Minnesota Lynx vs Dallas Wings
The Lynx travel south for a clash with the Wings. Learn about this matchup and my sports wagering predictions.
Preview
These two teams are on opposite sides of the standings. Minnesota currently holds the second-best record in the league, while Dallas has the second-worst.
Minnesota Lynx
Minnesota has their eyes on the first seed in the upcoming playoffs. They have been rolling since the Olympic break winning all six of their games post-break and seven overall.
Thanks to their highly efficient offense and suffocating defense, all six victories have been by double digits.
Minnesota has been scoring 90 points a game over their last six, seven more points than their season average.
Defensively they are allowing 78 points a game. The point differential is truly impressive.
Dallas Wings
The Wings are finally healthy this year. The following players have all missed at least ten games this year.
Maddy Siegrist
Satou Sabally
Natasha Howard
With all three of these key players back the Wings are riding a two-game win streak as they host Minnesota at State Farm Arena.
Dallas had their most impressive win of the season last time out by defeating the two-time defending champs Las Vegas Aces. Winning the high-scoring affair by the score of 93-90 they showed this team’s potential.
Dallas’ biggest flaw is their defense, allowing a league-worse 90.8 points a game. And over their last five games, they have given up 96 a game.
Prediction
I’m going to have three plays for this game. I normally don’t invest so much in a matchup but I’m very bullish on the Lynx.
As stated above the Lynx has been extremely dominant post-Olympic-break with a healthy Napheesa Collier. Collier aka Queen Phee is coming for the WNBA MVP. Her odds have gone from 100-1 to 30-1 on Fanduel to take home the award.
Phee has scored in double digits in all six games since the break, with two 30-plus points games. Her outstanding play lead to her being awarded the Western Conference Player of the Week.
The WNBA All-Star MVP Arike Ogunbowale will be tasked tonight with being the tip of the spear against this hard-nosed defensive-minded Minnesota team. But I don’t think even she can keep this game close.
Official Picks
Collier over 21.5 points
Lynx -7.5
Over 169.5 points
Collier’s offensively should dominate Dallas. A’Ja Wilson just went off on their frontcourt for 42 points. I expect Phee to drop at least 25.
The Lynx are 5-0 ATS last five and there are many trends to back this up.
Lynx are 6-0-1 ATS in their last 7 games overall.
Lynx are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games following a ATS win.
Lynx are 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games following a straight-up win.
Lynx are 3-0-1 ATS in their last 4 games vs. a team with a losing straight-up record.
The Wings do not play defense and I see the final score being around 95-80. In addition, the last eight between these teams have gone over.
I hope you enjoy tonight’s action and please gamble responsibly.
