![]() ![]() Once the league scoring leader, Ogunbowale is tied for third and has a team high of 19.7 points per game. The Wings are eighth at converting 42.9% from the field, ninth at making 33.5% of 3-pointers and second worst in free throw percentage at 76.7%. They’ve had an average season and the correlation among their season averages is there.ĭallas is fifth offensively, scoring 82.4 points per game, but are one of the worst shooting teams in the league. The Wings are 19-12-1 against the spread and 18-14 on over/unders this season. They are seventh, however, allowing 82.5 points per game and sixth in allowing teams to convert 33.7% of 3-pointers/ Wings Stats Liberty Defenseĭefensively, the Liberty hold teams to the best field goal percentage, forcing teams to convert 42.1% of field goals. Brittney Laney has only played in five games and is the other player averaging double figures. She’s played in all 32 games along with Natasha Howard, who is averaging 15.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. New York is 10th offensively, scoring 79.1 points per game, 10th in field goal percentage (42.6%) and seventh in 3-point field goals (34.4%).įrankly, Ionescu is the leader averaging 17.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 6.4 assists per game. The Liberty are 16-15-1 against the spread and 15-17 on over/under this season they’ve actually ranked as a subpar team on both ends of the floor. Arike Ogunbowale had 12 points but was 3 for 11 from the field. Kayla Thornton had 21 points, Marina Mabrey added 18 and Teaira McCowan had 17. The Wings needed overtime to fend off the Indiana Fever (5-29), 95-91 at home. However she was the only scorer to reach double figures as the team had shooting splits of. Sabrina Ionescu had 20 points, five rebounds and five assists to become the first player in WNBA history to reach 200 assists and 200 rebounds in a single season. The Liberty lost a critical game to the Mercury on Saturday, 76-62, in Phoenix. The moneyline has the Wings at -170 and the Liberty at +140, so by WNBA standards very close. WNBA odds show the Wings as favorites at -4 and the over/under is 160.5. The Wings (16-16) finish with the Mercury and Los Angeles Sparks (13-20), so all-important games in the playoff hunt, though one win should secure Dallas’ spot. The Liberty will have a golden opportunity with a rematch against the Wings on Wednesday and closing the regular season with two games against the Dream. This year a new format takes the top eight teams regardless of the conference and then seeds them one through eight. The Liberty (13-19) are a game back in the win column from the Phoenix Mercury and Atlanta Dream, who are each 14-19 and tied for the eighth spot in the WNBA playoffs race. The New York Liberty are a half game out of the final playoff spot while the Dallas Wings have essentially secured one of the eight playoff spots.
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