Los Angeles Sparks vs New York Liberty Prediction 7/30/23 WNBA Picks

The New York Liberty and Los Angeles Sparks meet Sunday in WNBA action at the crypto.com Arena. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

New York Liberty Betting Preview 

The New York Liberty are 18-6 on the year and fighting for the second seed in the league. The Liberty are 8-2 SU on the road. The New York Liberty are averaging 88.7 points on 45.4 percent shooting and allowing 82.7 points on 42.5 percent shooting. Breanna Stewart is averaging 23.1 points and 3.7 assists, while Sabrina Ionescu is averaging 16.7 points and 6.3 rebounds. Jonquel Jones is the third double-digit scorer, and Betnijah Laney is dishing 2 assists. The New York Liberty are shooting 37.7 percent from beyond the arc and 83.6 percent from the free throw line. The New York Liberty are allowing 36 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 37.7 rebounds per game.

Los Angeles Sparks Betting Preview 

The Los Angeles Sparks look for 3 straight wins for the first time this season. The Sparks haven’t won 3 straight games since July 1-4 of last year. The Los Angeles Sparks are averaging 78.5 points on 42.4 percent shooting and allowing 81.7 points on 46.3 percent shooting. Nneka Ogwumike is averaging 20.3 points and 2.7 assists, while Jordin Canada is averaging 13.5 points and 3.3 rebounds. Lexie Brown is the third double-digit scorer and Dearica Hamby is dishing 1.8 assists. The Los Angeles Sparks are shooting 31.6 percent from beyond the arc and 81.1 percent from the free throw line. The Los Angeles Sparks are allowing 32 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 31.9 rebounds per game.

Trends

The Liberty are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 Sunday games and 2-7 ATS in their last 9 games overall. The Sparks are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 Sunday games and 1-8-1 ATS in their last 10 games overall. The over is 6-1 in Liberty last 7 overall. The under is 7-3 in Sparks last 10 home games. The Liberty are 16-7 ATS in the last 23 meetings in Los Angeles and 2-5 ATS in the last 7 meetings.

Randy’s Pick

The New York Liberty are obviously the better, more consistent team and should be favored, but they’ve also allowed teams to hang around, and it’s led to failed covers. The Los Angeles Sparks have been hit or miss all year, but they’re fresh off back to back wins over the Fever, and they need to keep the wins coming if they’re going to sneak into the playoffs. This is a lot of points to pass up with the home team. I’ll take a stab with the Sparks.