Saturday's Best WNBA Bets
New York Liberty at Washington Mystics (-5, 147.5)
The Liberty have lived on the road in recent weeks, playing six of their last eight games away from home including Saturday’s matchup with the Mystics in Washington.
New York will host the Atlanta Dream at MSG Friday night before making the trip to DC. This season, the Liberty are 2-3 as visitors heading into their Saturday contest but have managed to flip that number against the spread, covering in three of those outings.
New York snapped a two-game slide with an 85-70 victory at Chicago Tuesday, covering as a 6-point road underdog. The outing equaled the team’s scoring high this season, getting 31 points from star guard Cappie Pondexter, and was a relief to coach Anne Donovan, whose squad ranks 10th in scoring in the WNBA.
"Defensively we've been pretty squared away, but offensively we've been really poor," Donovan told the Associated Press. "It was good to see us come out and have a good offensive game of course, led by Cappie's phenomenal performance."
New York fell to Washington, 77-61, earlier this season but should eclipse that poor performance, in which it shot just 40 percent from the field, including going 3-for-13 from beyond the arc.
Pick: New York
Tulsa Shock at Phoenix Mercury (-10, 186.5)
The Mercury snapped one streak with a 99-88 win over the Minnesota Lynx Thursday, but another trend continued to pick up steam.
Phoenix, which ranks tops in the WNBA in scoring, picked up its first win in three games while playing over the total for the third time in the past four outings, going 3-0-1 over/under in that span.
The Mercury are averaging almost 90 points a night but have struggled on defense. They allow 91.3 point against per outing and gave up a 15-point first-quarter lead to the Lynx Thursday. On the year, Phoenix boasts a 6-2-1 over/under mark.
Tulsa can fill up the bucket as well. The Shock are averaging almost 83 points a night – fourth in the WNBA – and have an over/under record of 4-3 including topping the total in four of their past five games.
Pick: Over
NEW YORK (3 - 4) at WASHINGTON (4 - 4)
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Top Trends for this game.
NEW YORK is 47-27 ATS (+17.3 Units) on Saturday games since 1997.
NEW YORK is 66-45 ATS (+16.5 Units) in road games revenging a loss versus opponent since 1997.
NEW YORK is 13-4 ATS (+8.6 Units) in road games after playing 3 consecutive road games since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 182-228 ATS (-68.8 Units) in all games since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 113-148 ATS (-49.8 Units) vs. division opponents since 1997.
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Head-to-Head Series History
NEW YORK is 6-2 against the spread versus WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
NEW YORK is 5-3 straight up against WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
4 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
TULSA (3 - 4) at PHOENIX (4 - 5)
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Top Trends for this game.
PHOENIX is 130-96 ATS (+24.4 Units) in home games since 1997.
PHOENIX is 83-58 ATS (+19.2 Units) in home games vs. division opponents since 1997.
PHOENIX is 54-32 ATS (+18.8 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record since 1997.
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Head-to-Head Series History
TULSA is 3-2 against the spread versus PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
TULSA is 3-2 straight up against PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
NEW YORK vs. WASHINGTON
New York is 2-4-1 SU in its last 7 games
New York is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Washington
Washington is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games when playing New York
Washington is 4-10 SU in its last 14 games when playing New York
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TULSA vs. PHOENIX
Tulsa is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Tulsa's last 6 games when playing Phoenix
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Phoenix's last 6 games when playing Tulsa
Phoenix is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games