SAN FRANCISCO (AP) mdash; Gabby Williams scored her teamrsquo;s final 11 points of the third quarter and dazzled through the fourth on the way to 30 points, and the Golden State Valkyries captured a championship in just their second season by beating the Atlanta Dream 68-63 in a sensational first W NBA Finals Game 7 Saturday night.Jordin Canada scored 18 points, Allisha Gray 16 and Angel Reese eight points and 12 rebounds for the Dream, denied another championship in the franchisersquo;s fourth try.Gray made two free throws with 11 seconds left then Atlanta forced a jump ball mdash; Gray against Williams mdash; and Veronica Burton corralled it and converted two free throws with 5.1 seconds to go.Rhyne Howardrsquo;s layup tied it at 57 with 2:41 left only for Williams to answer once more by making a clutch 3-pointer. She converted two free throws with 1:40 remaining, then Kiah Stokes scored a late basket. She pulled down 13 rebounds and blocked two more shots to cap her spectacular postseason.Williams left Seattle with a great feeling about joining Golden State and its close-knit culture, returning to the Bay Area where she played youth basketball to build something special with the Valkyries mdash; and shersquo;s now done that. Fans chanted ldquo;Gabby! Gabby!rdquo; throughout the fourth quarter.When the final buzzer sounded, the violet-clad sellout crowd at Chase Center went into a frenzy as players sprinted onto the floor to hug and celebrate as confetti fell from the rafters.ldquo;Ballhallardquo; had become ldquo;Boohallardquo; for this far-but-haunted Halloween night in the raucous arena. Now, with a womenrsquo;s championship to its name right alongside the one earned by the Golden State Warriors in 2022.Permalink| Comments ...read more read less