The Los Angeles Sparks (7-29) will try to end a three-game home losing streak when they square off against the Seattle Storm (21-14) on Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at Crypto.com Arena. The contest airs at 10:00 PM ET on SportsNet LA, FOX13+, NBA TV, and Amazon Prime Video.
Storm vs. Sparks Prediction & Odds
Favorite: Storm (-12.5)
Total: 163
Storm Moneyline: -847
Sparks Moneyline: +575
Spread Prediction: Sparks
Total Prediction: Over
Moneyline Prediction: Storm
Storm vs. Sparks Stat Rankings
Storm Rank |
Storm AVG |
|
Sparks AVG |
Sparks Rank |
5th |
83.0 |
Points Scored |
78.3 |
11th |
4th |
78.4 |
Points Allowed |
86.4 |
10th |
5th |
35.0 |
Rebounds |
31.9 |
12th |
4th |
8.9 |
Off. Rebounds |
6.9 |
10th |
10th |
6.0 |
3pt Made |
7.2 |
7th |
4th |
20.4 |
Assists |
19.8 |
8th |
3rd |
12.5 |
Turnovers |
14.8 |
10th |
Storm vs. Sparks Stats Insights
The 83.0 points per game the Storm score are just 3.4 fewer points than the Sparks give up (86.4).
Los Angeles averages only 0.1 fewer points per game (78.3) than Seattle gives up (78.4).
The Sparks are the 11th-ranked scoring team in the WNBA (78.3 PPG), while the Storm rank fourth in the league defensively (78.4 PPG).
Seattle has out-scored its opponents by a total of 160 points this season (4.6 points per game on average), and opponents of Los Angeles have out-scored them by 291 more points on the year (8.1 per game).
Seattle averages 35 rebounds a contest, 3.1 more rebounds per game than Los Angeles’ average.
The Storm make 43.1% of their shots from the field this season, which is 3.7 percentage points lower than the Sparks have allowed to their opponents (46.8%).
Storm Leaders
Jewell Loyd leads the Storm in scoring, averaging 20.1 points per game.
Seattle is led in rebounding by Ezi Magbegor’s 8.1 rebounds per game and assists by Skylar Diggins-Smith’s 6.5 assists per game.
Loyd hits 1.7 threes per game to lead the Storm.
Seattle’s steals leader is Nneka Ogwumike, who grabs 1.9 per game. Magbegor leads the team averaging 2.2 blocks an outing.
Sparks Leaders
Dearica Hamby leads the Sparks in all things points, rebounds and assists, putting up 17.2 points, 9.3 grabbing rebounds and dishing 3.5 assists per game.
Kia Nurse is tops from three-point range for the Sparks, knocking down 1.3 threes per game.
Los Angeles’ Hamby has the top spot on the team’s steals leaderboard with 1.7 per game and Cameron Brink is first in blocks with 2.3 per game.
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