Category: WNBA
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WNBA Injuries to Know: Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird, Candace Parker, More
There are a number of high-profile WNBA injuries heading into the 2019 season, which tips on Friday night. Our experts Justin Phan and Bill Monighetti analyzed how the absences of eight players (for injury and other reasons) will impact their respective teams, the landscape of the league and the betting market. Let’s get started. Note: All…
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2019 WNBA Futures: Our Favorite Championship Bets
The Las Vegas Aces buffed up their 2019 WNBA Championship odds after acquiring Liz Cambage — who joins a starting five that features back-to-back-to-back No. 1 draft picks — rising all the way to +280 at FanDuel Sportsbook as of Friday. Still, the WNBA futures market can be very inefficient. There are a slew of…
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WNBA Betting Tip: How do Teams Perform in Elimination Games?
WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart scored a game-high 25 points as the Seattle Storm edged out the Washington Mystics, 75-73, on Sunday. The win gave the Storm a 2-0 lead in the WNBA Finals. The series heads to Washington for Game 3 on Wednesday (8 p.m. ET). Since the WNBA went to a best-of-five format in…
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WNBA Finals Game 1 Preview: Storm Are 5-Point Favorites Over the Mystics
The WNBA Finals are going to be killer. The Mystics, led by Elena Delle Donne and Kristi Toliver, take on the No. 1 seed Seattle Storm led by Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart Friday night, with the Storm a surprising five-point favorite in Game 1. A look at the key elements in Mystics at Storm…
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WNBA Betting Tip: Focus on Favorites Tuesday Night
There are a pair of winner-take-all Game 5s in the WNBA playoffs Tuesday. The Atlanta Dream are 3.5-point underdogs at home to the Washington Mystics (8 p.m. ET) and the Seattle Storm are favored by four points over the Phoenix Mercury (10 p.m. ET). While the WNBA is not as popular as the other major…
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WNBA Playoffs Betting: Mystics Will Be Tough With or Without Delle Donne
The WNBA playoffs pick back up Friday night with a pair of crucial Game 3s in each five-game series. The Mystics will be hoping Elena Delle Donne can play (questionable, bone bruise), while the Mercury, despite absolutely insane heroics from Diana Taurasi in Game 2, face a home elimination game vs. the juggernaut Storm. Here’s a look…
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WNBA Betting: Should Bettors Buy Low on the Dallas Wings?
In their last game before the All-Star break, the Dallas Wings were routed by Connecticut Sun, 92-75, at home as 4.5-point favorites. It was the second time in as many games that Dallas lost by double digits. The poor finish to the first half of the season hasn’t stopped oddsmakers from listing the Wings as…
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WNBA Betting: A Profitable Contrarian Strategy for Sparks-Fever
What does it take to be a contrarian sports bettor? Usually it requires thinking outside the box by adopting unpopular viewpoints and going against mainstream narratives. Bettors willing to zig while the public zags can capitalize on market inefficiencies. >> Follow John Ewing in The Action Network App to get free alerts on all of his…
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WNBA Betting: Sun Should Right the Ship vs. Liberty
For the Connecticut Sun, the 2018 WNBA season has been a story of highs and lows. After racing out to a 7-2 start powered by a high-octane offense, the Sun have sputtered to a 3-7 mark in the last 10 games. The team now finds itself one game over .500 at 10-9 as it quickly…
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WNBA Betting: A Profitable ATS System for Storm-Liberty
The Seattle Storm enter Tuesday’s matchup (7 p.m. ET) at the New York Liberty with four wins in their last five, outscoring their opponents by 8.2 points per game over that span. The Storm (12-5) are a 4-point favorite with a total of 162.5. Introducing the 2018 Gambling Olympics Read now New York (5-11),…
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BlackJack’s Tuesday Plays of the Day: Ladies Night
This is an exciting night for me, and most of you reading, as we prepare to celebrate America’s birthday tomorrow. The Fourth of July is one of the great days of celebration for everyone in our great land. The United States shines like a beacon of hope, whose light reaches even the darkest corners of…
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Should Bettors Follow the Sparks-Storm Line Movement?
