After falling to the Minnesota Lynx 72-53 in the regular season finale on Thursday, the Valkyries dropped to the No. 8 seed and will stay in the Land of a Thousand Lakes for Game 1 starting on Sunday.
The Valkyries did themselves no favors by losing to the Seattle Storm on Tuesday. If Golden State would have beaten Seattle, the expansion would have been locked into the No. 6 seed with a matchup ...