FanDuel Best WNBA DFS Picks: Fever vs. Valkyries 8/31/25
Indiana Fever vs. Golden State Valkyries
August 31, 2025 8:30 pm EDT
The WNBA presents FanDuel basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Indiana Fever and the Golden State Valkyries. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Indiana Fever 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 tomorrow night’s Fever vs. Valkyries matchup.
FanDuel WNBA DFS Picks
MVP-Aliyah Boston, Forward, Indiana Fever $13,800
Talented forward Aliyah Boston has been the driving force behind the Indiana Fever’s success on the basketball court this season. Having stated that, how has Boston performed from a statistical standpoint in 2025? Let’s examine Boston’s game data from the 2025 WNBA regular season to answer that question.
In the 39 games that forward Aliyah Boston played for the Indiana Fever in the 2025 WNBA regular season, Boston has averaged 15.6 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.1 blocks and 1.1 steals a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 39 games that Aliyah Boston has played for the Indiana Fever in 2025, Boston has compiled a 54.9% field goal percentage, a 22.2% three-point percentage and an 77.1% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the Indiana Fever’s thrilling 76-75 win over the Los Angeles Sparks one day ago, Indiana forward Aliyah Boston certainly played at a high-level. More specifically, in the Fever’s defeat of the Sparks, Boston amassed 22 points, 11 rebounds, four assists, six steals and one block.
As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct player at the MVP position for a FanDuel WNBA showdown 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, Aliyah Boston is the most likely player to post the most FanDuel points in this WNBA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Indiana Fever forward Aliyah Boston at the MVP position for this one game FanDuel WNBA showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Veronica Burton, Guard, Golden State Valkyries $11,400
Veteran guard Veronica Burton has been a key contributor for the Golden State Valkyries this season. In the 38 games that guard Veronica Burton has played for the Golden State Valkyries in the 2025 WNBA regular season, Burton is averaging a rather impressive 12.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.6 blocks a game.
Looking at the data just presented more closely, in the 38 games that Veronica Burton has played for the Golden State Valkyries in 2025, Burton has compiled a 39.5% field goal percentage, a 37.3% three-point percentage and an 88.4% free throw percentage.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this WNBA regular season game (FanDuel price noted): Janelle Salaun, Forward (Golden State Valkyries) $8,200: Lexie Hull, Guard (Indiana Fever) $7,800.
