WNBA press conferences

Jordin Canada wasn't satisfied after Atlanta's first-ever WNBA Finals win: "The stats looks like I had a triple-double, but to me, I know I could have played a lot better." She pointed to forced shots, overthinking on defense and turnovers down the stretch.

Another poor shooting night didn't sink Atlanta in its first WNBA Finals win. Karl Smesko said his Game 1 fixes worked: Golden State got fewer second chances, and "even though we didn't shoot it great again, our shot quality was better, our pace was better."

"I think I let the team down last game by only getting 2 shot attempts. And that was on me." Angel Reese answered with 30 points and 16 rebounds in Atlanta's first-ever WNBA Finals win. Coach Karl Smesko gave her "a couple more breaks" to keep that intensity going.

Gabby Williams' late limp in Game 1 didn't hold her back in Game 2, Natalie Nakase said after the Valkyries' loss to Atlanta: "Oh, no. She was aggressive. Yeah, she was fine." Nakase said Williams just missed: "I thought her looks were the same as usual."

Janelle Salaun has accepted an adjusted playoff role for the Golden State Valkyries. Before Game 2, Natalie Nakase credited her maturity and selflessness: "Credit to her of understanding we've obviously made some adjustments... she's fresh, she's ready to go."

Tiffany Hayes is available for Game 2 after the hit she took in Game 1. "Everyone's good to go," Natalie Nakase said before the game, with 12 of 14 Valkyries available. Hayes nearly retired before joining her, Nakase said, and offered to come off the bench when they first met.

"Angel had a great first half. We didn't get her the ball enough." Dream coach Karl Smesko on Angel Reese after the Game 1 loss to Golden State. He said Atlanta drifted into too much one-on-one play in the second half instead of going back to her.

Laeticia Amihere took the second-half defensive assignment on Angel Reese in Golden State's Finals game against the Dream. Natalie Nakase said Amihere was key to the game plan: "LA had great energy." A matchup to watch for Reese's numbers next game.

Golden State's Natalie Nakase didn't commit on Tiffany Hayes after she went down hard late: "Tip's okay... I'll know when medical tells me." Nakase is adding film study "because I want to win this for Tip." Gabby Williams limped; Nakase gave no status: it's the player's call.

Atlanta's Allisha Gray (hand) is a game-time decision. Karl Smesko: "Everything's trending in the right direction, but when the starters are announced at 30 minutes, we'll know for sure." No word on a minutes limit. He called it go or no-go, the doctors' call.

DeWanna Bonner's versatility lets Atlanta use different lineups, Dream coach Karl Smesko said pregame, and her range is meant to pull the Valkyries' defense out from the basket: "She not only shoots the 3, but shoots it from very deep."

Jordin Canada's speed is step two of the Dream's plan against the Valkyries, coach Karl Smesko said pregame. Step one is keeping them from rebounding their own misses. Then the edge is "having somebody like Jordin who can really push the pace."

"She's come to the dark side a little bit." Natalie Nakase says Veronica Burton is cussing like her now, more direct as a Golden State Valkyries leader. Nakase's father cussed her out after games: "his love language was basketball, it was discipline, and it was time."

Tiffany Hayes took rest days to get her mind and body right before the Golden State Valkyries' Finals against the Dream, the team where she made her name: "Much-needed rest days, trying to get ready for this next series."

Keeping Angel Reese off the boards may take more than one Golden State Valkyrie. Tiffany Hayes said the answer to the Dream forward in the Finals is boxing out: "She's definitely going to be harder to box out. You might need a few people to do that."

Gabby Williams, Veronica Burton and Tiffany Hayes are among those who close games for the Golden State Valkyries. Natalie Nakase said her staff builds late-game plays around "what they like at the end" so the closers "feel confident."

"2 baskets, you know, 2 rims, 1 court, the same size. The basketball is the same size." Asked about possibly playing road Finals games in a smaller arena, Natalie Nakase said it does not change the Golden State Valkyries' approach.

"Now this team pays me more, so I go here." Gabby Williams said at Golden State Valkyries media day on Oct. 16 that she was just being truthful. Her "bandwagoners" remark targeted the media, not fans: "If media's praising me now, I don't care."

