Yahoo Sports Staff Updated Wed, October 21, 2026 at 11:45 PM UTC About Our Ads Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement The 2026 WNBA Finals are all tied up after two games in the Bay Area, and the Atlanta Dream have the momentum after a commanding win over the Golden State Valkyries on Monday. They also have home-court advantage, and will reportedly be playing in front of a sold-out State Farm Arena after the game was moved from their smaller home court.
After an uncharacteristic loss at home, the Valkyries will be looking to bounce back in a big way, as head coach Natalie Nakase said there was nothing about her team's Game 2 performance that she liked. If they want to be successful, they'll have to stop Angel Reese, who had a huge Game 2 performance to even up the series.
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A last-minute arena change for the WNBA Finals proved to be a wise decision by the league. The Atlanta Dream reportedly sold out the 17,000-seat State Farm Arena for Game 3 just a week after the league announced the game would be played there , according to Front Office Sports.
While the Dream had played previous playoff rounds at State Farm Arena, the WNBA Finals were initially scheduled to occur at the same time other events were happening at the stadium. Because of that, Game 3 and Game 4 of the WNBA Finals were originally scheduled to be played at Gateway Center, where the Dream usually play. Gateway Center sits just 3,500 fans, the lowest figure in the league.
To get around that, the WNBA altered its schedule for Game 3 and Game 4 of the Finals, moving Game 3 up one day and altering the time of Game 4 so that the Dream could play both games at State Farm Arena.
The sight, while more familiar this past month, is still an odd one. Angel Reese pulling up from the perimeter, her shot smoother by the game, an arc that drains through the net rather than short of it.
The Atlanta Dream have yet to lose when the third-year forward hits a 3-pointer, so when she took advantage of the space Kiah Stokes rarely allowed her, it served as the dagger, even if four minutes remained in the game. The 6-4 forward is 6 of 15 from 3 in the postseason after shooting 18 of 95 in her career.
The addition is a lavish accouterment to the standard fare she deployed to near perfection to even the WNBA Finals at 1-1.
Reese became the youngest player in WNBA history to score at least 30 points and 15 rebounds in a postseason game. The performance led the Dream to their first WNBA Finals victory in franchise history in a 79-65 win over the Golden State Valkyries in Game 2 at Chase Center on Monday. The series shifts to State Farm Arena in Atlanta for Game 3 on Wednesday, a tight turnaround after the contest was moved out of the Dream's Gateway Center Arena home.
Reese got her lick back after insisting the Dream's Game 1 letdown was the result of her not being aggressive enough, rather than anything the league-best Golden State defense did to quell her .
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