The Los Angeles Sparks (11-3) travel to Seattle tonight (9:30 p.m. ET) looking to avenge an ugly 88-63 loss at the hands of the Storm on June 7. LA has the best record in the WNBA, but oddsmakers opened the team as 1-point road underdogs. 2018 Gambling Olympics Opening Odds: Peter Jennings Is Early Favorite…
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Why the One-Win Indiana Fever Deserve Your Attention on Wednesday
In the WNBA, 75% of teams qualify for the postseason each year, meaning that the non-playoff teams truly represent the bottom of the barrel. Unsurprisingly, teams that fail to make the playoffs the previous season often experience an extended losing streak as the next season begins. It’s true that bad teams often stay bad, but…
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The Seattle Storm Are 7.5-point Underdogs Despite Being the WNBA’s Best Team
The Highlights The Storm are off to a good start this season, and their peripheral stats point to their legitimacy as a contender. Even though Seattle ranks among the league’s elite in a myriad of statistical categories, why is it a 7.5-point underdog against the Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday night? After starting off 0-7 ATS,…
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Connecticut Sun in WNBA Bounce-Back Spot vs. Atlanta Dream
No team started the 2018 WNBA season hotter than the Connecticut Sun, who raced out to a 5-0 record in dominant fashion. Since then, the Sun have dropped four of their last six games, leaving us wondering which version we’ll see as the season progresses. Tracking LeBron’s Free Agency Odds: Lakers Clear Favorite to Land…
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BlackJack’s Tuesday Plays: Why I Like the Total in the Red Sox-Twins Game
We had a solid day yesterday and have started today on the right foot, going 2-1 in our World Cup plays. Now we turn our attention to the evening and the action in front of us. We have some good matchups, brother. Lots of aces on the mound across MLB, Aces on the hardwood in…
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Should Bettors Buy Low on New York Liberty After a Blowout Loss?
The New York Liberty were 7-point underdogs on Saturday in Minnesota and were routed, 85-71, by the Lynx. New York has lost two straight and four of its last five. However, that hasn’t stopped oddsmakers from installing the Liberty as favorites over the Atlanta Dream tonight (7 p.m. ET). WNBA Betting Tip: Game 1 Favorites…
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Fatigue Creating Betting Value for Thursday’s Fever-Dream WNBA Matchup
Athletes need to manage their rest in order to compete at a high level. This is something I found out the hard way last week after running a mile on three consecutive days. Whether we’re playing in 40-minute WNBA games or running 40-minute miles on consecutive days, one thing is clear: when we overextend ourselves…
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BlackJack’s Plays of the Day: Western Roundup
Last night was a weird one. The Red Sox pulled out a game that went to extra innings in a scoreless tie. The Cubs and Brewers went over the total in extras where the score was 2-2 after nine innings. The Diamondbacks came back from five runs down to crush the Pirates. We were all…
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BlackJack’s Plays of the Day: Mile-High Picks
Baby, I’m writing this thing right now at 7:30 a.m. Pacific Time more than 34,000 feet above the Earth. I’m headed back to the East Coast to cover the Belmont Stakes and Justify’s attempt to win the Triple Crown with the rest of the prodigious Action Network team. I’ll miss you, Las Vegas, but rest…
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Moneylines, WNBA, and Long-Term vs. Short-Term Expected Value
The Highlights One of the best things you can do in life is take the long game as much as possible. The most profitable Bet Labs WNBA system is a moneyline one that has an ROI of 41% but loses more often than it wins. In the betting world, it’s important to have self-awareness and…
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A Profitable WNBA System with Two Weekend Matches
What’s on tap this weekend? Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final is Saturday, the NBA Finals resume on Sunday, there are 45 MLB games, not to mention the French Open, WNBA, the Memorial Tournament (eight of the world’s top 10 golfers are in action) and the Pocono 400. Am I going to bet the…
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BlackJack’s Plays of the Day: Do or Die
It’s the first Saturday of summer, and we’re coming off a nice 7-3 day yesterday. Today we take aim at fun, sun and wins. We can enjoy the first two only if we are able to secure the third. And secure them we shall. We have an enormous sports weekend before us, and we will…
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A Profitable Betting System for Tonight’s Aces-Mystics Matchup
Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals is tonight at 9 p.m. ET. The Golden State Warriors hold a 2-1 series lead after winning Game 3 by 41 points (126-85). Rockets-Warriors will be the biggest game on the board, though it’s not the basketball matchup that caught my eye. The Warriors Are Dominant ATS in…
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WNBA Betting Tip: Game 1 Favorites are Profitable
The Highlights The 2018 WNBA season starts Friday. Due to less betting interest, there are often soft lines. Betting favorites in Game 1 is a profitable strategy Did you know the 2018 WNBA season tips off Friday? It’s true, the Phoenix Mercury host the Dallas Wings (10 p.m. ET) in the season opener. Early Look…