fire (Aug 30, 2026)

GSV

Season Leaders

PDX

14.3

G. Williams

PPG

15.9

C. Leite

5.5

K. Stokes

RPG

5.6

E. Engstler

5.8

V. Burton

APG

6.3

C. Leite

GSV

Team Stats

PDX

82.5

Offensive Rating

87.0

75.6

Defensive Rating

91.2

+6.9

Net Rating

-4.2

34.8

3P%

35.2

10.6

3PM

10.4

11.6

Stocks

11.2

GSV

Injuries

PDX

Iliana Rupert

C

Out for season (Pregnancy)

G

Sarah Ashlee Barker

Out for season (Knee)

F

Sania Feagin

Out for season (Knee)

2026 Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lynx - x	31	8	.795
2	Valkyries - x	28	11	.718	3.0
3	Aces - x	27	13	.675	4.5
4	Fever - x	26	14	.650	5.5
5	Dream - x	25	14	.641	6.0
6	Mystics - x	24	16	.600	7.5
7	Wings - x	23	16	.590	8.0
8	Liberty - x	23	16	.590	8.0
9	Fire - e	16	23	.410	15.0
10	Sky - e	15	24	.385	16.0
11	Sparks - e	14	25	.359	17.0
12	Mercury - e	13	26	.333	18.0
13	Tempo - e	11	28	.282	20.0
14	Sun - e	10	29	.256	21.0
15	Storm - e	8	31	.205	23.0

GSV

Last 5

PDX

Thu, Aug 27

Fri, Aug 28

Wed, Aug 26

Tue, Aug 25

Mon, Aug 24

Sun, Aug 23

Fri, Aug 21

Fri, Aug 21

Wed, Aug 19

Sun, Aug 16

Game Info

August 30, 2026

League Pass

Moda Center

Portland, Oregon

Team Leaders

PPG

14.3

G. Williams

RPG

5.5

K. Stokes

APG

5.8

V. Burton

+/-

+271

V. Burton

Season

Career vs PDX

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	39	39	28.4	12.4	3.5	5.8	1.5	0.4	4.1	9.4	43.3	1.4	3.9	36.8	2.8	3.5	81.5	56.8	1.2	2.3	1.4	2.7
Gabby Williams G. Williams	37	37	24.8	14.3	3.3	2.2	1.6	0.2	5.1	12.6	40.7	1.7	5.0	34.6	2.3	3.2	72.6	51.0	0.6	2.6	1.6	1.3
Kayla Thornton K. Thornton	39	39	24.1	7.6	4.5	0.7	0.6	0.2	2.5	6.8	36.0	1.5	4.3	34.9	1.2	1.3	92.0	51.2	1.3	3.2	0.6	2.0
Janelle Salaün J. Salaün	38	0	22.3	12.9	3.9	1.2	0.6	0.1	4.2	9.8	42.5	2.4	6.1	39.7	2.2	2.7	81.2	58.8	1.1	2.8	0.8	2.1
Kiah Stokes K. Stokes	38	38	22.2	3.7	5.5	1.2	0.6	1.7	1.5	3.4	43.5	0.5	1.7	29.7	0.2	0.4	46.7	50.9	1.1	4.4	0.5	2.3
Kaila Charles K. Charles	39	8	19.4	6.0	4.3	1.3	0.7	0.2	2.3	5.4	41.9	0.6	2.2	29.1	0.9	1.1	77.3	51.2	1.5	2.8	0.9	2.3
Cecilia Zandalasini C. Zandalasini	35	32	19.1	8.8	2.2	1.8	0.9	0.2	3.3	8.2	39.7	1.3	4.1	32.6	1.0	1.2	82.9	50.6	0.3	1.9	1.4	2.0
Tiffany Hayes T. Hayes	37	1	16.5	8.7	2.0	2.4	0.8	0.2	2.8	6.1	45.8	0.6	2.0	29.3	2.5	3.1	80.7	58.1	0.5	1.4	1.1	2.0
Kaitlyn Chen K. Chen	39	0	14.4	6.5	1.1	1.9	0.3	0.0	2.7	5.1	52.8	0.5	1.3	38.0	0.7	1.0	71.8	59.5	0.3	0.8	1.2	1.2
Laeticia Amihere L. Amihere	34	1	11.2	3.3	3.1	1.0	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.6	47.1	0.1	0.4	41.7	0.7	1.3	53.3	52.0	1.3	1.9	0.7	1.6
Ashten Prechtel A. Prechtel	4	0	8.8	2.8	2.5	0.8	0.3	0.8	0.8	1.8	42.9	0.5	1.3	40.0	0.8	0.8	100.0	66.1	0.5	2.0	1.8	2.5
Justė Jocytė J. Jocytė	13	0	5.9	2.2	0.4	0.8	0.0	0.1	0.7	2.1	33.3	0.4	1.1	35.7	0.4	0.5	83.3	47.2	0.0	0.4	0.6	0.5
Miela Sowah M. Sowah	5	0	3.2	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.4	0.4
Nadia Fingall N. Fingall	8	0	3.1	1.1	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.6	80.0	0.1	0.3	50.0	0.0	0.0	0	90.0	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1

