WNBA DFS Breakdown: Sunday

Tiffany Hayes is averaging a career-low 3.0 free-throw attempts per game this season. That may turn around Sunday against a Liberty squad that sends opposing guards to the charity stripe at a league-high rate.

June 30, 2019

By:

Chris Benzine

June 30, 2019

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DraftKings and FanDuel Price Differences

Top 5 FanDuel

PLAYER	POS	TEAM	FanDuel Price	% of Budget	DraftKings Price	% of Budget	Difference
Tiffany Hayes	G	ATL	6400	16.0%	9800	19.60%	-3.6%
Arike Ogunbowale	G	DAL	5600	14.0%	8500	17.00%	-3.0%
Tina Charles	F	NY	7800	19.5%	11000	22.00%	-2.5%
Kayla Thornton	F	DAL	6100	15.3%	8800	17.60%	-2.4%
Sophie Cunningham	G	PHO	3000	7.5%	4900	9.80%	-2.3%

Top 5 DraftKings

PLAYER	POS	TEAM	FanDuel Price	% of Budget	DraftKings Price	% of Budget	Difference
Isabelle Harrison	F	DAL	5800	14.5%	5600	11.20%	3.3%
Crystal Langhorne	F	SEA	4500	11.3%	4000	8.00%	3.3%
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt	G	LA	5200	13.0%	5300	10.60%	2.4%
Jordin Canada	G	SEA	6300	15.8%	6700	13.40%	2.4%
Chloe Jackson	G	CHI	3600	9.0%	3600	7.20%	1.8%

2019 Team Stats

2019 Advanced Team Offense Stats

TEAM	PACE	OFFRTG	AST%	OREB%	REB%	TOV%	EFG%	TS%
LAS VEGAS ACES	101.89	94.4	68.2	29.5	53.5	19.8	46.6	51.2
NEW YORK LIBERTY	99.05	96.5	63	31.1	47.9	17.2	45.4	49.8
LOS ANGELES SPARKS	98.73	92.8	59.3	29.8	47.4	18.9	45.1	49
CHICAGO SKY	97.47	97.6	65	29.3	49.7	19.5	49.6	53
CONNECTICUT SUN	95.45	100.5	63.5	35.7	53	17.4	47	50.6
MINNESOTA LYNX	95.29	96.7	66.1	34	52.3	22.6	49.3	53.4
WASHINGTON MYSTICS	94.96	107.9	65.7	33	49.7	15.2	51.1	55
ATLANTA DREAM	94.13	91.2	59.1	33.2	47.9	18.6	42.7	46.8
SEATTLE STORM	93.69	94.9	58.6	30.7	48.8	18.2	45.5	49.9
INDIANA FEVER	92.45	99.5	53.5	35.3	50.5	17.7	46.2	50.4
PHOENIX

DraftKings and FanDuel Price Differences

Top 5 FanDuel

PLAYER	POS	TEAM	FanDuel Price	% of Budget	DraftKings Price	% of Budget	Difference
Tiffany Hayes	G	ATL	6400	16.0%	9800	19.60%	-3.6%
Arike Ogunbowale	G	DAL	5600	14.0%	8500	17.00%	-3.0%
Tina Charles	F	NY	7800	19.5%	11000	22.00%	-2.5%
Kayla Thornton	F	DAL	6100	15.3%	8800	17.60%	-2.4%
Sophie Cunningham	G	PHO	3000	7.5%	4900	9.80%	-2.3%

Top 5 DraftKings

PLAYER	POS	TEAM	FanDuel Price	% of Budget	DraftKings Price	% of Budget	Difference
Isabelle Harrison	F	DAL	5800	14.5%	5600	11.20%	3.3%
Crystal Langhorne	F	SEA	4500	11.3%	4000	8.00%	3.3%
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt	G	LA	5200	13.0%	5300	10.60%	2.4%
Jordin Canada	G	SEA	6300	15.8%	6700	13.40%	2.4%
Chloe Jackson	G	CHI	3600	9.0%	3600	7.20%	1.8%

