A two-game slate in the WNBA calls for some best bets, and I have a spread pick for each of the games on Monday, Aug. 25.<\/p>\n
To begin the night, the New York Liberty aim to snap a two-game skid when they take on the Connecticut Sun, and New York is facing an uphill battle in the playoff picture after falling to fifth after a loss to the Atlanta Dream.<\/p>\n
The second game of the night (which is on NBA TV) features the streaking Las Vegas Aces and A\u2019ja Wilson taking on Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky. Las Vegas is just a half game out of the No. 2 seed in the W, and it has won 10 games in a row heading into this road matchup.<\/p>\n
The Sky, who are eliminated from playoff contention, are set as home dogs in this one.<\/p>\n
So, which teams should we bet on? I\u2019ve got you covered with a pick for each game below.\u00a0<\/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 -10.5 (-110) vs. Chicago Sky<\/p>\n The Aces are rolling right now, and bettors are going to want to keep riding the train on Monday against the Sky.<\/p>\n Even though Las Vegas is just 10-9 on the road this season, the Aces should be able to make quick work of a Chicago team that has struggled to defend all season long and is just 15-21 against the spread despite constantly being set as a major underdog.<\/p>\n The Sky are just 5-14 straight up at home, and over each of these team\u2019s last 10 games, there are some glaring differences.<\/p>\n Las Vegas is No. 2 in the league in net rating (+13.9) while the Sky are No. 13 (-13.9). On top of that, Las Vegas has the best offensive rating and third-best defensive rating during this stretch while Chicago is last and third-to-last in those categories.<\/p>\n Even with Angel Reese and Ariel Atkins healthy, the Sky aren\u2019t consistent enough to trust against the hottest team in basketball.<\/p>\n I\u2019ll lay the points with the Aces as they seek an 11th straight win.<\/p>\n Connecticut Sun +14 (-110) vs. New York Liberty<\/p>\n The Liberty simply have not played well since the All-Star break, and they\u2019ve been even worse without Breanna Stewart, who is questionable on Monday night. <\/p>\n In the 13 games that the former league MVP has missed, New York is just 5-8 overall. So, I\u2019m far from sold that it\u2019ll be able to blow out the Sun, especially since Connecticut has played much better over its last 10 games.<\/p>\n During this 10-game stretch, CT ranks 10th in the league in net rating (-3.4) while the Liberty are at an even 0.0. So, there may not be as big of a gap as this spread suggests, despite the blowout wins New York has over CT this season.<\/p>\n To their credit, the Sun are 20-16 against the spread, and they are usually set as double-digit dogs. The Liberty, on the other hand, are just 13-22-2 against the spread and have struggled to win games by wide margins since Stewart went out.<\/p>\n The five wins the Liberty have without her have all come by less than 14 points, and they have a loss to the Sun mixed in there.\u00a0<\/p>\n I\u2019ll gladly take the points in this meeting on Monday night. <\/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 two-game slate in the WNBA calls for some best bets, and I have a spread pick for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-95686","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\/95686","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=95686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}