SAN FRANCISCO — After a four-game winning streak in which the Valkyries utterly dominated their opponents, the expansion team came back down to Earth on Sunday night.

Facing the physical and skilled Atlanta Dream, the Valkyries suffered their worst home loss since their season opener in a 79-63 defeat.

Golden State was out-rebounded 38-27 and allowed 38 points in the paint – nearly 10 points higher than its average. The Valkyries shot lights out from the 3-point line in their last four wins, but managed to hit just 24.1% of their 3s on Sunday.

“They are a very physical team,” forward Cecilia Zandalasini said. “They played a very good game, put us in trouble. But we cannot rely only on our three-point percentages. We’ve got to do better when teams are so physical with us.”

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