2019 Team Stats

2019 Advanced Team Offense Stats

TEAM	PACE	OFFRTG	AST%	OREB%	REB%	TOV%	EFG%	TS%
LAS VEGAS ACES	101.89	94.4	68.2	29.5	53.5	19.8	46.6	51.2
NEW YORK LIBERTY	99.05	96.5	63	31.1	47.9	17.2	45.4	49.8
LOS ANGELES SPARKS	98.73	92.8	59.3	29.8	47.4	18.9	45.1	49
CHICAGO SKY	97.47	97.6	65	29.3	49.7	19.5	49.6	53
CONNECTICUT SUN	95.45	100.5	63.5	35.7	53	17.4	47	50.6
MINNESOTA LYNX	95.29	96.7	66.1	34	52.3	22.6	49.3	53.4
WASHINGTON MYSTICS	94.96	107.9	65.7	33	49.7	15.2	51.1	55
ATLANTA DREAM	94.13	91.2	59.1	33.2	47.9	18.6	42.7	46.8
SEATTLE STORM	93.69	94.9	58.6	30.7	48.8	18.2	45.5	49.9
INDIANA FEVER	92.45	99.5	53.5	35.3	50.5	17.7	46.2	50.4
PHOENIX MERCURY	91.4	98.5	63.8	27.4	46.8	18	47.5	52.1
DALLAS WINGS	90.48	91	60.8	38.4	51.7	20	40.8	45.3

2019 Advanced Team Defense Stats

TEAM	DEF RTG	DREB	DREB%	STL	BLK	OPP PTS OFF TOV	OPP PTS 2ND CHANCE	OPP PTS FB	OPP PTS PAINT
ATLANTA DREAM	103.4	25.9	62.3	6	6	17.7	15	10.2	32.2
NEW YORK LIBERTY	103	25.9	66.2	8	4.2	16.5	12.3	6.9	36.2
INDIANA FEVER	101.8	24.8	65.6	6	4.2	15.1	11.2	7.5	31.2
PHOENIX MERCURY	99.4	24.7	65.1	7	3.9	14.4	11.9	10.6	32.4
LOS ANGELES SPARKS	98	26.6	65.3	8	4.3	16.5	13.2	9.7	35.8
CHICAGO SKY	97.9	28.7	67.4	7	4.4	16.1	14.2	7.2	36.9
DALLAS WINGS	96.9	24.5	66.5	7.2	4.1	15.4	11.2	9	31.2
MINNESOTA LYNX	94.6	24.9	70	8.7	4.1	16.5	9.2	10.7	32.5
CONNECTICUT SUN	94.1	27	71.8	8.3	5.2	13.4	8.5	6.3	33.5
WASHINGTON MYSTICS	94.1	24.3	65.9	9.5	5.5	11.5	13.1	6.2	32.9
SEATTLE STORM	92.3	23.2	67.9	9.4	3.8	16.4	8.7	11.9	30.2
LAS VEGAS ACES	89.8	31.6	75.4	8.4	5.3	18.2	8.5	8.2	28.9

2019 Advanced Opposition Scoring

TEAM	OPP PTS	OPP FGA	OPP FG%	OPP 3PM	OPP 3PA	OPP 3P%	OPP FTA	OPP REB	OPP AST	OPP TOV	OPP STL	OPP BLK	OPP PFD
NEW YORK LIBERTY	85	70	43.8	6.5	18.7	34.5	21.7	37.8	18.6	14.5	7.5	4.7	19.1
ATLANTA DREAM	81.2	72.4	42.2	7.4	22.1	33.7	17	39.6	19.2	13.1	8.2	5.4	16.9
LOS ANGELES SPARKS	80.6	70.4	41.3	7.5	19.9	37.4	18.9	39.8	18.1	16	9.4	5.6	18.6
CHICAGO SKY	79.5	73.8	41	6	20	30	17	34.5	17.7	12.7	8.8	3.6	17
INDIANA FEVER	78.5	68	41.2	6.8	18.2	37.1	19.1	34.5	18.7	12.8	6.7	3.5	18.3
LAS VEGAS ACES	76.2	72.6	38.2	6.9	23.4	29.6	16.5	36.5	17.7	13.8	9.5	6.5	17
PHOENIX MERCURY	75.9	69	42	7.2	18.9	38.2	13.3	36.9	16.6	14.1	5.9	3.4	17
MINNESOTA LYNX	75	66.5	42.9	6.1	19.5	31.2	14.7	31.1	16.4	16.5	9.5	4.2	17.2
CONNECTICUT SUN	74.9	68.2	42.5	5.7	19.9	28.5	13.8	33.5	19.3	14.8	7.6	4.5	15.8
WASHINGTON MYSTICS	74.5	68.2	42.7	6.2	19.8	31.2	13.4	35	16.3	16.8	5.5	3.5	14.8
DALLAS WINGS	73	64.8	40.9	6	19	31.6	18.1	34	18	14.2	6.6	6	18.2
SEATTLE STORM	72.1	65.6	42.3	6.4	19.1	33.5	12.5	34.2	18.1	17.2	8.5	4.1	15.5

Data from WNBA.com

New York Liberty at Atlanta Dream

Injuries

Note: All return dates are just estimates

New York

Name	Pos	Injury	Status	Return
Tanisha Wright	G	Personal	GTD	6/30/2019
Bria Hartley	G	Not Injury Related	OUT	7/3/2019
Amanda Zahui B	C	Not Injury Related	OUT	7/3/2019
Kiah Stokes	C	Not Injury Related	OUT	7/3/2019
Rebecca Allen	F	Hand	OUT	7/3/2019
Marine Johannes	G	Not Injury Related	OUT	7/3/2019

