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The most-watched WNBA Finals ever came down to one game and two franchises with everything to lose

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Nick Engvall
Nov 03, 2026
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Gabby Williams scored 30 points on Saturday night, 28 of them after halftime, and the Valkyries beat the Dream 68-63 in Game 7 to win the title in their second season as a franchise. More than 3.3 million people watched it.

That number is still preliminary, but if it holds, it is the most-watched WNBA game of any kind since the inaugural year in 1997 and…

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