{"id":180919,"date":"2025-09-30T21:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T21:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/180919\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T21:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T21:04:07","slug":"wnba-playoffs-odds-props-best-bets-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/180919\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA playoffs odds, props, best bets Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\tNew York Post may be compensated and\/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change.<\/p>\n<p>Sports legends are often made in playoff elimination games, which is why wagering on proposition bets for them can prove difficult.<\/p>\n<p>A star\u2019s usage is expected, but so is the opposing defense\u2019s focus on that player.<\/p>\n<p>In the decisive <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/betting\/nba-betting-sites\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Game 5 of their semifinal series<\/a>, the Las Vegas Aces host the Indiana Fever as eight-point favorites with a total of 158.5 points.<\/p>\n<p>I lean to the underdog with the points, but I think there is a stronger angle on the props.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, Indiana point guard Odyssey Sims has a prop of 9.5 points, and I envision her scoring in double digits.<\/p>\n<p>Sims is unique in that she was claimed off waivers during the season, making her the fourth point guard the Fever have used in the starting lineup this season.<\/p>\n<p>But even without a conventional path, she has become a valuable weapon for Indiana and filled up the stat sheet in this series.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37252892\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/user-expressly-acknowledges-agrees-downloading-112358416.jpg\" alt=\"Odyssey Sims dribbling the ball during a WNBA game.\" class=\"wp-image-37252892\"  \/>We\u2019re backing Odyssey Sims to score Over 9.5 points in Game 5. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Sims has scored 17 or 18 points in three of the four games in this series, in addition to an outlier performance in Game 3 with just two points on 0-of-7 shooting.<\/p>\n<p>She is a shorter and quicker guard and, thus, can find driving lanes.<\/p>\n<p>Get the lowdown on the Best USA Sports Betting Sites and Apps<\/p>\n<p>That is Sims\u2019 asset against <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/21\/sports\/aja-wilson-makes-history-with-fourth-wnba-mvp-award\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a Las Vegas defense<\/a> that will be focused on defending MVP finalist Kelsey Mitchell, while also monitoring open 3-point shooters.<\/p>\n<p>Sims has a knack for picking her spots effectively, knowing when the team needs her to shoot and when she must defer to teammates.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>This entire team has rallied around the rash of injuries to formulate excellent chemistry and will be relentless with their upset bid.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I have a 67-53-1 ATS record in this Post sports section, and my next play is Sims Over 9.5 points in Game 5 (-125, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/betting\/bet365-bonus-code\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bet365<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Why Trust New York Post Betting<\/p>\n<p>Doug Kezirian is a New York Post contributor who has over two decades of experience in the betting space, including spending 11 years at ESPN as a host, columnist and betting analyst. He\u2019s also the rare personality who has documented success \u2013 14th place in 2023 Circa Million and Las Vegas SuperContest ($37K), two top-10 finishes in 2022 William Hill College Football Challenge ($58K) and also grabbed headlines with a $297K win on the 2021 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Post may be compensated and\/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180920,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[6359,49,48,2803,3460,82,6452,29055,630,8601],"class_list":["post-180919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-betting","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-indiana-fever","tag-las-vegas-aces","tag-sports","tag-sports-betting","tag-sports-picks","tag-wnba","tag-wnba-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180919","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=180919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}