Friday is a working day off from the NBA Finals, but that doesn’t indicate we can not guess on basketball tonight.
The WNBA has a monster four-sport slate of Commissioner’s Cup matchups, and I have various bets that I’m wanting to spot.
Regretably, there aren’t prop odds up for Washington Mystics rookie Aaliyah Edwards, who has put alongside one another back again-to-back great online games in location of Shakira Austin, but if they are released afterwards in the working day, I’ll be adding her to my card (make confident to comply with on Twitter/X for dwell updates).
Even with Edwards not a element of these picks, there are two-star frontcourt players I like in the prop sector as nicely as 1 aspect for Friday night’s games.
With a whole lot on the line when it will come to the Commissioner’s Cup standings, let’s hold factors rolling after a 2-for-2 displaying in Wednesday’s WNBA Very best Bets.
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Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook.
A’ja Wilson In excess of 11.5 Rebounds (-120) – .5 device
Has everyone in the W been as good as A’ja Wilson to open this season?
I do not believe so.
Wilson is averaging 27.9 points and 12.4 rebounds for every video game this year, going off for 36 details on 15-of-22 taking pictures in her last recreation. The Las Vegas Aces star is in a primary place to maintain her sturdy start out likely – particularly on the glass – towards a challenging Seattle Storm group on Friday night time.
The Storm have been in the middle of the pack concerning rebounding proportion, but these two groups rank No. 1 and No. 2 in the league in speed, which usually means we should really see a ton of belongings – and a ton of prospects for Wilson to grab rebounds.
So much this year, Wilson has five online games with 12 or much more rebounds, and she’s at minimum grabbed double-digit boards in 6 of her seven video games. She has the fifth-greatest rebounding share in the league (41. %) and of players who have 100 or more minutes logged on the season, she’s driving Shakira Austin (41.8 per cent).
Retain trusting the MVP candidate to lead the way on Friday.
Minnesota Lynx -5.5 (-110) vs. Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury have fared much far better at household (3-1 this period) when compared to on the highway (1-5), but I nevertheless am not marketed on backing them as residence pet dogs from the Western Convention-main Minnesota Lynx.
Minnesota has the No. 2 defensive rating and the No. 3 internet score in the WNBA this time, and it should make items challenging on the Mercury offense (eighth in ORTG, eighth in helpful field aim proportion) in this matchup.
The Mercury have been rolling with a 4-guard lineup (Kahleah Copper, Natasha Cloud, Diana Taurasi, and Sophie Cunningham) with Brittney Griner out, and I assume that could guide to them acquiring exposed by Napheesa Collier – an MVP prospect this season – and firm in the painted area.
The Lynx are the very best crew in the league against the distribute – 8-1 – and they’ve gone a ideal 3- ATS as a beloved.
Even with oddsmakers now recognizing the Lynx as a leading crew in the West, I feel they can operate absent with this video game provided Phoenix’s up-and-down play to open 2024.
Dearica Hamby Above 17.5 Factors (-125) – .5 device
Dearica Hamby has been a person of the most reliable players in the league so far this time, averaging 20.4 points and 11.6 rebounds for every game although shooting 54.7 percent from the discipline. Hamby has at the very least 17 points in all nine of her online games this period, building this line an complete steal on Friday.
Hamby and the Los Angeles Sparks choose on the Dallas Wings in this matchup, and the Wings are down two critical players Natasha Howard and Satou Sabally in their frontcourt.
Dallas’ protection has been an challenge all year, position 11th out of 12 teams in defensive ranking and points in the paint permitted for every match (38.5). Hamby must have no dilemma exposing this on Friday.
By nine online games, Hamby is effortlessly the Sparks’ foremost scorer and has tried at the very least 12 pictures in every match, averaging 14.2 makes an attempt for each sport in general.
As long as her usage continues to be the identical, I believe she punishes the weak Wings inside defense.
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