Yesterday: 1-1-1/YTD: 45-36, +5.24
August 20th
Sparks -8.5 (-110), 1*
We absolutely deserved better then 1-1-1 last night. Equally disappointing that the Aces pushed and the Valkyries lost by the hook. I think the Sparks could play some good ball over these last ten games now that they are fully healthy for the first time all season. Brink has a few games under her belt now and shouldn’t face any restrictions going forward.
The over is the obvious bet in this game. The Sparks have scored 86, 97, 97 and 94 points their last four games. Dallas has scored 87, 96, 81 and 78 their last four. Their opponents have outscored them in five of those games, which goes to show that they have been giving up just as many as they have been scoring. With all that said, I’m not chasing this total. It is up to 182.5 which is a big number in a WNBA game. Arike Ogunbawale isn’t even playing for Dallas. If the over wasn’t so logical, I would take a contrarian under. I just don’t want to feel stupid when it’s 49-47 at the half. I will stick with the Sparks and not worry about what kind of game it is. GL