Every day of the WNBA season, our group of fantasy and betting consultants breaks down each recreation on the schedule, making notice of all the pieces from accidents and lineup adjustments to latest traits and extra.
This is what to search for as we speak:
There are two video games on faucet for Sunday, beginning with the Minnesota Lynx touring to Atlanta to face the Dream and adopted by the Dallas Wings taking up the Sparks in LA. The Lynx and Dream are each off to quick begins to the season with just one loss every, whereas the Wings and Sparks are each simply exterior the top-8 early within the season.
Let’s dig just a little deeper into each video games to search out some angles of curiosity from each a fantasy hoops and a betting perspective.
Sunday’s fantasy stream group
Monique Billings, Dallas Wings (obtainable in 74.6% of ESPN leagues)
Billings moved into the beginning lineup after Natasha Howard suffered an harm and has responded with two enormous efforts. She has averaged 19.0 PPG, 9.0 RPG, 3.5 BPG and a pair of.0 APG in 33.0 MPG thus far this season and ought to be rostered and beginning in each league proper now.
Maddy Siegrist, Dallas Wings (obtainable in 83.4% of leagues)
Siegrist has alternated between beginning and coming off the bench this season, however turned in a monster effort of twenty-two factors, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and a 3-pointer in 37 minutes in her final recreation on Saturday.
Her manufacturing has been boom-or-bust this season, however this kind of upside makes her a high quality streamer for a light-weight Sunday slate.
Picks, projections and harm reviews
Basketball Energy Index by ESPN Analytics. Harm aggregation by Rotowire.com. All odds are supplied by ESPN BET.
Minnesota Lynx at Atlanta Dream
6 p.m. ET, State Farm Enviornment, Atlanta
Line: Dream -2.5
Cash line: Lynx (+125), Dream (-150)
Whole: 166.5 factors
BPI prediction:
Dream: 56.3% likelihood to win.
Projected margin of victory: 1.8 factors
Harm report
Lynx: Diamond Miller (Out)
Dream: Jordin Canada (Out)
Greatest wager: Lynx (+4.5) (-115)
The Lynx are off to one of many hottest begins within the WNBA, main the league with a +9.5 PPG scoring margin. The Dream are additionally taking part in nicely to begin the season, winners of two of their first three video games and in addition are at dwelling. Nevertheless, 4.5 factors is just too many to provide towards a Lynx group taking part in at such a excessive stage. The Dream are favored to win based on BP, however by just one.8-points, falling throughout the unfold.
Dallas Wings at Los Angeles Sparks
9 p.m. ET, Crypto.com Enviornment, Los Angeles
Line: Wings -1.5
Cash line: Wings (-115), Sparks (-105)
Whole: 163.5 factors
BPI prediction:
Sparks: 50.8% likelihood to win.
Projected margin of victory: 0.2 factors
Harm report
Wings: Jaelyn Brown (Out), Natasha Howard (Out), Satou Sabally (Out)
Sparks: Azura Stevens (Out)
Arike Ogunbowale over 26.5 factors (+105)
Ogunbowale has been scorching to begin the season, exhibiting she will be able to carry an enormous offensive load with each Satou Sabally and Howard sidelined.
Ogunbowale has averaged 31.0 PPG via 4 video games and already has two video games of at the least 35 factors. She has been aggressive taking the ball to the rim (31 free throw makes an attempt over her previous three video games), but additionally has been sizzling from behind the arc (14-of-34, 41.7% from 3-point vary) over that span.