Lynx vs Liberty WNBA Finals Game 5 Prop Bets: Stewart Shows She's Still Got It

With the WNBA title on the line in Game 5, both teams will need their best players to be just that, and our WNBA props back that notion. Find out why we are backing Stewart, Ionescu, and Williams for monster games.

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Eric Rosales • Betting Analyst
Oct 20, 2024 • 09:31 ET • 4 min read
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It’s down to a winner-take-all affair Sunday from Barclays in Brooklyn, where the New York Liberty battle the Minnesota Lynx in Game 5 of the WNBA Finals.
 
We’ve looked at the trends from an exceptionally close series and rounded up our favorite Lynx vs. Liberty player props for the final game of the season.
 
What stars make a lasting impact en route to a title? Let’s run down our free WNBA picks below.

For a full game breakdown, be sure to check out our Lynx vs. Liberty predictions

Lynx vs Liberty WNBA Finals Game 5 props

Picks made on 10-20 at 9:20 a.m. ET.
Read full analysis of each pick.

Lynx vs Liberty props

Prop bet #1: Breanna Stewart Over 20.5 points

-115 at DraftKings

Breanna Stewart is coming off the lowest-scoring game of her 2024 playoff run, posting just 11 points on 5-for-21 shooting in New York’s 82-80 Game 4 loss.
 
Plagued by foul trouble early, she never could find her rhythm in a hostile environment. 
 
Back home though, Stewart will need to be a key player to deliver the franchise’s first-ever title.
 
She's already shown a great ability to bounce back. After a dud of a Game 2 performance, shooting 6-for-21 and finishing with 18 points, she bounced back with 21 in Game 3. 
 
Look for one of the WNBA’s most accomplished big-game players to clutch up.

Sabrina Ionescu Over 2.5 threes

-115 at DraftKings

Sabrina Ionescu picked the worst time for her worst shooting performance from beyond the arc in the playoffs.
 
The 26-year-old went 0-for-5 from distance — the first goose egg of these playoffs — including a last-second heave that would have won the game (and title) at the buzzer.
 
I’m banking on this as the outlier performance, and Ionescu bouncing back in a big way. 
 
During the postseason, Ionescu has topped her 2.5 make line seven times in 10 games, while hitting at a crisp 40% clip.
 
She has hit at least three triples in five of six home games in the playoffs.

Prop bet #3: Courtney Williams 7+ assists

+115 at DraftKings

If Minnesota plans to take the title on the road in Game 5, it’ll need to be all hands on deck, and that means Courtney Williams needs to keep everyone involved.
 
Williams ranks Top 6 in dimes during the 2024 playoffs, and she’s on quite the burner right now.
 
She put together another exceptional all-around effort last time out, with 15 points, seven assists, four rebounds, and a steal. 
 
Williams has piled up seven or more assists in three straight Finals games and she’s hit that mark in five of her last seven playoff games.
 
Look for her to stay on trend, and to cash in on these plus odds to hit at least seven assists again.

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Eric has been involved in sports media in many different capacities since graduating from journalism school in 1999, back when getting your own column in a newspaper was still considered a thing. He doubled down and graduated from broadcast journalism school five years later, which led to a move to Toronto and a career with The Sports Network (TSN). From behind-the-scenes production work, he moved into the digital realm, where he had his own hoops column (At the Buzzer), while regularly live streaming and chatting with fans during broadcasts as the character known as LeBlog James. He was also a key contributor to TSN and CTV’s Olympic programming during the 2012 London Games.

Eric eventually found his way into the sports betting field in 2016 and has been a mainstay ever since. He was tagged on Twitter as a Top 10 NBA sharp during the 2021 season and has been interviewed about basketball and his handicapping process on shows from Vancouver to India. Eric is now a jack-of-all-sports at Covers, where his predictions span the alphabet soup: NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, F1, WNBA, Euro, and Copa.

When making picks, he focuses on finding value first and foremost, and ensuring readers have all the information they need to make an informed choice.

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