Paige Bueckers

Gabby Williams scored 19 points and hit a go-ahead 17-footer with 1:17 remaining, and the Golden State Valkyries won a late replay review to complete a rally from 16 points down and beat the Dallas Wings 77-73 on Friday night in a wild deciding Game 3 of their first-round WNBA playoff series

Amid Team USA's tournament run in Berlin, Germany, Reese spoke about what it's like to play with Clark as a teammate rather than an opponent, as they do in the WNBA

She managed to grab six rebounds and dish out an assist in playing over 18 minutes for Team USA, but it was nowhere near what many fans and critics typically witness from one of the WNBA's top superstars

Team USA opens its pursuit of a fifth consecutive FIBA Women's World Cup gold medal Friday, facing China in the tournament's opening group-stage matchup, with tipoff scheduled for 8:15 a.m. ET at Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin, Germany

Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell led the Indiana Fever to an emphatic 113-90 win over the Chicago Sky on Sunday Night Basketball

The WNBA's playoff field is set thanks to the Dallas Wings' 96-78 victory over the visiting Portland Fire, sending star guard Paige Bueckers to the postseason for the first time

Bueckers posted 13 points on 5-for-16 shooting, eight assists, and six rebounds

That stat line helped Clark achieve a significantly impressive milestone in her career and WNBA history

Dallas signed Williams to an extreme hardship contract in August 2025

American women, who have captured eight consecutive Olympic gold medals without losing a game, will seek their fifth consecutive World Cup crown in Berlin from September 4-13, having taken the past four without dropping a game

After leading the Atlanta Dream by 12 points at the end of the third quarter, Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings suffered a surprising fourth-quarter letdown

Olivia Miles brings her season totals to 503 points and 155 assists through 26 games

In the victory, rookie point guard Olivia Miles posted 32 points, eight rebounds, and eight assists — her second 30-point game this month — to complement All-Star guard Kayla McBride's season-high 33 points

The league deemed Thomas' contact a 'non-basketball act' after Fever coach Stephanie White criticized the officiating

But expectations had to be tempered at least a little bit with All-Star forward and face of the franchise Napheesa Collier still recovering from two offseason ankle surgeries

The Fever lost back-to-back games on the West Coast while Caitlin Clark and head coach Stephanie White went viral for a sideline altercation, and Cunningham took issue with the team's play

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Dallas Wings All-Star guard Paige Bueckers had an uncharacteristic performance in the team's 17-point loss to the Atlanta Dream on Friday night

While Caitlin Clark struggled early in the matchup, she turned things around, finishing with 32 points on 10-for-28 shooting

Clark still finished with 20 points, seven assists, and five rebounds, showcasing the elite shot creation and playmaking that helped turn her into the new face of the WNBA

The Fever fell 107-104 to the Dallas Wings at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Saturday as Dallas spoiled Indiana’s season opener behind strong performances from Arike Ogunbowale, Paige Bueckers and Odyssey Sims

Tony East is an Indiana-based writer who covers the Pacers and Fever

Some players, such as Atlanta’s Rhyne Howard, saw a 1,389% pay increase ($75,556 to $1.1m in her new three-year deal)

Yet, in the lead-up to the season, ESPN unveiled its Top 50 rankings of the best players in the WNBA, and fans are seemingly outraged over where Clark was placed

After a few days of awkward deflections and a viral PR shutdown, Paige Bueckers finally addressed the topic everyone has been dancing around — her romantic relationship with Azzi Fudd

While Bueckers attended the event alongside other players and applauded Fudd going first overall, there wasn't much interaction between the alleged partners at the event or in social media posts

During her 12-year WNBA career, Odyssey Sims has accomplished a lot

CNN's Coy Wire breaks down the pay bumps for the new rookies heading into the WNBA's 30th season

Most mock drafts have three players who could go first overall to the Dallas (who selected Bueckers first a year ago): Connecticut’s Azzi Fudd, TCU’s Olivia Miles, and Spanish center Awa Fam

The deal comes after prolonged negotiations and just 51 days before the start of the 2026 WNBA season

The two sides blew past the original deadline of 31 October 2025 and the 9 January extension, entering a “status quo” period