With the New York Liberty tending to play down to lesser competition, the Los Angeles Sparks should keep things close in tonight's matchup at Crypto.com Arena.
With the New York Liberty tending to play down to lesser competition, the Los Angeles Sparks should keep things close in tonight's matchup at Crypto.com Arena. Ed Scimia has you covered with more below.The New York Liberty will look to continue their dominance of the WNBA regular season as they come out of the Olympic break by visiting the Los Angeles Sparks on Thursday night.
However, there’s an important caveat in that statement, as New York was a single-digit favorite in all four of those games. While the Liberty are beating opponents by an average of nine points a game, they haven’t been able to blow out the teams at the bottom of the league standings. That includes the first two meetings between these teams this season. The Liberty have managed to win both of those games, but it has been theThose games were played in New York. Tonight, the Sparks will be defending their home court in Los Angeles, and while they’ve hardly been great there, they’ve certainly performed better in Los Angeles than on the road. The Sparks are 4-8 overall at home compared to winning just two road games all season.
The Liberty couldn’t cover at home against the Sparks earlier this year and haven’t been able to cover in any of these games that look like blowouts on paper. With Los Angeles at home and sporting an improved lineup, I expect the Sparks to cover again tonight.These teams have combined to easily eclipse tonight’s total in their first two meetings this season, including hitting the Over in their last three head-to-head matchups overall.
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