Sparks vs Lynx Picks and Prediction – 7/21/2023

The Los Angeles Sparks go back on the road Thursday night to Minneapolis, MN to take on the Minnesota Lynx. Los Angeles comes into Thursday six games below .500 on a six game skid following a 19 point blowout loss against the Las Vegas Aces. Much of the struggles for Los Angeles this season have been on the offensive side of the ball as the Sparks average only 78.5 points per game on 41.9% shooting. Defensively Los Angeles has been lackluster as well allowing just under 83 points per game.

Nneka Ogwumike is the offensive leader for Los Angeles this season averaging 19.8 points per game on 53.2% shooting to go along with a team high 9.6 rebounds. Lexie Brown is second on the team averaging 13.3 points per game and Dearica Hamby averages 9.4 points per game as the 4th leading scorer. Jordin Canada is third on the team averaging 12.6 points to go along with a team high 5.6 assists.

The Minnesota Lynx stay at home Thursday night three games below .500 on a two game skid following a 40 point blowout loss against Dallas. Defensively Minnesota has been one of the worst teams in the league allowing 85.3 points per game, while the offense has been lackluster averaging just 79.4 points on 41.4% shooting. Offensively Minnesota had their worst game of the season against Dallas scoring just 67 points on 40% shooting from the floor.

 Napheesa Collier has carried the Minnesota offense this season averaging 21.9 points per game to go along with a team high 7.8 rebounds. Kayla McBride is second on the team in scoring averaging 12.6 points and Diamond Miller averages 12.1 points per game but has played just 13 times this year. Lindsay Allen averages 5.5 points and leads Minnesota with 4.3 assists per game.