Natalie Nakase is still getting stops in Golden State Valkyries practice during the Finals. The coach said she held a guard on Oct. 15 and let her hear it: "I said not here, not this time... Like I'm 46 years old, why am I getting that?"

Natalie Nakase takes "full responsibility" for the Golden State Valkyries' injuries last season, practice intensity included. Her fix: "14 players that could produce," mostly two-way. Finals minutes and reps were mapped right after the Vegas series, rest "calculated."

Gabby Williams on what she told Natalie Nakase in free agency: "I played for a team with 4 All-Stars that... had a first-round exit the same the Valkyries did." The Golden State Valkyries forward said that showed her how far culture can take a team.

Kiah Stokes has missed the last few days of Golden State Valkyries practice and looked congested. Natalie Nakase framed it as rest after Stokes spent the last series guarding the MVP: "I think guarding the MVP is pretty tough. And so, yeah, she's just resting."

Tiffany Hayes says her recovery is going great ahead of the Finals against Atlanta. At Golden State Valkyries practice, she said she "took some time off to get my mind and my body right" with "much-needed rest days."

Tiffany Hayes said Golden State Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase defends her own players in practice drills, and if Nakase gets a stop, "we won't hear the end of it. So we got to make sure we just get the bucket every time."

Golden State Valkyries' closers, per Natalie Nakase at practice: Gabby Williams, Veronica Burton and Tiffany Hayes. The staff is building late-game plays around what each likes, to "develop some situational things that they can close with and they feel confident."

Allisha Gray went through a workout before Atlanta's game on Oct. 9 but was ruled out "in the interest of caution," Dream coach Karl Smesko said pregame. "She's been making good progress since her injury," he said, adding he had no other information.

"I'm more heavy metal, but it's more like the jazz, just being able to play off other people and know what you should do next. That's how she plays." Atlanta coach Karl Smesko on DeWanna Bonner, a two-year target who he says helped fuel the unbeaten run since the FIBA break.

"I feel much better... It's because... I'm able to sit." Gabby Williams, who played 28 minutes in Golden State's overtime clincher over Las Vegas, says depth has her fresher than late last season. Sitting much of the third quarter reset her: "just get off it for a minute."

"This is Tiffany Hayes coming off of the bench. Like, are you kidding me?" Gabby Williams calls it a huge edge; she and Hayes trade off carrying the scoring. Kiah Stokes says Golden State will keep leaning on its bench in the Finals, "especially when we play Atlanta."

"It is our superpower... More importantly, it's for people's health." Golden State's Natalie Nakase on depth, after Gabby Williams played only 28 minutes in the overtime win over the Aces. She tied last year's injuries to a 7- or 8-player rotation that wasn't sustainable.

"Literally, this is a dream come true to be going to our finals in our second year." Golden State coach Natalie Nakase after the Valkyries closed out the Aces in Las Vegas. With 8 days off before the Finals, she said "rest and recovery for me is going to be crucial."

With the Las Vegas Aces' season over, keeping free agent Jackie Young after a career year is "a big priority," said Becky Hammon. "Ultimately, it's going to come down to her decision though." A'ja Wilson will stay in Young's ear but knows when to give her space.

"I missed like a bunny to tie the game, which really sucks." Breanna Stewart on her miss with the New York Liberty down two points and 17 seconds left in their season-ending loss to Atlanta. Guarded by Naz Hillmon, she said she needed better touch off the backboard.

Asked if he's been told he'll be back next season, Liberty coach Chris DeMarco said: "every communication I've had, the dialogue I've had, the answer is yes." On staff changes: "I have no idea, man." He gave no timeline for Satou Sabally's concussion.

No timeline on Allisha Gray, so Atlanta leans on rookie Isobel Borlase, 21. "I don't think we win either of the last 2 games without the production we got from Izzy," Karl Smesko said; he wants it through the Finals. Angel Reese also credited DeWanna Bonner.

"We couldn't resume the drill until I made the 2 in a row." Angel Reese said Atlanta coach Karl Smesko stopped a camp drill until she hit two straight threes in front of the team. Smesko said the staff "changed her shot like completely" and expects more growth next offseason.

A'ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces is the only WNBA player with five MVPs. On why this one made her cry harder: "15-year-old A'ja wasn't sitting up here dreaming about being a 5-time MVP... She was just dreaming about surviving this world."

