It's Sunday in the W as WNBA Commisioner’s Cup action rolls along. I'm back after a successful 2025 season, cashing nearly 54% of our picks. As always, I'm breaking down the top WNBA First Basket Scorer picks!
Let’s get into the WNBA action for Sunday, June 21, with the best First Basket Scorer prop! Be sure to check with our WNBA Prop Bet Cheat Sheet when building your tickets.
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Sunday's Best WNBA First Basket Scorer Bets
(Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook)
Washington Mystics vs. Minnesota Lynx
Shakira Austin has four First Baskets in 13 games this season, which is good for a 30.8% cash rate. She has also scored first in three of her last eight games.
No other player today, on either team, has more than two First Baskets or cash rates of greater than 18.2%, with both Washington's Kiki Iriafen (+610) and Minnesota's Nia Coffey (+455) each having two in 11 and 16 tries, respectively.
Austin has twice as many First Baskets this season as both Iriafen and Coffey. That discrepancy makes it all the more wild that her return isn’t juiced below +400…yet. Take the value of getting nearly the same return for twice the results.
Pick: Shakira Austin (+432)
New York Liberty vs. Los Angeles Sparks
Nneka Ogwumike has four First Baskets in 14 games this season, which is good for a 28.6% cash rate. She has also scored first in two of her last five games and three in her last 10.
No other player today, on either team, has more than two First Baskets or cash rates of greater than 12.5%, with New York’s Marine Johannes (+1060) and Breanna Stewart (+452) each having two in 16 tries.
Ogwumike has twice as many First Baskets this season as both Johannes and Stewart but is somehow still returning +620, nearly 2x more than Stewart. Wild value, but like I always say: Vegas' problem, not ours. Bet accordingly.
Pick: Nneka Ogwumike (+620)
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