{"id":98604,"date":"2024-09-30T17:20:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T21:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=98604"},"modified":"2026-03-11T00:19:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T04:19:51","slug":"wnba-playoffs-game-2-sun-vs-lynx-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/09\/30\/wnba-playoffs-game-2-sun-vs-lynx-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Playoffs Game 2: Sun vs Lynx Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/09\/27\/wnba-playoff-odds-preview-sun-underdogs-against-lynx\/\" target=\"_self\">Sun vs Lynx odds<\/a> for Game 2 have the Lynx as -5 favorites at home. The Connecticut Sun upset the Minnesota Lynx in Game 1, largely behind the strong play of <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/wnba\/players\/m\/mabrema01w.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marina Mabrey<\/a> and double-doubles from <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/wnba\/players\/t\/thomaal01w.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alyssa Thomas<\/a> and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/wnba\/players\/b\/bonnede01w.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeWanna Bonner<\/a>. <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/wnba\/players\/c\/collina01w.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Napheesa Collier<\/a>, the Lynx&#8217;s leading scorer in the first round, was held under 20 points. As the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/09\/30\/wnba-playoffs-aces-vs-liberty-odds\/\" target=\"_self\"> WNBA playoff schedule<\/a> continues, let\u2019s look at the Sun vs Lynx odds for Game 2 to determine some of the best WNBA bets today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>WNBA Playoffs Game 2: Sun vs Lynx Odds<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"input-box\" spellcheck=\"false\">\n<div id=\"waffle-rich-text-editor\" class=\"cell-input editable disabled-input\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"combobox\" contenteditable=\"false\" aria-label=\"B6\" aria-autocomplete=\"list\" tabindex=\"0\">[tgdcta items=&#8221;1&#8243; id=&#8221;170476&#8243;]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>Sun Surprise Lynx at Home<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Napheesa misses game-tying 3 and the Sun win Game 1<a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wZEZLxvCVJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/wZEZLxvCVJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oh No He Didn&#39;t (@ohnohedidnt24) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ohnohedidnt24\/status\/1840578644709720112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lynx came into Game 1 as favorites to win the game and the series. After a hard-fought battle of back-and-forth basketball, the Sun came out on top 73-70. This covered the Sun +3.5 odds and went under the projected score total of 151 points.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Defense is what won the game for the Sun. They held the Lynx to 41.5% shooting from the field and only 25% from three-point range. Despite this, the Lynx stayed in the game throughout, only losing it in the final minutes of the fourth quarter. The Sun held the Lynx to only eight points in the fourth quarter on 4-of-18 shooting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although Mabrey\u2019s 20-point performance led the scoring, she was not alone. Thomas had a near triple-double with 17 points, 10 rebounds, and nine assists. Bonner had a double-double as well, but with 4-of-17 shooting, she will look to improve her efficiency in Game 2. <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/wnba\/players\/c\/carridi01w.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dijonai Carrington<\/a> shouldered a heavy minutes load as well, scoring 13 points with nine rebounds in 40 minutes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This series is going to be goood\u203c\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Marina Mabrey led all scorers with 20 points, while Alyssa Thomas was just one assist shy of a triple-double with 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists to lead the Sun over the Lynx, 73-70. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GALMSaHXxu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/GALMSaHXxu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Posther Hoops (@postherhoops) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/postherhoops\/status\/1840588722590417362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"input-box\" spellcheck=\"false\">\n<div id=\"waffle-rich-text-editor\" class=\"cell-input editable disabled-input\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"combobox\" contenteditable=\"false\" aria-autocomplete=\"list\" aria-label=\"B9\" tabindex=\"0\">[tgdcta items=&#8221;1&#8243; id=&#8221;185565&#8243;]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>Collier\u2019s Trip Back to Earth<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Napheesa Collier played out of her mind in the first round of the WNBA playoffs.\u00a0 In Game 1 of the Sun vs Lynx series, she came back down to earth. The stifling Sun defense held Collier to just 19 points on 7-of-16 shooting and 0-of-2 from three. <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/wnba\/players\/c\/carlebr01w.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bridget Carleton<\/a> was the only starter for the Lynx that shot efficiently. She was 6-of-10 from the field and shot 50% from three-point range.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lynx will need to find a way to get Collier and the rest of their offense going if they are going to come back in this series. Oddsmakers have confidence that they will bounce back in Game 2.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Game 2 Sun vs Lynx Odds<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"input-box\" spellcheck=\"false\">\n<div id=\"waffle-rich-text-editor\" class=\"cell-input editable disabled-input\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"combobox\" contenteditable=\"false\" aria-autocomplete=\"list\" aria-label=\"B8\" tabindex=\"0\">[tgdcta items=&#8221;1&#8243; id=&#8221;180848&#8243;]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The odds for Game 2 are the Lynx as -5 favorite, with an over\/under total set at 151. Even though they weren\u2019t able to protect homecourt in Game 1, oddsmakers have the Lynx as -215 to win Game 2. The Sun are +172 to take Game 2 and go up 2-0 in the series.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the beginning of the series, the Lynx were -205 to advance to the WNBA Finals, while the Sun were +172. After the Game 1 upset, the Sun are now favored to win the series, despite them being underdogs once again in Game 2. The current WNBA playoff series betting odds have the Lynx at +128 underdogs and the Sun at -152 to advance to the Finals. For those who believe in the Lynx, these odds will surely adjust if they win Game 2. Grabbing the Lynx as series underdogs now could provide some value.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sun vs Lynx odds for Game 2 have the Lynx as -5 favorites at home. The Connecticut Sun upset the Minnesota Lynx in Game 1, largely behind the strong play of Marina Mabrey and double-doubles from Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner. Napheesa Collier, the Lynx&#8217;s leading scorer in the first round, was held under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5284,"featured_media":98631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[49087,1608],"tags":[49660,49659,49679,49658,1632,49630,3861,49615],"class_list":["post-98604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball-betting","category-basketball","tag-alyssa-thomas","tag-dewanna-bonner","tag-marina-mabrey","tag-napheesa-collier","tag-wnba","tag-wnba-betting","tag-wnba-finals","tag-wnba-playoffs"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5284"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181064,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98604\/revisions\/181064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}