{"id":99721,"date":"2024-10-07T08:48:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T12:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=99721"},"modified":"2026-03-10T23:37:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T03:37:48","slug":"wnba-playoff-predictions-game-5-sun-vs-lynx-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/10\/07\/wnba-playoff-predictions-game-5-sun-vs-lynx-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Playoff Predictions: Game 5 Sun vs Lynx Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/10\/03\/wnba-playoff-odds-aces-favored-over-liberty-in-game-3\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Liberty<\/a> have officially made it to the end of their WNBA playoff bracket, and now the winner of Sun vs Lynx Game 5 will meet them in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/10\/03\/wnba-playoff-odds-can-the-lynx-go-up-2-1-over-sun\/\" target=\"_self\">WNBA Finals<\/a>. The Connecticut Sun tied up the series with the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday, 2-2. Game 5 will take place in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/10\/01\/2024-25-nba-betting-preview-timberwolves-win-total-odds\/\" target=\"_self\">Minnesota<\/a>, and the winner goes to the WNBA Finals, and the loser goes home. As the WNBA playoff schedule continues, let\u2019s look at the Sun vs Lynx spread to determine some of the best WNBA bets today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>WNBA Playoff Predictions: Game 5 Sun vs Lynx Spread<\/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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>Sun Stay Alive<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since the Sun upset the Lynx in Game 1, this series has continued to go back and forth.\u00a0 The Lynx came back in Game 2 with a stellar defensive performance, defeating the Sun 77-70. Minnesota took Game 3 as well, winning 90-81 on the road. The Lynx, up 2-1, came into Sunday night&#8217;s game with their championship hopes on the line but fell short.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Napheesa Collier and Marina Mabrey got into it again<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WNBA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WNBA<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6QQAQGseKw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/6QQAQGseKw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WNBA Universe (@wnbauniverse) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wnbauniverse\/status\/1843063431638941876?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 6, 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;\">Game 4 between the Sun and Lynx lived up to the excitement of their WNBA semifinal series. After losing Game 3, the Sun bounced back with a 92-82 victory at home, forcing a decisive Game 5. <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/wnba\/players\/h\/harrity01w.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyasha Harris<\/a>, who missed earlier games with an ankle injury, delivered a team-high 20 points, leading five Connecticut players in double figures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sun\u2019s victory came from a strong second-half performance. The Sun dominated the paint, outscoring Minnesota 50-30 inside.<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/wnba\/players\/b\/bonnede01w.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> DeWanna Bonner<\/a> and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/wnba\/players\/t\/thomaal01w.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alyssa Thomas<\/a> each contributed 18 points, with Thomas adding 11 assists and eight rebounds. <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/wnba\/players\/c\/collina01w.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Napheesa Collier<\/a> was Minnesota\u2019s best player, scoring 29 points and grabbing 13 rebounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minnesota started the game firing, opening a 22-12 lead in the first quarter. However, Connecticut\u2019s adjustments in the second half, including moving <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/wnba\/players\/m\/mabrema01w.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marina Mabrey<\/a> back to a sixth-player role, helped turn the tide. The Sun will look to keep this momentum as they return to Minnesota for their loser-goes-home finale.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Napheesa Collier today \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 29 points <br \/>\u2022 13 rebounds <br \/>\u2022 9\/15 FG <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CyqGJa2gI1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/CyqGJa2gI1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women\u2019s Hoops Network (@WomensHoops_USA) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WomensHoops_USA\/status\/1843070609179431350?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 6, 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=\"B5\" tabindex=\"0\">[tgdcta items=&#8221;1&#8243; id=&#8221;170460&#8243;]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>Series Betting History<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just like the game outcomes, the betting results of this series have gone back and forth. The Sun won but didn&#8217;t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.covers.com\/sport\/basketball\/wnba\/teams\/main\/connecticut-sun\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cover<\/a> the spread in Game 1 the over\/under total of 153.3 went under with a total of 143 points. Game 2 had the Lynx as favorites again, but this time, they won and covered. The total went under once again. The Lynx took Game 3, covering, and the total of 171 went over the 150.5 projection. Game 4 also went over, and Connecticut won and covered. Just like the outcomes of the games, it has been hard to predict scoring totals in this series.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Connecticut Sun battles back to even the series 2-2, forcing a Game 5 \ud83d\udd25 <\/p>\n<p>With five players scoring in double figures, Ty Harris shines bright, dropping a playoff career-high 20 PTS on an impressive 4-5 from beyond the arc!<\/p>\n<p>Final Score: 92-82<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WelcometotheW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WelcometotheW<\/a> | <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WNBAPlayoffs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WNBAPlayoffs<\/a>\u2026 <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fJIRkLriOH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/fJIRkLriOH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WNBA (@WNBA) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WNBA\/status\/1843066174541799635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Game 5 Sun vs Lynx Spread<\/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 Sun vs Lynx spread for <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/basketball?tab=wnba\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Game 5<\/a> have the Lynx as favorites once again. They are -3.5 point favorites for the spread and -180 to win the game straight up. The Sun is +146 to upset the Lynx on the road. The total for the game is set for 151, the second-lowest projection of the series. Both of these teams can lock it down defensively, so the Game 5 score total could be the lowest one yet. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lynx being favored makes sense as they are playing at home and have more WNBA playoff experience than the Sun. Regardless of who comes out on top, Game 5 is must must-watch WNBA basketball.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Liberty have officially made it to the end of their WNBA playoff bracket, and now the winner of Sun vs Lynx Game 5 will meet them in the WNBA Finals. The Connecticut Sun tied up the series with the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday, 2-2. Game 5 will take place in Minnesota, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5284,"featured_media":99778,"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":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[49087,1608],"tags":[49660,49091,3639,49659,3640,49658,1632,49630,49615],"class_list":["post-99721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball-betting","category-basketball","tag-alyssa-thomas","tag-basketball-betting","tag-connecticut-sun","tag-dewanna-bonner","tag-minnesota-lynx","tag-napheesa-collier","tag-wnba","tag-wnba-betting","tag-wnba-playoffs"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99721","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=99721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181001,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99721\/revisions\/181001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}