WNBA predictions, picks immediately: Paige Bueckers prop is Wednesday’s finest wager for Wings-Sparks
The Dallas Wings and Los Angeles Sparks will play for the third time this season on Wednesday, Aug. 20, at 10 p.m. ET. The Sparks have received each matchups over Paige Bueckers and the Wings, cruising to a 93-79 victory again on June 6 and eeking out a 97-96 win this previous Friday on Aug. 15. Can ninth-place Los Angeles proceed its sturdy play in opposition to Dallas in a recreation the Sparks might use with them being at present simply exterior of the playoff image?
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In the present day’s WNBA picks:
Paige Bueckers Over 18.5 factors
I do not perceive why that is at 18.5. Two video games in the past, in opposition to this similar Sparks group, Bueckers’ factors prop closed at 19.5, and he or she scored 29. It was additionally 19.5 final recreation in opposition to the Aces. Despite the fact that she scored 18 in that one, she solely performed 29 minutes (the Aces received in a 106-87 blowout) in what was her first time taking part in fewer than half-hour since July 22.
Within the final three video games with Arike Ogunbowale (knee) sidelined, Bueckers has taken 18, 21 and 19 photographs. For reference, within the earlier three video games with Ogunbowale, these shot numbers have been 9, 15 and 14. Bueckers shall be getting loads of shot makes an attempt in opposition to a Sparks group with the second-worst defensive ranking within the WNBA. Los Angeles performs on the second-highest tempo as effectively.
The whole for this recreation at present sits at 182, which is rarefied air within the WNBA. The Wings’ group whole is at 87.5, and this can be a thinner roster with out Ogunbowale (15.5 PPG) and Li Yueru (7.4 PPG, out for the season with a knee sprain). Bueckers might want to carry extra of the scoring load, and I feel she’ll don’t have any downside dicing up the Sparks’ lackluster protection.