Indiana Fever at New York Liberty - 5/13/22 WNBA Picks and Prediction
The Indiana Fever and New York Liberty meet Friday in WNBA action at the Barclays Center. The Indiana Fever look to get back to a .500 record. The New York Liberty look to get a game above a .500 record.
The Indiana Fever are averaging 76.3 points on 40.9 percent shooting and allowing 82.3 points on 44.7 percent shooting. Kelsey Mitchell is averaging 19.7 points and 4.3 assists, while NaLyssa Smith is averaging 11.7 points and 9 rebounds. Destanni Henderson is the third double-digit scorer and Alanna Smith is grabbing 3 rebounds. The Indiana Fever are shooting 35.3 percent from beyond the arc and 67.6 percent from the free throw line. The Indiana Fever are allowing 19.1 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 36.3 rebounds per game.
The New York Liberty are averaging 65.5 points on 40.3 percent shooting and allowing 81 points on 43.9 percent shooting. Sabrina Ionescu is averaging 13.5 points and 4 assists, while Natasha Howard is averaging 12 points and 5.5 rebounds. Jocelyn Willoughby is the third double-digit scorer and Han Xu is dishing 1 assist. The New York Liberty are shooting 30 percent from beyond the arc and 76.7 percent from the free throw line. The New York Liberty are allowing 35.9 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 29 rebounds per game.
The Fever are 7-2 ATS in their last 9 vs. Eastern Conference and 2-8 ATS in their last 10 Friday games. The Liberty are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 Friday games and 5-1-1 ATS in their last 7 games overall. The over is 7-2 in Fever last 9 overall. The under is 6-2 in Liberty last 8 overall. The Fever are 7-1 ATS in the last 8 meetings in New York and 8-3 ATS in the last 11 meetings.
Neither of these teams are all that impressive, and this is a spot where I'd usually grab the points and take my chances. However, the New York Liberty are at home, they have the best player on the floor, and they've been better defensively through three games. If the Liberty can't take care of business here at home, this season is going to be even longer than we originally thought. The line is reasonable. Give me the Liberty in a feel good victory.
AUTHOR: Randy Chambers
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