Wednesday's Best WNBA Bet
By Covers.com
Minnesota Lynx at Phoenix Mercury (-4.5, 183.5)
The Phoenix Mercury lead the WNBA in scoring this year. The only team nearly as prolific at putting the ball in the basket are the Minnesota Lynx.
The league's top two offenses square off for the first time this year as the Mercury welcome the visiting Lynx on Wednesday night.
Phoenix (3-1), which averages 91.8 points, broke the WNBA single-game scoring record by defeating Sacramento 115-104 in overtime Saturday for a split of the home-and-home series. The Mercury had lost by 19 on the road the night before.
Minnesota (4-1) owned the record after scoring 114 against Los Angeles in 2006, and is averaging 88.4 points in 2009.
Diana Taurasi sank six 3-pointers and scored 31 in the win. Le'Coe Willingham added 26 and Cappie Pondexter 22 for the Mercury, who shot a season-high 53.9 percent from the field.
"The strength of our team this year is going to be a lot of people getting involved and we like to score a lot of points," Taurasi said. "If we spread it around, we have six or seven people that can score 20 points any night. We just have to get to that point where we can trust anybody."
Taurasi averages 22.0 points to rank third in the league behind Seattle's Lauren Jackson (22.6) and Minnesota's Seimone Augustus (23.8).
Pick: Over 183.5
MINNESOTA (3 - 1) at PHOENIX (3 - 1)
Top Trends for this game.
MINNESOTA is 41-66 ATS (-31.6 Units) in road games vs. division opponents since 1997.
PHOENIX is 109-81 ATS (+19.9 Units) as a favorite since 1997.
PHOENIX is 117-83 ATS (+25.7 Units) in home games since 1997.
PHOENIX is 75-50 ATS (+20.0 Units) in home games vs. division opponents since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
PHOENIX is 5-2 against the spread versus MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
PHOENIX is 5-2 straight up against MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
7 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons