WNBA DFS Breakdown: Saturday

Written by

Alex Barutha

Chris Benzine

Updated on June 1, 2019 5:01PM EST

DraftKings and FanDuel Price Differences

Top 5 FanDuel (Late Games Only)

Player	POS	TEAM	FanDuel Price	% of Budget	DraftKings Price	% of Budget	Difference
Teaira McCowan	F	IND	4700	11.8%	8700	17.40%	-5.7%
Natalie Achonwa	F	IND	4800	12.0%	8400	16.80%	-4.8%
LaToya Sanders	F	WAS	5900	14.8%	9500	19.00%	-4.3%
Kristi Toliver	G	WAS	5900	14.8%	9200	18.40%	-3.7%
Sylvia Fowles	F	MIN	8200	20.5%	12000	24.00%	-3.5%

Top 5 DraftKings (Late Games Only)

Player	POS	TEAM	FanDuel Price	% of Budget	DraftKings Price	% of Budget	Difference
Erica Wheeler	G	IND	7200	18.0%	6200	12.40%	5.6%
Emma Meesseman	F	WAS	6300	15.8%	5100	10.20%	5.6%
Myisha Hines-Allen	F	WAS	5200	13.0%	4000	8.00%	5.0%
Betnijah Laney	G	IND	5600	14.0%	4900	9.80%	4.2%
Shatori Walke.	G	WAS	5300	13.3%	4600	9.20%	4.1%

2019 Team Stats

2019 Team Offense Stats

TEAM	G	3PA	3P%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Atlanta Dream	2	18.5	27	35.5	15.5	5	9.5	15	71
Chicago Sky	1	13	23.1	29	19	11	3	16	71
Connecticut Sun	3	21.7	33.8	42.7	16.3	5	4.7	12.3	80.7
Dallas Wings	1	24	33.3	42	18	12	6	18	72
Indiana Fever	2	14	28.6	32	18	6.5	3	11.5	79
Las Vegas Aces	2	15	40	41.5	17.5	9	4.5	13.5	83.5
Los Angeles Sparks	2	16.5	33.3	39.5	16	7.5	6	13	73.5
Minnesota Lynx	2	18.5	32.4	43	19.5	8.5	4	21.5	80.5
New York Liberty	1	14	35.7	40	14	4	4	16	80
Phoenix Mercury	2	20	40	32	18.5	8.5	5	17	77
Seattle Storm	3	16	25	33	17	9.3	4	13.7	73.3
Washington Mystics	1	21	14.3	37	17	4	7	12	69

2019 Team Defense Stats (Opponent Stats)

TEAM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Atlanta Dream	71.5	39.2	19	31.6	18.5	41.5	20.5	9	5.5	14.5	77
Chicago Sky	68	44.1	20	30	32	46	17	11	5	21	89
Connecticut Sun	72	41.7	19	24.6	11.7	34	17.7	5	4.3	12.3	74.3
Dallas Wings	63	42.9	14	28.6	29	31	16	6	11	16	76
Indiana Fever	70	42.9	18	41.7	22.5	38.5	16	4	4	14	84
Las Vegas Aces	70	42.9	18	41.7	14.5	37.5	19	8.5	7.5	14	78
Los Angeles Sparks	76	36.2	18.5	27	23.5	48	14.5	7	5.5	15.5	76.5
Minnesota Lynx	68	38.2	14	17.9	14.5	25.5	16	11.5	3	15	66
New York Liberty	69	42	12	25	28	38	15	8	4	10	81
Phoenix Mercury	71.5	40.6	17.5	40	21.5	37	17	9	3.5	13.5	80.5
Seattle Storm	65	40	19	31.6	12.3	36.3	17.7	6.3	4.7	18.7	68.7
Washington Mystics	76	43.4	20	30	14	40	18	7	5	10	84

Data from WNBA.com

New York Liberty at Indiana Fever

Injuries

Note: All return dates are just estimates

New York

Name	Pos	Injury	Status	Return
Kiah Stokes	C	Not Injury Related	OUT	7/3/2019

Indiana

Name	Pos	Injury	Status	Return
Shenise Johnson	G	Knee	OUT	6/7/2019
Victoria Vivians	G	Knee	SUSP-INJ	4/1/2020

