Following a comeback overtime win over the Sun earlier this week, the Tempo travel to Washington on Friday night for a matchup with the Mystics. Let’s breakdown a betting angle below.
Tempo vs. Mystics prediction
The Tempo are off to a solid start in their inaugural season, riding a two-game winning streak to improve to a 7-5 record. They’ll be going for a third win in a row on Friday night in Washington, but it won’t be an easy spot for Toronto. The Tempo really struggled with a bad Sun team just two nights ago, trailing by 11 points at halftime.
However, Toronto was able to stage a comeback at home, tying the game late and going on to win in overtime. Now, the Tempo have a quick turnaround off a hard fought game at home to go play a tougher opponent on the road. They’ve been a better home team in the early going this season, and have been just a .500 team on the road.
While the Mystics haven’t been anything special this season, they did get a head-to-head victory over the Tempo in Toronto about a month ago. Expect the Mystics to be the more hungry team, entering Friday night on a two-game losing streak. Both losses came against strong competition, falling to the Dream in Atlanta and taking the Fever down to the wire in a two-point loss on Monday.
The Mystics should also be a far fresher team in this game, last playing in that Monday game with no travel between. Meanwhile, Toronto has that quick turnaround off an overtime game on Wednesday with travel on the only day in-between.
Tempo vs. Mystics Pick, Best Bet
I feel these two teams grade out pretty evenly, but every edge from rest and travel to desperation and home court points to Washington in this one. I’ll back the Mystics on a short moneyline price to snap their brief losing streak.
