The New York Liberty enter the 2024 WNBA Finals as the favorites to win the championship with their opponents, the Minnesota Lynx, as the underdogs.
Entering the season, the Las Vegas Aces were favored to win their third-straight title. But after the Liberty breezed through the season with a 32-8 record, they overtook the reigning champs before beating them in the semifinals.
NY Liberty | -330 |
MIN Lynx | +265 |
The New York Liberty secured a spot in the WNBA Finals by beating the two-time reigning champion Las Vegas Aces, and that's why they are favored to go one step further than last season and win the WNBA Championship.
Sabrina Ionescu dropped 22 points, Breanna Stewart had 19, and Jonquel Jones scored 14 points in Game 4 to lead the Liberty to a 76-62 win to close out the series.
In the regular season, New York attempted and made more threes per game than any other team, scored the second-most points, allowed the third-fewest points, and committed the fewest fouls per game.
The Minnesota Lynx are the underdogs heading in to the Finals.
They beat the Connecticut Sun in five games to advance to the championship series. Defensive Player of the Year Napheesa Collier has led the way on both ends of the floor with playoff averages of 27.1 points, 2.0 blocks and 1.1 steals.
The Lynx found success with the highest team three-point percentage in the league, while also holding opponents to the lowest average field goal percentage and the second-fewest points per game.
Odds mentioned in this article were correct at the time of writing and are subject to change.