WNBA predictions, picks today: Storm vs. Wings player prop is Friday's best bet
Looking for the best WNBA bets today? Check out Friday's top player prop from Storm vs. Wings
The WNBA regular season is inching closer and closer to its conclusion, and the league has three games on the schedule for Friday as Minnesota Lynx face the Indiana Fever at 7:30 p.m. ET, the Golden State Valkyries take on the Phoenix Mercury at 10 p.m. ET. and the Seattle Storm and Dallas Wings square off at 7:30 p.m. ET.
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Today's WNBA picks:
- Nneka Ogwumike 8+ rebounds -118 (1 unit, FD)
Nneka Ogwumike 8+ rebounds
Seattle has made a change to its rotation of late. The Storm went out and acquired Brittney Sykes from the Washington Mystics earlier this month, which is part of the change. Additionally, rookie Dominique Molonga, the No. 2 overall pick, has seen her playing time increase to 20.0 minutes per game in August after it was 11.3 in July and 10.4 in June. When you're researching which Storm player props to play, you should really focus on the team's last six games, which is how long Sykes has been with the team. That means disregarding the last three times the Storm faced off with the Wings, their opponent Friday night.
This is a new-look Wings team as well, as they've traded DiJonai Carrington to the Minnesota Lynx, Arike Ogunbowale is sidelined with a knee injury and Li Yueru is out for the season with a knee injury. One result from all this has been Paige Bueckers taking more shots (we took Over 18.5 points on Wednesday for best bets with that same logic, and she dropped 44). Another has been that the Wings are no longer the same team on the glass.
The Wings are currently fourth overall in rebounding percentage in the WNBA, but they've been eighth since Carrington was traded and rank 10th in that category over the past five games. I bring this up because since the Sykes trade, Ogwumike has grabbed at least eight rebounds in five of those six games. The only time she didn't was when she had six boards last game against the Chicago Sky, when Angel Reese returned for the first time since July 19. With Reese and Kamilla Cardoso both playing, the Sky are the top rebounding team in the WNBA.
Now that the Wings are a subpar rebounding team instead of one of the better rebounding teams in the WNBA, I like Ogwumike to get at least eight boards once again. One other bonus for this prop—in the past seven games (after Carrington was traded), the Wings are first in pace in the WNBA. Second over that same span? The Storm. That faster pace means more possessions, more shots and more rebounding opportunities.
