SAN FRANCISCO – Spiritually, the Golden State Valkyries ' regular-season home finale was actually the previous game, when the Valkyries clinched a historic playoff birth in a come-from-behind win. In their actual final home game of the season, the Valkyries' five-game winning streak came to a grinding halt in their 78-72 loss to the Minnesota Lynx.

While the Valkyries kept the game close all the way through, the Lynx demonstrated why they are the team to beat in the WNBA. After Golden State took a seven-point lead in the third quarter, Minnesota's backcourt duo of Courtney Williams and Natisha Hiedeman caught fire . The StudBudz scored 16 of the Lynx's 30 third-quarter points, giving them a sizable nine-point lead going into the fourth.

The Valkyries rallied in the fourth with Vero

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