Valkyries' Game 7 Win Drew 3.3 Million Viewers, the Most-Watched WNBA Playoff Game Ever
The Finals averaged 1.88 million viewers across seven sold-out games.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
Glass facade and sign of Chase Center in San Francisco's Mission Bay. Photo: Missvain / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
The Golden State Valkyries' Game 7 win over the Atlanta Dream averaged 3.3 million viewers, the most-watched WNBA postseason game ever, ABC7 News reported. That was up 128% from last season's clincher, when Las Vegas beat Phoenix.
The full seven-game series averaged 1.88 million viewers, making it the most-watched WNBA Finals since 1999, NBC Bay Area reported. All seven games sold out, including Game 6, which tipped at 12:30 p.m. Eastern.
The entire postseason averaged 1.49 million viewers, up 27% from last year and the league's most-watched playoffs since its first season in 1997.
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The Golden State Valkyries are WNBA champions. They beat the Atlanta Dream 68-63 at Chase Center on Saturday, Oct. 31, in the first Game 7 in WNBA Finals history. Gabby Williams scored 30 points, and it is the franchise's first title in its second season.
After back-to-back blowout losses, the Golden State Valkyries trail the Atlanta Dream 2-1 in the WNBA Finals. Game 4 is Saturday, Oct. 24, at 10 a.m. PT in Atlanta on NBC and Peacock; Game 5 returns to the Bay Area on Monday.
The Golden State Valkyries beat the Atlanta Dream 68-64 at Chase Center on Saturday, Oct. 17, for the first WNBA Finals win in franchise history. Gabby Williams scored 26 points despite a late knee knock. Game 2 is Monday at Chase Center.
