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WILD ENDING: Dallas Wings vs. Chicago Sky (07/12/2026)

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Dallas Wings Top Plays vs. Toronto Tempo

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WNBA x UConn Dueling Mix: Brenna Stewart v. Azzi Fudd + Paige Bueckers

Betting + Odds

We&#8217;re roughly halfway through the WNBA&#8217;s 30th season, and the competition is as hot as ever. While the Lynx and Aces remain atop the standings with 16 wins, the Golden State Valkyries are right on their heels with the same number of wins and just one more loss. The Dream just snapped a five-game losing streak, while the Fever&#8217;s offense has been on fire.
Let’s go over the <a href="https://sportsbook.draftkings.com/leagues/basketball/wnba?category=game-lines&amp;subcategory=game">WNBA odds</a> for Friday and Saturday’s games and I’ll provide my best bets on DraftKings Sportsbook.
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<h2>Friday, July 10</h2>
Golden State Valkyries vs. Connecticut Sun (7:30 p.m. ET) — GSV -5.5, O/U 154.5
Dallas Wings vs. Toronto Tempo (7:30 p.m. ET) — DAL -7.5, O/U 178.5
Chicago Sky vs. Los Angeles Sparks (10:00 p.m.) — LAS -1.5, O/U 176.5
Best Bets
<a href="https://sportsbook.draftkings.com/event/gs-valkyries-%2540-con-sun/34368746">GS Valkyries -5.5</a>
Golden State is on an absolute heater. After defeating the Tempo 83-75 on Wednesday, the Valkyries extended their winning streak to six games and continue to establish themselves as one of the league&#8217;s best defensive teams. They rank second in defensive rating (101.0) and first in opponent points per game (76.7). Gabby Williams has been a talented two-way force, averaging 15.0 PPG while adding 1.6 steals per game, while Veronica Burton continues to run the offense as the floor general, providing points, assists, and forcing turnovers.
The Sun have won three of their last five games, including an impressive victory over the championship-favorite Lynx, but they simply don&#8217;t have enough scoring firepower to consistently break through the Valkyries&#8217; suffocating defense.
<a href="https://sportsbook.draftkings.com/leagues/basketball/wnba?category=games&amp;subcategory=player-props&amp;nav_1=points">Azzi Fudd 15+ Points (+107)</a>
Fudd hasn&#8217;t been the most consistent this season, but for a rookie, she&#8217;s shown flashes of offensive talent that should only improve with experience. Averaging 13.2 PPG, Fudd ranks among the top rookie scorers while shooting 47.1% from the field. She&#8217;s hit 15+ points in two of her last five games and now faces a Tempo team with plenty of offensive weapons but a defense that continues to struggle. Toronto allows the third-most points per game (91.3) and opponents are shooting 46.5% from the field against it (13th). 15+ points isn&#8217;t guaranteed, but I like the value and the offensive upside Fudd has shown.
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<h2>Saturday, July 11</h2>
New York Liberty vs. Minnesota Lynx (1:00 p.m. ET) — MIN -1.5, O/U 172.5
Portland Fire vs. Atlanta Dream (4:00 p.m. ET) — ATL -11.5, O/U 172.5
Phoenix Mercury vs. Las Vegas Aces (6:00 p.m. ET) — LV -10.5, O/U 173.5
Best Bets
<a href="https://sportsbook.draftkings.com/event/ny-liberty-%2540-min-lynx/34372412?category=all-odds&amp;subcategory=popular">NY vs. MIN Under 172.5 (-110)</a>
New York has plenty of offensive talent with Breanna Stewart, Jonquel Jones, and Sabrina Ionescu leading the way, but the Liberty haven&#8217;t exactly been lighting up the scoreboard, averaging 87.8 points per game (7th). Now they face a Lynx team that is holding opponents to just 80.7 points per game, the best mark in the league.
Minnesota should also be without its leading scorer and rookie star Olivia Miles, leaving a significant chunk of offense on the bench. According to the DraftKings Sportsbook Stats Hub, seven of the Lynx&#8217;s last eight home games following a road win have gone under the total. It&#8217;s a niche stat, sure, but with one elite defense, a shorthanded Minnesota offense, and neither team playing at a blistering pace lately, I&#8217;m leaning toward the under.
<a href="https://sportsbook.draftkings.com/event/por-fire-%2540-atl-dream/34372413">Rhyne Howard 19+ Points (-123)</a>
Howard has been a consistent offensive anchor alongside Allisha Gray this season, despite the Dream&#8217;s recent struggles. After a five-game losing streak, Atlanta bounced back with a win over the Storm, with Howard finishing with 19 points and four rebounds. Shooting 42.9% from the field, the 26-year-old also knocked down four threes, extending her streak of 4+ made threes to four straight games. Plus, Howard has scored 19+ points in each of those contests. If she continues her high volume from beyond the arc, her ability to score at all three levels should carry her over 19 points tonight.
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WNBA Best Bets, Predictions for July 10-11 on DraftKings Sportsbook

