The Money Line: May 20 WNBA spreads, totals and analysis, part 1

Opening weekend; two of the sweetest words in sports. It’s been 227 days since we saw the Minnesota Lynx raise the championship trophy for the fourth time in seven years after they defeated the Los Angeles Sparks in a thrilling five game series. Today, we get a rematch of that championship series in addition to several other intriguing match ups as well with every team in the league being in action.

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• Your Day in Women’s Basketball, September 14: Mystics are going dancing
• Your Day in Women’s Basketball, September 10: Dream are (mathematically) stayin’ alive

Here on The Money Line, we will give you the spreads for each game, telling you who is favorited, what the over/under is and a small game preview to give you context. At the end, I’ll make my picks and hopefully be right (last year I went 95-81 after a slow start. Remember folks, it’s a marathon, not a sprint). The home team will be list first on each page and when multiple lines are available, I pick the one I like best. We will cover the first three games of the day here; part 2 of The Money Line will be posted a bit later.

Lines are obtained through sportsbookreview.com.

Without further ado, let’s get to the games.