WNBA First Baskets Scorers & Picks: Tuesday (8/25)

It's Tuesday 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. As always, I'm breaking down the top WNBA First Basket Scorer picks.

Let’s get into the lone game of WNBA action for Tuesday, August 25, with our best First Basket Scorer props! Be sure to check with our WNBA Prop Bet Cheat Sheet when building your tickets.

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Tuesday's Best WNBA First Basket Scorer Bets

(Odds courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook)

Chicago Sky vs. Connecticut Sun

Kamilla Cardoso has cashed the First Basket prop at a 21.6% pace this season, notching eight cashes in 37 games. The next closest player to the Sky center’s eight is her teammate, Azura Stevens, with four in 29 games (13.8%), so ‘Mill is the understandably favorite every night Chicago plays for a reason.

Kennedy Burke has scored first in just two of 35 games (5.7%), but what if I told you both of those cashes have come back-to-back in the past two games? At a +770 offering, the value is simply tooooo good.

Pick: Kamilla Cardoso (+366) & Kennedy Burke (+770)

Washington Mystics vs. Phoenix Mercury

Shakira Austin has scored the First Basket in 11 of 36 (30.6%) games this season. Austin has been a First Baskets machine this season, but has cashed only one in her last six games. Still, a 30.6% cash rate on a prop with this much variance is bananas, even if the +381 feels juiced.

Even with the recent relative “slump”, if you are betting on this Quick Hit prop in a Mystics game, it’s a fool’s errand landing on someone who isn’t Shakira Austin.

Pick: Shakira Austin (+381)

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