Vegas Odds: Indiana -3.5 (Open: Indiana -4) Over Under: 158.5 (Open: Same)

2019 Player Stats

Player	Team	Pos	G	Min	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	3PM	FG%	TO	3PA	3P%	FGA	FTM	FTA
Tina Charles	NY	C	1	32	32	12	2	1	0	0	47.8	4	1	0	23	10	10
Kia Nurse	NY	G	1	32	12	1	0	1	0	2	30	1	4	50	10	4	4
Reshanda Gray	NY	F	1	14	10	8	0	0	0	0	71.4	0	0	0	7	0	2
Asia Durr	NY	G	1	25	8	1	2	0	1	0	37.5	1	2	0	8	2	3
Bria Hartley	NY	G	1	17	7	4	4	0	0	1	22.2	0	2	50	9	2	3
Rebecca Allen	NY	F	1	19	6	5	0	2	2	2	66.7	2	3	66.7	3	0	0
Brittany Boyd	NY	G	1	15	5	4	1	0	0	0	40	1	0	0	5	1	1
Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe	NY	F	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Han Xu	NY	C	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amanda Zahui B.	NY	C	1	29	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	5	2	0	4	0	0
Tanisha Wright	NY	G	1	13	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

Player	Team	Pos	G	Min	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	3PM	FG%	TO	3PA	3P%	FGA	FTM	FTA
Erica Wheeler	Ind	G	2	33	21	4	7	0.5	0.5	3	66.7	1	5.5	54.5	13.5	0	0
Candice Dupree	Ind	F	2	33.5	16	7.5	4.5	0.5	0.5	0	69.6	1.5	0	0	11.5	0	0.5
Tiffany Mitchell	Ind	G	2	27.5	15	4.5	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	44.4	2.5	1	50	9	6.5	7
Natalie Achonwa	Ind	F	2	24	9	1	0.5	1.5	0	0	47.1	1.5	0	0	8.5	1	1
Teaira McCowan	Ind	C	2	11.5	5.5	4.5	0	0	1.5	0	50	2	0	0	3	2.5	5
Betnijah Laney	Ind	G	2	23.5	5.5	5	2.5	2.5	0	0.5	26.7	1	3	16.7	7.5	1	2
Kelsey Mitchell	Ind	G	2	20	4	1	0.5	0	0	0	20	0.5	2.5	0	10	0	0
Shenise Johnson	Ind	G	2	16	2	3	1	1	0	0	16.7	0	2	0	6	0	0
Stephanie Mavunga	Ind	F	2	11	1	1.5	0.5	0	0	0	33.3	0	0	0	1.5	0	0

The Skinny

The Liberty offense ran through Tina Charles during the season opener, and that's unlikely to change. She attempted 23 field-goal attempts -- 13 more than the next-highest player, Kia Nurse. In looking for value, turning to Reshanda Gray and Bria Hartley could pay dividends. Gray came up just two board shy of a double-double in 14 minutes, while Hartley led the team in assists and took nine shots.

The Fever have played two games, with three players -- Erica Wheeler, Candice Dupree and Tiffany Mitchell -- averaging double-digit points. They're the main players worth targeting for DFS. Looking for some low-priced value, Betnijah Laney could produce. She's taken 15 shots across the team's first two games, but has converted only 26.7 percent of those looks. It's possible her shots start falling while she continues to rebound and play defense.

Atlanta Dream at Washington Mystics

Injuries

Note: All return dates are just estimates

Atlanta

Name	Pos	Injury	Status	Return
Angel McCoughtry	F	Knee	OUT	6/6/2019
Kristy Wallace	G	Knee	OUT	5/1/2020

Washington

Name	Pos	Injury	Status	Return
Kristi Toliver	G	Quadriceps	GTD	6/1/2019
Elena Delle Donne	F	Knee	GTD	6/1/2019
Aerial Powers	F	Back	OUT	6/5/2019
Kiara Leslie	G	Knee	OUT	8/2/2019

Vegas Odds: Washington -8.5 (Open: Washington -7.5) Over Under: 157 (Open: 157.5)

