Chicago Sky vs New York Liberty Prediction, 5/23/2024 WNBA Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Chicago Sky vs New York Liberty

Date: Thursday, May 23, 2024

Location: Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY

TV: PRIME

Barclays Center is the site where and the New York Liberty (4-0) will play the Chicago Sky (1-1) on Thursday.

The Chicago Sky faced off with the Dallas Wings and walked away with a win by a score of 83-74 in their last contest. Chicago walked away from the game having earned a 40.0% FG percentage (32 of 80) and made 4 of their 21 3-point shots. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Sky buried 15 of their 20 tries for a rate of 75.0%. When talking about pulling down boards, they earned 42 with 19 of them being of the offensive variety. They also dished out 25 assists for the game as well as creating 25 turnovers and earning 15 steals. Concerning defense, Chicago allowed 34.8% from the floor on 23 out of 66 shooting. Dallas recorded 13 dimes and had 7 steals for this contest. Furthermore, Dallas collected 40 rebounds (13 offensive, 27 defensive) and added 8 blocks. Dallas went 91.3% from the charity stripe by making 21 of 23 tries. They knocked down 7 of their 18 attempts from 3-point land.

Diamond DeShields is someone who was a factor for this game. She totaled 16 points on 7 out of 12 shooting. She played for 24 mins and also grabbed 5 rebounds. DeShields ended up going 58.3% from the floor and dished out 3 assists.

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Chicago enters this game with a win-loss mark of 1-1 this season. They are giving up possession 14.5 times per contest and as a squad are committing 21.5 fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, Chicago is pulling down 39.5 boards per contest and has accumulated 39 dimes for the season, which is 12th in basketball in terms of passing the rock. The Sky are shooting 23.7% on 3-point shots (9 of 38) and 66.0% from the free throw line. They average 81.0 points per game (7th in the WNBA) while shooting 39.6% from the field. On the defensive end, the Sky are able to force 20.0 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 21.5 personal fouls. They are currently ranked 1st in the league in allowing assists to the opposition with 33 conceded on the year. The Sky are giving up an opponent FG percentage of 40.5% (60 of 148) and they concede 41.0 boards per contest as a squad. They give up 36.4% on shots from downtown and they rank 3rd in the league in points per game allowed (80.5).

The last time they took the court, the New York Liberty went home victorious with a score of 74-63 when they played the Seattle Storm. The Liberty were able to snag 29 defensive boards and 7 offensive boards for a total of 36 in the matchup. They turned it over 15 times, while getting 7 steals in the game. The Storm had 23 fouls in this matchup which got the Liberty to the charity stripe for a total of 20 attempts. They were able to knock down 19 of those for a percentage of 95.0%. When discussing 3-point attempts, New York converted 3 of their 23 tries (13.0%). When the final whistle was blown, the Liberty finished the game shooting 26 out of 63 from the floor which had them shooting 41.3%. The Liberty allowed the Storm to knock down 24 of 70 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 34.3% for the matchup. They went 25.0% from downtown by connecting on 6 out of 24 and finished the game at 9 of 14 at the charity stripe (64.3%). In the matter of cleaning the glass, New York allowed Seattle to get 34 in total (12 on the offensive side).

Sabrina Ionescu ended up being a major contributor for the Liberty in this contest. She knocked down 7 of 17 in the game for a field goal percentage of 41.2%, and tallied 1 rebound. Ionescu tallied 20 points in her 34 minutes on the court and tallied 8 assists for this contest.

New York has a win-loss record of 4-0 on the season. New York has earned 352 points for the season (88.0 per game) and they collect 36.0 rebounds per game. The Liberty commit 16.0 fouls per game and they go 91.9% from the free throw line. As an offensive unit, the Liberty are hitting on 45.8% from the floor, which ranks 1st in the league. They are dishing out assists 20.5 times per game (4th in basketball) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 15.8 times per contest. The Liberty defensively are ranked 1st in the league in points allowed per contest with 72.3. The New York defense allows 29.7% on shots from 3-point land (30 of 101) and their opponents are making 73.6% of their foul shots. They concede 18.3 assists and 32.0 boards per contest, which ranks 4th and 3rd in the league. They are forcing 13.5 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 38.2% from the field (1st in the WNBA).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Chicago

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