It’s all on the line for the Atlanta Dream and the Los Angeles Sparks this Friday night. The Dream face a crucial game for playoff seeding, while the Sparks fight for their very playoff lives. Both teams will be at full-tilt for this late-season WNBA matchup.
The Dream are 5.5-point favorites at home and hold -250 odds on the Moneyline at DraftKings Sportsbook. The total is set at 170 points. Let’s take a look at the best bets and predictions for this Sparks-Dream matchup.
Sparks vs. Dream prediction, pick
Going into Friday’s game, the Dream are in a three-way tie for the second seed in the WNBA playoffs with the Phoenix Mercury and the Las Vegas Aces. They hold the tiebreaker over Phoenix, but not over Las Vegas. Winning out would guarantee the third seed at minimum for the Dream, and they’ll be motivated to control their own fate by doing so.
It helps that they’re coming into this game during their hottest stretch of the season. Atlanta has won 12 of their last 15 games, weathering injuries to vault itself to the top of the non-Lynx playoff picture. With elite depth and high-end talent, the Dream have solidified themselves as a force to be reckoned with come playoff time.
In this back-to-back against the Dream, Los Angeles’ hopes for the season are on the line. Losing the first game was a tough blow, putting them a game behind the eighth-seeded Indiana Fever in the loss column. After a huge hot streak, the Sparks are going back to being mediocre at the wrong time. It’ll take a miraculous effort down the stretch to catch Indiana.
This is not a good matchup for the Sparks. The depth that Atlanta possesses is difficult for any team to manage; Los Angeles can’t contend with this degree of top-to-bottom lineup excellence. They’ll need to lean heavily on their starting five, and that’ll lead them to fading down the stretch.