2019 Player Stats

Player	Team	Pos	G	Min	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	3PM	FG%	TO	3PA	3P%	FGA	FTM	FTA
Jessica Breland	Atl	F	2	22.5	12.5	7	2	1.5	2	0	40.9	0.5	1	0	11	3.5	4.5
Brittney Sykes	Atl	G	2	26.5	11	3.5	3	1	2	0.5	33.3	1	2.5	20	12	2.5	3.5
Renee Montgomery	Atl	G	2	25.5	9	2	2.5	0	0	2	46.2	2.5	4	50	6.5	1	2
Nia Coffey	Atl	F	2	20	8	6	1.5	0.5	1	0	46.7	1.5	2	0	7.5	1	1.5
Tiffany Hayes	Atl	G	2	24	7	1.5	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	33.3	1.5	3.5	14.3	6	2.5	4
Monique Billings	Atl	F	2	17	6	4.5	1	0.5	0	0	55.6	3	0	0	4.5	1	1
Elizabeth Williams	Atl	F	2	25	5.5	6.5	1	0.5	3	0	36.4	1	0	0	5.5	1.5	3
Alex Bentley	Atl	G	2	22.5	5.5	1.5	2.5	0.5	0	1.5	21.1	1.5	5	30	9.5	0	0
Marie Gulich	Atl	C	2	10	4	2.5	0	0	1	0	50	1	0	0	3	1	1
Maite Cazorla	Atl	G	1	5	3	1	0	0	0	1	50	1	1	100	2	0	0
Haley Peters	Atl	F	1	10	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	2

Player	Team	Pos	G	Min	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	3PM	FG%	TO	3PA	3P%	FGA	FTM	FTA
Emma Meesseman	Was	C	1	33	14	6	0	1	1	0	46.2	1	1	0	13	2	2
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough	Was	G	1	27	11	8	3	1	0	1	36.4	0	3	33.3	11	2	2
Kristi Toliver	Was	G	1	20	11	3	3	0	0	1	50	1	4	25	10	0	0
Ariel Atkins	Was	G	1	30	10	2	1	0	0	0	33.3	1	3	0	9	4	5
Myisha Hines-Allen	Was	F	1	19	8	5	0	1	2	0	33.3	3	2	0	12	0	0
Natasha Cloud	Was	G	1	30	6	2	8	1	2	0	28.6	3	4	0	7	2	4
Tianna Hawkins	Was	F	1	15	4	2	0	0	0	0	33.3	0	2	0	6	0	0
Kim Mestdagh	Was	G	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	50	0	2	50	2	0	0
LaToya Sanders	Was	F	1	22	2	9	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	2

The Skinny

The Dream have had a balanced attack, with all but three players scoring between five and 13 points per game. The passing game has been equal as well, with nobody racking up more than three dimes per game. The best place to look for production then might be rebounding. In that case, Jessica Breland and Elizabeth Williams appear to be viable DFS options.

Similarly to the Dream, the Mystics had a balanced attack in the opener. However, Elena Delle Donne is expected to be back for this contest. She averaged 20.7 PPG last season, so her presence will help normalize Washington. Delle Donne also grabbed 7.2 RPG, so chances are, fewer boards will be around for the likes of Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Emma Meesseman and LaToya Sanders.

Minnesota Lynx at Dallas Wings

Injuries

Note: All return dates are just estimates

Minnesota

Name	Pos	Injury	Status	Return
Karima Christmas-Kelly	G	Knee	GTD	6/1/2019
Temi Fagbenle	F	Suspension	SUSP-DNR	6/4/2019
Kelsey Griffin	F	Toe	SUSP	6/4/2019
Seimone Augustus	G	Knee	OUT	6/15/2019
Maya Moore	F	Personal	OUT	2/1/2020

Dallas

Name	Pos	Injury	Status	Return
Skylar Diggins-Smith	G	Personal	OUT	6/9/2019
Moriah Jefferson	G	Not Injury Related	SUSP	7/5/2019

Vegas Odds: Minnesota -3.5 (Open: Minnesota -1) Over Under: 153 (Open: 152)

