Dream vs Liberty Picks and Prediction – 9/22/2024

The Atlanta Dream will play the first game of a best-of-three quarterfinals series on the road Sunday versus the New York Liberty. Atlanta finished 8th in the regular season standings at 15-25, winning each of its final three games to qualify. Atlanta defeated Washington, Chicago, and New York over the last week to punch its ticket to the postseason. Ensure you stay updated with the WNBA with our WNBA picks.

The leading scorer for Atlanta is Rhyne Howard with an average of 17.3 points per game and Howard is also the leader in assists with an average of 3.1 per game. Tina Charles is the leading rebounder with an average of 9.6 per game. Atlanta has four players averaging double figures in scoring and as a team, the Dream is scoring an average of 77.0 points per game.

The New York Liberty finished the regular season 32-8 and were first in the WNBA. New York was defeated by Atlanta in the final game of the regular season 78-67 but that matchup was meaningless to New York as they had already clinched first place in the regular season standings. New York has won six of its last eight and finished two games ahead of second-place Minnesota. 

Breanna Stewart is the leading scorer for New York with an average of 20.4 points per game, while Sabrina Ionescu is the second leading scorer and the leader in assists with averages of 18.2 points and 6.2 assists per game. Jonquel Jones is the leading rebounder with an average of 9.0 per game. New York has four players averaging double figures in scoring and as a team is scoring an average of 85.6 points per game.

The New York Liberty will open this three-game series at home on Sunday with a double-digit victory, but the play here is UNDER. The UNDER has cashed in four of Atlanta’s last five and five of New York's last seven. New York finished the regular season with the third-best defense, allowing an average of just 76.5 points per game on 42.5% shooting. Atlanta struggled all season scoring, averaging 77 points per game which was last. Final Score Prediction, New York Liberty wins but our best play is UNDER 83-70.