Los Angeles Sparks vs Seattle Storm Prediction, 6/25/2022 WNBA Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Los Angeles Sparks vs Seattle Storm

Date: Saturday, June 25, 2022

Location: Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, WA

TV: Facebook

The Seattle Storm (10-6) host the Los Angeles Sparks (6-9) at Climate Pledge Arena on Saturday.

The Los Angeles Sparks took the court against the Chicago Sky and took a loss by a score of 82-59 in their last contest. Los Angeles finished the contest with a 32.9% field goal percentage (26 of 79) and knocked down 3 out of their 18 three-point attempts. At the free throw line, the Sparks knocked down 4 of their 8 attempts for a rate of 50.0%. Concerning grabbing boards, they collected 34 with 7 of them being offensive. They also recorded 18 dimes in this game while forcing the opposition into 13 turnovers and having 7 steals. Concerning defense, Los Angeles allowed 45.7% from the floor on 32 of 70 shooting. Chicago recorded 6 assists and had 6 steals for this game. Additionally, Chicago grabbed 49 rebounds (6 offensive, 43 defensive) and earned 4 blocked shots. Chicago finished the game shooting 100.0% when shooting free throws by converting 11 of their 11 shots. They buried 7 out of their 23 tries from 3-point land.

Nneka Ogwumike is one player who played a role for the matchup. She notched 15 points on 7 of 17 shooting. She saw the court for 29 mins played and grabbed 4 rebounds. Ogwumike finished the game at 41.2% from the floor and earned 3 dimes.

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Los Angeles heads into this contest with a win-loss mark of 6-9 for the campaign. They average 83.0 pts per contest (4th in basketball) while shooting 46.8% from the field. The Sparks are hitting 33.5% on shots from downtown (79 of 236) and 78.0% from the charity stripe. As a team, Los Angeles is collecting 31.3 boards per game and is sitting with 285 dimes on the season, which is 11th in basketball in terms of passing the ball. They cough up possession 14.7 times per contest and as a group they commit 19.3 fouls on a nightly basis. Defensively, the Sparks are able to force 15.2 turnovers per game while drawing 20.0 fouls. The Sparks defensively are giving up a field goal percentage of 44.8% (228 of 300) and they surrender 34.5 boards per contest as a basketball team. They are 3rd in the WNBA in giving up assists with 304 relinquished so far this year. They relinquish 39.1% on shots from downtown while they are 11th in the league in points per game allowed (87.3).

When they last played, the Seattle Storm went home victorious with a score of 85-71 against the Washington Mystics. The Storm were able to corral 31 defensive rebounds and 5 offensive rebounds totaling 36 for this contest. They coughed it up 7 times, while recording 5 steals for the game. The Mystics had 12 fouls for the game which took the Storm to the charity stripe for a total of 12 shots. They were able to bury 11 of them for a percentage of 91.7%. In the matter of 3-point attempts, Seattle knocked down 12 out of their 26 attempts (46.2%). At the conclusion of this game, the Storm ended up shooting 31 for 68 from the field which had them shooting 45.6%. The Storm allowed the Mystics to convert 26 out of their 70 tries from the floor which had them sitting at 37.1% for the contest. They finished the game shooting 30.0% from 3-point land by connecting on 9 out of 30 and ended up shooting 10 of 12 at the free throw line (83.3%). In reference to rebounding, Seattle permitted Washington to grab 43 in total (11 offensive).

Breanna Stewart ended up being a major contributor for the Storm for this game. She made 6 out of 15 for the contest for a field goal rate of 40.0%, and tallied 9 rebounds. Stewart scored 19 points in her 32 mins of playing time and had 7 assists for the contest.

Seattle has a mark of 10-6 on the season. Seattle has 1,255 points so far this season (78.4 per game) and they pull in 32.3 boards per game. The Storm have committed 15.6 fouls per game and they go 79.9% from the charity stripe. When it comes to offense, the Storm are hitting on 41.9% from the floor, which is 10th in the WNBA. They are dishing out assists 21.9 times per game (2nd in the league) and they turn it over 12.9 times per game. The Storm on defense are ranked 2nd in the league in PPG allowed with 76.8. They have allowed 21.1 assists and 37.5 rebounds on a nightly basis, which has them ranked 11th and 12th in the WNBA. The Seattle defense allows 32.3% on shots from behind the 3-point line (111 of 344) and their opponents are converting on 78.3% of their shots from the charity stripe. They are forcing 15.8 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 44.0% from the field (7th in the league).

Who will win tonight's WNBA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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