{"id":180011,"date":"2025-09-30T12:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/180011\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T12:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:14:08","slug":"wnba-picks-predictions-today-fever-vs-aces-game-5-best-bets-from-proven-experts-for-tuesday-sept-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/180011\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA picks, predictions today: Fever vs. Aces Game 5 best bets from proven experts for Tuesday, Sept. 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Article-featuredImageImg\" alt=\"092625-jackieyoung.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/092625-jackieyoung.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"433\" width=\"770\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/wnba\/teams\/PHO\/phoenix-mercury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix Mercury<\/a> have advanced to the WNBA Finals, and now they&#8217;ll see who their opponent will be when the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/wnba\/teams\/IND\/indiana-fever\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indiana Fever<\/a> and <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/wnba\/teams\/LVA\/las-vegas-aces\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Las Vegas Aces<\/a> battle in Game 5. This win-or-go-home contest will tip off from Las Vegas at 9:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Sept. 30, and it will be televised on ESPN2.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a fan of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/wnba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WNBA betting<\/a> and are interested in placing a wager on Tuesday&#8217;s Fever vs. Aces Game 5 clash, you should first see what WNBA experts Calvin Wetzel and Aaron Barzilai have locked in for this game.<\/p>\n<p>Barzilai is a Ph.D. from Stanford who served as Director of Basketball Analytics for the Philadelphia 76ers. Five years ago, he founded HerHoopStats.com &#8212; a groundbreaking website that unlocks insights about the women&#8217;s game. Wetzel, the site&#8217;s lead betting writer, incorporates his mathematical background and strong knowledge of women&#8217;s hoops to turn the site&#8217;s prediction model into picks. Wetzel and Barzilai went 202-111-2 (+57.9 units) during the 2024 WNBA season and posted a 147-88-1 (+47.1 units) during the 2024-25 NCAA season. In the 2023 WNBA season, they finished 238-185-1 (+29.5 units).<\/p>\n<p>Here are Wetzel and Barzilai&#8217;s best bets for Indiana vs. Las Vegas on Tuesday:<\/p>\n<p>Fever vs. Aces picks:Aces -8<\/p>\n<p>Few teams are as good at bouncing back from losses as the Aces, especially when it comes to a winner-take-all game at home. Betting against <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/wnba\/players\/26677908\/aja-wilson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A&#8217;ja Wilson<\/a> and Las Vegas would be foolhardy in this game.<\/p>\n<p>To even get to this point without <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/wnba\/players\/29362921\/caitlin-clark\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Caitlin Clark<\/a> has been admirable from Indiana, but the magic runs out here. Take a look at some alternate spreads as well, as the Aces may run away with this one.<\/p>\n<p>Fever vs. Aces: Under 158.5 points<\/p>\n<p>In a winner-take-all game, you can always expect higher defensive intensity and a slower pace. This line is a point or two lower than it otherwise would be, but it is still a couple points too high.<\/p>\n<p>Indiana team total under is another way to play this game, as their offense should have a tough time in this environment with <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/wnba\/players\/26677896\/kelsey-mitchell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kelsey Mitchell<\/a> and <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/wnba\/players\/29101293\/aliyah-boston\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aliyah Boston<\/a> as the only two players to consistently rely on. Bet on defense, and especially on the Aces&#8217; defense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Imagn Images The Phoenix Mercury have advanced to the WNBA Finals, and now they&#8217;ll see who their opponent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[4662,4655,6359,49,735,48,84835,84836,84834,2803,4650,3460,3461,82,630,17929,8601,46844,19197,8602,17928,81490,17931],"class_list":{"0":"post-180011","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-aja-wilson","9":"tag-aliyah-boston","10":"tag-betting","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-caitlin-clark","13":"tag-canada","14":"tag-fever-aces-bets","15":"tag-fever-aces-expert-picks","16":"tag-fever-aces-odds","17":"tag-indiana-fever","18":"tag-kelsey-mitchell","19":"tag-las-vegas-aces","20":"tag-phoenix-mercury","21":"tag-sports","22":"tag-wnba","23":"tag-wnba-bets","24":"tag-wnba-betting","25":"tag-wnba-expert-bets","26":"tag-wnba-expert-picks","27":"tag-wnba-gambling","28":"tag-wnba-odds","29":"tag-wnba-playoff-odds","30":"tag-wnba-predictions"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}