"I didn't play at all during the season just with some of the back stuff that I was dealing with" said Indiana Fever's Caitlin Clark, on giving up golf to keep her body right. Back on the course this offseason: "I stepped up to the first tee and I swung and whiffed."

"I'm going to hold some stuff, but I'm going to say it was amazing." Golden State's Tiffany Hayes, who missed last year's playoffs injured, on beating her old team, the Aces: "I know I played with them, much respect to them. But at the end of the day, I'm here."

Veronica Burton's assignment for Golden State: the Aces' Bre Turner, whom she has guarded the past two games. Burton said that can change at any moment, because a fast break can put her back on a guard. The Valkyries lead the series 2-0 heading to Las Vegas.

Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase called her exhaustion and dropping during the Dallas game a "complete wake-up call on how important health is." Her sister crying shook her; both saw their father die in front of them. She now eats and prioritises mornings over coffee.

Kalani Brown may get a bigger role for the Las Vegas Aces. Down 0-2, Becky Hammon went to a two-center lineup and said Brown got Golden State's thin frontcourt in foul trouble. Stephanie Talbot: "Kalani was huge for us inside... We can use her a little bit more."

Stephanie Talbot returned for the Las Vegas Aces in a Game 2 loss to Golden State and leaned on how she closed the year: "I finished the regular season with some momentum and some confidence, and I just tried to bring that into the game."

"When I ask both refs if we have a reset timeout at the end and they tell us no, and then we leave the game with a reset timeout, it's pretty frustrating." Breanna Stewart, after New York's Game 2 loss to Atlanta left the Liberty down 0-2 in the series.

No reset timeout for the Liberty. From the Atlanta Dream postgame: after Angel Reese's first free throw late, officials checked at the table and said they had none. "There's plenty of calls that we could talk about that we feel could have went our way."

Allisha Gray, in a soft cast after Atlanta's win, will be listed day-to-day. Asked if she'll be back this season, Karl Smesko said he hopes so but has no further information. In her place, Jordin Canada said, Isobel Borlase gave "huge minutes, some timely buckets."

Naz Hillmon "played a ton of minutes and just was fantastic," Dream coach Karl Smesko said after the overtime win over New York, citing her defense and extra possessions. Late in the fourth he designed a play for her to cut if the defense left her, and she scored at the rim.

"I told her to throw it in the backcourt and I'm gonna run around as fast as I can out there." Angel Reese, on what she told DeWanna Bonner before Atlanta's final overtime inbound. Coach Karl Smesko had expected New York to call timeout and advance the ball. It didn't.

"Kaitlyn Chen was fresh and I'm playing a fresh Kaitlyn Chen." Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase on using Chen over Veronica Burton late; Burton never returned after the third quarter. Asked if that was injury-related, Nakase said Burton is "feeling great" but didn't say.

"If you're tired, tell me. And I did at halftime. I went down the line." On a quick turnaround, Golden State Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase asked each player about fatigue and leaned on short stints. She called her team "12 deep" and said the second unit "can play or start."

DeWanna Bonner shifted positions in Atlanta's Game 1 win over New York and guarded MVP-level players. Karl Smesko: "She moved positions in this game where she hasn't even been practicing really at that position." Jordin Canada said Bonner also lit into the team at halftime.

Jordin Canada scored 25 in Atlanta's Game 1 win over New York despite three first-half fouls. Asked about small guards: "It don't matter about height. It's all about the heart that you have." She said she's been counted out "a lot this season and just overall in my career."

Atlanta's third-quarter surge in an eight-game win streak starts before Karl Smesko reaches the locker room. He said his players settle halftime adjustments themselves: "When I start talking about adjustments, I can tell they've already talked about the same adjustments."

"I think last year we would get lots of leads and then we would lose them." Jordin Canada said the difference in this Atlanta Dream team, now up 1-0 on New York after a Game 1 win, is that it finishes games out.

Naz Hillmon played 37 minutes and guarded Breanna Stewart in Atlanta's Game 1 win over New York. Karl Smesko: "Naz only, I think, took 2 shots ... she had the best plus-minus on the team." Allisha Gray went down in the game; Smesko had no update on her status.

