MINNESOTA (14 - 13) at LOS ANGELES (17 - 12) - 9/1/2008, 10:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MINNESOTA is 41-62 ATS (-27.2 Units) in road games vs. division opponents since 1997.
MINNESOTA is 1-7 ATS (-6.7 Units) after a win by 10 points or more this season.
MINNESOTA is 5-19 ATS (-15.9 Units) after playing 3 consecutive home games since 1997.
LOS ANGELES is 8-1 ATS (+6.9 Units) in home games after a division game this season.
LOS ANGELES is 19-7 ATS (+11.3 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 3 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 10-3 ATS (+6.7 Units) as an underdog this season.
MINNESOTA is 11-4 ATS (+6.6 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
LOS ANGELES is 6-16 ATS (-11.6 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 77+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
MINNESOTA is 5-4 against the spread versus LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
LOS ANGELES is 5-4 straight up against MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
7 of 9 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
Trend Sheet
10:30 PM MINNESOTA vs. LOS ANGELES
Minnesota is 3-8 ATS in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Los Angeles
Minnesota is 2-13 SU in its last 15 games when playing on the road against Los Angeles
Los Angeles is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Los Angeles is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
INDIAN COWBOY'S WNBA RESEARCH
Lynx vs. Sparks
Note, that over 2/3rds of the public are riding the Sparks for this game, this is the only wnba game on the board today, note that there were just 2 yesterday and both dogs won as the public continues to get buried on public favorites, just saying - although this doesn't happen always - that when there are just 1 or 2 games on tap for a night in the wnba, nba or college football, and the public gets heavily on one side, it it typically means burial and jump on the other side - that is what I did with the Chicago Sky for my GOY Yesterday. Minny first beat this team by 18 at home earlier this year, than the Sparks won by 9 in overtime, so this is a revenge game for Minny, the Sparks have the ability to cover at home as they have covered their last 4 and won their last 3, Minnesotta is playing some great basketball right now including winning 3 of their last 4 and winning and winning 4 of their last 6 (losing one game by a bucket and losing another game in overtime). I wouldn't be surprised to see another Sun vs. Storm result yesterday where the Sparks win outright but the Lynx cover the 6.5, heck, the Lynx could win this outright themselves.