The Golden State Valkyries took Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Saturday, holding off the Atlanta Dream 68-64 at Chase Center. The Valkyries closed the game on a 7-0 run, with Gabby Williams scoring six of those seven points.

Williams finished with a game-high 26 points — no other Valkyries player reached double figures — and went 6-for-6 from the free throw line in the final minutes, icing the contest with two makes with 4.1 seconds remaining.

The Dream went 0-for-7 from the field in the final 2:53, with five of those attempts from beyond the arc, and did not score after taking a three-point lead with just over three minutes left.

Golden State led for just 6:04 of the entire contest, per ESPN, and trailed by seven in the fourth quarter before the comeback. According to ESPN, this was only the second time in Finals history that both teams shot below 33.0% from the field — the Valkyries hit just 32.1%.

Williams scored all 16 of her first-half points in the second quarter as Golden State outscored Atlanta 28-17, but the Valkyries managed only nine points in the third.

The two teams account for six of the ten players named to the WNBA's All-Defensive teams, and the defensive grind — just 51 combined points after halftime — fit both teams' reputations.

With the Valkyries trailing 62-59, Veronica Burton blocked Jordin Canada's layup attempt and Kiah Stokes rejected Angel Reese on the same possession, according to Fox News's OutKick. Tiffany Hayes grabbed the rebound and found Williams for a driving layup that cut the deficit to one with 3:22 left.

Stokes finished with five blocks, while ESPN credited her with nine points, seven rebounds and four blocks.

After Rhyne Howard pushed Atlanta's lead back to three with two free throws — Atlanta's final points — Williams answered with four straight at the line, putting Golden State ahead 65-64 with 1:18 remaining.

Angel Reese twice stole the ball from Williams in the final 1:41, giving Atlanta chances to change the ending, but neither possession produced a point — Allisha Gray missed a layup after the first steal and Naz Hillmon missed a three after the second, OutKick reports.

Gray, playing for the first time since injuring the ring finger on her shooting hand in Game 1 of the semifinals, led the Dream with 19 points. Reese finished with 14 points and 12 rebounds, all her field goals coming in an 11-point first quarter, and Howard shot just 3-for-14.

Per ESPN, Dream coach Karl Smesko lamented too much one-on-one play in the second half and not enough touches for Reese, while noting Hillmon and Howard each had a good late look at a three.

Chase Center fans loudly chanted about the officiating, as Atlanta attempted 17 free throws to Golden State's 5 through three quarters, according to OutKick.

One of these two franchises will capture its first championship, and Golden State is now three wins from the title.

Game 2 in the best-of-seven series is Monday night back at Chase Center, where the raucous 'Ballhalla' crowd created the hostile environment coach Natalie Nakase requested, the Associated Press reports via ABC7 Bay Area.

The Bay Area outlet also noted Valkyries fans celebrated the franchise's first Finals win as the final buzzer sounded, with sellout support throughout the team's first two seasons.

Golden State will also monitor Williams, who was cared for by an athletic trainer on the bench in the closing moments after Canada banged awkwardly into her knee during her late free throws, per ABC7.