Valkyries Face Fever After 87-70 Win Over Liberty — Fever Vs Valkyries

The Golden State Valkyries face the Indiana Fever on Friday after beating the New York Liberty 87-70 on Thursday evening in fever vs valkyries. That makes this one of Golden State’s three back-to-backs this season, and it is the one with the most travel.

Indiana gets Golden State at home on May 22 in the sixth game of its 2026 WNBA regular season. The scheduling break gives the Fever a different setup than the Valkyries, who are coming in with far less recovery time.

Golden State’s Travel Load

Golden State’s route matters because the matchup comes immediately after a road win in New York. The Valkyries have only three back-to-backs all season, and this is the only one that stacks travel on top of the short turnaround.

That is the part Indiana can use. Golden State reached Friday night after the 87-70 win over the Liberty, then had to reset for another game the next day.

Caitlin Clark And Last Year

The Fever also have recent evidence that this opponent has been difficult. Golden State beat Indiana in all three games the teams played last year, by 12, 19 and 11 points.

Caitlin Clark was active for two of those three games. She scored 10 points in one matchup and 11 in the other, which gives Indiana a clear reference point for how the series played when she was available.

Indiana’s Home Setting

Golden State finished its first WNBA season with a 23-21 record and made the playoffs, so the Friday game is not facing an expansion team that drifted through the year. It is facing a group that already handled the Fever three times and arrives after the most travel-heavy part of its schedule.

For Indiana, the advantage is simple: the Valkyries have to carry Thursday’s trip and result into a quick turnaround, while the Fever meet them at home in the sixth game of the 2026 regular season. That setup gives Indiana a real chance to interrupt the pattern from last year.