2019 Player Stats

Player	Team	Pos	G	Min	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	3PM	FG%	TO	3PA	3P%	FGA	FTM	FTA
Napheesa Collier	Min	F	2	30	18	5	2	1	2	2	73.3	2	2.5	80	7.5	5	6.5
Odyssey Sims	Min	G	2	29.5	13	3.5	5	0.5	0	1	41.7	4	3	33.3	12	2	2.5
Sylvia Fowles	Min	C	2	28.5	11.5	11.5	0	1.5	0	0	52.9	2.5	0	0	8.5	2.5	4
Danielle Robinson	Min	G	2	27	11	3	2.5	1.5	1	0.5	33.3	3	3.5	14.3	12	2.5	3
Lexie Brown	Min	G	2	21.5	10	1	2.5	1.5	0	1.5	33.3	1.5	5	30	9	2.5	3
Damiris Dantas	Min	C	2	23.5	7	5.5	3.5	1.5	1	1	66.7	2	1.5	66.7	4.5	0	0.5
Jessica Shepard	Min	F	2	24.5	6.5	8.5	4	0	0	0	40	4	1.5	0	5	2.5	3
Stephanie Talbot	Min	G	2	10.5	2	1.5	0	1	0	0	33.3	0.5	1.5	0	3	0	0
Alaina Coates	Min	C	2	3.5	1.5	2	0	0	0	0	33.3	0	0	0	1.5	0.5	1
Shao Ting	Min	F	2	2	0	1.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0	0

Player	Team	Pos	G	Min	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	3PM	FG%	TO	3PA	3P%	FGA	FTM	FTA
Allisha Gray	Dal	G	1	26	14	3	4	3	1	2	57.1	1	3	66.7	7	4	4
Arike Ogunbowale	Dal	G	1	21	12	3	1	2	0	1	31.3	0	6	16.7	16	1	2
Kayla Thornton	Dal	F	1	27	9	6	2	1	0	0	23.1	2	4	0	13	3	3
Brooke McCarty-Williams	Dal	G	1	29	8	3	8	2	0	2	42.9	3	3	66.7	7	0	0
Glory Johnson	Dal	F	1	27	6	9	2	1	0	1	28.6	5	2	50	7	1	2
Tayler Hill	Dal	G	1	20	6	2	1	1	0	1	33.3	0	4	25	6	1	1
Imani McGee-Stafford	Dal	C	1	14	5	6	0	2	0	0	66.7	1	0	0	3	1	2
Imani McGee-Stafford	Dal	C	1	14	5	6	0	2	0	0	66.7	1	0	0	3	1	2
Isabelle Harrison	Dal	C	1	22	5	8	0	0	5	0	25	3	0	0	8	1	2
Kaela Davis	Dal	G	1	11	4	2	0	0	0	0	50	0	0	0	4	0	0
Theresa Plaisance	Dal	F	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	33.3	0	2	50	3	0	0

The Skinny

Still hurting from the injury bug and overseas play, the Lynx may be forced to reach into the bench ranks once again Saturday. Sylvia Fowles could provide a bit more value on FanDuel Saturday with a lowered value, though it's worth noting that DraftKings awards bonuses for double-doubles, which may account for some of the pricing difference. Karima Christmas-Kelly has yet to play this season and enters the contest questionable, so her status could define the extent to which others like Jessica Shepard will play. Shepard, Damiris Dantas, Napheesa Collier and Lexie Brown could be relied upon for considerable minutes again if Christmas-Kelly is out.

The Wings are down a star player as well in Skylar Diggins-Smith, who continues to work her way back post-pregnancy. Slight underdogs in the expected lowest-scoring game on the slate, Allisha Gray provided some major minutes in the opener and contributed across the board. Fortunately, the club will get back the services of Azura Stevens, who missed the season opener due to a concussion. She averaged 8.9 points an 4.6 rebounds a season ago and will likely log 20-plus minutes in her debut Saturday.

Seattle Storm at Chicago Sky

Injuries

Note: All return dates are just estimates

Seattle

Name	Pos	Injury	Status	Return
Alysha Clark	F	Rest	OUT	6/4/2019
Ramu Tokashiki	F	Personal	SUSP	6/14/2019
Sue Bird	G	Knee	OUT	7/17/2019
Breanna Stewart	F	Achilles	SUSP-INJ	2/1/2020

Chicago

Name	Pos	Injury	Status	Return
Jamierra Faulkner	G	Knee	GTD	6/1/2019

Vegas Odds: Chicago -2.5 (Open: Chicago -1) Over Under: 160.5 (Open: 159.5)

