WNBA betting tips for Sunday's playoff games - ESPN

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• Andre Snellings

• Eric Moody

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  Former manager at a Fortune 100 financial services company, now living my dream creating fantasy and sports betting content about the NFL, NBA, and WNBA for ESPN.

Each day of the WNBA playoffs, our team of betting experts breaks down the best bets for each game.

All odds are provided by Caesars Sportsbook. Times are ET.

Here's what to look for today:

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Seattle Storm at Las Vegas Aces
4:00 p.m., Michelob Ultra Arena, Las Vegas

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Line: Aces (-5.5)
Money line: Storm (+205), Aces (-250)
Total: 170.5 points
BPI Win%: Aces (64.7%)

Ruled Out: Gabby Williams (concussion)

Best bet: Over 170.5. In the last six games between these two teams dating back to 2021, the Aces have won five. There is a good chance that this game will be high scoring with A'ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart leading their respective teams. For the Aces, Wilson averaged 19.5 PPG, 9.4 RPG and 1.9 BPG. As for Stewart, she won her first career scoring title by averaging 21.8 PPG. Additionally, she averaged 7.6 RPG, 3.0 APG, and 1.6 SPG. Over the last 18 home games for the Aces, the total has gone over 11 times. During the Storm's last five games, the totals have gone over. -- Eric Moody

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Best Bet: Over 170.5. These two teams have so much star power and offensive options that all you can do is attempt to slow them down and very rarely does that work. Also, in the last seven matchups between these two, they have hit the over in five of those games. Both teams also have found their offensive groove in these playoffs averaging the 1st- and 3rd-most PPG this postseason. Also the Aces and Storm rank first and second respectively in 3-pointers made during these playoffs and both teams only played two games in the first round. Lastly, they are the only two teams this postseason shooting 50% or better from 3-point range so I think this will be a very high scoring affair. -- Jenni LaCroix

Best Bet: Aces -5.5. These two teams have played four times this season, and the Aces have won three of the four games. None of the four games was decided by fewer than eight points, and the Aces' three wins were by an average of 9.3 PPG. These teams played twice after Tina Charles moved into the starting lineup for the Storm, and the Aces won both games, one at home and one in Seattle, by a combined 17 points. -- André Snellings

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Connecticut Sun at Chicago Sky
8:00 p.m., Wintrust Arena, Chicago

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Line: Sky (-4)
Money line: Sun (+152), Sky (-180)
Total: 165.5 points
BPI Win%: Sky (50.8%)

Questionable: Ruthy Hebard (illness)

Best bet: Over 165.5. It's a rematch of last season's semifinals, when the Sky upset the Sun in four games. Now Chicago is the favorite, and Connecticut is determined to turn the tables. There is a lot of familiarity between these two teams. With the Sun playing the Sky eight times in the last 11 months, and Chicago going 7-1 in those games, the Sun will be motivated for this game. All season long, Connecticut's defense has been stout, but not against the Sky. This season, the Sun have allowed 109.0 points per 100 possessions against Chicago. There is a good chance that this game will be high scoring. In 13 of the Sky's 19 home games, the total has gone over. -- Moody

Best bet: Sky -4. The Sky have gone 4-0 against the Sun in the regular season and while the games have been close, the Sky have the experience on their side. Chicago has also covered against the Sun in five of their last six games. To add on to that, the Sky have won three of their last four games by 15 or more points. -- LaCroix

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