Tonight's WNBA Showdown: Atlanta vs. Dallas Analysis
Kevin Walsh and Gabe Morency analyze a potential high-scoring WNBA clash: Atlanta vs. Dallas. Explore team stats, betting odds, and top player performances.
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I tell you what too, Atlanta and Dallas, it's a good game tonight.
A good game tonight.
Although, you know what?
I don't see these teams as much, Kevin.
Right?
I You know, I see the West Coast, and I sort of see the, the East Coast with the tempo, and there's not that many teams in the WNBA, so I see every tempo game, so I'm sort of seeing every team all the time.
I haven't seen a ton of Dallas and Atlanta games this year, I gotta be honest with you.
We got a total of 181 and a half tonight.
Atlanta small road favorites.
What are you doing with this game at eight o'clock Eastern?
So I kind of set it up.
I'm playing the over.
There are a couple of props I'm gonna play here as well, but I And this total's moved.
I played a 180.5.
I think it opened 177.5.
It's up to 181.5.
I look at these teams and I see points.
I think Dallas have been more and more comfortable with their offensive system.
I think it took them a little bit to get kind of accustomed to the pace that they wanted to play at, and making Paige and Fudd and Enrique all gel.
And Atlanta were injured for a while, but this is a team now playing a ton of overs and hitting their rhythm.
And what I did on top of the total game is I kinda just stuck with the superstars.
If these games are gonna fly, give me Paige Bueckers over 30.5 points, rebounds, assists.
Give me Angel Reese over 27.5 points plus rebounds.
I look at this game, guys, and this Dallas Wings team, winners of, six of their last seven basketball games.
Right?
They've been playing very good basketball.
They were playing great ball going in, to the, into the break.
They lost their last game.
They lost, what, their first game off the break.
Was it, was that the first one after or before?
Let's see now.
It was, I think it was right after.
So what, to 90 They lost by one, right, to New York, 99-98?
And Paige didn't play.
They lost in overtime.
Yeah.
Paige didn't play.
That was the one.
All right.
That was the one.
So they beat Phoenix 101, 97.
Like, very high scoring, Kevin.
If you look at this Dallas team, over the last, five games they've scored 90 or more.
And in fact- they've scored 98 or 96 or more in four of the last five.
108, 96, 90, 98, 101.
So I don't disagree with your overlook.
And how about Atlanta, guys?
The, the dream come in, Kevin, on a one in nine against the spread run tonight.
Yeah.
They, they get booked with a lot of respect, Atlanta, but they're not machines against the number, especially on- And they're not a great road team their home games.
They're seven and six straight up on the road only.
You know what I'm saying?
Mm-hmm.
Like, to me it feels like it's a Dallas, it's a Dallas side tonight.
I, I think that's fair.
I do think, I think Atlanta being road favorites speaks volumes, but they have to live up to the number, right?
I think the computers- They have to live up to it though are still sort of catching up to Dallas and acknowledging that they actually are good, too.
That's interesting.
Maybe, I, I think we'll find out.
Phoenix going the state I don't- But if you look at Dallas, they've priced Dallas properly this year.
I mean, if you look at Dallas, guys, they're 18 and nine straight up.
Dallas are good.
Like- Yeah they're better than people realize.
Like, no one talks about them really.
Uh- Yeah but they're 18 and nine, yet against the spread, right, they're 13, you know, 13, 12, and two.
As far as the totals are concerned, excuse me, they're 13 and 13.
Like they're, they've actually, like, nailed them.
But you look at Atlanta, just 10 and 16 against the spread, 15 and 11 to the over.
So there is a little, little something to hang your hat on there.
