The Golden State Valkyries Shock the WNBA: What No One Saw Coming Revealed!
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Let’s start with the Valkyries’ calling card this season: defense. They entered Wednesday leading the league in opponents’ field goal percentage and second in both defensive TRACR and points per game allowed.
The Valkyries aren’t relying on one player to do the heavy lifting. Veronica Burton leads the team with 1.2 defensive DRIP, which is the 14th-best mark in the league.
Rather, without a true superstar defender on the team, they’ve turned to strength in numbers. Of the Valkyries’ eight players who have played at least 200 minutes, only one has a D-DRIP worse than -0.3.
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