Team Leaders

PPG

15.9

C. Leite

RPG

5.6

E. Engstler

APG

6.3

C. Leite

+/-

-11

A. Okonkwo

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
Bridget Carleton B. Carleton	38	38	30.7	14.4	4.5	2.2	1.6	0.4	4.8	11.8	40.8	2.7	7.4	37.1	2.0	2.3	87.4	56.0	0.7	3.8	1.2	2.1
Carla Leite C. Leite	36	35	25.9	15.9	2.1	6.3	0.7	0.1	4.8	10.5	45.9	0.9	2.4	40.0	5.4	6.1	87.3	60.4	0.6	1.5	3.3	2.7
Sarah Ashlee Barker S. Ashlee Barker	26	15	24.7	10.7	4.5	2.4	0.9	0.3	4.2	8.3	50.2	1.4	3.5	40.0	1.0	1.3	74.3	60.3	0.8	3.7	2.0	2.5
Emily Engstler E. Engstler	39	39	24.5	10.0	5.6	2.1	1.5	1.5	3.8	8.1	47.6	1.2	3.4	35.1	1.1	1.6	69.4	56.8	1.2	4.4	1.8	3.1
Megan DiLeo M. DiLeo	37	28	24.0	13.3	4.2	0.9	0.4	0.6	5.2	9.4	55.0	1.4	3.7	37.5	1.6	1.9	81.7	64.9	1.4	2.8	0.7	2.7
Nyadiew Puoch N. Puoch	38	24	17.5	3.9	1.9	0.7	0.7	0.1	1.5	4.1	35.9	0.4	1.9	23.6	0.5	0.8	63.3	43.7	0.8	1.1	0.6	2.2
Luisa Geiselsöder L. Geiselsöder	21	9	16.6	4.5	2.6	1.3	0.3	0.4	1.6	4.8	33.0	0.8	2.6	29.1	0.6	0.7	80.0	44.1	0.5	2.1	0.9	2.5
Karlie Samuelson K. Samuelson	27	0	15.3	4.7	1.5	0.8	0.4	0.1	1.4	3.5	39.4	1.0	3.0	34.6	0.9	1.0	89.3	59.7	0.5	1.0	0.3	1.6
Frieda Buhner F. Buhner	35	0	14.9	6.3	2.2	0.7	0.3	0.1	2.1	4.9	42.8	0.9	2.5	36.0	1.2	1.3	89.1	56.9	0.7	1.4	0.9	1.6
Teja Oblak T. Oblak	28	0	13.1	5.6	1.5	3.0	0.6	0.0	2.2	5.1	42.7	0.8	2.0	38.2	0.5	0.6	72.2	51.7	0.5	1.0	2.5	1.5
Serah Williams S. Williams	34	2	12.7	4.2	2.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	1.7	3.0	55.9	0.0	0.1	50.0	0.8	1.3	62.2	58.7	0.8	1.7	0.8	1.9
Jordan Harrison J. Harrison	11	1	12.3	5.1	1.7	3.3	0.5	0.1	1.8	3.8	47.6	0.4	1.0	36.4	1.1	1.5	70.6	56.6	0.5	1.2	1.5	2.2
Amy Okonkwo A. Okonkwo	2	0	10.5	5.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.5	5.0	30.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	1.0	1.0	100.0	46.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.5
Holly Winterburn H. Winterburn	26	1	10.0	3.4	1.3	1.8	0.5	0.0	1.3	3.2	40.5	0.3	1.6	17.1	0.5	0.6	86.7	48.6	0.3	0.9	0.9	0.9

