The 2024 WNBA has begun a month-long All-Star/Olympic break but before the hiatus, let’s top off that bankroll with some WNBA All-Star Game Same Game Parlay action.
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Saturday’s Best WNBA All-Star Same Game Parlay
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Team USA (-6.5) at Team WNBA (+220) | O/U 189 (-108/-112)
- Leg 1: Team WNBA 1H +3.5 (-110)
- Leg 2: Team WNBA Moneyline (+220)
- Leg 3: Alternate Over 178 Total Points (-360)
Team USA is nursing injuries to their stacked roster heading into this year’s Olympics in Paris as Napheesa Collier (plantar fasciitis) and Breanna Stewart (hamstring) are both dealing with injuries that cost them games heading into the break. Although Stewie says her hammy feels “great” heading into the Paris games, the goal for Team USA is to get work in during what is essentially a scrimmage, as they have their eyes on the bigger prize in Olympic gold. I believe the first half will be more competitive but Team WNBA should come out firing with nothing but a one-month break to rest on the other side of today’s 60 minutes. For Team USA, this is the beginning of a very busy next month. Different motivations and freedoms on both sides tonight and Team WNBA +3.5 at halftime feels conservative but I think the majority of the WNBA All-Stars work will be done after halftime.
Team WNBA has a huge revenge narrative tonight as they are playing against a team that every American woman on their squad has an argument they should be on. Caitlin Clark has sparked debate about her deserved place on Team USA since before the squad was officially announced and although she has said all the right things publically, as a competitor you can’t tell me she won’t motivated to show Team USA what they will be missing this next month. On top of that, she has been playing her best basketball of late as she seems to have adjusted to the speed of the W and her teammates have been adjusting to her as well, as evidenced by her historic assist totals (19 vs. Dallas) heading into the break. Angel Reese will be equally motivated to make her own Rookie of the Year case on a national stage after setting WNBA records (15 straight double-doubles) of her own in the first half. Arike Ogunbowale is back for blood as she was once again left off the Olympic roster like she was in 2021, despite making the All-Star game that year and every season since. The last time she was left off the Olympic roster and got to play against them in this All-Star format, she took home MVP honors with 28 points to lead the All-Stars over the eventual gold medal winners. Dearica Hamby returns to the All-Star game for the third time and should see a big role inside battling her former teammate, A’ja Wilson, one of three former teammates on Team USA (Kelsey Plum/Chelsea Gray). Like I said, revenge is the motivation du jour as Hamby is averaging 25.0 points and 11.0 rebounds against her former team during the regular season so some of that should bleed into this game. There is simply more hunger (on paper) for this W on the All-Stars side, especially for a potential +220 return. I will be playing this Team WNBA Moneyline as a standalone bet as well.
The WNBA All-Star Games, like its NBA counterpart, have traditionally been offensive explosions so the snap judgment pick would be Over 189. However, three of the last five WNBA All-Star games have cashed the Under, including the last Olympic year (2021) when the WNBA All-Stars beat Team USA 93-85 in Tokyo. With the injuries on the Team USA side already mounting up, how hard can Team USA really go in an exhibition on the eve of the Olympics? To compensate for all of this, we will take the Alternate Over of 178. This represents a push against the 2021 total score, which was the lowest Total Game Score in the WNBA All-Star Game since 2003 when the West won, 84-75. That game was just the fifth-ever WNBA All-Star Game and the fifth of five straight contests that went under this 178 number, making the bet of Over 178 Total Points 13-5-1 all-time and 13-0-1 since 2003. The last time this game failed to reach at least 178 points, I was 17 and heading into my senior year of high school and here I am today, a 38-year-old husband and father of two. Think about how much has happened in your own life since July 12, 2003…one thing that hasn’t happened is a WNBA All-Star Game with a total of less than 178. Bet confidently that won’t change tonight.
WNBA All-Star Game Same Game Parlay Odds: +375
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