Chicago Sky vs. Los Angeles Sparks
May 25, 2025 6:00 pm EDT
The WNBA presents FanDuel basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Chicago Sky and the Los Angeles Sparks. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Chicago Sky 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 this evening’s Chicago Sky vs. Los Angeles Sparks matchup.
FanDuel WNBA DFS Picks
MVP-Dearica Hamby, Forward, Los Angeles Sparks $12,400
Veteran forward Dearica Hamby was the leader in the paint that the Los Angeles Sparks needed to win games last season. Let’s examine Hamby’s relevant player data from the 2024 WNBA regular season to better shed light on the veteran forward’s overall contributions to her team.
In the 40 games that Dearica Hamby played for the Los Angeles Sparks in the 2024 WNBA regular season, Hamby averaged a robust 17.3 points, 9.2 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.7 steals and 0.2 blocks a game.
How has Hamby played so far this season? In the four games that Dearica Hamby has played for the Sparks in 2025, Hamby has averaged 34.28 FanDuel points a game.
More recently, in the Golden State Valkyries 82-73 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks two days ago, Dearica Hamby played rather well. Hamby amassed 25 points, six rebounds, two assists, three blocks and one steal in the Valkyries win over the Los Angeles Sparks.
What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Dearica Hamby 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 Chicago Sky.
In my view, Dearica Hamby is the most likely player to post the most FanDuel points in this WNBA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Los Angeles Sparks forward Dearica Hamby at the MVP position for this one game FanDuel WNBA single game contest.
Flex Plays
Kelsey Plum, Guard, Los Angeles Sparks $12,800
In addition to forward Dearica Hamby, guard Kelsey Plum has been a key contributor for the Los Angeles Sparks this season.
In the four games that guard Kelsey Plum has played for the Los Angeles Sparks this season, Plum has averaged a rather impressive 24 points, two rebounds, five assists, three steals and 0.3 blocks a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the four games that Kelsey Plum has played for the Sparks in 2025, Plum is averaging 39.65 FanDuel points a contest.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this evening’s WNBA regular season game (FanDuel price noted): Azura Stevens, Forward (Los Angeles Sparks) $10,800: Angel Reese, Forward (Chicago Sky) $11,600: Courtney Vandersloot, Guard (Chicago Sky) $7,200.
