It's Friday night in the WNBA and there's three games on the slate for fans to look forward to. We have a couple of 7:30 p.m. ET tips between the Las Vegas Aces vs. the Atlanta Dream and another matchup of the Phoenix Mercury facing the Indiana Fever.
And one of the league's hottest teams, the Minnesota Lynx, face a tall task against a solid Seattle Storm team to end the night at 10 p.m. ET. All of the action goes down on ION where you can catch every game on deck for Friday.
But, of course, before the games get underway, don't miss a beat and get in on our WNBA best bets for Friday, July 12.
WNBA Best Bets Today | Friday, July 12
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  | 7:30 p.m. | |
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Lynx vs. Storm
Jewell Loyd has proven that she doesn't a bunch of threes to score 30, though it obviously helps.
She's averaging 25.2 points over her last six outings and hitting 2.3 threes per contest.
We don't need a hot shooting performance for this over, we just need continued consistency.
Loyd hit a cold spell from beyond the arc, going 3-for-34 in a six-game span, but has since gone 14-for-37 over her last six, over 1.5 threes in four of those games. We'll ride with the consistency to extend over another game. Just two threes.
Pick: Jewell Loyd Over 1.5 Threes
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Mercury vs. Fever
By Joe Dellera
The Mercury take on Caitlin Clark and the Fever and one player in targeting is Britney Griner.
The Fever allow for the second-most points per game to their opponents and the fourth-most points in the paint. They also are getting torched on second-chance points and allow their opponents to score the most second-chance points per game.
On the season, Griner has averaged 20.5 points per game (excluding her limited minutes debut) and has exceeded this mark in 65% of games including a 24 point effort against the Fever. Dating back to last season, Griner has exceeded this mark in 3/3 games vs Indiana while averaging 25 per game. She scored double digit points in the paint in each of those games and when she scores 10+ points in the paint she hits this mark in 78% of games this season.
I’m backing Griner to have a strong performance tonight.
Pick: Britney Griner Over 20.5 Points
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Mercury vs. Fever
Natasha Cloud has gone over this prop in three of her last five games, and in two of three games that Diana Taurasi has missed this season.
Injury report still lists Taurasi as out, which would be a third DNP in as many games, and four this month.
Cloud's misses have also been close enough to like this prop, in my opinion. With an uptick in usage, she's gotten to 20 and 21 as near misses over her last six games. And she'll likely play heavy minutes again — she hasn't dropped below 34 in a game without DT.
Pick: Natasha Cloud Over 21.5 Points + Assists
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