A'ja Wilson was held to single-digit rebounds as Golden State sent two or three defenders at her. Becky Hammon and Chelsea Gray said the Aces didn't punish it, missing layups they normally make: "They threw 2 or 3 people at her... We missed a lot of open shots."

Jewell Loyd went down mid-game in the Aces' loss. Becky Hammon hadn't spoken to her and gave no status: "I don't know exactly what happened other than some lower leg." With injuries piling up, she said, it's "next woman up."

"Good news is we played like ass and only lost by 10." Becky Hammon on the Aces' loss to Golden State, which she blamed on discipline: "All we talked about for the last 48 hours was rebounding and blocking them out. And we did not do it."

Tired legs, not tactics, drove the late zone defense in Las Vegas's loss to Golden State. Becky Hammon said the Aces went to it "just trying to recoup some legs, I think, with some people playing some high minutes." She didn't say who.

"This is their identity. It's not going to change for the series." New York Liberty coach Chris DeMarco on Atlanta's pressure, that swung the third quarter. Sabrina Ionescu said they drove into lanes without creating outlets. Breanna Stewart: Atlanta did the same in New York.

"It doesn't matter. We didn't win... I had 1 assist." Sabrina Ionescu brushed off her efficient shooting after the New York Liberty's Game 1 loss at Atlanta, saying her job is to get Jonquel Jones, Breanna Stewart, Leonie Fiebich and Pauline Astier going.

Breanna Stewart played 40 minutes again, and New York Liberty coach Chris DeMarco would not commit to a plan for her workload: "it's just going to depend on the rest days in between... we're just going to continue to monitor it."

"We went into this season with the goals of winning a championship. So anything less than that is disappointing." Lexie Hull on Indiana's early exit. The hardest part: "we're not going to get this group again, just like we didn't get last year's group again."

Tyasha Harris, a pending free agent, is coming off surgery, and Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White gave no timeline for her recovery: "I don't have a status update. She had successful surgery."

"At the end of the day, it's their decision about whether I return or not." Stephanie White, asked if she will coach Indiana Fever next season, said she feels supported by the organization but left her future in its hands: "I'd love the opportunity."

"Priority number one is Kelsey." Stephanie White said re-signing Kelsey Mitchell tops Indiana Fever's offseason list, then "complementary pieces" around Mitchell, Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston, starting with a long, athletic wing who can defend and rebound.

Raven Johnson will be a big piece of Indiana Fever's future, coach Stephanie White said, pointing to her ball pressure, rebounding and driving to the basket: "I think she's got an opportunity to slide into a larger role because she can do that."

Bree Hall and Grace VanSlooten "have an opportunity to really continue to improve and be solid rotation players," Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White said. She called settling the backup rotation "challenging at times" and wants more consistent rotations.

"Our teams in the old days, you know, had Tamika who really set that tone." Stephanie White said Indiana Fever's defensive mentality was not consistent this season, unlike the Tamika Catchings-era teams, and the staff will re-examine its defense this offseason.

Aliyah Boston "improved tremendously in stretching her range, the ability to play outside," Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White said. But Boston is also "very good in the 2-man," the two-player game with a teammate. "Like, how do you balance that?"

"Wanting to win a title and then learning what it takes to win a title. And, you know, those are 2 different things." Stephanie White blamed Indiana Fever falling short of a title on inexperience: it was only the Big 3's second playoff run together.

"It felt a little bit like the beginning of the year again." Stephanie White said travel and fatigue after the FIBA international break made reintegrating Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston hard for Indiana Fever. She wanted more practice days before games resumed every other day.

The microscope Caitlin Clark described "also unites our team," Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White said, "different than any team that I've ever experienced." The noise can't be silenced, only minimized, she said. Clark's biggest growth: "her being collaborative with us."

"We get a lot of flack ... for being on her team." Kelsey Mitchell said Indiana Fever players get hate in their direct messages simply for being Caitlin Clark's teammates, and asked people to give them grace.

Too early to say, Kelsey Mitchell said of returning to the Fever as an unrestricted free agent: "I think that I have to be selfish." Staying with one team her whole career makes it hard, and her backcourt with Caitlin Clark will matter. Content to finish in Indiana? "Heck yeah."

