In WNBA action for Tuesday, the Los Angeles Sparks are on the road at the Seattle Storm. The Los Angeles Sparks are fifth in the Western Conference with their 4-7 record on the season. Los Angeles has won back to back games. Their latest win was at home over the Las Vegas Aces on Sunday.
The Seattle Storm are 7-4 on the season. The Storm have the second best record in the Western Conference. Seattle lost Sunday on the road at the Minnesota Lynx.
The Seattle Storm are big favorites in this game. Seattle is -10 at home. The total is listed at 159.5.
Los Angeles Seeking to Keep Offense Going
In back to back games, the Sparks have found their offense. They are averaging just under 90 points per game over their last two games. Los Angeles has moved up to 10th in the league with 77.9 points per game. The Sparks are the fifth best shooting team, at 42.2% from the field.
Los Angeles is led in scoring by Dearcia Hamby, and her 20.4 points per game. The only other player for the Sparks scoring double digits per game is Kia Nurse. Nurse is scoring 10.6 points per game. Los Angeles got 18 from Hamby and Rickea Jackson in their most recent win.
The Sparks are starting a long road trip. After this game, Los Angeles will play at Minnesota on Friday, Atlanta on Sunday, and then three more road games next week at Connecticut and two in New York. One more road game on June 28th will finish the trip. The next time they are at home is July 2nd.
Seattle Looking to Grab Third June Win
The Seattle Storm have won two out of three so far in the month of June. Seattle scored 79 points per game in their first two games, but just 64 in a recent loss at Minnesota. The Storm are fifth in the league, scoring more than 81 points per game. Seattle is the top rebounding team, with 38.1 per game.
The top scorer for Seattle this season has been Jewell Loyd. Seattle has four players scoring double digits per game. Second is Nneka Ogwumike with 17.3 per game. The Storm saw Loyd score 25 in the recent loss, while the bench scored just 9 points in the game.
Seattle is on the road at the Dallas Wings on Thursday. That is the first of three straight road games. After that, the Storm are in Phoenix on June 16th and Las Vegas on the 19th. The next home game will take place June 23rd against Connecticut.
Los Angeles Hangs in
The Los Angeles Sparks are playing some of their best basketball right now. We expect that to continue in this game. The Sparks battle, but fall short late. They compete and cover the spread. Our final bet for this game is the Los Angeles Sparks +10 over the Seattle Storm. Enjoy the game and best of luck!
