There are four WNBA games on Friday, August 30, including a must-see matchup between Caitlin Clark's Indiana Fever and Angel Reese's Chicago Sky.
Our expert are diving into the best betting value and providing their WNBA best bets, predictions and picks for tonight's slate.
WNBA Best Bets, Predictions and Picks
The team logos in the table below represent each of the matchups that our WNBA betting staff is targeting from today's slate of games. Click on the team logos for any of the matchups below to navigate to a specific bet discussed in this article.
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Joe Dellera's Lynx vs. Wings WNBA Best Bet
By Joe Dellera
Let’s ride the Lynx 1Q wagon.
The Lynx are the second-best 1Q team in the W (+17.1 Net Rating), while the Dallas Wings are the worst team in the league (-12.1).
The Lynx have won each of the three 1Q against the Wings with a +29.6 Net Rating in those 1Qs.
Even with Dallas coming off a shocking upset over the Las Vegas Aces, it could have a bit of an emotional letdown against a clearly better Minnesota Lynx team.
I’m honestly good at this number, or FanDuel has -2.5 (-104). I’d play this to -3.5.
Pick: Lynx 1Q -1.5
Bryan Fonseca's Dream vs. Aces WNBA Best Bet
Aces 1H -5.5
The Aces have had an underwhelming regular season, but they're in an enticing bounce back spot against the Atlanta Dream, who arrive to Vegas having lost three straight and six of their last 18.
The Aces beat the Dream by 14 last month and the two have yet to play on the West Coast.
I'd feel more confident in this being a full bounce back performance if the Aces were on point, but at home, I at least like them to cover the first half behind an aggressive and assertive offensive performance.
Pick: Aces 1H -5.5
Jim Turvey's WNBA Best Bet: Rhyne Howard Over 17.5 Points
By Jim Turvey
Here we are again…
Rhyne Howard has been teasing bettors with massive field goal attempt totals in recent games, but she's been coming up just short of her point total.
However, there's reason to go back to the well one more time, and that's for one big reason: no Tina Charles on Friday.
With Charles off the court, Howard scores 8.74 more points per 100 possessions. The interesting part is she does it on a fewer 3-point attempts.
It actually makes perfect sense. Tina is an excellent post player, but she really doesn't move from the post. With her out on Friday, there will be a lot more room to drive to the basket for Howard, which is good news for her efficiency.
Lately, she's been overly reliant on just chucking 3s, and not always at a good hit rate.
This could be the perfect game for Howard to get right for the final run of the season.
The 17.5 number is a key one, so if it gets to 18.5, potentially look to play the 20+ point market instead.
Pick: Rhyne Howard Over 17.5 Points
Bryan Fonseca's Liberty vs. Storm WNBA Best Bet
These are two of the league's best defenses who have already played to a total way lower than this earlier in the season.
The Liberty defense has always gotten better after losses. The following are the amount of fewer points the Liberty have allowed following each of their five losses: six, six, 19, 15 and two. The two-point margin was from 72 to 70 points.
The Liberty allowed 94 to the Los Angeles Sparks in one of the bigger random performances of the season.
I think the Liberty defense bounces back today. I'd go total team under for the Storm, but that's 80.5, so I feel more comfortable with the total under instead.
On Action Pro, you'd get a better data sense on why this is a play we like today that I won't fully spoil, but know that the trends are leaning under, partly due to both teams going over in their last effort.
