On Wednesday evening, the Atlanta Dream will lock horns with the Phoenix Mercury at the Gateway Center Arena. The Dream are coming here on a two-game winning streak, most recently crushing the Connecticut Sun. The Mercury absolutely dominated their last conquest as well, that being against the Chicago Sky. The Phoenix Mercury are predicted to win this game as per the latest WNBA betting odds.
Atlanta Dream vs Phoenix Mercury preview information
Date: August 21, Wednesday | Time: 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Location: Gateway Center Arena, Georgia.
TV: AZFamily, Mercury Live, Peachtree TV
Stream: NBA League Pass
Moneyline: Dream (+110) vs Mercury (-130)
Spread: Dream (+2 – 110) vs Mercury (-2 -110)
Total (O/U): Dream (o165.5) vs Mercury (u165.5).
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream are coming to this contest while enjoying a two-game winning streak. Most recently, the Dream played the Connecticut Sun and won the game with a final score of 82-70. In that game, Atlanta’s Tina Charles scored 22 points with 15 boards. As a team, Atlanta is scoring an average of 75.77 points per game, while giving up 80.73 points in each game played.
Top 3 Players:
Rhyne Howard: PTS 16.1 REB 4.8 AST 3.3 STL 2.0
Allisha Gray: PTS 15.5 REB 4.0 AST 2.5 STL 1.0
Tina Charles: PTS 14.0 REB 8.4 AST 1.9 STL 0.9
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury were paired with the Chicago Sky last time out and won the matchup by 18 solid points. In Chicago’s game, Phoenix’s Diana Tarusi scored a total of 23 points with five helpers. As a team, the Mercury is scoring an average of 84.07 points in each game played, and are allowing opponents to get away with 84.86 points per matchup. Top player Kahlead Copper has a 23.1 point average this season with 45.1 percent of shots being from the field.
Top 3 Players:
Kahlead Copper: PTS 23.1 REB 4.6 AST 2.4 STL 0.9
Brittney Griner: PTS 18.3 REB 6.3 AST 2.1 STL 0.6
Diana Taurasi: PTS 16.2 REB 4.5 AST 2.8 STL 0.6
Injury Report
Atlanta Dream
Cheyenne Parker F Is out indefinitely, Leg
Aerial Powers F Is out indefinitely, Calf
Laeticia Amihere F Is out indefinitely, Personal
Phoenix Mercury
Rebecca Allen F Is out indefinitely, Hamstring
Charisma Osborne G Is “?” Wednesday vs Atlanta Dream, Leg
Betting Trends
Atlanta Dream
Atlanta is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Atlanta is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta’s last 7 games
Atlanta is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 6 games at home
Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games
Phoenix is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Phoenix’s last 7 games
Phoenix is 6-19 SU in its last 25 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Phoenix’s last 5 games on the road
Summary and Prediction
The Atlanta Dream seem quite confident at the moment, and will give this game all they’ve got. At the same time, the Phoenix Mercury have a fantastic offense and will use their attacking to win this game with a predicted score of 82-80.
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