The Las Vegas Aces are on the road at the Atlanta Dream on Friday. This is part of the WNBA slate for July 12th. The Aces are 14-7 on the season, which is the second best record in the West. The Aces have won back to back games. The most recent win for Las Vegas was on the road at Seattle on Wednesday.
For Atlanta, they are 7-14 on the season. The Dream sit in fifth in the Eastern Conference standings. The Dream have dropped five straight games. They lost on the road at the Chicago Sky on Wednesday.
The Las Vegas Aces are the favorites in this game. The Aces are big favorites, as they are 13.5 on the road at the Dream. The total for this affair is set at 166.5.
Surging Aces
The Aces have won back to back games, and are averaging 94 points per game during that time. The Aces are the top scoring team in all of the league. They are averaging just shy of 90 points per game. Las Vegas has one of the best players in the league on their side.
A’Ja Wilson has been outstanding, with nearly 27 points per game, and 11.3 rebounds. Jackie Young and Kelsey Plum have been terrific as well. Young is at 19.1 points and 5.7 assists per game. Plum is a great perimeter shooter, scoring 18.9 points per game. The Aces got 24 and 20 from Wilson in the win over Seattle.
Las Vegas will head to Washington D.C for a Sunday tilt against the Mystics. Their final game of the first half is at home on Tuesday against the Chicago Sky.
Struggling Dream
The Atlanta Dream have dropped five straight games, and have not scored more than 82 in any of those games. The last time the Dream won a game was back on June 28th, and even that game they scored 78. On the season, the Storm sit dead last in the league, with 75.5 points per game.
The top scorer for Atlanta this season has been Allisha Gray, with 16.3 points per game. Rhyne Howard and Tina Charles are next for Atlanta, averaging a combined 29.2 per game. That is it for double digit scoring for the Dream. Atlanta got 20 points in the recent loss to Chicago from Gray.
Atlanta will wrap up the first half of the WNBA season with back to back road games after this. The Dream will head to Seattle for a Sunday affair, and then finish on Wednesday at Minnesota.
Aces Win on the Road; Dream Cover
We are really looking forward to this game. The Aces have played better basketball as of late. Atlanta is struggling big time this season. But, in Atlanta, we like the Dream to keep this game closer than experts are picking. Nearly two touchdowns in a basketball game is a ton of points. We will take Atlanta to cover, but the Aces to win. Our final score prediction is the Aces 88-78, just barely keeping the total under the 166.5.
