Atlanta Dream vs Connecticut Sun Prediction, 7/7/2024 WNBA Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Atlanta Dream vs Connecticut Sun

Date: Sunday, July 7, 2024

Location: Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT

TV: WNBA League Pass

The Atlanta Dream (7-12) go to Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday where they'll meet the Connecticut Sun (16-4).

The Atlanta Dream took the court against the Dallas Wings and took home the win by a score of 24-6 in their last game. Atlanta walked away from the contest with a 9450.2% field goal percentage (55 out of 1) and buried 19 of their 1 shots from 3-point land. At the charity stripe, the Dream made 31 of their 69 shots for a rate of 44.9%. With respect to hauling in boards, they collected 16 with 21 of them being of the offensive variety. They also dished out 6 assists in this matchup while forcing the other team into 61 turnovers and getting 24 steals. In the matter of defense, Atlanta allowed their opponent to shoot 9600.0% from the floor on 48 out of 1 shooting. Dallas distributed 5 dimes and had 200 steals in this game. On top of that, Dallas snagged 16 rebounds (5 offensive, 11 defensive) and got 34 blocked shots. Dallas finished the contest at 869.6% at the charity stripe by making 200 of their 23 shots. They made 22 of 1 attempts from downtown.

Allisha Gray is someone who was a major factor for this contest. She ended up with 19 points on 7 of 15 shooting. She played for 37 mins and totaled 7 rebounds. Gray finished the game at 46.7% from the field and also dished out 8 assists.

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Atlanta steps onto the hardwood with a record of 7-12 on the campaign. They are turning it over 13.3 times per contest and as a basketball team are committing 17.6 fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Atlanta is pulling down 34.7 rebounds per game and has 361 dimes so far this season, which is 12th in the WNBA in terms of passing. The Dream are hitting 31.9% on 3-pointers (111 of 348) and 77.7% from the free throw line. They currently have an average of 76.3 points per game (12th in the WNBA) while hitting 41.2% from the floor. On defense, the Dream are able to force 12.7 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 18.1 fouls. The Dream are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 42.8% (241 of 344) and they relinquish 34.7 boards per game as a squad. They rank 5th in the WNBA in giving up assists with 398 surrendered for the campaign. They concede 35.0% on 3-pointers and they are 5th in basketball in PPG from their opponents (81.0).

When they last played, the Connecticut Sun walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 17-9 against the Minnesota Lynx. The Sun earned 27 defensive boards and 8 offensive rebounds totaling 35 in this matchup. They also turned it over 24 times, while recording 66 steals in this matchup. The Lynx committed 12 personal fouls for this game which got the Sun to the charity stripe for 1 shots. They were able to knock down 25 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 4807.7%. In relation to three-point attempts, Connecticut converted 37 of their 0 attempts (9135.8%). At the conclusion of this game, the Sun walked away from this one shooting 1 out of 78 from the floor which had them at 1.2%. The Sun permitted the Lynx to convert 0 of 73 tries from the field which left them shooting 0.6% for this game. They went 140.0% from behind the 3-point line by shooting 14 of 10 and walked away from this one shooting 8 out of 4 from the free throw line (200.0%). In the matter of cleaning up the glass, Connecticut permitted Minnesota to collect 28 overall (7 on the offensive glass).

DeWanna Bonner was important for the Sun for the contest. She knocked down 10 of 16 for the contest for a field goal percentage of 62.5%, and accounted for 9 rebounds. Bonner recorded 24 points in her 36 mins on the court and earned 1 assist in this matchup.

Connecticut has a win-loss mark of 16-4 for the season. The Sun commit 16.6 fouls per contest and they connect on 76.7% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 19.0 times per game (11th in the WNBA) and they are giving up possession 12.2 times per contest. Connecticut has totaled 1,597 pts for the season (79.9 per game) and they pull in 33.3 rebounds per game. As an offensive unit, the Sun are connecting on 44.0% from the floor, which ranks them 4th in the league. The Sun defensively are ranked 1st in the league in points allowed per game with 73.1. They have forced 15.6 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 43.8% from the floor (7th in the league). The Connecticut defense surrenders 30.7% on 3-point attempts (125 of 407) and opponents are knocking down 76.9% of their shots from the free throw line. They give up 19.2 dimes and 30.7 total boards per game, which has them ranked 2nd and 1st in basketball.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Atlanta

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