Los Angeles Sparks at Las Vegas Aces 5/21/21 - WNBA Picks & Predictions
The Los Angeles Sparks look for their first victory of the season on Friday when visiting the Las Vegas Aces. Los Angeles opened its regular season with a 94-71 loss to the Dallas Wings. Los Angeles was outscored in the second half 50-30 after trailing by only three points at the break. The leading scorer in the loss for Los Angeles was Nneka Ogwumike with 18 points and Chiney Ogwumike scored 12.
Through one game of the regular season, Nneka Ogwumike is the leading scorer for Los Angeles with18 points, while Chiney Ogwumike has scored 12. The leading rebounder is Nneka with 8.0, while the leader in assists is Brittney Sykes with 3.0. Nneka Ogwumike is hitting 57.1% of her field goal attempts while Chiney Ogwumike is hitting 66.7% of her shots from three-point territory.
Las Vegas bounced back from an opening-game loss to Seattle of 97-83 with a 96-80 victory over the Storm on Tuesday to level its record at 1-1. Las Vegas was led by Jackie Young with 21 points, while A’ja Wilson scored 18 points, grabbed 11 rebounds, handed out five assists and blocked three shots.Las Vegas is third in the Western Conference, a half-game behind co-leaders Dallas and Phoenix.
A’ja Wilson is leading Las Vegas in scoring and rebounding with averages of 21.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. Liz Cambage is the second leading scorer with an average of 17.0 points per game. Chelsea Gray is the leader in assists with an average of 5.0 assists per game. Las Vegas has four players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team the Aces are scoring an average of 89.5 points per game.
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Las Vegas is coming off a big victory over the defending WNBA Champion Seattle Storm. The Aces have too much in the frontcourt for Los Angeles to handle. With A’ja Wilson, Liz Cambage and Dearica Hamby, the Aces will control the paint at both ends of the court. Los Angeles has failed to cover the number in nine of its last 13 and is playing its first season since 2007 without Candace Parker and has not found a replacement with the veteran’s overall skills. Final Score Prediction, Las Vegas Aces win and cover ATS 94-78.