No decision yet on an offseason plan for Aliyah Boston's injured leg. "I'll be talking to medical," the Indiana Fever star said. The leg left her starting the year uncertain: "there were definitely some games where I was hindered a little bit," and she missed others.

Veronica Burton's three sparked Golden State's comeback from 16 down in the third quarter. "I think V hit a really big 3... After that, it was just about getting stops," Gabby Williams said postgame. The Valkyries held the opponent to 29 second-half points.

Golden State head coach Natalie Nakase is okay after going down, according to Tiffany Hayes. Asked postgame what happened, Hayes said: "No, I didn't really see it, but we're happy she's okay." Nobody gave further detail on what happened.

Gabby Williams said Golden State has given her the green light to shoot threes, something she had overseas but never in the WNBA. Why she came: "I just wanted someone to believe in me," which she said she never got from a WNBA staff or teammates.

Dallas was "a little depleted from injuries," Jose Fernandez said, citing Alanna Smith, "our best interior defender," and a first-round pick he didn't name: "also our best perimeter defender, shooter." His point: injuries took his best defender inside and out.

Paige Bueckers is "taking it hard, right? Because she carries that load and she's a winner," Dallas Wings coach Jose Fernandez said on Oct. 2. He called her a first-team All-WNBA player and said the series should not reflect on her season.

Paige Bueckers "should be first-team WNBA," Arike Ogunbowale said of her Dallas Wings teammate. "If not, I feel like that shit's rigged because she's done everything for this team." She called Bueckers a "generational player" who "willed us throughout the whole season."

Arike Ogunbowale defended Dallas Wings coach Jose Fernandez: "he deserves a lot of praise because he's taken this team from the bottom to... what we did this year." She said Fernandez "takes everything on the chin."

"They went the extra inch and that's what got them the win." Arike Ogunbowale said the Dallas Wings didn't match the Valkyries' intensity on loose balls and rebounds during their final pushes. Losing the lead was disappointing, but it's hard to keep one against Golden State.

Stephanie Talbot missed the Aces' game, and Becky Hammon doesn't know her status yet: "I'm hoping she should be good for this next series." Until then the focus is "rest and getting healthy." Dana Evans has been out nearly all year; Mai Yamamoto was signed as insurance.

Jewell Loyd started in Stephanie Talbot's place for the Aces and drew Caitlin Clark. Becky Hammon told her three stars to be ready to play all 40, more than she thinks she's ever played her guards. On Jackie Young: "If there's somebody that can do 40, it's her, I promise you."

Defense won it for the Las Vegas Aces, Becky Hammon said after the game. They mixed up coverages and put the emphasis on the 3-point line. She was okay giving up 36 points in the paint, compared with the 58 she recalled from the previous game.

"I prayed a lot. I cried a lot." A'ja Wilson, asked after the Aces' Oct. 1 win whether what happened on Sept. 29 fueled her, said she received a lot of support and did not want it to be a distraction to herself or her team.

Caitlin Clark on a review with 2 minutes left in Indiana's season-ending loss to Las Vegas: "if the challenge ... is called correctly when they go to the monitor, it's a 1-possession game and we have the ball." The Aces shot 35 free throws to Indiana's 20. "It stops the game."

"Kelsey, in my opinion, had the best season of any guard that there's ever been in this league." Caitlin Clark on Kelsey Mitchell after Indiana's season-ending loss to Las Vegas. Mitchell on the Aces' size inside: "sometimes they make it tough by being trees."

"I could sit up here and sandbag my ass off... But no, we take the opposite route." Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said she embraces high expectations rather than playing them down as the team chases a fifth championship.

Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said "everybody could see Napheesa Collier wasn't Napheesa Collier" after she returned from double ankle surgery without time with her team. Of Dorka Juhasz, hurt in April just before joining: "she just never found her footing with us."

Napheesa Collier's coming free agency is "a Fi decision," Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said, using Collier's nickname. "And that is probably more than basketball." Collier is on a one-year deal. Reeve said both sides will be okay whatever she decides.

Olivia Miles had "a bit of a spiral" in the playoffs, and Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve blamed herself for how she used Miles against New York's bigs: "We just couldn't get it reprogrammed" after Game 1. On the exit: "We didn't meet the moment. I look inward."

