It's a crucial day of Game 2's in the WNBA Playoffs as the Liberty and Aces seek to wrap up their respective series on Tuesday night. But, the Dream and the Storm are hoping to live to see another day in the postseason as they seek to extend their time against their high caliber opponents.
First up on ESPN at 7:30 p.m. ET, the New York Liberty set sights on the semifinals as they host the Atlanta Dream once more in what they hope will be their last meeting of this season. To finish off the Tuesday doubleheader, Jewell Loyd and the Seattle Storm face an unstoppable A'ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces at 9:30 p.m. ET.
Our betting experts get into the thick of what may come in the double dose of Game 2's as we provide our WNBA Playoffs best bets for Tuesday, September 24.
WNBA Game 2 Best Bets, Picks, Predictions for Tuesday
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  | 9:30 P.M. | |
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Michael Fiddle's Spread Pick for Dream vs. Liberty
This line is sharp and unlikely to move before tip off, and in my opinion any bet into a sharp and flat number should be a smaller bet. I still like the Liberty against the spread for half a unit in Game 2.
The Atlanta Dream had to play 4 competitive games down the stretch of the WNBA regular season to reach the playoffs, and now while they are emotionally drained and exhausted they are getting the Liberty ready to deliver a knockout punch.
The Liberty are going for the first WNBA title in franchise history, have the most depth in the league, the number one seed.
I do not mind playing a long spread favorite with them as they dominated game 1 and led by double digits the entire second half.
Pick: Liberty -12.5
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Joe Dellera's Player Prop for Dream vs. Liberty
By Joe Dellera
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Bryan Fonseca's Player Prop Pick for Storm vs. Aces
A'ja Wilson scored 17 second half points after a four-point first, where she shot 1-for-8.
Wilson was 8-for-13 the rest of the way and, somehow, only earned two free throw attempts — making both.
It's the playoffs, so I'll rarely say we'll get clean offense, but I think the MVP will carryover that second half into a better Game 1 start and go over 25.5 points.
Expecting progression in her early scoring and free throw attempts to help make this happen.
Pick: A'ja Wilson Over 25.5 Points
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Michael Fiddle's ATS Pick for Storm vs. Aces
This is a matchup spot to continuously play the Aces, and the Storm simply do not have the scoring power to match the Aces output. This will be their third game in the last week, as they played right before the end of the regular season and in game 1 of the the playoffs.
The Aces have won and covered all of them – and yet the price for game 2 remains hovering around the same price of Aces -8.5. With game 1 closing at 9.5, I think that is where this ultimately goes again.
The last bit of news we are waiting on is Ezi Magbegor's health status as she has not been cleared from concussion protocols. If Ezi is out, this could close at 10, but I still think that 8.5 at least reaches the 9.
Pick: Aces -8.5 (-115)
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Bryan Fonseca's First Half Prediction for Storm vs. Aces
Feels like Seattle might have had their chance.
The Storm led the Aces 18-9 after one quarter in Game 1, led by four at half, and again by one after three quarters before scoring only two points in the fourth quarter.
Two!
They defended their asses off early on. They got the bad A'ja Wilson start — she shot 1-for-8 in the first half — they got poor Aces offensive execution, a 1-for-8 Kelsey Plum game, and still didn't take advantage.
You could say that Jewell Loyd wasn't able to get it going, finishing with six points and 2-for-8 shooting — completely fair. But even so, I'd ride with the Aces at home in this spot. They backdoor covered the -7.5 spread with a great fourth quarter last timeout, but now, I think we get a hotter start.
Pick: Aces 1H -5
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