Rookie sensation Paige Bueckers headlines Tuesday’s WNBA prop bets.
The latest: The Dallas Wings’ guard continues to break records in her first season in the league and she has a good matchup tonight. Later on, Aliyah Boston looks to extend her double-double streak without star teammate Caitlin Clark in the lineup.
Check out the best WNBA prop bets for Aug. 5, featuring a pick on Kayla McBride.
WNBA prop bets
Best bet: Bueckers over 17.5 points (-124)
The Wings guard is rivalling Clark for the best rookie season in WNBA history.
She’s coming off back-to-back rookie of the month honours and just became the fastest player ever to reach 400 points and 100 assists.
Despite her team struggling at 8-21, Bueckers continues to play elite ball.
- She’s scored 20+ in three straight games, while shooting 47.8% from the field.
- Overall, she’s 13-10 against this line, while landing on exactly 17 in two of the games she fell short.
That provides a healthy scoring floor to work with. She’s yet to play the New York Liberty in her career but it’s a relatively good matchup.
The Liberty have the second-best record in the WNBA but are an average defensive team, allowing the sixth-most points per game (81.1)
Key stat: Bueckers is averaging 19.1 PPG over her last 15.
Best WNBA picks
Boston to record a double-double (+110): Boston has cashed this wager in six straight games, and I don’t see any reason for her streak to end against the Los Angeles Sparks.
- L.A. owns the worst defence in the WNBA, allowing 88.0 PPG.
- Boston has double-doubled in both meetings vs. the Sparks this season.
- In those games, she averaged 17.5 points and 11.0 rebounds.
The Sparks play at the second-fastest pace (96.9) with an average rebounding rate (50.3%).
Scoring and rebounding chances will be plentiful, and I’m backing Boston to take advantage.
McBride over 16.5 points (-108): MVP-candidate Napheesa Collier is out for tonight’s action and I expect an uptick in scoring from the Minnesota Lynx’s guard.
- McBride has scored 24 points in back-to-back games.
- In those two games, she hit 13 of her 19 threes.
In her last game against the Las Vegas Aces, McBride shot 8-for-10 from three with five assists, three steals and no turnovers. She’s hooping right now.
Even though Collier left that contest early, the Lynx still managed to walk away with a 53-point win behind McBride.
Coming off her best game of the season, I can’t see any reason why Minnesota wouldn’t heavily rely on its all-star guard without Collier in the lineup.
McBride only averages 14.8 PPG but cleared this line in six of the past eight games.
WNBA prop picks made at 12:58 p.m. ET on 08/05/2025.
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