Angel Reese drop 30 points and 16 rebounds as Atlanta Dream win dia first game for WNBA Finals, beat Golden State Valkyries 79-65 for San Francisco to level di series for 1-1.
Di Dream carry 39-37 lead go halftime and den break di game open across 13-minute stretch wey span di third and fourth quarters, outscore di Valkyries 30-8. Reese score nine of her points inside dat run, become only di third player to record 30 points and 15 rebounds for one Finals game, after Jonquel Jones for 2019 and Breanna Stewart for 2020.
Di 24-year-old, for her first season with di Dream afta dem trade am from Chicago Sky, na also di youngest player to reach dat landmark for one WNBA post-season match. Defensive guard Allisha Gray talk say: "She just come out on mission tonight."
Reese, di league defensive player of di year, come open about her performance for Atlanta 68-64 series-opening loss on Saturday. "I let my team down last game, no really contribute as much as I fit for di second half," she talk. "I just wan make sure say I come out tonight and leave my mark."
Di Dream don previously go 0-10 for di Finals, lose 3-0 series to opponents for 2010, 2011 and 2013. Di best-of-seven series now shift go Atlanta for games three and four on 22 and 24 October.
