Friday's Best WNBA Bets
By Covers.com
Atlanta Dream at Indiana Fever (-7.5, 152)
The hottest team in the WNBA continue to roll. The Fever's 84-74 victory over Chicago marked their 10th straight after dropping the first two games of the season.
Indiana is paced by All-Star starters Tamika Catchings – the league’s leading vote-getter – and Katie Douglas. The team is so deep, both Catchings and center Tammy Brown-Sutton have been named Eastern Conference Players of the Week this season. The Fever also are a staggering 9-3 against the spread (ATS), including 6-2 ATS at home.
Meantime, Atlanta is a respectable 4-3 ATS on the road, but just 2-5 SU. In an earlier trip to Indiana this season, the Dream held tough before falling, 78-74. It won’t be as close this time.
Pick: Fever
Connecticut Sun at San Antonio Silver Stars (-4.5, 143)
It appears the Sun are picking a good time to rise. Following an 82-71 win over the Sparks on Tuesday, the Sun again find themselves among a pack of teams vying for second place in the East. The team is winning its games thanks to a stingy defense that is allowing just 71 points per game, the fourth-lowest total in the league.
On offense, the Sun are paced by Ashja Jones (16.9 pg, 5.9 rpg), who has led the team in scoring in seven of the past 10 games. In a 71-58 beatdown of San Antonio on June 21, Jones dropped a team-high 19.
The Silver Stars counter with the dynamic duo of Becky Hammon (19.5 ppg) and Sophia Young (17.5 ppg), but still have just the 11th-ranked offense in the league, averaging barley over 72 points a game.
Pick: Sun