WUNDERDOG (WNBA)
WNBA 26-17 Season-to-Date +$1490
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Game: Seattle at Indiana (7:00 PM Eastern)
Pick: Seattle +5 (-110)
The Seattle Storm are 5-3 despite shooting the long ball at historically poor rates for this club. Here is a look at the 3-point shooting numbers for the Storm for their top five active scorers. Cash .214 while last year she was .407. Bird at .325 last year was .399. Little at .200, last year .348. Wright .323, last year .411. Finally Willingham at .167, last year .452. There isn't a single player amongst their top five scorers even close to last year's numbers, and in spite of that, the Storm are 5-3. They are 5-3 because they defend better than any team in the WNBA. You have to go all the way back to the 2007 season to find a WNBA team allowing less than 70 points per game, and the Storm is allowing 68.8 ppg. The Fever are playing well, winning four straight, but this is a team that has struggled vs. the West at 2-5 ATS in their last seven. The Storm are winning despite the 3-point shooting anomaly, and I expect a few more to start dropping while their defense smothers the Fever.
Play on Seattle.