Phoenix Mercury vs. Los Angeles Sparks
August 26, 2025 10:00 pm EDT
The WNBA presents FanDuel basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Phoenix Mercury and the Los Angeles Sparks. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Phoenix Mercury vs. Los Angeles Sparks 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 Mercury vs. Sparks matchup.
FanDuel WNBA DFS Picks
MVP-Alyssa Thomas, Forward, Phoenix Mercury $11,600
Veteran forward Alyssa Thomas has been the driving force behind the Phoenix Mercury’s success on the basketball court this season. With that said, how has Thomas forward 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 31 games that forward Alyssa Thomas has played for the Phoenix Mercury in the 2025 WNBA regular season, Thomas is averaging a rather impressive 16.1 points, 8.7 rebounds, 8.9 assists, 1.6 steals and 0.5 blocks a game.
Looking at the data just presented more closely, in the 31 games that Alyssa Thomas has played for the Mercury in 2025, Thomas has compiled a 53.7% field goal percentage and a 71.5% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the Phoenix Mercury’s 98-91 victory over the Golden State Valkyries eight days ago, Phoenix forward Alyssa Thomas certainly played well. More specifically, in the Mercury’s 98-91 win over the Valkyries, Thomas amassed 13 points, nine rebounds, eight assists, one steal and one block.
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 tonight’s matchup with the Los Angeles Sparks.
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, Alyssa Thomas is the most likely player to post the most FanDuel points in this WNBA regular season game. With that said, I am backing Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas at the MVP position for this one game FanDuel WNBA single game contest.
Flex Plays
Dearica Hamby, Forward, Los Angeles Sparks $9,800
In the 35 games that forward Dearica Hamby has played for the Los Angeles Sparks in the 2025 WNBA regular season, Hamby has averaged 17.9 points, 7.8 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.5 blocks a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 35 games that Dearica Hamby has played for the Sparks in 2025, Hamby has compiled a 57% field goal percentage, a 30.4% three-point percentage and a 61.3% free throw percentage.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this WNBA regular season game (FanDuel price noted): Kelsey Plum, Guard (Los Angeles Sparks) $12,000: Natasha Mack, Forward (Phoenix Mercury) $6,800.
