Pakistan, Oct. 17 -- This isn't the WNBA Finals matchup many expected or probably even wanted, and the lack of betting interest is indicative of that.

But it's also worth putting in perspective that the Atlanta-Golden State best-of-seven series that begins Saturday in San Francisco is attracting more betting action than a Finals matchup would have not that long ago.

"With the boom in WNBA really starting with kind of the Caitlin Clark thing, while it hasn't continued to boom, that floor has risen significantly," BetMGM Sportsbook trader Christian Cipollini said. "We are still taking a lot more bets today than we did in 2022. So there is still a lot of action here, still a lot of interest. But these were two teams that weren't really exp...