{"id":815896,"date":"2026-08-19T18:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T18:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/815896\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T18:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T18:42:18","slug":"minnesota-lynx-take-on-golden-state-valkyries-in-battle-of-1st-vs-2nd-place-heres-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/815896\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Lynx take on Golden State Valkyries in battle of 1st vs. 2nd place. Here&#8217;s how to watch."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Golden State Valkyries, fresh off clinching their second playoff slot in just their second season, will test their playoff mettle in a matchup against the first-place Minnesota Lynx on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Conference powerhouses are both on winning streaks entering the game at Chase Center in San Francisco Wednesday evening. The Lynx (29-7) have won the last four in a row while the second-place Valkyries (25-9) are on a six-game heater.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Not only has Minnesota has beaten Golden State in both previous matchups this season, the Lynx have yet to lose to the second-year club, beating the Valkyries eight times including a two-game playoff sweep last season.<\/p>\n<p>The teams will also meet Monday in Minnesota, giving Golden State two opportunities to cut its three-game deficit behind the top-seeded Lynx.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/gettyimages-2282512752.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"WNBA: JUN 19 Minnesota Lynx at Golden State Valkyries \" height=\"496\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Golden State Valkyries forward Gabby Williams (1) drives to the basket during a WNBA game between the Minnesota Lynx and Golden State Valkyries on June 19, 2026 at the Chase Center in San Francisco, CA.<\/p>\n<p>                Trinity Machan\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>  How to watch the Minnesota Lynx @ Golden State Valkyries<\/p>\n<p>What: Minnesota Lynx @ Golden State Valkyries <\/p>\n<p>Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2026 <\/p>\n<p>Time: Pregame show 6:30 p.m., tip-off 7 p.m. PDT <\/p>\n<p>Location: Chase Center, San Francisco <\/p>\n<p>On TV: KPIX+ in the Bay Area, KMAX 31 in Sacramento<\/p>\n<p>Online: At CBS Sports <a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/watch\/wnba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">cbssports.com\/watch\/wnba\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>On Radio: 95.7 The Game, Audacy App in the Bay Area, ESPN 1320 AM in Sacramento area<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Golden State Valkyries, fresh off clinching their second playoff slot in just their second season, will test&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":815897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3786],"tags":[7,479,4705,164,4025,4024,10983,6,255],"class_list":["post-815896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golden-state-warriors","tag-basketball","tag-golden-state","tag-golden-state-valkyries","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-goldenstate","tag-goldenstatewarriors","tag-minnesota-lynx","tag-nba","tag-warriors"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117123648317169655","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}