2019 Player Stats

Player	Team	Pos	G	Min	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	3PM	FG%	TO	3PA	3P%	FGA	FTM	FTA
Natasha Howard	Sea	F	3	30.7	19.3	11.7	1.7	2.7	2	0.3	44.9	1.7	2	16.7	16.3	4.3	6.3
Jewell Loyd	Sea	G	3	32.7	13.3	5	3.3	1.3	0.3	1	31	2	3.7	27.3	14	3.7	3.7
Jordin Canada	Sea	G	3	31.3	11.7	2	5.7	2.3	0.3	0.3	43.8	3	2	16.7	10.7	2	3
Crystal Langhorne	Sea	F	3	28	7.3	4.7	1	0.3	0.3	0	40	1	1	0	6.7	2	2.7
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis	Sea	F	3	17	6.7	1.7	0.7	0.7	0	0.7	44.4	1.7	2.7	25	6	0.7	0.7
Mercedes Russell	Sea	C	3	18	4.7	4.7	0.7	1	0	0	46.2	1	0	0	4.3	0.7	0.7
Alysha Clark	Sea	F	1	27	11	5	3	0	2	2	60	1	4	50	5	3	4
Shavonte Zellous	Sea	G	3	16.7	3	0.3	2	0	0	0	30.8	1.3	0.7	0	4.3	0.3	1
Sami Whitcomb	Sea	G	2	13.5	4	0.5	1.5	1	0	1	37.5	0	3.5	28.6	4	0	0
Anriel Howard	Sea	F	2	6.5	1.5	0.5	0	0.5	0	0.5	50	1	0.5	100	1	0	0
Courtney Paris	Sea	C	2	5	0	1	0	0	0.5	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0

Player	Team	Pos	G	Min	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	3PM	FG%	TO	3PA	3P%	FGA	FTM	FTA
Gabby Williams	Chi	F	1	25	11	2	4	1	0	1	41.7	2	3	33.3	12	0	0
Kahleah Copper	Chi	G	1	18	11	5	0	1	0	0	50	3	0	0	8	3	3
Allie Quigley	Chi	G	1	26	10	1	1	1	0	2	44.4	0	5	40	9	0	0
Jantel Lavender	Chi	C	1	23	10	3	1	1	0	0	50	1	0	0	8	2	2
Cheyenne Parker	Chi	F	1	19	7	4	0	0	3	0	33.3	1	0	0	6	3	4
Stefanie Dolson	Chi	C	1	15	6	7	1	0	0	0	66.7	2	0	0	3	2	2
Courtney Vandersloot	Chi	G	1	30	6	4	8	3	0	0	30	4	3	0	10	0	0
Katie Lou Samuelson	Chi	G	1	18	4	1	2	1	0	0	100	1	0	0	1	2	2
Chloe Jackson	Chi	G	1	10	4	1	2	3	0	0	40	1	0	0	5	0	2
Astou Ndour	Chi	C	1	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	1	0	0
Diamond DeShields	Chi	G	1	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0

The Skinny

Alysha Clark mad her season debut for the Storm on Friday after resting for the first two contests following overseas play. Unsurprisingly, she will take a seat again Saturday in the second game of a back-to-back set. Her return carved minutes off of the rest of the frontcourt, allowing Natasha Howard to rest a couple more minutes. It's possible more of the bench will see action as well Saturday given that the team will be playing two games in 24 hours, but Howard should still see more than enough action to get hers offensively. Mercedes Russell has seen her minutes increase in each game this season, so there's a chance she will be another beneficiary of Clark's absence. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis has started all three games but saw a six-minute dip upon Clark's return, so she should also snag additional minutes in the contest.

Chicago got off to a rough start in the opener, getting thumped by 17 at the hand of the Lynx. Even so, the Sky are a 2.5-point favorite in what's expected to be the highest-scoring game on the slate. It's a somewhat surprising number considering the Storm have held each of their first three opponents to 72 or fewer points, but Chicago also plays at an up-temp pace. Four players scored in double figures in the opener, and you can expect more minutes from the team's starters in this one, assuming the game stays relatively close. Courtney Vandersloot got off to a slow start shooting from the field in the opener, but she still headlines the fantasy options for Chicago. Jamierra Faulkner is also expected to make her season debut for the Sky after missing the opener with a knee injury. She offered up 7.6 points, 3.9 assists and 1.4 rebounds in just over 21 minutes per game a season ago.

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