San Antonio Silver Stars @ Los Angeles Sparks Game 1
Game 1 of the San Antonio Silver Stars - Los Angeles Sparks series.
INJURY UPDATE:
In the regular season, they played each other 4 times. 2 at LA and 2 at San Antonio. Record wise, LA is the better team finishing with 24-10 as opposed to San Antonio's 21-13; plus the home record suggests A Sparks win as they are 16-1 at home, but not so fast, as their only blemish at home came at the hands of the Silver Stars routing them 91-71.
This game will basically depend on what identity will the Silver Stars show because when they are at optimum level, they are a championship caliber team and can beat anyone, even rout anyone. They have beaten Minnesota by 15 pts (99-84), Sparks by 20 pts (91-71), Seattle by 13 pts (80-67) & 24 pts (90-66), Indiana by 16 pts (88-72), Atlanta by 19 pts (91-70), and New York by 13 pts (94-81) & 11 pts (77-66). The only team they haven't beaten by 10 or more points and haven't beaten at all are the East leading Connecticut Sun. All the teams mentioned above which they have beaten by 10 or more points are all in the playoff mix, so there is no doubt the Silver Stars can compete against the best. But can they beat the Sparks in Game 1 on the road?
The answer is they can as the Silver Stars have beaten the Sparks in 3 out of their 4 regular season matchups by an average margin of 15.67 pts but it is not a certainty.
Scoring wise, both are offensive machines as they both average a little over 80+ pts per game in the regular season. The Sparks average 86.5 pts at home (5pts better than their road avg of 81.5), while the Silver Stars average 81.7 pts on the road (82.4 at home). With both teams consistently in the 80s either at home or on the road, I see more value in going with the over but let's take a look at their head to head during the regular season:
Jun 16 vs LAS 85-99
Jun 24 @ LAS 91-71
Jun 28 vs LAS 80-94
Aug 23 @ LAS 77-101
In their 4 regular season encounters, the average total points per game is an astounding 174.25. You know that when these 2 teams meet, they are going to run and outscore each other. The lowest point total in those 4 match ups is 162 (91-71) and the highest being 184 (85-99).
FINAL VERDICT:
San Antonio Silver Stars +8.5 @ 1.751 for 5 units
Over 162.5 @ 1.819 for 10 units
INJURY UPDATE:
| LA Sparks | |||||||||
| 06/13/12 | G | Sharnee' Zoll | ACL | out indefinitely | |||||
This game will basically depend on what identity will the Silver Stars show because when they are at optimum level, they are a championship caliber team and can beat anyone, even rout anyone. They have beaten Minnesota by 15 pts (99-84), Sparks by 20 pts (91-71), Seattle by 13 pts (80-67) & 24 pts (90-66), Indiana by 16 pts (88-72), Atlanta by 19 pts (91-70), and New York by 13 pts (94-81) & 11 pts (77-66). The only team they haven't beaten by 10 or more points and haven't beaten at all are the East leading Connecticut Sun. All the teams mentioned above which they have beaten by 10 or more points are all in the playoff mix, so there is no doubt the Silver Stars can compete against the best. But can they beat the Sparks in Game 1 on the road?
The answer is they can as the Silver Stars have beaten the Sparks in 3 out of their 4 regular season matchups by an average margin of 15.67 pts but it is not a certainty.
Scoring wise, both are offensive machines as they both average a little over 80+ pts per game in the regular season. The Sparks average 86.5 pts at home (5pts better than their road avg of 81.5), while the Silver Stars average 81.7 pts on the road (82.4 at home). With both teams consistently in the 80s either at home or on the road, I see more value in going with the over but let's take a look at their head to head during the regular season:
Jun 16 vs LAS 85-99
Jun 24 @ LAS 91-71
Jun 28 vs LAS 80-94
Aug 23 @ LAS 77-101
In their 4 regular season encounters, the average total points per game is an astounding 174.25. You know that when these 2 teams meet, they are going to run and outscore each other. The lowest point total in those 4 match ups is 162 (91-71) and the highest being 184 (85-99).
FINAL VERDICT:
San Antonio Silver Stars +8.5 @ 1.751 for 5 units
Over 162.5 @ 1.819 for 10 units
