Los Angeles Sparks vs Dallas Wings Prediction, 8/25/2024 WNBA Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Los Angeles Sparks vs Dallas Wings

Date: Sunday, August 25, 2024

Location: College Park Center in Arlington, TX

TV: NBATV

The Dallas Wings (6-22) play the Los Angeles Sparks (6-22) at College Park Center on Sunday.

The Los Angeles Sparks faced off with the Connecticut Sun and took a loss by a score of 69-61 in their last game. Los Angeles wrapped up the game having earned a 39.4% field goal percentage (26 of 66) and made 2 out of their 19 shots from downtown. At the free throw line, the Sparks knocked down 7 of 10 attempts for a percentage of 70.0%. When discussing getting rebounds, they collected 42 with 8 of them being on the offensive end. They also distributed 15 assists in this game as well as forcing the opposition into 10 turnovers and earning 8 steals. Regarding defense, Los Angeles allowed the other team to shoot 38.4% from the floor on 28 of 73 shooting. Connecticut dished out 10 assists and had 12 steals in the game. Furthermore, Connecticut snagged 36 rebounds (10 offensive, 26 defensive) and had 4 blocks. Connecticut finished shooting 47.1% at the free throw line by knocking down 8 of 17 tries. They converted 5 of their 16 attempts from 3-point range.

Rickea Jackson is a player who came through in the matchup. She ended up finishing with 14 points on 5 out of 13 shooting. She played for 34 minutes and snagged 6 rebounds. Jackson went 38.5% from the field and also recorded 1 assist.

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Los Angeles comes into this one with a record of 6-22 for the season. The Sparks are connecting on 32.1% from downtown (203 of 632) and 75.9% from the free throw line. They average 77.9 points per outing (11th in the league) while hitting 42.0% from the field. They are turning it over 15.1 times per game and as a team they are committing 18.8 fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Los Angeles is pulling down 32.9 boards per contest and has accounted for 555 assists so far this season, which ranks 8th in the league in terms of passing. Defensively, the Sparks are forcing their opponents into 12.5 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 18.7 fouls. They are 10th in the league in allowing assists to the opposition with 600 relinquished on the year. The Sparks are giving up an opponent FG percentage of 46.1% (350 of 524) and they concede 34.4 rebounds per contest as a basketball team. They are conceding 37.7% on 3-point attempts while they are 11th in basketball in points per game allowed (85.6).

For their last game, the Dallas Wings took a loss by a score of 79-71 when they played the New York Liberty. The Wings were able to corral 30 defensive rebounds and 8 offensive boards totaling 38 for the contest. They also coughed up the ball 14 times, while getting 4 steals for this contest. The Liberty had 15 personal fouls in this contest which took the Wings to the charity stripe for 13 tries. They were able to knock down 9 of those for a percentage of 69.2%. In the matter of shots from 3-point land, Dallas converted 2 of their 13 attempts (15.4%). At the conclusion of this game, the Wings finished the game shooting 30 out of 69 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 43.5%. The Wings allowed the Liberty to make 27 of their 77 tries from the floor which had them sitting at 35.1% in the matchup. They finished the game shooting 24.1% from beyond the arc by shooting 7 of 29 and walked away from this one shooting 18 of 23 from the charity stripe (78.3%). When talking about attacking the glass, Dallas permitted New York to get 46 in all (17 offensive).

Arike Ogunbowale ended up being important for the Wings for the matchup. She knocked down 7 out of 18 in the matchup giving her a field goal percentage of 38.9%, and tallied 6 rebounds. Ogunbowale totaled 19 points in her 40 minutes on the hardwood and added 8 dimes in the game.

Dallas has a win-loss mark of 6-22 this season. As an offense, the Wings are shooting 44.2% from the floor, which ranks 5th in basketball. Dallas has tallied 2,284 points this year (81.6 per game) and they snag 34.4 rebounds per game. They are assisting teammates 19.9 times per game (7th in the WNBA) and they turn it over 15.6 times per game. The Wings are responsible for committing 18.5 personal fouls per game and they connect on 77.4% from the charity stripe. The Wings on the defensive side of the court are 1st in the WNBA in points per game surrendered with 9.0. They are forcing their opponents into 13.2 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 46.9% from the field (12th in the league). The Dallas defense allows 34.8% on shots from beyond the arc (215 of 618) and their opponents are connecting on 80.3% of their foul shots. They allow 23.1 dimes and 33.2 boards on a nightly basis, which has them ranked 12th and 2nd in the league.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Dallas

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