Angel Reese and the Atlanta Dream kept their championship hopes alive on Thursday, taking down Gabby Williams and the Golden State Valkyries 80-69 in Game 6 of the 2026 WNBA Finals. Now, with the series tied at three apiece, the Dream will take on the Valkyries in Game 7 on Saturday for the WNBA crown.
Reese has been solid through the first six games of the WNBA Finals. The former LSU Tigers and Chicago Sky forward is averaging 15.8 points on 40.3% shooting, 13.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 34.1 minutes per game. But while Reese has found success in many ways for Atlanta through Game 6, she has also struggled in one area.
Entering Game 6 against Golden State, Reese had recorded 17 turnovers, leading the WNBA Finals. And with six turnovers in Game 6, the Dream star has now totaled 23 turnovers through six games, an average of 3.8.
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In doing so, Reese recorded the most turnovers ever in a single WNBA Finals series. But to be fair to Reese, the 2026 season marked the first time the WNBA Finals reached six games, let alone seven. The league changed the Finals format in 2025 to a best-of-seven series after previously using a best-of-five format.
The previous record for most turnovers in a single WNBA Finals belonged to Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas, who committed 20 during the 2025 Finals. While that series could have gone seven games under the current format, the Las Vegas Aces swept the Mercury in four games, with Thomas averaging 5.0 turnovers per game.
Just below Reese and Thomas on the leaderboards includes Indiana Fever legends Tamika Catches and Briann January, both of whom had 19 turnovers in five games during the 2015 WNBA Finals. And Reese’s teammate, Jordin Canada, has tallied 18 turnovers through six games in the current finals.
Reese and the Dream will take on the Valkyries in Game 7 in San Francisco on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET.
