WNBA First Basket Scorers: Mystics vs. Fever (Tuesday)
There are three WNBA games tonight, all of them rematches from games that have already taken place this season. Will we see a player who scored the first basket in one of those previous meetings score first tonight? Or is there value in taking other players to get on the board first? Here are our best WNBA first basket scorers picks and predictions for Tuesday, June 3rd’s game Mystics vs. Fever.
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Tuesday’s Best WNBA First Basket Scorers: Mystics vs. Fever
(Odds courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook)
Mystics vs. Fever
When these two teams met last week, it took both units a while to get going offensively. There were only four made field goals in the first five minutes of the game, with no player making more than one during that span. That said, the first basket of the game came just five seconds into regulation, when Natasha Howard made a driving layup to put the Fever up two.
However, tonight, Howard isn't favored to score first. Instead, Aliyah Boston is favored with odds of +460, while Brittney Sykes has the best odds for the Mystics at +480. But I'm not going to back either of those players tonight. Instead, I'm going to back Kiki Iriafen, who scored 16 points in the first meeting between these two teams. She doesn't average as many shots as Sykes, but at +700 odds, there is more value in backing her than anyone else in this game.
Pick: Kiki Iriafen (+700)
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