The WNBA scheduled its potential championship-clinching game for 12:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, the league announced, settling a logistical nightmare that appeared to have few satisfactory solutions.
\n\nThe Golden State Valkyries and Atlanta Dream’s Game 6 had always been set for Thursday night in Georgia with its location and exact tipoff time listed as TBD due to an unfortunate series of scheduling conflicts.
\n\nThe Dream’s playoff home, State Farm Arena, has an Atlanta Hawks game scheduled for Thursday night.
\n\n“We thank the NBA, Dream, Valkyries, Hawks, State Farm Arena and USA Network for the collaboration and flexibility that made this move possible,” retiring WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a statement on Monday afternoon.
\n\nThe Dream played most of its 2026 season at the 3,500-seat Gateway Center Arena at College Park, the league’s smallest building. But the team had been able to move major regular seasons games and all playoff contests to State Farm Arena, the 17,000-seat home of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks.
\n\nBut with Game 6 set for Thursday, the same day as a 7 p.m. Cleveland Cavaliers-Hawks game at State Farm, that big venue was not available for a prime time women’s game.
\n\nIf the Valkyries win Monday’s…
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