WNBA First Baskets Scorers & Picks: Sunday (5/17)
It's Sunday in the W with the 2026 WNBA Regular Season getting underway this weekend. I'm back after a successful 2025 season, cashing nearly 54% of our picks. I am coming off a 4-0 Friday! As always, I'm breaking down the top WNBA First Basket Scorer picks for what has been an excellent second weekend.
Let’s get into the WNBA action for Sunday, May 17, with a couple of First Basket Scorer props! 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)
Las Vegas Aces vs. Atlanta Dream
What if I told you I knew where to find +1500 on a prop with a 50% cash rate through the first two weeks of the season? Is that something you might be interested in?
Well, Stephanie Talbot has scored two of the Aces' three First Baskets in four games. One of her First Baskets even came in a game where Vegas lost the opening tip.
Dolson is averaging only 3.8 points so far this season, so Vegas has been getting her on the board and then hammering opponents with A'ja Wilson. All that matters for us is that Steph gets hers first.
Does Vegas have a crush on us or something? At these odds, if you aren't going with the chalk A'ja Wilson pick, you have to go, Talbot!
Pick: Stephanie Talbot (+1500)
Chicago Sky vs. Minnesota Lynx
Olivia Miles has two of Minnesota's first baskets this season, including each of the last two games. Today, she translates that into a game First Basket.
Minnesota has looked to Miles early and often through the first three games of her career. She had the shortest odds of a Lynx right now with only Chicago’s Kamilla Cardoso and Rickea Jackson ahead of her. Vegas thinks we're on to something.
Let's grab Miles to score first today before she does and those +750s become +500s or shorter.
Pick: Olivia Miles (+750)
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