WNBA Best Bets: Games and Player Updates Preview and Predictions

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00:00A triple header of WNBA action on this Tuesday night that we

00:09preview for you on the early line on Sports Grid. DRS, it

00:14should be a good week of WNBA games. We will have history

00:18later this week as well in Boston. In fact, it is tonight

00:23if I am not mistaken between the Connecticut Sun and the LA

00:27Sparks. But first, we start with the WNBA's best team at

00:30home back in Brooklyn, 23-4. That's the New York Liberty.

00:35They have been victorious in each of their first two games

00:38following the long Olympic break. Make that six straight

00:41wins as you date back to the action in the middle of July.

00:45The Liberty getting ready to host the Dallas Wings tonight

00:48at home. It is a 12.5 point spread in favor of New York

00:53inside the Barclays Center. Total of 176.5. Yeah, probably

00:58going to be an absolute roll job tonight. By the way, let me

01:00ask you this question. Following along with the WNBA,

01:03they had that long break. Some teams have played I think as

01:06many as 28 games. How many is it? 40? How long is the season

01:10itself? Is it 40 games? 40. Yeah, for a second consecutive

01:14year, they are playing 40 WNBA regular season games. Yes,

01:18there have been teams that have already hit 28 games. That

01:21would include the Fever 13 and 15, the Mercury 15 and 13

01:26rather, and the Atlanta Dream 9 and 17. But there are still

01:31some teams, for instance, the Connecticut Sun play tonight

01:3419 and 7, only 26 games. Everybody has played at least

01:3826 though. Yeah, you're a little condensed here in the

01:41month of August. Should be fun to watch, but if you're looking

01:43at favorites, the same way we talk about like a major league

01:45baseball season, Ben, you have the haves and the have-nots

01:48late in the season. Teams start to round in the form knowing

01:50that they're headed for a championship or headed for

01:52probably not even making the postseason. You take a look at

01:54the Liberty and the Wings. That should be a blowout victory to

01:57me. We'll get to some other games here on the schedule a

01:59little bit later in this, but for my money, I'm taking a look

02:02at the teams that absolutely know they need to win and

02:05that's the Liberty to stay up top. I think they blow it out

02:07tonight. When you look at the Dallas Wings though, because

02:11there are only 12 teams in the WNBA and the top eight make the

02:15postseason. Last year, we had four teams go into the playoffs

02:18with a winning record. Four were sub 500 and still made the

02:21playoffs. Going to be tougher to do that right now. Indiana

02:24and Chicago, both would be playoff teams if the season

02:27ended today. Both below 500, but the Fever playing such better

02:31basketball since a 2-9 start, of course. They have won 11 of

02:36their last 17 games. Dallas at this moment behind Chicago by

02:41four and a half games. They have to start turning it on.

02:44They have one of the best bucket getters in all of the

02:46WNBA, Enrique Aguilera, but New York continues to keep pace.

02:5123 wins, 23 and 4 right now. The only team that has reached

02:55a 20-win benchmark in the W and they have 23. So as I said,

03:00history tonight in Beantown. It is the first ever WNBA game

03:05ever contested inside TD Garden in Boston. The Sun get ready to

03:09host the Los Angeles Sparks who are on a four-game skid.

03:14Connecticut a 13 and a half point home favorite, although

03:17home is in Boston this time around. 157 and a half is that

03:22overrunner. Yeah, I don't think the Sparks even going to show

03:25up in this game and quite frankly coming right out of the

03:26break, just getting pasted. They're getting basically two

03:29touchdowns here at the guard of the Connecticut Sun. Once again,

03:32the haves and the have-nots. Sparks are done for the season.

03:35The Connecticut Sun are still playing for something.

03:37Obviously, I think the Sun blow them out of the water too. 20

03:40plus points in the WNBA blowout. Yeah, I don't mind that

03:44look DRS. I think the enthusiasm is going to be sky high inside

03:48TD Garden. Of course, we know Connecticut is the best

03:50defensive team in the WNBA. I would keep an eye on that total

03:54right before the Olympic break. We saw a big trade in the W.

03:58The sky sent Marina Mabry to Connecticut. She adds on some

04:02perimeter shooting for this Sun team that if they are going to

04:05contend for a WNBA championship needs to add it up a little bit

04:09from deep. Two and a half. Her three-point prop tonight. Keep

04:12an eye on the over. Dawana Bonner has been great all year

04:15for Connecticut. Has looked rejuvenated since the long

04:18all-star at Olympic break. Sixteen and a half is her

04:21points prop tonight. So, the Liberty in front of the Aces

04:25now at plus 120 to win a WNBA title. Las Vegas and New York,

04:30of course, who faced off last year in the WNBA finals were

04:34co-favorites after the Olympic break at plus 155. A little bit

04:38of separation now for New York in front of Vegas. Yeah, it is

04:42kind of interesting with that move because a lot of the times

04:44even looking and handicapping the NBA itself, you're not

04:47really worried about the record. It's just how these

04:49teams are going to show up and what you feel they can be in

04:51the playoffs. Now, we're starting to separate ourselves

04:53here with the Liberty 23 and four on the season. They do look

04:57like the best team as opposed to the Aces were saying maybe

05:00they have the best player and that's what shows up in the

05:03playoffs and that was represented. Of course, the

05:06Libs went into Vegas and knocked off the Aces inside a

05:09very difficult place to win the Michelob Ultra Arena on

05:13Saturday night winning by double digits. Seventy-nine

05:16sixty-seven. The Seattle Storm and the Washington Mystics that

05:19rounds out our triple header on this Tuesday in the W.

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