The Los Angeles Sparks and Atlanta Dream meet Sunday in WNBA action at the Gateway Center. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.
Los Angeles Sparks Betting Preview
The Los Angeles Sparks are averaging 78.6 points on 42.1 percent shooting and allowing 79.1 points on 44.8 percent shooting. Nneka Ogwumike is averaging 19.5 points and 3.3 assists, while Lexie Brown is averaging 13.3 points and 2 rebounds. Jordin Canada is the third double-digit scorer and Dearica Hamby is dishing 2.1 assists. The Los Angeles Sparks are shooting 31.9 percent from beyond the arc and 81.3 percent from the free throw line. The Los Angeles Sparks are allowing 31 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 32.2 rebounds per game.
Atlanta Dream Betting Preview
The Atlanta Dream are averaging 84.9 points on 42.7 percent shooting and allowing 89.9 points on 43.9 percent shooting. Allisha Gray is averaging 18.3 points and 5.3 rebounds, while Rhyne Howard is averaging 16.4 points and 3.3 assists. Cheyenne Parker is the third double-digit scorer and AD Durr is grabbing 1.4 rebounds. The Atlanta Dream are shooting 35.5 percent from beyond the arc and 79.5 percent from the free throw line. The Atlanta Dream are allowing 34.2 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 35.6 rebounds per game.
Trends
The Sparks are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 road games and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games overall. The Dream are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games playing on 1 days rest and 3-10-1 ATS in their last 14 home games. The under is 6-2 in Sparks last 8 overall. The over is 5-1 in Dream last 6 overall. The Sparks are 9-21 ATS in the last 30 meetings.
Randy’s Pick
The Los Angeles Sparks continue to have legit issues defensively during this losing stretch, and those are things that don’t fix themselves on the road. The Atlanta Dream play with great pace and can expose those defensive struggles, and they’re fresh off a feel good win over the Mystics. This is a game the Dream can’t blow if they’re hoping to do something this season in terms of playoffs. I’ll lay the bucket.