The Atlanta Dream and Las Vegas Aces meet Tuesday in WNBA action at the Michelob ULTRA Arena. The Atlanta Dream need a win after losing 5 of their last 7 games. The Las Vegas Aces look for a win after winning 8 of their last 11 games.
The Atlanta Dream are averaging 78.3 points on 42.1 percent shooting and allowing 80.9 points on 42.9 percent shooting. Tiffany Hayes is averaging 16.2 points and 3.6 rebounds, while Rhyne Howard is averaging 16.1 points and 2.7 assists. Cheyenne Parker is the third double-digit scorer and Aari McDonald is dishing 2.5 assists. The Atlanta Dream are shooting 35.2 percent from beyond the arc and 77.5 percent from the free throw line. The Atlanta Dream are allowing 33.9 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 35.6 rebounds per game.
The Las Vegas Aces are averaging 89.7 points on 45.6 percent shooting and allowing 83.6 points on 43.4 percent shooting. Kelsey Plum is averaging 19.9 points and 2.8 rebounds, while A’ja Wilson is averaging 19.5 points and 9.4 rebounds. Jackie Young is the third double-digit scorer and Chelsea Gray is grabbing 3.1 rebounds. The Las Vegas Aces are shooting 35.3 percent from beyond the arc and 81.5 percent from the free throw line. The Las Vegas Aces are allowing 35.4 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 35.7 rebounds per game.
The Dream are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games playing on 1 days rest and 0-6-1 ATS in their last 7 games overall. The Aces are 1-8 ATS in their last 9 home games and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games overall. The under is 4-1 in Dream last 5 road games. The under is 8-2 in Aces last 10 overall. The Dream are 4-10 ATS in the last 14 meetings in Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas Aces should be favored for obvious reasons, as they're clearly the better team, and they're at home. However, this is a boatload of points to give a Dream team that's fighting for its playoff life and still plays good enough defense to hang around with teams outside of their league. Also, the Aces have had issues, especially at home covering numbers. There's also a potential look ahead spot for Las Vegas with the Sky on deck on Thursday. Give me the points with the road team.
AUTHOR: Randy Chambers
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