"No one wanted to play at 270. No one." Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve called free agency under the new labor deal "a full-on money grab," and existing contracts can't be restructured. Her core can still win a title, she said: "They need more help though."

"You have to put the ball in the hole. You have to. And we were an impatient offense." Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said defense was not what sank her team in the series against New York. The offense was.

"Size that shoots 3s and can pass and can defend and rebound. That's what I'm looking for." Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve, asked whether size is an offseason priority, pointed out that both of the team's biggest players were hurt this season.

"We have a player in Nia Coffey who had a great season. That's our starting point." Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve named Coffey as the base of the supporting cast around her core, and said Maya Caldwell gave the team "some really good things."

Kayla McBride said her season wasn't enough. Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve disagreed: "I don't know that she can be more than what she's been. Just keep doing what you're doing."

Courtney Williams and Kayla McBride were missing departed teammates in training camp, Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve recalled, so she told Williams the focus was on who is here: "Remember, Court, you were real happy for everybody... Now stand in your shit, right?"

Minnesota's Napheesa Collier said she wasn't 100% after returning from ankle surgery, but "I feel confident that I'll be able to get back to my normal 100." She hasn't been able to build her game since spring 2025 and plans offseason work on ball handling and 3-point shooting.

Natasha Howard isn't retiring. Asked if she plans to return to Minnesota next season: "Absolutely." Her offseason won't be in China, where she won a title: "I'm going to Turkey. I'll be playing in Gala." She also called this "one of the best seasons I've had so far."

"I think we the undersized team, I believe, in the league." Natasha Howard said New York's size, with post players of 6'6 and 6'10 plus Breanna Stewart at 6'5, kept the Minnesota Lynx from scoring in the paint in the series.

Courtney Williams wants Napheesa Collier back with the Lynx: "I would love for Fi to come back. Of course, they're my dogs." But she said Collier has to do what's best for her. Williams, glad to skip free agency herself, compared it to "getting picked in gym."

Olivia Miles said she played not to lose in the playoffs: "it was more of a scarcity mindset." The Minnesota Lynx guard said she went from a rookie nobody expected much of to MVP conversations, and a playoff loss came to feel like the end of the world.

Kayla McBride says she'll be back with the Lynx next season, brushing off the retirement talk that comes up every offseason: "I still have a lot more to give, like, between those 4 lines. And I'm excited to do it." First, she wants to rest after a 44-to-46-game season.

Napheesa Collier's free agency: Lynx teammate Kayla McBride wants her back. "I don't want that to be my last game with Fi. And she knows that." She wants Collier to choose what's best for herself, and objected that speculation began within 24 hours of the season ending.

Cheryl Reeve said the Lynx roster may not be built for the playoffs. Kayla McBride agrees: "she's right. I think we won 80-some percent of our games in the regular season, and we don't have much to show for it." She said a late-season slide carried into the playoffs.

Indiana rookie Raven Johnson's playoff role is growing, and she says she'll fill any role, even guarding Las Vegas's Jackie Young. At shootaround, Myisha Hines-Allen said: "we all knew what Raven could do. It's just a matter of now she's getting an opportunity to do it."

Myisha Hines-Allen has been in and out of Indiana's rotation, and coach Stephanie White praised her either way: "whether she's been in the rotation or not in the rotation, she is still actively engaged in communicating with our team on the sideline."

"I thought we played about 35 minutes of really great basketball. We got to play 40." Stephanie White wants all 40 in Indiana's elimination game against Las Vegas: protect the ball, lift the Game 2 defensive energy a level. She expects Las Vegas to hit the shots it missed.

"It's championship or bust." Facing elimination against Las Vegas, Indiana's Myisha Hines-Allen said the team has "everybody that we need in this locker room to get the job done." Coach Stephanie White agreed a title is the goal but said it still takes time to reach.

Golden State's Gabby Williams on the Sept. 30 overtime game against Dallas: "I didn't recognize us. I don't think any of us did." She named the calls and Dallas's tough late shots as things out of the team's control, but said the result didn't come down to those.

Gabby Williams on Golden State's overtime game against Dallas: Arike Ogunbowale got 18 free throws, and the fix is "stay disciplined, stop reaching on her" and make her take contested shots. "We're not here to trade baskets with people. We're a defensive team."