Kayla McBride Made 10 Threes and Nobody in WNBA History Had Ever Done It

Kayla McBride made 10 threes on Monday night. Nobody in WNBA history had ever made 10 in a single game before. She's 34 years old and she said it herself after the win: "I'm damn near 40." The Lynx beat the Dallas Wings 103-90, and McBride finished with a career-high 43 points on 10-of-14 shooting from behind the arc. Not 10-of-25. Not a volume-hunting night where the shots eventually fell. She took 14 threes and buried 10 of them. That is a 71.4% clip from deep in a professional basketball game, and it happened in the middle of a playoff race. The record itself is only half the story Single-game shooting records usually come from young guards who get 40 minutes and unlimited green lights on bad teams. This one came from a veteran on the best team in the league. Minnesota is now 27-7, already locked into the playoffs, and rolling at 9-1 over its last 10 games with a plus-9.1 point differential. McBride also took Western Conference Player of the Week honors after averaging 24.3 points across the stretch. That combination matters. When a 34-year-old shooter goes nuclear on a 27-win team, it's usually a sign the offense is finally clicking rather than a sign that one player is chasing numbers. Minnesota is scoring 92.9 points per game, second only to Indiana, and the Lynx have the best record in the WNBA by three full games over Golden State. Dallas, meanwhile, fell to 19-14 and has now dropped three straight. The Wings are still holding the eighth seed, but a schedule that includes contenders down the stretch is not the place to be leaking games. What bettors should actually take from this Here's the part that gets people in trouble. A 10-for-14 night from three is the definition of a shooting outlier, and outliers pull markets in the wrong direction for a day or two. Expect McBride's threes-made props to open higher for her next game, and expect the number to sit above where her season baseline says it should be. That's how sportsbooks respond to recency, and that's how casual money gets funneled into inflated lines. The smarter read is not "McBride is a 10-three shooter now." The smarter read is what the game revealed about Minnesota's structure. The Lynx are getting clean looks, they're generating them for a shooter who has been reliable for a decade, and their team totals are backed by an offense that hasn't slowed down since the All-Star break. Team-level markets tend to hold up longer than individual prop reactions. Also worth noting: Dallas allowed 103 points on the road, and the Wings have now given up 91.8 points per game on the season against an 87.0 offensive average. That negative differential is the kind of profile that keeps showing up on the wrong side of over totals. SBA takeaway McBride's 10 threes belong in the record book, and they should not be the reason you bet her props tonight. Historic shooting nights are the worst possible sample to price a player on. If you want to follow the story into the market, look at Minnesota's team totals and the Lynx's position as the WNBA's most consistent offense, not the number that just got printed on a highlight graphic. My Bet Assist tracks this kind of recency distortion because it's one of the most common ways bettors overpay for a headline. --- Related reading - Caitlin Clark's Fourth Triple-Double Is Not Even the Wildest Fever Stat - Jonquel Jones Completes the MVP Grand Slam as Record Crowd Packs WNBA All-Star - Azzi Fudd Drops 30, Makes History, and Calls Out Steph Curry