WNBA Betting: Top 3 Trends From The First Half
By Covers.com
As the WNBA regular season resumes its schedule with the New York Liberty at the Washington Mystics Wednesday, we thought we'd look back at some big betting trends from the first half of the season.
Under Siege
The biggest trend in the first half of the regular season was certainly games playing under the total. League wide, the collective over/under record was 40-63-2. That means the 'under' is playing at a nice clip of 61.2 percent in games thus far. It's certainly worth following this trend to see if the pattern continues.
It Was All A Dream
The Atlanta Dream are the best home team when it comes to covering the spread. The Dream posted excellent 8-0 straight up and 7-1 ATS records at home in the first half of the season. Atlanta plays will open the second of the schedule with a pair of road games, but will resume their home slate on August 11 when the New York Liberty come to town.
Mercury Rising
The Phoenix Mercury were the hottest squad against the spread heading into the All-Star break covering in three straight games. Phoenix is the highest scoring squad in the league averaging 83.1 points per game, but also has the worst defense allowing 85.2 points per contest. The Mercury were 8-10 ATS in their 18 games prior to the All-Star break. They open their second half of the season at the Seattle Storm on August 1.
NEW YORK (7 - 11) at WASHINGTON (9 - 9) - 7/31/2013, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NEW YORK is 78-54 ATS (+18.6 Units) after a loss by 10 points or more since 1997.
NEW YORK is 34-19 ATS (+13.1 Units) after scoring 55 points or less since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 236-288 ATS (-80.8 Units) in all games since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 41-67 ATS (-32.7 Units) when playing with 3 or more days rest since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 146-186 ATS (-58.6 Units) vs. division opponents since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 7-2 against the spread versus NEW YORK over the last 3 seasons
NEW YORK is 6-3 straight up against WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
6 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
NEW YORK vs. WASHINGTON
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of New York's last 9 games when playing on the road against Washington
New York is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Washington
Washington is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing New York
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 7 games when playing New York
StatFox Super Situations - FoxSheets
WNBA NEW YORK at WASHINGTON
Play On - Home favorites (WASHINGTON) after having lost 2 of their last 3 games, well rested team - playing 3 or less games in 10 days 109-59 since 1997. ( 64.9% 44.1 units ) 3-5 this year. ( 37.5% -2.5 units )
WNBA NEW YORK at WASHINGTON
Play On - Favorites vs. the money line (WASHINGTON) in a game involving two average shooting teams (40.5-43.5%), in a game involving two average ball handling team (14.5-17.5 TO's) 182-60 since 1997. ( 75.2% 0.0 units )
WNBA NEW YORK at WASHINGTON
Play Under - Home teams where the first half total is between 65.5 and 70.5 points vs. division opponents, after a division game 324-204 since 1997. ( 61.4% 99.6 units ) 7-2 this year. ( 77.8% 4.8 units )