WNBA Player Props & Bets: Tuesday (8/26)
There are only two WNBA games tonight. How will Aliyah Boston and Gabby Williams perform when the Indiana Fever hosts the Seattle Storm? What should we expect from Kelsey Plum when her Los Angeles Sparks host the Phoenix Mercury?
Here are the best WNBA player props and bets for Tuesday, August 26th.
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Tuesday’s Best WNBA Player Props & Bets
(Odds courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook)
Aliyah Boston 10+ Rebounds (+168)
Aliyah Boston has only pulled down 10+ rebounds in one of her last eight games. However, she has been right around that number, pulling down nine in three games during that stretch. Though she is only averaging 8.2 boards per contest, she grabbed 12 against the Storm the last time the two teams met.
Boston has dominated the Storm this season. Though she only had eight rebounds the first time she played them, she scored 31 points in that game. Considering the Storm are allowing the second-most rebounds per game, there's no reason to expect Boston's domination to end tonight. The price for her standard line of over 7.5 rebounds is -154. That's too expensive. Take this prop at much better odds.
Gabby Williams Over 10.5 Points (-106)
Gabby Williams scored 12 points in her last game against the Fever, and she's averaging 12.2 points per game this season. Because of both of these stats, it's surprising to see her total set at 10.5. Williams hasn't scored more than 10 points in any of her last three games. However, she hasn't had a disastrous performance in any of those contests either, scoring at least nine in each game.
Since the All-Star break, Williams has scored fewer than nine points in just two of her 15 games. Williams doesn't score a lot, but she is consistent in what she does. Considering she scored 11 against the Fever the first time she played them, it's hard to believe she's favored to have her worst game tonight.
Kelsey Plum Over 2.5 Three-Pointers Made (+124)
The Sparks and Mercury haven't met since June 1st. In that game, Kelsey Plum managed to score 15 points, but she was just 2-of-10 from three-point range. Perhaps we should expect a similar performance from Plum tonight, against a Mercury defense allowing the second-lowest three-point shooting percentage in the league. However, I'm backing Plum to hit this over due to the sheer volume of shots she puts up.
On Wednesday, Plum was just 1-of-9 from three-point range. However, in each of her four games before that one, she shot at least 40% from deep, making three three-pointers in two of those four games. And though the Mercury are allowing opponents to make a low percentage of three-pointers per game, they're right in the middle of the league when it comes to three-pointers allowed per contest. They're allowing the fifth-most three-point attempts per game, and considering Plum is shooting 36.1% from deep, I expect her to have a much better performance than she did in June.
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