Sparks vs Wings Prediction, Picks, Odds for Sunday, August 25

Today’s WNBA schedule ends with a thrilling match this Sunday at midday Our betting expert will be laying the points for Dallas.

By Andrew Norton

Aug 25, 2024 05:11 PM

The Los Angeles Sparks (6-23) look to climb out of last place, as they travel south for a Western Conference matchup with the Dallas Wings (6-22) this Sunday. Tipoff is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET on NBA TV. One of the best parts about sports betting is that we can still find entertainment in a WNBA game between two injury-riddled, six-win teams.

Which of these teams improve in the final days of regular-season play? Let’s discover the answer in my Sparks and Wings predictions for Sunday.

Sparks vs Wings Prediction

• Sparks vs Wings Pick: Wings -6 (-110)

My Sparks-Wings selection is Dallas to take care of the spread (-6), which is available at DraftKings according to our live WNBA odds page.

Sparks vs Wings Odds

It’s not surprising that this game started with an initial 2.5-point line for Dallas and then quickly increased to Wings 6 and currently is at -6.5. The total has also increased, at first stated as 166.5 but has since increased to 171.5.

Sparks vs Wings Preview, Betting Analysis

Los Angeles has dropped eight of their last nine games The team’s only win during that time in the end coming against Dallas.

The Sparks’ luck went downhill with Azura Stevens was injured in her arm. She missed almost two months in the league because of this injury. After that, things went in a negative direction after Cameron Brinks tore her ACL during mid-June.

The team has been on the decline from there. The team is 11th in net scoring 11th in turnover percentage 10th in effective field goal rate, eleventh in opposition points in the paint and 11th in opposing score percentage on the field.

In reality, the only thing Los Angeles has done at an average rate throughout this entire season was to rebound the ball.

It’s been a difficult campaign for the Wings the team that has been plagued with injuries following a strong 22-18 season in the previous season.

The Wings were without the reigning WNBA first-teamer and Most Improved Award winner, Satou Sabally, for all of the season. Sabally was back on the field on August 16 and played in just three games so this season.

Sabally has displayed very little fatigue, despite missing a significant length of. In actuality, she’s recorded an average of 18 points 6.7 rectors, as well as 5.3 assists on 44.2 percent shooter from the court over the first three games since returning.

Sabally’s presence takes the burden off the his four-time WNBA All-Star guard Arike Ogunbowale. The Nigerian has been forced to carry the burden of the Wings the entire offensive.

 

Although Los Angeles did secure a six-point victory when the two teams last played each other There were some outliers and injuries that were involved. In one instance, Ogunwale threw up the most sloppy performance of her career in that match, shooting 2 for 15 from the floor. Ogunbowale hasn’t been an extremely efficient player this year however she has been an All-Star in WNBA for four straight seasons. This kind of shooting feat is unlikely to happen again.

She’ll also be facing against a defense that is 10th in defensive scoring and 11th in score percentage. Yes, the Wings defense is more dangerous however they shouldn’t be having much difficulty against the team that, outside from Dearica Hambry, has almost no offensive threat.

The biggest difference between the the last game and this one is the fact that Sabally will be on hand. Sabally was fifth in MVP awards last year, but was out for all of the current season until returning post-Olympic break.

In the end the final result is that this Dallas offense is going to knock over the Sparks off the arena.

Sparks vs Wings Pick: Wings -6 | Play to -7

About the Author

Former basketball player from college who is a fan of playing the over too often. Jack of … couple of trades. Big Indiana Basketball fan.

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