Indiana Fever vs Dallas Wings Prediction, 7/17/2024 WNBA Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Indiana Fever vs Dallas Wings

Date: Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Location: College Park Center in Arlington, TX

TV: ESPN

College Park Center is the venue where and the Dallas Wings (5-19) will play the Indiana Fever (11-14) on Wednesday.

The Indiana Fever faced off with the Minnesota Lynx and went home with a win by a final score of 81-74 in their last contest. Indiana ended with a 44.3% field goal percentage (31 out of 70) and converted 8 out of their 29 3-pointers. At the charity stripe, the Fever converted 11 of their 12 tries for a rate of 91.7%. When talking about grabbing boards, they earned 34 with 10 of them being of the offensive variety. They also recorded 19 dimes in this game in addition to forcing 14 turnovers and having 6 steals. Concerning defense, Indiana allowed the other team to shoot 38.6% from the field on 27 out of 70 shooting. Minnesota totaled 11 dimes and had 5 steals in the matchup. Moreover, Minnesota had 34 rebounds (11 offensive, 23 defensive) and added 3 blocks. Minnesota went 90.0% at the free throw line by knocking down 9 of their 10 tries. They also converted 11 of 31 shots from 3-point range.

Kelsey Mitchell is one player who came through in this matchup. She totaled 21 points on 8 out of 18 shooting. She was on the court for 35 minutes and also collected 4 boards. Mitchell shot 44.4% from the field and also recorded 3 dimes.

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Indiana heads into this contest with a win-loss mark of 11-14 so far this year. The Fever are shooting 33.4% on three-point attempts (209 of 626) and 77.1% from the charity stripe. They have an average of 81.3 pts per contest (5th in basketball) while going 44.5% from the field. They cough up possession 14.0 times per contest and as a squad they commit 18.6 fouls per contest. As a unit, Indiana is pulling in 34.3 rebounds per game and is sitting with 500 assists for the year, which is 5th in the league in terms of passing. When they are on the defensive end, the Fever are forcing 12.0 turnovers per contest and they draw 17.2 personal fouls. The Fever defensively are allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 44.3% (299 of 430) and they concede 34.0 boards per game as a squad. They are currently ranked 11th in basketball in giving up assists to the opposition with 534 relinquished so far this season. They are giving up 34.9% from beyond the arc and they are ranked 11th in basketball in PPG from their opponents (86.7).

For their last game, the Dallas Wings walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 87-81 against the Los Angeles Sparks. The Wings were able to corral 23 defensive boards and 10 offensive boards for a total of 33 for this contest. They coughed it up 16 times, while earning 6 steals for the contest. The Sparks had 17 fouls in this contest which took the Wings to the free throw line for a total of 18 attempts. They were able to bury 14 of the free throws for a rate of 77.8%. In relation to shots from 3-point land, Dallas converted 5 out of their 16 attempts (31.3%). When the game finished, the Wings shot 31 out of 71 from the floor which had them shooting 43.7%. The Wings permitted the Sparks to knock down 35 of their 70 attempts from the field which left them shooting 50.0% for the game. They wrapped up this game 42.9% from 3-point land by connecting on 6 out of 14 and ended up shooting 11 out of 14 at the charity stripe (78.6%). When discussing team rebounding, Dallas permitted Los Angeles to snag 29 in total (5 offensive).

Odyssey Sims ended up being important for the Wings for the contest. She made 9 out of 17 for the matchup for a field goal rate of 52.9%, and had 5 rebounds. Sims had 23 points in her 39 mins on the court and added 5 dimes for this game.

Dallas has a mark of 5-19 this year. Dallas has totaled 1,947 points for the year (81.1 per contest) and they snag 34.7 rebounds per contest. The Wings are responsible for committing 18.1 personal fouls per game and they hit 78.8% from the free throw line. As an offensive unit, the Wings are connecting on 44.2% from the field, which is ranked 4th in the WNBA. Their rate of earning assists is at 19.7 times per game (8th in the league) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 15.6 times per game. The Wings on defense are ranked 12th in the league in PPG given up with 89.6. They have forced 13.0 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 46.8% from the field (12th in the WNBA). The Dallas defense surrenders 35.5% on three-point shots (183 of 516) and their opponents are knocking down 81.4% of their free throw attempts. They concede 22.8 assists and 32.3 boards per game, which has them ranked 12th and 2nd in basketball.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Dallas

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