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Top Plays of the Day, 07/05/2026

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WILD ENDING Connecticut Sun vs. Dallas Wings (07/02/2026)

5 Things I Like

We’re headed into the Commissioner’s Cup championship game between the Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty. Still, the two teams met up before this contest for a fun preview ahead of their clash at Barclays Center on June 30th. 
These two squads are pretty clear contenders, but the Aces seem to be flying a lot higher than the Liberty at the moment. Despite that, New York managed to beat Las Vegas in their Cup championship preview. 
Another contentious game between the Dallas Wings and Minnesota Lynx, a quadruple overtime game between the Washington Mystics and Portland Fire, a surge from an unlikely source in Chicago, and Cheryl Reeve on the brink of history were all things I liked from this past week in the WNBA.
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<h2>First Taste of Commissioner’s Cup Championship</h2>
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Who would’ve thought that the Liberty’s X-factor against the Aces wouldn’t be winning the guard battle, or Breanna Stewart edging out perennial MVP candidate A’ja Wilson, but Han Xu providing 12 points in 13 minutes off the bench en route to a New York win?
Xu went a perfect 6-6 from the field in her limited minutes off the bench for the Liberty, hitting both of her three-point attempts. Her bench contributions were key for New York in the 2nd half, as she helped match the scoring from Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu to get New York over the hump necessary to take Las Vegas down. 
Since this contest, though, New York has lost their only two contests prior to the Cup championship &#8211; one game against the Seattle Storm, when they were shorthanded, and one against the Golden State Valkyries, where they simply couldn’t stop their paint penetration or match their shooting from the field. 
Las Vegas, on the other hand, took down the Wings and Sky as they head to New York for the Cup. They’re still looking like the team to beat this season, with Wilson somehow looking so good this year that it isn’t getting enough hype &#8211; her unbelievably performances are actually just becoming routine for us all to witness.
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<h2>Wings-Lynx Rivalry Continues to Brew</h2>
Hand clapping, technicals, and “too little” celebrations were sprinkled throughout the Wings’ loss to the Lynx at home over the weekend. Things were a bit heated between Wings star Paige Bueckers and current ROTY frontrunner Olivia Miles, specifically, which shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to fans with how competitive those two players are. 
It was a physical matchup that nearly became a down-to-the-wire battle thanks to some clutch Azzi Fudd buckets in the second half, but Dallas continues to struggle to get stops at the rim with a lack of a protector in the front court. Minnesota, and specifically Miles and Natasha Howard, took full advantage of this by posting 38 paint points to Dallas’ 28. 
These two young backcourt stars could very well meet in the postseason, so their games against one another have been a fun potential preview of a new playoff rivalry brewing.
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<h2>Quadruple OT Game Makes WNBA History</h2>
Yes, you’re reading that subheading right &#8211; there were four extra quarters played to determine a winner of a Mystics-Fire game over the weekend. Exhausted watching the players doesn’t even begin to describe what it felt like watching this contest, which ended in a win for Washington. 
The game, which ended 124-123, ties a 2001 game between Washington and Seattle as the longest in WNBA history. The 247 points scored in this game were also the second-most scored in WNBA history. And, to add even more history, the eight players who logged 45 or more minutes on the court were the most players to go for that long in WNBA history. 
This was, aside from the obvious barn-burner feel of it all, also a great showcase of young talent in Portland and Washington. Carla Leite and Sarah Ashlee Barker did their best to lead the Fire to the win in this one, with Leite hitting the three-pointer that carried Portland into the first overtime period that kicked off the mayhem. But, Washington’s young core &#8211; Kiki Iriafen and Sonia Citron &#8211; in addition to veteran Michaela Onyenwere, carried them to a win. 
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<h2>Sydney Taylor Turning Heads in Chicago</h2>
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“She’s from New York, and she plays like she’s from New York, and sometimes you can just tell. We were kind of surprised that she had gone under the radar as much as she has.”
That <a href="https://www.theixsports.com/the-ix-basketball-newsroom/wnba/chicago-sky/sydney-taylor-chicago-sky/">was Tyler Marsh speaking to reporters</a> about Sky guard Sydney Taylor, an undrafted free agent who has gone from an end-of-bench piece to one of Chicago’s biggest spark plugs amid a down season. 
The Long Island native has put together some sensational performances in June, including a 30-point game in a loss against the Indiana Fever, a 29-point game in a win against the Fire on Friday, and a solid 6-13 shooting performance in a loss to the Aces. Chicago had been sorely missing that floor-spacing shooting from its lineup to aid its front-court-heavy roster, and Taylor seems to be the answer to those problems as of now.
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<h2>Reeve One Win Away from History</h2>
As I wrote about last week, Reeve is <a href="https://www.wnba.com/news/cheryl-reeve-nears-wnba-history">on the brink of history</a>. She’s now just one win away from surpassing Mike Thibault as the all-time WNBA regular-season wins holder, and that could come as soon as this coming Friday against the Liberty. It’s a 2024 Finals rematch, so that’s already an exciting factor involved in the game, but it could also get Reeve over that 380-win hump necessary to become the sole regular-season wins record holder. 
With the way these two teams are playing &#8211; Minnesota acting as a bulldozer led by Miles, and New York still seemingly working out the kinks related to a new coach and a re-tooled bench &#8211; it feels likely that the Lynx can secure that record-sealing win with Reeve this weekend. 
This will be the two teams’ first meeting with one another this season &#8211; what a way to kick off their remaining three contests against one another for the year.

