Chicago Sky vs. Washington Mystics
July 8, 2025 11:30 am EDT
The WNBA presents FanDuel basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Chicago Sky and the Washington Mystics. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Chicago Sky vs. Washington Mystics 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’s Chicago Sky vs. Washington Mystics matchup.
FanDuel WNBA DFS Picks
MVP-Angel Reese, Forward, Chicago Sky $13,800
Veteran forward Angel Reese has been the leader in the paint that the Chicago Sky have needed to win games this season. Let’s review Reese’s relevant player data from the 2025 WNBA regular season to better shed light on the talented forward’s overall contributions to her team.
In the 17 games that forward Angel Reese played for the Chicago Sky in the 2025 WNBA regular season, Reese is averaging a robust 12.6 points, 12.8 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.6 steals and 0.6 blocks a game.
Looking at the data just presented more closely, in the 17 games that Angel Reese has played for the Sky in 2025, Reese has compiled a 40.9% field goal percentage, a 26.7% three-point percentage and a 79.7% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the Chicago Sky’s 97-86 win over the Los Angeles Sparks last month, Chicago forward Angel Reese certainly played at a high level. More specifically, in the Sky’s victory over the Sparks, Reese amassed 18 points, 17 rebounds, six assists and four steals.
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, Angel Reese is the most likely player to post the most FanDuel points in this WNBA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese at the MVP position for this one game FanDuel WNBA single game contest.
Flex Plays
Ariel Atkins, Guard, Chicago Sky $11,800
In addition to Angel Reese, guard Ariel Atkins has been a key contributor for the Chicago Sky in 2025. In the 17 games that Ariel Atkins has played for the Chicago Sky in the 2025 WNBA regular season, Atkins is averaging 14.4 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.9 steals and 0.7 blocks a game.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this WNBA regular season game (FanDuel price noted): Shakira Austin, Forward (Washington Mystics) $12,200: Elizabeth Williams, Forward (Chicago Sky) $9,000.
