WNBA Finals Series Price Released: Mystics are Heavy -290 Favorites; Any Value on Sun at +245?
- Books have listed the Washington Mystics as -290 favorites to win the WNBA Finals
- The Connecticut Sun are set as +245 underdogs
- Neither franchise has ever won an WNBA Championship
No matter which team wins the 2019 WNBA Finals, history will be made.
The Washington Mystics, swept by the Seattle Storm in last year’s finals, have never won a WNBA Championship.
The Connecticut Sun also show a resume absent of a WNBA title. The Sun lost in the 2004 and 2005 finals.
Books have established the top-seeded Mystics as the -290 chalk to end their title drought.
2019 Sun vs Mystics WNBA Finals Odds
| Team | Moneyline |
|---|---|
| Connecticut Sun | +245 |
| Washington Mystics | -290 |
*Odds taken 09/27/19.
The Sun, who entered postseason play as the two seed, are the +245 underdogs to win it all.
Home Court Advantage?
The Sun actually own a 2-1 edge on the Mystics in the season series. The home team won all three meeting thus far during the 2019 campaign. Washington is listed as seven-point favorites in Game 1 of the finals.
Connecticut opened the season with an 84-69 decision over the Mystics on May 25. They followed up with a second home-court victory by an 83-75 count on June 11.
When the locale shifted to DC, the Mystics turned up the AC and cooled off the Sun by an impressive 102-69 final score on June 29.
Washington followed that win by suffering a season-high three-game losing streak. But since that stretch ended, the Mystics are 20-3.
The Mystics have also won 12 in a row at home, and get the extra home game in this best-of-five series. The Sun are just 5-6 in their last 11 road games.
Delle Donne Is Healthy
A year ago, Washington went into the WNBA finals against the Storm minus their best player. Forward Elena Delle Donne was down with a knee injury.
What difference a year makes.
Mystics F Elena Delle Donne has been named 2019 WNBA MVP, earning 41 of 43 1st-place votes.
Delle Donne is the 6th player in WNBA history to win multiple MVP awards, and the 1st to win it with multiple teams (Sky, 2015).
Her 50-40-90 season was the first in league history. pic.twitter.com/lufx0U24eE
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) September 19, 2019
A healthy Delle Donne made league history this season, becoming the first player to earn WNBA MVP honors with two different teams. She was also named MVP with the Chicago Sky in 2015.
Delle Donne finished the regular season with shooting splits of 51.5 percent from the field, 43.0 percent from 3-point range and 97.4 percent from the free-throw line.
She became the first player in WNBA history to finish a season with a 50/40/90 split.
Alyssa Thomas doing all the things she does with two torn labrums is so wild. pic.twitter.com/88jNsD7jHa
— Justin Carter (@juscarts) September 20, 2019
Meanwhile, Sun forward Alyssa Thomas is nursing torn labrums in both her shoulders, and it seems to finally be taking a toll. She was limited to 25 minutes on the floor and two points in Connecticut’s semi-final clincher against the Los Angeles Sparks.
The Meese Beast
Washington also played all of last season and part of this season minus forward Emma Meeseman, who was taking care of international commitments with the Belgian national team.
In Game 1 of the semi-finals against Las Vegas, she netted a career-best 27 points. In Game 2, Meeseman moved her personal best to 30 points.
She’s scored 85 points in four playoff games.
WNBA Finals Going to the Mystics
The Washington team that lost twice at Connecticut earlier this season isn’t the same club that is about to set upon the Sun.
The Mystics were 17-2 during the second half of the season. Washington is 7-2-1 against the spread in the last 10 home games
MYSTICS. How you not with EDD and Emma meeseman? pic.twitter.com/5hKFO2JwiQ
— Colleen (@Colleen18292381) September 25, 2019
Connecticut is 4-10 ATS in the last 14 games at Washington. The Sun are 4-11-1 ATS in their last 16 road games, and 1-4-1 ATS in their last six games facing Eastern Conference opposition.
This call on this series isn’t mystical at all. It’s Washington all the way.
Pick: Washington Mystics (-290).
An industry veteran, Bob literally taught the course on the history of sports at Elder College. He has worked as a Sports Columnist for Postmedia, appeared as a guest on several radio stations, was the Vice President of the Society For International Hockey Research in Ontario, and written 25 books.
