The Golden State Valkyries have completed a number of firsts in their inaugural season. Getting their first playoff win wasn't one of them.

The Golden State Valkyries pushed the Minnesota Lynx, the top team in the WNBA, to the brink as their season came to an end in front of a sellout crowd in San Jose.

One day after Alanna Smith was named the WNBA Co-Defensive Player of the Year, star forward Napheesa Collier has been named a finalist for the 2025 MVP award. Collier is a finalist along with A'Ja Wilson (Las Vegas Aces), Alyssa Thomas (Phoenix Mercury), Kelsey Mitchell (Indiana Fever) and Allisha Gray (Atlanta Dream).

Each player received 29 votes from the 72 media members who participated. It's the first time the award, first given out in the WNBA's inaugural season in 1997, went to more than one player.

The pair of WNBA stars from the Minnesota Lynx and Las Vegas Aces made history on Thursday. The WNBA announced its Defensive Player of the Year winner, but for

WNBA teams were 1-90 when trailing by 14+ points in the fourth quarter of a playoff game before Minnesota's dramatic comeback.