Game 7 is the board-mover this morning, full stop. The Atlanta Dream shot their way out of an elimination corner Thursday, beating the Golden State Valkyries 80-69 to even the series at three games apiece, and tonight the whole thing gets decided in the Bay.

Allisha Gray dropped 23 to lead the way, and Rhyne Howard was the shot of adrenaline Atlanta needed off the perimeter: 21 points on 6 of 11 shooting, four threes, four boards, four assists. That's an efficient, multi-way line in an elimination game, not a hero-ball heat check, and it's the kind of performance that tends to repeat more than it doesn't. Gabby Williams and Allisha Gray spent the whole series trading buckets, and Game 6 was no different.

But the number of the night belongs to Angel Reese. She's now up to 78 rebounds for the series, which passes Sylvia Fowles' mark of 75 from 2017 for the most boards in a single WNBA Finals. Checked the almanac on that one: Fowles' record stood for the better part of a decade, through multiple dynasty runs, and Reese broke it with a game still left to play. That's not a hot streak. That's a skill that travels.

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Reese's 78 and climbing, Fowles' 75 in 2017, and those two are the only players in league history to clear 70 boards in a single Finals series. Worth remembering that rebounding edges are sticky in ways scoring hot streaks aren't: shot variance regresses, positioning and effort on the glass mostly doesn't. If Atlanta is going to win a Game 7 on the road, winning the offensive-rebound battle is probably how.

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I don't have a market number in front of me this morning, so I'm not going to pretend I do. What I can tell you is the matchup picture: a Valkyries team in just its second year of existence chasing a first championship, with Veronica Burton talking about a 'sense of urgency' heading into the finale, against a Dream team that just found its jumper at the worst possible time for Golden State. Home floor matters in a Game 7. So does a shooting team that just remembered how to shoot. Those two forces are pointed in opposite directions, and until a real line is posted, the math says pass on guessing which one wins the argument.

Fever front office moves today

Away from the Finals, Indiana made a notable hire: Sheri Sam, who was the scouting manager for the Trail Blazers, is joining the Fever as assistant general manager, per the reporting out of league sources. It's an offseason, not a betting, story, but it's worth filing: front-office buildouts like this tend to show up later in roster construction and draft boards, which eventually does touch a number.

Also on the wire: the league's Houston expansion franchise, the Comets, filed eight trademark applications tied to new logos. Early-stage branding stuff, no on-court impact yet, but a sign the expansion machine keeps moving even in the middle of a Finals.

What I'm Watching

Game 7 tonight at 8:00 PM ET decides it all. I'm watching the offensive glass first, Reese's workload second, and whether Golden State can make Atlanta's hot shooting from Game 6 look like the outlier instead of the new normal. If a market number comes up clean on either side of that question, I'll have it. Nothing cleared my desk this morning, and I'm not inventing one to fill space.

If you're following the Finals and the market both, remember this is entertainment with real variance attached, 21+ where legal, and if any of it stops feeling fun, 1-800-GAMBLER is there.