Two games in the WNBA tonight and we’ll take a look at the late game, as the Indiana Fever visit the Chicago Sky in a game between the two worst records in the league.
Indiana at Chicago Betting Odds
The Sky are favored by 10 points and the total on the game just dropped to 158. Chicago is -550 on the moneyline.
Indiana Fever
It’s not a huge surprise to see the Indiana Fever at the bottom of the WNBA standings, as they resemble last year’s team quite a bit and that team wasn’t very good, either. Indiana isn’t that good offensively and even worse on defense, which is a tough combination to overcome. Indiana scores 74.7 points a game and allows 89.6.
.Kelsey Mitchell leads the team in scoring with 14.1 points and Teaira McGowan is the only other player in double figures at 10.7. They do have four others players averaging 7.5 points or more, but need somebody to step up and take control of the offense, since they don’t play defense well enough to win low-scoring games.
Chicago Sky
It is a bit of a surprise to see Chicago next to the bottom of the standings, as a lot people expected some big things from the Sky this year. Chicago did lose Candace Parker in the first game of the season, although she may return for this one, which could be one reason the line as is high as it is.
On paper, the Sky are much better than they’ve looked, especially offensively, as this team should be scoring more than 75.9 points per game. When healthy, Chicago is a decent team and they’re starting to get everybody back, as several players missed time for a tournament.
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Indiana at Chicago Pick
Was a little disappointed to see the spread as high as it is, as I have Chicago winning this one 94-78, which would be the Sky’s highest offensive output of the season. But if you’re going to score a lot of points, the Fever are a team you can do it against. Even though the total is coming down, going to go the other way and take a shot on the over 158 in this one.