Minnesota Lynx at Atlanta Dream 6/23/21 - WNBA Picks & Predictions

The Minnesota Lynx look to bounce back from a loss when visiting the Atlanta Dream on Wednesday. Minnesota is 5-7 following a 95-77 loss to the Dallas Wings on Saturday. Crystal Dangerfield and Napheesa Collier each scored 17 points in the loss for Minnesota. The Lynx are fifth in the Western Conference standings six games behind first-place Seattle.

Napheesa Collier is leading Minnesota in scoring and is the second-leading rebounder with averages of 17.7 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, while Sylvia Fowles is the second leading scorer and leading rebounder with averages of 15.6 points and 8.8 rebounds per game. Layshia Clarendon is the leader in assists with an average of 4.8 assists per game.

Atlanta looks to bounce back from a loss when hosting Minnesota on Wednesday. The Dream are 5-7 following a 96-93 loss to the Washington Mystics last Thursday. Atlanta was led in the loss by Odyssey Sims who scored 22 points, while Tianna Hawkins scored 17 points and pulled down a team-high nine rebounds. Atlanta has lost top scorer Tiffany Hayes four at least a month with a MCL tear.

With Tiffany Hayes sidelined, the leading scorer and rebounder for Atlanta is Courtney Williams with averages of 16.9 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. Williams is also the leader in assists with an average of 3.9 assists per game. Chennedy Carter is the second leading scorer with an average of 15.7 points per game and the only other player beside Williams averaging double-figures in scoring.