Las Vegas Aces vs. Phoenix Mercury
October 10, 2025 8:00 pm EDT
The WNBA presents FanDuel basketball fans with a WNBA Finals matchup featuring the Las Vegas Aces and the Phoenix Mercury. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Las Vegas Aces vs. Phoenix Mercury game let’s review the rules for the FanDuel single game showdown contest.
FanDuel Single Game Contest Rules
Here are the FanDuel single game contest rules. You have $60,000 to utilize on five players from either team. However, one of those players will be designated as your team MVP. The MVP accumulates 1.5x times the standard FanDuel fantasy points value. Additionally, the MVP is 1.5 times the standard cost of the flex position.
The remaining five players in your lineup will be flex plays. The five flex positions will receive the standard FanDuel points value. Having stated that, it is highly important for you to identify the correct player for your MVP position if you hope to win a large field GPP (guaranteed prize pool) FanDuel single game contest.
If you have additional questions regarding the rules for the single game contest, I highly recommend that you check out the FanDuel website for more details.
*I recommend that all readers review the starting lineups for both teams prior to setting your DFS lineup for this one game slate.
Here are my FanDuel picks for tomorrow night’s Aces vs. Mercury matchup.
FanDuel WNBA DFS Picks
MVP-Alyssa Thomas, Forward, Phoenix Mercury $13,800
Veteran forward Alyssa Thomas has been the leader in the paint that the Phoenix Mercury have needed to win games this season. With that said, how has Thomas performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s review the talented forward’s relevant player data from the 2025 WNBA regular season to answer that question.
In the 39 games that forward Alyssa Thomas played for the Phoenix Mercury in the 2025 WNBA regular season, Thomas averaged a rather impressive 15.4 points, 8.8 rebounds, 9.2 assists, 1.6 steals and 0.4 blocks a game.
Looking at the data just presented more closely, in the 39 games that Alyssa Thomas played for the Mercury in 2025, Thomas compiled a 53.2% field goal percentage and a 69.2% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the Las Vegas Aces 89-86 victory over the Phoenix Mercury in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals six days ago, Phoenix forward Alyssa Thomas played exceptionally well. Let me be more specific. In the Aces defeat of the Mercury just mentioned, Thomas tallied 15 points, ten rebounds, nine assists and one block in 38 minutes of play.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the Las Vegas Aces defeat of the Phoenix Mercury in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, Mercury, Thomas accumulated 38.5 FanDuel points.
As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct player at the MVP position for a FanDuel WNBA single game lineup is absolutely vital if you hope to win a large field GPP (guaranteed prize pool) DFS contest. Keep that in mind as you construct your lineups.
In my view, Alyssa Thomas is the most likely player to post the most FanDuel points in this WNBA Finals game. For that specific reason, I am backing Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas at the MVP position for this FanDuel WNBA single game contest.
Flex plays I like to play well in this WNBA Finals game (FanDuel price noted): A’ja Wilson, Center (Las Vegas Aces) $14,400: Kahleah Copper, Guard (Phoenix Mercury) $8,000: DeWanna Bonner, Forward (Phoenix Mercury) $7,000: Jewell Loyd, Guard (Las Vegas Aces) $6,000: NaLyssa Smith, Forward (Las Vegas Aces) $4,400.