Regular Season	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Bridget Carleton B. Carleton	5	5	31.0	7.4	3.0	2.4	0.8	0.0	2.6	6.8	38.2	1.4	5.0	28.0	0.8	1.0	80.0	51.1	1.4	1.6	0.4	1.4
Carla Leite C. Leite	1	1	24.4	10.0	1.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	6.0	33.3	0.0	0.0	0	6.0	6.0	100.0	57.9	0.0	1.0	4.0	2.0
Luisa Geiselsöder L. Geiselsöder	3	2	20.0	5.0	4.3	0.7	1.0	0.3	2.0	5.3	37.5	1.0	3.3	30.0	0.0	0.0	0	46.9	0.3	4.0	1.0	1.7
Emily Engstler E. Engstler	5	1	18.8	6.6	4.2	1.6	0.6	1.2	2.4	6.0	40.0	1.2	2.6	46.2	0.6	1.2	50.0	50.6	1.4	2.8	1.4	1.4
Sarah Ashlee Barker S. Ashlee Barker	5	1	15.7	4.8	2.4	1.8	0.4	0.0	1.8	3.6	50.0	0.8	2.2	36.4	0.4	0.4	100.0	63.6	0.2	2.2	1.4	1.8
Megan DiLeo M. DiLeo	4	1	14.5	6.5	3.3	0.8	0.0	0.0	2.3	5.3	42.9	0.5	1.8	28.6	1.5	2.0	75.0	53.0	0.5	2.8	0.5	2.8
Amy Okonkwo A. Okonkwo	2	0	14.1	7.0	2.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	2.5	5.5	45.5	1.0	2.5	40.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	58.9	0.5	2.0	0.0	0.5
Nyadiew Puoch N. Puoch	1	1	13.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Karlie Samuelson K. Samuelson	2	0	12.4	2.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	25.0	0.5	3.0	16.7	0.0	0.0	0	31.3	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.0
Teja Oblak T. Oblak	1	0	11.8	11.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	5.0	6.0	83.3	1.0	2.0	50.0	0.0	0.0	0	91.7	1.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
Frieda Buhner F. Buhner	1	0	9.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	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	1.0	0.0
Serah Williams S. Williams	1	0	8.9	7.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	2.0	4.0	50.0	93.1	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0
Holly Winterburn H. Winterburn	1	0	3.8	0.0	1.0	1.0	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	1.0	0.0	0.0
Sania Feagin S. Feagin	2	0	2.1	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0

Zandalasini leads Golden State against Portland after 20-point performance

The Associated Press

Aug 29, 2026

Golden State Valkyries (28-11, 11-7 Western Conference) at Portland Fire (16-23, 6-12 Western Conference)

Portland, Oregon; Sunday, 7 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: Golden State Valkyries visits the Portland Fire after Cecilia Zandalasini scored 20 points in the Valkyries' 79-60 victory over the New York Liberty.

The Fire are 6-12 against Western Conference opponents. Portland is fifth in the Western Conference with 7.9 offensive rebounds per game led by Megan Gustafson averaging 1.4.

The Valkyries are 11-7 in Western Conference play. Golden State leads the Western Conference allowing just 75.6 points per game while holding opponents to 41.9% shooting.

Portland averages 10.4 made 3-pointers per game, 2.5 more made shots than the 7.9 per game Golden State allows. Golden State averages 82.5 points per game, 8.7 fewer points than the 91.2 Portland allows to opponents.

The teams play for the second time this season. The Valkyries won the last meeting 95-77 on June 3. Kayla Thornton scored 19 points to help lead the Valkyries to the win.

TOP PERFORMERS: Bridget Carleton is averaging 14.4 points and 1.6 steals for the Fire. Carla Leite is averaging 15.9 points over the last 10 games.

Gabby Williams is averaging 14.3 points and 1.6 steals for the Valkyries. Veronica Burton is averaging 12.9 points and 3.9 rebounds while shooting 46.2% over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Fire: 5-5, averaging 90.9 points, 33.1 rebounds, 20.6 assists, 7.4 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 46.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 90.0 points per game.

Valkyries: 8-2, averaging 82.3 points, 35.5 rebounds, 20.9 assists, 8.0 steals and 3.1 blocks per game while shooting 43.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.6 points.

INJURIES: Fire: Sarah Ashlee Barker: out for season (knee), Sania Feagin: out for season (knee).

Valkyries: Iliana Rupert: out for season (pregnancy).

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

Valkyries GSV

Fire PDX

Season Leaders

Team Stats

Injuries

2026 Standings

Last 5

Game Info

Zandalasini leads Golden State against Portland after 20-point performance

Players Mentioned

Kayla Thornton

Megan DiLeo

Bridget Carleton

Veronica Burton

Iliana Rupert