Dream vs Aces Over 176
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- These teams combined for 179 points in their first meeting this season in Atlanta, despite Vegas shooting just 6/21 from three-point range.
- These teams play the two fastest paces in the WNBA and there will be plenty of possessions to get us over this total.
- At least one team has scored 90+ points in each of the last four games between these teams.
Tuesday’s four-game WNBA schedule has one clear marquee matchup, and that is the game between the Atlanta Dream and Las Vegas Aces. Vegas is off to an historic start to this season, but the Dream are playing some excellent basketball of their own of late. Here, we provide our WNBA betting picks for Dream vs Aces, in a battle of top-five teams in the league standings.
Dream vs Aces Betting Pick
Dream vs Aces Over 176
Why Bet on the Over:
✅ These teams play at the two quickest paces in the WNBA, and they still manage to get good looks without being rushed. The precision of these offenses will help us reach this relatively high WNBA total.
✅ This series in general has been a high-scoring one in recent seasons, with these teams averaging 178 combined points per game in their three meetings since the start of the 2022 season.
✅ Atlanta has not struggled to score in Las Vegas over the last two seasons, averaging 91 points per game in their two contests at Michelob Ultra Arena.
This game will be played at Michelob Ultra Arena at 10:00 PM ET on Tuesday, August 1, 2023.
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream find themselves in a tie for fourth place in the WNBA standings this season with a 14-11 record. They have caught fire after a slow start to the season, and they enter this game having won seven of their last 10 outings. But the Dream may need to play their best basketball of the season to upset the Las Vegas Aces here.
Atlanta’s pace is the only one in the WNBA faster than that of the Aces this season. While slowing the Aces down sounds like a good idea, Las Vegas is lethal in the halfcourt, just as they are in transition. Instead, Atlanta may need to speed the Aces up to try and get them out of sorts in order to steal this one.
Las Vegas Aces
The Las Vegas Aces are off to a 23-2 start this WNBA season. No team since the 1998 Houston Comets has started a season that well, with the Aces putting together a season that has not been replicated since the infancy of the WNBA as a whole. Here, Vegas will aim for a 24th win in 26 games, as they take on the Atlanta Dream.
Both teams should be able to score in this game, which will make the key to another Las Vegas victory their defense. Incredibly, the Aces have the top defensive rating in the WNBA to go with the top offensive rating in the league. But the Dream have given them problems on defense the last few times these teams have played, and we could get a closer contest than anticipated if the Aces do not lock in on that end of the floor.
