Free WNBA Expert and Computer Picks For Every Game Aug. 9, 2026
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
Spread |
Total |
ML |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
83.35 |
+1.5 -107 
|
o168.5 -116
|
+105
|
|
84.61 |
-1.5 -103
|
u169.5 -116 
|
-115 
|
Phoenix
Washington
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
Spread |
Total |
ML |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
85.81 |
+7.5 -110
|
o178.5 -107
|
+240
|
|
92.38 |
-7.5 +101
|
u178.5 -103
|
-265
|
Dallas
Minnesota
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
Spread |
Total |
ML |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
88.02 |
-6.5 +105
|
o169.0 -110 
|
-229
|
|
81.84 |
+6.5 -106
|
u169.5 -103
|
+210
|
Golden State
Los Angeles
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
Spread |
Total |
ML |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
-- |
+12.5 -110
|
o184.5 -110 
|
+525
|
|
-- |
-12.5 -110
|
u186.5 -115
|
-675
|
Toronto
Atlanta
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
Spread |
Total |
ML |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
-- |
+1.5 -105
|
o180.5 -105
|
+105
|
|
-- |
-1.5 -104
|
u181.0 -110
|
-114
|
Chicago
Seattle
PHO
@
WAS
Sun, Aug 9 • 3:00 PM ET
Shakira Austin o17.5 Points Scored (-105)
Shakira Austin has scored at least 21 points in four of her last five games. She's shooting 55.1% from the floor in that span and can also extend the defense, hitting a three in each of her last three games. I love Austin to hit the Over on her scoring prop.
The Phoenix Mercury are 0-2 since trading for Kelsey Plum, and things aren't going to get easier on Sunday. The Washington Mystics have won six straight, covering in each of those games, and have help opponents to league lows in multiple offensive efficiency stats. I'm taking Washington to cover at spreads up to -3.5.
DAL
@
MIN
Sun, Aug 9 • 3:30 PM ET
Paige Bueckers o1.5 3-Pointers Made (+100)
Over the last 10 games, the Lynx have surrendered the most three-pointers to opposing guards (6.2) and the fourth-highest three-point percentage (37.1). Paige Bueckers has hit multiple threes in 17 of 30 games, and six of her last nine. Over her last nine, she’s averaging 1.9 treys on 42.5% shooting from distance. That includes four straight cashes on the road, averaging 2.8 triples on an eye-popping 47.8% shooting. This line should be priced closer to -120, making it a phenomenal value at even money.
Paige Bueckers o19.5 Points Scored (-130)
The Lynx boast a powerful interior defense that held A’ja Wilson in check Saturday, but Minny has allowed the sixth-most points and third-most triples to opposing guards this season. Bueckers has scored 20+ in all three matchups with Minnesota, and I expect her to do everything she can to spur her team to a much-needed victory. I’ll climb the ladder to 24.5 points for +230 odds.
GS
@
LA
Sun, Aug 9 • 7:00 PM ET
Veronica Burton has knocked down multiple three-pointers in 15 of 31 games, but she’s done so in five of her last six games. In that span, she’s averaged 2.2 triples on 43.3% shooting from long range. The Los Angeles Sparks have surrendered the second-most three-pointers at 9.4, and they’ve allowed opponents to shoot 34.7% from beyond the arc. Burton hit 2+ triples in each of her last two against LA, and I expect a similar showing tonight in a favorable road matchup.
GS -6.5 (-110)
At 12-2, the WNBA’s best record across the last 14 games belongs to the Golden State Valkyries. In that span, they sport the league’s second-best point differential at +8.4 per game, and nine of the V’s 12 wins have been by at least seven points. Golden State has been excellent on the road, going 6-1 SU while allowing just 73.3 ppg and finishing +70. The Los Angeles Sparks sport a -3.9 ppg point differential at home - 14th in the W. This should be a comfortable GSV win that I’ll play up to -9.5.
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