Even more than the NBA, the WNBA can lend itself to huge situational edges when it comes to betting.

Such as this spot.

Phoenix is playing its third road game in five days. This matchup has an 8:30 a.m. West Coast start time for the Mercury making it more like playing three games in 4 1/2 days. Brittney Griner (hip), 42-year-old Diana Taurasi (leg) and Natasha Cloud (knee) - three of Phoenix's four best players - are all at less than 100 percent.

The Mercury are a .500 team at 12-12. They have star power, but are the third-worst defensive team in the league and second-worst rebounding club despite having the 6-foot-9 Griner.

Washington, devoid of stars, is 6-18. But the Mystics are great at one thing - covering point spreads. They are 12-2 ATS in their last 14 games and have the best point spread mark in the league, covering 69 percent of their games.

Given this and the terrible spot for Phoenix, I'm taking the points with Washington.