Minnesota Lynx vs Los Angeles Sparks Prediction 5/18/25 WNBA Picks

The Minnesota Lynx and the Los Angeles Sparks meet Sunday in WNBA action from the Crypto.com Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Minnesota Lynx vs. Los Angeles Sparks prediction.

Matchup History

The Los Angeles Sparks won the most recent meeting between these two teams back on September 19th, 2024 by a final score of 68-51, snapping Minnesota’s eight-game head-to-head win streak in this matchup.

Minnesota Lynx Recap

The Minnesota Lynx come into this one looking to build off of their 99-84 win over the Dallas Wings to start their title defense on the right foot with a 1-0 record. After this matchup, the Lynx will head home for their home opener in a rematch against the Wings.

Collier Starts Season With A Bang For Minnesota

Napheesa Collier led the charge for the Lynx with 34 points on 12 of 21 shooting with an 8 of 8 mark from the foul line and 4 assists to go along with 4 rebounds while Courtney Williams added 25 points on 10 of 15 shooting with a pair of threes and a team-high 9 assists. Jessica Shepard added 15 points on 5 of 7 shooting with 8 rebounds and 3 assists and Diamond miller chipped in 13 points on 4 of 5 shooting with 3 assists and a pair of steals to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Minnesota in the win. Bridget Carleton also added 7 rebounds as well in the victory for the Lynx.

Los Angeles Sparks Recap

The Los Angeles Sparks started their new era on a high note with an 84-67 win over the debuting Golden State Valkyries last time out to improve to 1-0 on the year. After this matchup, the Sparks will head back on the road for a matchup against the Phoenix Mercury.

Plum Goes Off In Sparks Debut

Kelsey Plum led the way with 37 points on 11 of 19 shooting with 4 threes and an 11 of 11 mark from the foul line in addition to 6 assists and 5 steals while Dearica Hamby chipped in 14 points on 6 of 12 shooting with a game-high 10 rebounds for the double-double in addition to 3 steals of her own. Rickea Jackson added 13 points with 3 threes and Azura Stevens contributed 11 points with 5 boards and a team-high 4 steals to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for L.A. in the winning effort, Odyssey Sims chipped in 7 points with 6 assists as well in the win for the Sparks.

Minnesota Lynx vs. Los Angeles Sparks Prediction

I’m on the over in this game. The Lynx have turned to offense in their road games and that’s something I noticed about this team going back to last year, so I do think that they’ll be able to score some points in this game and I would not be surprised one bit to see Napheesa Collier have another strong showing here. On the other side, Kelsey Plum looked right at home in L.A. and at home I think she has another big game as well. I won’t lie, I am concerned that the Sparks only had two points off of the bench against Golden State and depth issues may pop up down the road, but early on in the year I don’t see it being an issue and I think we have a higher-scoring game here. Give me the over.

Chris Ruffolo's Pick: Over 162.5