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5 Things I Like: Week Seven 2026

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WILD ENDING: Seattle Storm vs. Dallas Wings (06/22/2026)

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WILD ENDING: Dallas Wings vs. Chicago Sky (06/20/2026)

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Azzi Fudd

CAREER TRANSACTIONS:
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<li>2026: Selected No. 1 overall in the 2026 WNBA Draft by the Dallas Wings.</li>
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COLLEGE CAREER:
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<li>Played five seasons at the University of Connecticut (2021-2026).</li>
<li>2025 National Champion</li>
<li>2026 WBCA All-America</li>
<li>2026 AP First Team All-America</li>
<li>2026 USBWA First Team All-America</li>
<li>2026 Wooden Award All-America</li>
<li>2026 CSC Academic All-America Team Member of the Year</li>
<li>2026 BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete of the Year</li>
<li>2026 NCAA Fort Worth Regional 1 All-Region Team</li>
<li>2026 CSC Academic All-America First Team</li>
<li>2026 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team</li>
<li>2026 All-BIG EAST First Team</li>
<li>2025 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player</li>
<li>2025 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team</li>
<li>2025 All-BIG EAST First Team</li>
<li>2022 NCAA Tournament Bridgeport All-Region Team</li>
<li>2022 BIG EAST All-Freshman Team</li>
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Azzi Fudd signed a Rookie Scale Contract with the Dallas Wings.

Azzi Fudd was drafted by the Dallas Wings.

Continues to stuff stat sheet

Connects for five triples

Snags four steals in loss

Erupts for 26 points

Records five steals

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