Atlanta Dream vs. Phoenix Mercury
July 23, 2025 10:00 pm EDT
The WNBA presents FanDuel basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Phoenix Mercury and the Golden State Valkyries. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Phoenix Mercury vs. Golden State Valkyries 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 tonight’s Dream vs. Mercury matchup.
FanDuel WNBA DFS Picks
MVP-Alyssa Thomas, Forward, Pheonix Mercury $13,600
Veteran forward Alyssa Thomas has been the driving force behind the Phoenix Mercury’s success on the basketball court this season. Let’s review Thomas’s relevant player data from the 2025 WNBA regular season to better shed light on the veteran forward’s overall contributions to her team.
In the 17 games that forward Alyssa Thomas played for the Phoenix Mercury in the 2025 WNBA regular season, Thomas is averaging a robust 15.2 points, 7.3 rebounds, 9.5 assists, 1.4 steals and 0.5 blocks a game.
Looking at the data just presented more closely, in the 17 games that Alyssa Thomas has played for the Mercury in 2025, Thomas has compiled a 51.7% field goal percentage and a 69% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the Phoenix Mercury’s 106-91 win over the New York Liberty last month, Phoenix forward Alyssa Thomas played rather well. Let me be more specific. Thomas amassed 17 points, nine rebounds and 15 assists in the Phoenix Mercury’s defeat of the New York Liberty.
What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Alyssa Thomas can post a high number of DFS points on any given night. With that said, I fully expect that trend to continue in this evening’s night’s matchup with the Atlanta Dream.
In my view, Alyssa Thomas is the most likely player to post the most FanDuel points in this WNBA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas at the MVP position for this one game FanDuel WNBA single game contest.
Flex Plays
Satou Sabally, Forward, Phoenix Mercury $12,800
In addition to Alyssa Thomas, forward Satou Sabally has been a key contributor for the Phoenix Mercury in 2025. With that said, how has Sabally performed from a data standpoint? Let’s review the talented forward’s relevant player statistics from the 2025 WNBA regular season to answer that question.
In the 18 games that Sabally has played for the Phoenix Mercury in the 2025 WNBA regular season, Satou Sabally is averaging a rather impressive 19.1 points, 7.7 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.4 steals and 0.5 blocks a game.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this WNBA regular season game (FanDuel price noted): Sami Whitcomb, Guard (Phoenix Mercury) $6,400: Alisha Gray, Guard (Atlanta Dream) $11,600.
