WNBA First Basket Picks: Wings vs. Mercury (Wednesday)
There are three WNBA games tonight, all of which will be played at 10:00 p.m. ET. Below, I take a look at the viable options to score first in all three contests. The Los Angeles Sparks and Las Vegas Aces and the Minnesota Lynx and Seattle Storm meet in rematches from earlier in the year. For the third game of the night, I look at trends for the Dallas Wings and Phoenix Mercury ahead of what is expected to be a lopsided game. Here are the best WNBA first basket picks and bets for Tuesday, June 11th’s game Wings vs. Mercury.
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Wednesday’s Best WNBA First Basket Picks: Wings vs. Mercury
(Odds courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook)
Dallas Wings vs. Phoenix Mercury First Basket Picks
Tonight, the Wings and Mercury meet for the first time this season. The Wings have lost five games in a row, with three of those losses coming by double figures. Meanwhile, the Mercury have been up-and-down of late, but they've still won six of their 10 games this season.
With Phoenix favored to win by 7.5 points, it makes sense that Satou Sabally and Alyssa Thomas are currently favored to score the first bucket of the game. Yet, while the Wings have struggled to score this season, there's a lot of value in taking one of their players to score the first basket of this game. After all, just because a team scores first doesn't mean they're going to win. And right now, the shortest odds available for any Wings player to score first are +700. With a few options to choose from, I'll take a shot with the Wings' leading scorer, Arike Ogunbowale, to score first in this game.
Pick: Arike Ogunbowale (+800)
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