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Janelle Salaun's 20 points, 5 3-pointers lead the Valkyries past the Storm 91-80 in season opener

— Janelle Salaun scored 20 points and tied a career high with five 3-pointers, Veronica Burton had 16 points, and the Golden State Valkyries beat the Seattle Storm 91-80 on Friday night in the season opener for both teams.
May 9, 2026, 05:29 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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--GS
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--SEA

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Flau'jae Johnson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
  • Kayla Thornton misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Gabby Williams misses free throw flagrant 1 of 3
  • Gabby Williams makes free throw flagrant 2 of 3
  • Gabby Williams makes free throw flagrant 3 of 3
  • Tiffany Hayes misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Dominique Malonga misses 9-foot jumper
  • Veronica Burton misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Gabby Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Stefanie Dolson makes 24-foot running jump shot (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
  • Tiffany Hayes misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Tiffany Hayes makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Flau'jae Johnson misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kayla Thornton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tiffany Hayes assists)
  • Natisha Hiedeman makes 9-foot floating jump shot (Stefanie Dolson assists)
  • Natisha Hiedeman makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Gabby Williams misses driving layup
  • Dominique Malonga makes running layup (Lexie Brown assists)
  • Veronica Burton misses driving floating jump shot
  • Dominique Malonga makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dominique Malonga misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Veronica Burton misses two point shot
  • Zia Cooke misses driving layup
  • Cecilia Zandalasini makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Dominique Malonga makes driving layup
  • Laeticia Amihere makes 9-foot two point shot (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Laeticia Amihere misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Zia Cooke makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot (Jade Melbourne assists)
  • Veronica Burton makes 28-foot three point jumper (Cecilia Zandalasini assists)
  • Jade Melbourne makes 26-foot three point jumper (Lexie Brown assists)
  • Cecilia Zandalasini makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Janelle Salaun misses running layup
  • Zia Cooke misses 2-foot floating jump shot
  • Cecilia Zandalasini misses 23-foot running jump shot
  • Zia Cooke makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Stefanie Dolson assists)
  • Janelle Salaun makes 25-foot three point jumper (Laeticia Amihere assists)
  • Zia Cooke makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Zia Cooke makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Cecilia Zandalasini misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
  • Cecilia Zandalasini makes free throw flagrant 2 of 2
  • Janelle Salaun makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kaitlyn Chen assists)
  • Stefanie Dolson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jordan Horston misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jade Melbourne misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kaitlyn Chen misses driving layup
  • Janelle Salaun makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Janelle Salaun misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Cecilia Zandalasini misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jordan Horston misses driving floating jump shot
  • Cecilia Zandalasini makes 16-foot step back jumpshot
  • Janelle Salaun misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Gabby Williams misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jade Melbourne makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Jade Melbourne makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Veronica Burton makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot (Kaila Charles assists)
  • Lexie Brown misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Janelle Salaun misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kaila Charles makes 23-foot three point jumper (Gabby Williams assists)
  • Flau'jae Johnson makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Veronica Burton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kiah Stokes assists)
  • Kayla Thornton makes 22-foot three point jumper (Kiah Stokes assists)
  • Flau'jae Johnson misses 28-foot three point shot
  • Dominique Malonga makes two point shot
  • Kiah Stokes makes layup (Gabby Williams assists)
  • Natisha Hiedeman misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kayla Thornton misses driving layup
  • Natisha Hiedeman makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Lexie Brown assists)
  • Veronica Burton makes driving layup
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Dominique Malonga misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Gabby Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Dominique Malonga misses 11-foot jumper
  • Natisha Hiedeman misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Dominique Malonga makes 14-foot jumper (Flau'jae Johnson assists)
  • Veronica Burton misses driving floating jump shot
  • Laeticia Amihere makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Laeticia Amihere misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jade Melbourne makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Laeticia Amihere misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Flau'jae Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Veronica Burton misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jade Melbourne makes driving layup
  • Kayla Thornton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Janelle Salaun assists)
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Veronica Burton misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Kayla Thornton misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jordan Horston misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Stefanie Dolson makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Janelle Salaun misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
  • Gabby Williams makes 9-foot turnaround jump shot (Kiah Stokes assists)
  • Flau'jae Johnson misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Flau'jae Johnson misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Dominique Malonga misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Dominique Malonga makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dominique Malonga misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Gabby Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kiah Stokes misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Veronica Burton makes 16-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Natisha Hiedeman misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Veronica Burton misses driving layup
  • Dominique Malonga makes two point shot
  • Gabby Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Jordan Horston misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Stefanie Dolson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Stefanie Dolson misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Kaitlyn Chen makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Natisha Hiedeman misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kaitlyn Chen makes 15-foot two point shot
  • Kaitlyn Chen misses driving layup
  • Kayla Thornton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kayla Thornton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dominique Malonga misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Janelle Salaun makes running layup (Kaitlyn Chen assists)
  • Flau'jae Johnson misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kaitlyn Chen misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Flau'jae Johnson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jade Melbourne assists)
  • Kayla Thornton makes layup (Kaila Charles assists)
  • Jade Melbourne makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jade Melbourne makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Zia Cooke misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Zia Cooke makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Janelle Salaun misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Kaitlyn Chen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kayla Thornton assists)
  • Lexie Brown misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Janelle Salaun misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kaitlyn Chen misses two point shot
  • Veronica Burton misses two point shot
  • Grace VanSlooten misses two point shot
  • Kaitlyn Chen makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Zia Cooke makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jade Melbourne assists)
  • Kaitlyn Chen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Zia Cooke misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Grace VanSlooten makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Grace VanSlooten makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Grace VanSlooten makes 24-foot jump bank shot (Zia Cooke assists)
  • Kiah Stokes makes 3-foot two point shot (Gabby Williams assists)
  • Zia Cooke misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kiah Stokes makes 5-foot two point shot (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Dominique Malonga misses 21-foot jumper
  • Kayla Thornton misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kiah Stokes misses driving layup
  • Flau'jae Johnson misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Mackenzie Holmes makes two point shot
  • Gabby Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Janelle Salaun makes 23-foot three point jumper (Gabby Williams assists)
  • Flau'jae Johnson makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Flau'jae Johnson makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Flau'jae Johnson makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Janelle Salaun makes 25-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Natisha Hiedeman misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Natisha Hiedeman makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kaila Charles misses 12-foot step back jumpshot
  • Zia Cooke misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Janelle Salaun makes 26-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Natisha Hiedeman misses driving floating jump shot
  • Dominique Malonga makes 13-foot fade away jump shot
  • Dominique Malonga makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Janelle Salaun misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla Thornton misses two point shot
  • Zia Cooke makes running layup (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
  • Miela Sowah misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Zia Cooke makes two point shot (Flau'jae Johnson assists)
  • Janelle Salaun makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Janelle Salaun misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Dominique Malonga makes layup (Zia Cooke assists)
  • Zia Cooke misses technical free throw
  • Dominique Malonga makes 11-foot two point shot (Stefanie Dolson assists)
  • Kaitlyn Chen makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kaitlyn Chen makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dominique Malonga misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Dominique Malonga makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Janelle Salaun misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Dominique Malonga misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Dominique Malonga makes free throw 2 of 2
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