A pair of WNBA playoff games are set to tip off on Tuesday night, as the Atlanta Dream and Las Vegas look to advance to the semifinals with wins.<\/p>\n
Atlanta knocked off the Indiana Fever in Game 1 on Sunday, covering as a 7.5-point home favorite. Now, Rhyne Howard and the Dream are favored on the road in Game 2 against the Caitlin Clark-less Fever.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Indiana was 13-9 at home in the regular season, but it\u2019s facing an uphill battle against one of the best teams in the W. Atlanta had the second-best net rating in the league during the regular season.<\/p>\n
In the second game on Tuesday, the Aces look to extend their current winning streak to 18 games in Game 2 against the Seattle Storm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Las Vegas dominated Game 1, winning by 25 points at home. However, the Aces weren\u2019t as dominant on the road during the regular season.<\/p>\n
Can either the Storm of Fever force a Game 3?<\/p>\n
I have a few bets for Tuesday\u2019s action as these teams continue their chase for a WNBA title in 2025.<\/p>\n
Find Peter Dewey’s\u00a0WNBA betting record here<\/a>\u00a0(futures included). You can also follow my daily plays on \u00a0BetStamp here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook<\/a><\/p>\n Las Vegas Aces-Atlanta Dream Moneyline Parlay (+114)<\/p>\n Las Vegas Aces<\/p>\n The Aces absolutely dominated Game 1, shooting 50.7 percent from the field and 48.3 percent from beyond the arc to win their 17th game in a row.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t mind betting on them as 5.5-point favorites, but why not just take the moneyline in this parlay with one of the best (and hottest) teams in the W right now?\u00a0<\/p>\n The Aces have the best net rating in the WNBA over their last 15 games, and Seattle was actually two games under .500 at home in the regular season.<\/p>\n That\u2019s not going to cut it, and the lack of offense for the Storm was evident in Game 1, as the team scored just 25 first-half points. I expect the Aces to advance on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n Atlanta Dream<\/p>\n The Dream have won seven games in a row entering Game 2 against the Fever, and I don\u2019t see Indiana pulling off an upset \u2013 even at home \u2013 against this Dream team.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t mind bettors laying the points in this game \u2013 Atlanta was 28-15-1 against the spread in the regular season \u2013 but I\u2019m opting for a plus-money bet by parlaying the Dream and Aces together.<\/p>\n Indiana scored just 68 points in Game 1 despite a 27-point game from Kelsey Mitchell, and it doesn\u2019t have nearly enough depth with Clark, Cunningham, Colson and McDonald all out for the season.<\/p>\n Atlanta was an elite road team in the regular season (14-8 straight up), and I don\u2019t think this game deserves a 3.5-point adjustment in the spread from Game 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n Favorites have gone 4-0 so far this postseason, and I expect that to continue in Tuesday\u2019s Game 2 matchups.\u00a0<\/p>\n Jackie Young OVER 1.5 3-Pointers Made (-166)<\/p>\n Since the All-Star break, Jackie Young has been on fire from beyond the arc, shooting 40.9 percent from deep over her final 22 games while averaging over two made 3-pointers per game.<\/p>\n Young made two or more shots from beyond the arc in five of her last six regular-season games, and she picked up right where she left off in the playoffs, shooting 4-for-6 from deep in Game 1 on her way to an 18-point performance.<\/p>\n The Storm were just ninth in opponent 3-point percentage in the regular season, and I wouldn\u2019t be shocked to see Young take five or more shots from deep in this game. She\u2019s attempted at least five 3-pointers in 16 of her 23 games since the break (including Game 1 of the playoffs). <\/p>\n Odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.<\/p>\n If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER.<\/p>\n Claim the latest\u00a0<\/a>DraftKings promo code<\/a>\u00a0offer today. Sign up and place a $5 bet to earn a guaranteed\u00a0$200 in bonus bets plus over $200 off NFL Sunday Ticket<\/a>.\u00a0Regardless of the outcome of your wager,DraftKings will add eight $25 bonus bet tokens to your new account and award one promo code for a discounted NFL Sunday ticket subscription.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pair of WNBA playoff games are set to tip off on Tuesday night, as the Atlanta Dream…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-147852","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}