The Atlanta Dream defeated the Golden State Valkyries 80-69 on Thursday afternoon, leveling the best-of-seven WNBA Finals at 3-3 and forcing a decisive seventh game, The Guardian reported. According to the outlet, the Dream were facing elimination at a lunchtime tipoff and did not intend to let the game become their final one. The Guardian described the win as an overwhelming result.
The Guardian said the result produced the first Game 7 in WNBA history and that the game was set for Saturday night. Its coverage also included a minute-by-minute report of Game 6 by Ella Brockway.
BBC News reported that the 80-69 win denied the Golden State Valkyries their first WNBA Finals victory and placed the series into a seventh and deciding game on Sunday.
Fox News reported that Angel Reese struggled shooting again in the game, while the Dream forced Game 7 as Allisha Gray and Rhyne Howard "caught fire from three." The outlet tied the Dream's forced seventh game to that shooting from three-point range.
The three reports agree on the 80-69 final score and on the forced seventh game. They differ on the day of that game, with The Guardian citing Saturday night and BBC News citing Sunday, and the reports provided do not say which is correct.
Sources: The Guardian: Dream serve up lunchtime rout of Valkyries to force historic WNBA finals Game 7; BBC News: Dream win to set up WNBA Finals decider; Fox News: WNBA bailed out of scheduling disaster as Angel Reese, Dream force Game 7.