July 2009

Four of Detroit’s last six games have gone to overtime, where the Shock are 1-3 SU and ATS, which has helped them reach eight overs in their last 10. Besides the overtime games, Detroit has won three of four. They’ve moved ahead of New York — last year’s Eastern Conference finalists are 11-20 combined — [...]

Phoenix, who had averaged 100 points per game in four road games, and was 6-0 SU against the Eastern Conference, trailed by 41 after three quarters, and was held under 80 for the second time all season. Atlanta shot 50 percent for the game against 39% for Phoenix, and the Dream hauled 34 of a [...]

The first quarter was so miserable for the Liberty that winning the second, third, and fourth only meant losing by 3. The Mystics shot 13-of-19 in the first quarter to get out to 34-12 lead. Alana Beard and Monique Currie both had 10 points in the quarter; Beard finished with 28 to share game-high. Washington [...]

Indiana moved to 14-4, the best SU record in the WNBA, but needed an overtime period to cover -5 Thursday. The Fever had lost three of four ATS at home; Connecticut would’ve made it four of five if Fever forward Tamika Catchings had completed a three-point play with 11.6 seconds left to win the game [...]

In two WNBA games Thursday, the underdogs had the spread covered for the whole second half, only to lose to the line in overtime.   Sacramento, which had lost the second half in seven straight defeats — outscored in 11 quarters out of 14 — scratched out a 15-13 4th quarter edge over San Antonio [...]

The Liberty continue to drive their fans crazy, unable to put any kind of streak — winning or losing — together at home for more than two games, but there’s definitely a pattern of beating the East while losing to the West. Most recently, the Liberty have lost two at home against the West, following [...]

When a Western team has a good record in the NBA, they can usually be counted on to stumble a bit on the road in the East, but the Mercury are going nuts in the WNBA East. In three road games against the East, Phoenix is averaging 94 points and a differential of +9 while [...]

Indiana’s running away from pack in the East, which is bunching up. Chicago’s loss Wednesday meant that one game separates teams 4-7, while #2 Connecticut is one-half game ahead of #3 Washington, and two games ahead of #4. A Fever win would drop the Sun completely into pack — 2.5 games would separate teams 2-7. [...]

The 2nd-through-4th place teams in the West — Seattle, Minnesota, San Antonio — are all playing .500 ball over their last 10 games, which is good news for #4 San Antonio. The Stars lost no ground to the others, and have played fewer games, giving them more time to catch up, while their #1 center [...]

The Sparks hit 7 of their first 10 shots while grabbing the game’s first five rebounds, and ran out to a quick 20-12 lead in Chicago.  Los Angeles +4 and over 145 looked to be solid forecasts, but playing back-to-back road games caught up immediately to Los Angeles — Chicago won the rest of the [...]

Gambling IQ said yesterday that Los Angeles had primed themselves for a late kick. The Sparks put off most of their games until the second half, when Candace Parker would be better recovered from maternity leave. Parker posted her first double-double of the year in a road win Tuesday against Minnesota. It was the Sparks’ [...]

Tina Thompson had a season-high 30 points while Candace Parker made her first double-double of the year to lead Los Angeles. It was the Sparks’ first road win against a playoff contending team. The Lynx have lost five straight home games to the spread, and are 1-4 straight up. The only SU win was in [...]

Sophia Young dropped a three-pointer to break a tie with 0:00.3 remaining, winning the game for San Antonio and covering the 2-point spread. The Silver Stars trailed by 10 to begin the fourth quarter, but over the next 8:36, the Storm shot 1-for-8 while committing seven turnovers, and the Stars pulled ahead 69-64.  Sue Bird [...]

A number of streaks were on the line Tuesday at Mohegan Sun Arena. Phoenix was 5-0 against the East, and had won three road games in a row. Host Connecticut was 4-0 against the West, and had won four straight. The game was never in doubt — the Mercury scored the game’s first 10 points, [...]

Trailing by 4 to start the fourth quarter, Indiana took control of the game with a 15-2 run. Katie Douglas scored six points during the surge, and finished with a career high 34 points, plus nine rebounds. Tully Bevilaqua put the Fever, an 8-point favorite, ahead 80-71 with 1:40 left in the game, but after [...]