Seattle dominates lower-tier teams in the conference by 19 points per game, covering -7 and -10 while making two overs. Los Angeles hasn’t beaten anyone but last-place teams — as an underdog, they have missed covering by 2.5 and 9 points. Seattle leads the league in points differential and field goal percentage allowed. The Storm [...]
June 2009
The Silver Stars and Monarchs are 12th and 13th in the WNBA in scoring differential (but San Antonio lost two games by 14 points while Becky Hammon and Vickie Johnson were out). San Antonio is 2-0 at home, the last-place Monarchs 0-3 on the road. The Monarchs allow a .451 shooting percentage, while the Stars [...]
For the New York Liberty, it’s a matter of taking care of the ball. In four losses, the Liberty average 17 turnovers per game. In one win, New York made nine turnovers. In their second win, they coughed up 19 turnovers, but made up for that by shooting .574. Indiana’s opponents average a league-worst 20 [...]
The defending champion Detroit Shock are 1-4, and we don’t have to look too far back to find another WNBA titlist that started so poorly. Phoenix won in 2007, lost four of five games to begin 2008, and finished out of the playoffs. The 2008 Mercury and 2009 Shock both made coaching changes after the [...]
The Phoenix Mercury achieved their first road win, 93-87, in Washington. Washington, favored by 2, never led by more than three at 7-4. Phoenix finished the first quarter on a 16-2 run, after which the spread was never threatened. Diana Taurasi and Cappie Pondexter, who combined for 59 points in the Mercury’s win last season [...]
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The Wimbledon finals odds makers are expecting to see Roger Federer playing on the last Sunday of the tournament. So far, he hasn’t done anything to prove them wrong. The online betting invested heavily into Roger Federer to win Wimbledon and he had a very easy time of things on Wednesday afternoon. [...]
Phoenix coach Corey Gaines said he likes it when opponents try to run with the Mercury, because he thinks they’ll wear them out. In four of their five wins, the Mercury entered the final period with point differentials between -2 and +4. They won those periods 84-57. In the game that wasn’t close, the Mercury [...]
Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Rockies continue their series in Los Angeles, the Diamondbacks host the Rangers, and the Phillies take on the Rays. Meeting up on the diamond . . . Jason Marquis (9-4, 3.71 ERA) will be gunning for his 10th win of the season on Wednesday night when his Rockies [...]
A winning streak will be on the line for the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday when they battle the Chicago Cubs at Comerica Park. The Cubs will give the ball to starter Rich Harden in this one. Righthander Harden is 4-3 this season with a 5.27 ERA. Meanwhile, it’ll be Rick Porcello who starts for the [...]
NBA draft odds or not, Blake Griffin of Oklahoma has been tapped to be the No.1 pick in the draft, which takes place on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden. However, after Griffin goes to the Los Angeles Clippers, even sports betting software would have a tough time handicapping the rest of the first round. [...]
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In Minneapolis, the Liberty scored the first nine points of the second half to cut a Lynx lead to 38-36, but Minnesota went on a 21-2 run, fueled by seven New York turnovers. In total, the Lynx scored 21 points following 20 Liberty turnovers. The Liberty, favored by 3, shot 46-of-86 in their last two [...]
Becky Hammon scored 14 points in the fourth quarter to carry host San Antonio. The Stars won the fourth quarter 28-20. In five wins, the Mercury have won four fourth quarters plus one overtime by a combined score of 118-69. In three losses, the Mercury have lost the fourth quarters. Belinda Snell had a career-high [...]
Visiting Chicago led by 18 points with 11 minutes to play, while shooting 60 percent, but Atlanta went on a 28-10 tear to tie the game 83-83 with 1:19 remaining. The Dream didn’t cover -4.5 in the final minute, but relieved their bettors by going to overtime. However, the Sky scored the first four points [...]
Those who are handicapping baseball lines for the opening game of Detroit’s three-game series with the Cubs at Comerica Field will have their hands full as it figures to be a pitching duel between a pair of righthanders who can throw a no-hitter on any given day. This will be one of the toughest baseball [...]
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The Liberty and Lynx both experienced a sudden reversal: New York has rebounded with two double-digit wins, while Minnesota appeared poised to run away with the league championship until losing their leading star to injury. The New York starting five is hot, shooting 46-of-86 in two games, including 13-of-26 from deep. The Liberty carried Sunday’s [...]
The Mercury have benefited from playing six games at home, but face three road games in five nights. Phoenix’s only road game could be considered a red flag: an 18-point loss in Sacramento’s only win. The Silver Stars are 0-4 against the spread, 1-3 straight up, and — perhaps most pertinent — 1-1 when Becky [...]
Perhaps Chicago’s main hurdle is learning to win on the road. In 2008, the Sky were 4-13 away from UIC Pavilion, and so far 0-3 (also 0-3 ATS). Atlanta lost their first home game Sunday to a New York team that was too hot shooting from the outside. Chicago’s 3-point percentage is an unreal 46.7, [...]
