Lynx vs Liberty Picks, Player Props, Odds & Injury Reports – Is Collier Playing Tonight?

• The New York Liberty host the Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday night at the Barclays Center
• The Liberty are still without Breanna Stewart while the Lynx could be missing MVP-favorite Napheesa Collier
• See Tuesday’s Lynx vs Liberty odds, picks, player props, and injury reports for Aug. 19

The reigning WNBA-champion New York Liberty (21-13, 13-4 home, 12-20-2 ATS) host the reigning runner-up Minnesota Lynx (28-5, 11-4 away, 20-12-1 ATS) on Tuesday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. In a scheduling anomaly, this will be Minnesota’s third straight game against New York. Minnesota is already 3-0 SU against the Liberty, including an 83-71 road win on Aug. 10 and an 86-80 home win last time out on Saturday.

Unfortunately, injuries dominate the storylines heading into Tuesday’s matchup of the top-two favorites in the WNBA Championship odds. More on that later. Below, find the Liberty vs Lynx odds, injury reports, player props, and my favorite picks for Tuesday night.

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Minnesota Lynx vs New York Liberty Odds

The Lynx/Liberty point spread is as high as MIN +3.5 (-118) at BetMGM and as low as Liberty -2.5 (-114) at FanDuel, presenting a slight opportunity to middle. Counterintuitively, the best price on the New York moneyline is currently -143 at BetMGM, while bet365 has the longest odds on a Minnesota victory at +125. The game total only shows a half-point range. Most books have it at 166.5 with -110 odds each way, but FanDuel has it a point lower at 166.0 with -112 odds on the over.

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The WNBA-leading Lynx are roughly +150 favorites to win the 2025 WNBA title, a feat they came one game short of last season. The Liberty are around +175 to repeat.

MIN vs NYL Injury Reports

While Collier (23.5 PPG, 7.5 RPG, 3.5 APG) has been described as a “game-time decision” for Tuesday’s contest, she’s officially listed as doubtful on the team’s injury report. She hasn’t played since August 2nd, a string of four straight games, and the Lynx are a perfect 4-0 straight-up in those contests, which includes back-to-back wins over the Liberty.

Breanna Stewart (18.3PPG, 6.5 RPG, 3.9 APG) remains out for New York, as she has been since late July. New York is just 1-3 SU in its last four and hasn’t beaten a team that’s over .500 since a July 25 win over Phoenix, back when Stewart was still in the lineup. They’re 0-4 against teams over .500 without the two-time WNBA MVP.

MIN Lynx vs NY Liberty Player Props

Player props from bet365 on Aug 19. New users can claim the bet365 promo code ahead of tonight’s Lynx/Liberty game.

Sabrina Ionescu (19.2 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 5.3 APG) leads the point totals at 18.5 O/U, while Kayla McBride (14.8 PPG, 2.4 RPG, 3.3 APG) has the highest total for the likely-shorthanded Lynx at 15.5 O/U. McBride has gone over that total in four of the last six, but is averaging exactly 15.0 PPG in the four games without Collier.

Lynx vs Liberty Picks & Predictions

• Lynx moneyline (+125) at bet365
• Courtney Williams over 14.5 points (-115) at bet365

Minnesota point guard Courtney Williams (14.2 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 6.3 APG) has seen a much bigger spike in scoring production since Collier left the lineup. In Minnesota’s four games without the soon-to-be league MVP, Williams has averaged 18.5 PPG, more than four points above her season average, hitting the 20-point plateau twice.

Williams is averaging 17.3 FGA per game over the last four, compared to just 13.4 per game for the season as a whole. Collier’s absences obviously creates a vacuum that needs to be filled, and the 31-year-old point guard has been more than happy to call her own number.

In light of Minnesota’s recent success against New York – which game without Collier – I can’t not bet the Lynx moneyline at significant plus-money. Minnesota has been far and away the best team in the league all season, and Cheryl Reeve’s team has adjusted stunningly well to life without Collier.