So, keep an eye on Austin’s status and pull the trigger on Connecticut if she’s out. Without Austin, that lift is a lot bigger. However, Washington’s strong interior defense will be essential to hanging around with the Sun juggernaut. I know individual players aren’t worth more than a point or two, especially rookies on deep teams like Washington. If she doesn’t play, I’m buying hard on the Sun. If Austin plays, the current line feels about right. Again, did I mention she’s a rookie?!?īut what we care about here is her impact on betting this game. And in terms of total defensive win shares, the rookie trails just Stewart, Wilson, Jonquel Jones and Meesseman. Here’s a list of the names ahead of Austin in terms of win shares per 40 minutes (with as many minutes played): Brionna Jones, Breanna Stewart, Jackie Young, A’ja Wilson and Emma Meesseman. To a certain extent this is true for Hines-Allen as well, but it’s Austin, the Mystics rookie, who has proven to be one of the best young players in the game and is in a perfect role with her team. Let me lead with the conclusion: Wait until you know if Shakira Austin is playing or not to bet this game. There’s never a dull moment betting the Mystics … Primo Rookie The Mystics injury report is always a bit more fluid, but it appears Elena Delle Donne WILL be playing, while Tianna Hawkins (ankle), Myisha Hines-Allen (illness) and Shakira Austin (illness) are all day-to-day. There are no new injuries for Connecticut Sun, who are “only” missing Jasmine Thomaswho is out for the season with a torn ACL. Add in a Sunday Barclay’s crowd and I like the Liberty here. Vegas adjusted well, but even still, I’m likely going to be playing the Liberty a lot while they have this group cooking.
SKY HAVEN STEAM FREE
They seem to have really hit their groove and their half-court defense has been quite strong when they’re not handing out free baskets off of turnovers. That being said, I still think there’s a little value on the Liberty. If this game had taken place two weeks ago, it would likely have been closer to Seattle -5. Now, all of that to say: Vegas has noticed. They made easy work of a strong Mystics team. The results were outstanding as the Liberty totaled 21 assists to a season-low 10 turnovers and the offense looked elite. Against the Mystics on Thursday, Brondello added yet another creator to the starting lineup - Marine Johannes. In their most recent game, the Liberty doubled down on that strategy. In the seven games since, that number has plummeted to 12.1 Unsurprisingly, their record in the past seven games (5-2) is far prettier than over their first eight (1-7). In the eight games before the move, the Liberty averaged 17.9 turnovers per game. That is the game in which Sandy Brondello slotted Crystal Dangerfield into the starting lineup, a move that has worked to take the playmaking pressure off Sabrina Ionescu, unleashing the young superstar. So, are the Liberty doomed to repeat history on Sunday? Send in Lee Corso, because it’s time for a “NOT SO FAST, MY FRIEND!”Ĭheck out this graph of the Liberty’s turnovers per game. That seems like a recipe for disaster, right? Liberty fans are still having nightmares about their early-season game against the Sun (who rank first in the W in points off turnovers per game) when Connecticut turned them over 29(!) times, en route to a 27-point victory for the sun. But I think this game is mostly going to pivot on one big thing: New York’s ability to avoid handing Seattle easy baskets in transition.įor the season, the Storm rank second in the W in points off of turnovers per game, while the Liberty rank second in the W in terms of turnovers per game.
Honestly this game could easily get its own entire article. Betnijah Laney (knee), Jocelyn Willoughby (quadriceps) and Nyara Sabally (knee) are all out, while Rebecca Allen remains day-to-day after missing Thursday’s game due to illness.įor Seattle, Mercedes Russell has been having atypical headaches and will be out for about two weeks. The W’s walking wounded in New York continues.
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