Tuesday's Best WNBA Bets
Los Angeles at Tulsa Shock (-1, 164.5)
The total has been dropping like BP stock since opening at 168, and for good reason. These two teams have been making the World Cup look like an offensive display.
Since losing star Candace Parker, the Sparks are 1-6 SU and averaged 68.5 points per game (excluding their last outing against Phoenix, which plays up-tempo like the Suns).
The Shock have lost 11 in a row SU and averaged 74.5 during that span (excluding Phoenix). On Saturday they tied a WNBA record for futility by scoring just four points in the second quarter, finishing 16-of-58 from the field and tallying only 54 total points in a loss to Washington.
"You don't even have to shoot and you can get four points," Tulsa coach Nolan Richardson said after the game. "It was a difficult night for us field goal-wise."
Richardson may be a master of the obvious, but you don't have to be a major in mathematics to figure this one out. They have been combining for 143 points per game against teams not named the Mercury - more than 20 points below the falling total. Jump on it before drops any lower.
Pick: Under
LOS ANGELES vs. TULSA
Los Angeles is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Tulsa
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Los Angeles's last 6 games when playing on the road against Tulsa
Tulsa is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games
Tulsa is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games