Round 2 WNBA Playoffs

On Thursday, we have a battle of two Western Conference powers San Antonio Silver Stars and Los Angeles Sparks from the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.   The Sparks have been assigned an early line of -3 and an over/under line of 139.5   The Silver Stars went 1-2 against the spread in dispatching a game Sacramento squad, while the Sparks went 2-1 ats against the Seattle Storm.   In recent form, the Sparks are playing a little better brand of basketball than the Silver Stars going 8-2 ats overall in their last 10 contests, but that means nothing now as they are set to lay it on the line for a chance to get to the WNBA Finals.   The teams split their season series 2-2 with ats victories with the same mark. The under cashed the ticket 3 out of the 4 contests with average lines of 145. Accordingly the linesmaker has already made an adjustment for the 1st game of this matchup.   Should be interesting.    In the Eastern Conference, the New York Liberty got by the Connecticut Sun with sheer grit and determination going 2-1 straight up and a sparkling 3-0 ats with the under cashing the ticket in all 3 games. The Liberty have had 8 out of their last 10 games go under the total with average lines of 147.5   They are set to face a Detroit squad that outlasted Indiana 2 games to 1 with an identical ats record. The over cashed the ticket 2 out of the 3 games with average lines of 147.   Head to head the ladies... [More]