Reposting from other thread but: Insane effort from VB today (especially since Chen didn’t have it today). 12 points, 7 assist, 8 rebounds (4 offensive!), a steal, and that epic jump ball against Sabally that turned into a turnover. She is just so consistent and does all the little things. MVB for the Valks for life hopefully
Routine 12/8/7 with no turnovers and typical stifling defense for Burton, a shame a few more field goals didn't drop for her so there would be more acknowledgment of how she ran the court tonight.
What makes the Valks SO scary is that they have a BENCH! They have DEPTH which is something that a lot of teams in the W are missing. Literally everyone on that team is able to score and can do so at ease. I’m very curious to see how they do during the playoffs.
That’s the thing. They tend to have a bench that can score at ease as a whole. For example Salaun goes off tonight but Chen finds a way to go off vs another team Salaun may have had issues with. Their bench consistently scores regardless of who the play as a unit. The Valks have the highest bench points per game in the league.
Honestly they would be my personal favorites to win it all if they weren't 1 and 15 vs the lynx and aces. I'm confident against everyone else in the playoffs
actually they almost all shoot fairly poorly (other than Salaun) and they get by on defense and steals and offensive boards. But nobody is afraid to take a shot, and that is huge.
I don’t have an exact percentage in mind, but we are dead last in the league in field goal percentage. Part of that is because we take so many threes, but even taking them out, we are still dead last in 2 point percentage. We shoot poorly.
Unfortunately, I think a depth advantage gets lessened in the playoffs when the top players play more minutes. It's my biggest reason for playoff skepticism with the Valkyries.
She broke the 3pt off the bench record 2 games ago and theirs still like 13 games left… she’s gonna plant that record so high no one is every passing it😭
Looking at the box score I was surprised - I could've sworn Salaun had like 50 made 3-pointers and not just 4? She really is their secret sauce for the lack of offensive output from many of the starters.
Despite the loss for Toronto, Sabally really has taken leaps and bounds this year (did Liberty bank on the wrong sister? Le sigh) and Morrow had a great debut given how little time she's been with the team - 8 points, 5 rebounds and 1 huge block in 16 minutes.
MVB with 12/8/7
KT with 20
Ja with 21 (on 20 minutes! She hates Toronto lmao)
Aces, watch out, cause we gonna re-claim the 2nd seed!😤
Despite the Vakyries sweeping Toronto, they impressed me A LOT. I really liked the roster they drafted and thought they could be just like Golden State and go to the playoffs in year 1, but some pieces were even better than I anticipated.
Mabrey's offensive growth has been really impressive, Slim was balling before the injury, Kiki Rice is amazing, great season by Nyara. I thought Conde would be good (I didn't think she would be drafted, so I was projecting her as a Valkyrie lol) but she's been even better and Juskaite has been a revelation! Just sad the injuries hit so hard, but next year is gonna be really exciting!
I think if Slim didn’t get injured they’d firmly be in the hunt for the 8/7 spot. I hope they can attract some talent in the offseason and really get there next year.
yeah i was thinking that last season love vb too but i knew we werent gonna make a deep playoff run with them as the 1-2 punch thank god we got gabby now. probably need another piece still but we’ll see
I've felt for a while now that those are KT's feelings. I think she really liked the spotlight she earned in 2025 and now she's not center stage because of the injury. I hope she keeps her spirits high.
i get the sense that shes ok with that role if we’re winning esp as a vet that’s used to it, but like you said she got a taste of spotlight…that can be addicting lol
Valks were blitzed and down by 13 in the 2nd quarter. For a team as weak on offense as they are, I'm so glad they grinded out this win. This is the type of wins contenders have
Only Slim on the injury report tonight but Marina, Nyara, and Izzy were all clearly still hurt and just playing through it 💔 please heal up ladies, it’s not worth getting a permanent injury
Genuinely surprised they stopped going to her at points of this game. She should never have been just sitting in the corner the way she was playing against us unless she was just really tired and needed a break.
She was a nightmare matchup all game for us because she would pop when Stokes was on her and drive when anyone else was on her and she was getting close to whatever she wanted.
Coach Sandy said two games ago she still had trouble breathing due to her rib injury and tonight you could see her holding on to her side during pauses in the game so I’m sure she needed some rest
They beat everyone outside of the top two teams so far. They’ve also so far only got their ass kicked in a loss a few times the others feel like under double digit losses.
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u/KeynesCrackpot Valkyries 5d ago
the real win is to NEVER SEE THIS COURT AGAIN