The Valkyries are right in the thick of the playoff race.

After Sunday’s win against the Dallas Wings, the expansion team sits in seventh place with a one-game lead over the ninth-place Los Angeles Sparks and owns the tiebreaker over the eighth-place Indiana Fever. Golden State is a half-game behind the Seattle Storm for the sixth seed.

The Valkyries have been hit with the injury bug but stayed competitive over the last few weeks to keep their spot in the standings.

They have the toughest remaining schedule, per the Elias Sports Bureau, with games against the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx and the uber talented New York Liberty.

But the Valkyries are treating every game as a must win with not much room separating the bottom half of the standings.

“It’s coming down to playoff basketball,” V

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