Atlanta

Name	Pos	Injury	Status	Return
Alex Bentley	G	Not Injury Related	OUT	7/2/2019
Angel McCoughtry	F	Knee	OUT	7/31/2019
Kristy Wallace	G	Knee	OUT	5/1/2020

Vegas Odds: Atlanta -3 (Open: Atlanta -2.5) Over/Under: 159.5 (Open: 160.5)

2019 Player Stats

New York

PLAYER	G	GS	MPG	PPG	OREB	DREB	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	TO	PF
Tina Charles	11	11	32.4	17.8	2.4	6.1	8.5	1.8	0.6	0.3	36.5	17.9	81.3	2.5	2.5
Kia Nurse	11	11	32.6	16.2	0.8	1.9	2.7	2.4	1.2	0.1	41.0	36.6	89.4	1.7	1.7
Asia Durr	10	9	30.9	12.2	0.2	1.0	1.2	1.5	0.9	0.4	46.6	35.3	87.5	1.4	2.5
Amanda Zahui B	9	9	27.6	11.4	1.3	6.4	7.8	0.9	1.1	2.3	50.6	40.0	78.6	1.6	3.4
Bria Hartley	5	1	21.6	9.0	1.6	3.4	5.0	4.2	1.2	0.0	28.9	25.0	83.3	1.8	1.4
Reshanda Gray	11	2	17.5	6.5	2.7	3.6	6.4	0.9	0.6	0.3	53.4	100	42.1	0.7	2.9
Rebecca Allen	5	1	18.6	6.4	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.6	0.8	1.4	35.5	37.5	100	0.8	2.6
Brittany Boyd	11	11	23.5	6.0	0.4	3.0	3.4	6.1	1.8	0.2	36.5	10.0	78.6	2.8	2.4
Tanisha Wright	8	0	14.8	3.6	0.3	1.9	2.1	3.0	1.0	0.4	44.4	14.3	80.0	1.8	1.8
Han Xu	6	0	6.5	2.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.2	50.0	50.0	50.0	0.0	0.7
Tiffany Bias	8	0	8.1	2.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.3	0.0	23.5	18.2	85.7	0.6	0.6
Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe	5	0	11.2	0.8	1.4	1.2	2.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	25.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.2
Avery Warley-Talbert	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kiah Stokes	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Marine Johannes	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Atlanta

PLAYER	G	GS	MPG	PPG	OREB	DREB	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	TO	PF
Tiffany Hayes	9	9	27.3	13.2	0.9	2.7	3.6	3.1	0.6	0.3	40.6	37.8	70.4	1.7	2.1
Brittney Sykes	9	3	25.2	10.4	0.6	2.9	3.4	1.9	0.6	1.0	38.7	20.8	68.0	1.8	2.0
Jessica Breland	9	9	23.4	8.8	1.2	5.9	7.1	1.6	1.2	0.8	38.8	20.0	84.2	1.6	1.8
Renee Montgomery	9	9	24.6	8.7	0.1	1.8	1.9	3.4	0.7	0.1	38.4	34.0	60.0	2.1	1.4
Elizabeth Williams	9	9	26.6	7.6	1.9	3.4	5.3	0.7	0.9	1.7	48.1	0.0	69.2	1.2	1.9
Alex Bentley	6	0	22.8	7.5	0.3	1.7	2.0	2.2	0.7	0.2	28.3	25.8	100	1.3	1.8
Nia Coffey	9	6	17.9	6.8	1.3	3.0	4.3	0.7	0.4	0.4	35.5	30.8	52.9	1.2	1.8
Monique Billings	8	0	18.6	5.8	3.3	3.9	7.1	0.8	0.4	0.4	41.2	0.0	85.7	1.6	2.3
Maite Cazorla	6	0	14.5	3.8	0.2	0.2	0.3	2.2	0.8	0.0	40.0	36.4	75.0	0.7	1.2
Marie Gülich	8	0	12.1	3.5	1.1	1.6	2.8	0.5	0.3	1.3	37.9	0.0	85.7	1.0	1.8
Haley Peters	4	0	6.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	100	1.0	0.8
Angel McCoughtry	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Natisha Hiedeman	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

The Skinny

Playing with just a day between games, there's a reasonable chance the bench will see a bit more run Sunday than it did during Friday's tilt versus the Wings. Still, Kia Nurse, Tina Charles and Asia Durr are all likely locks to play 30-plus minutes and Brittany Boyd and Reshanda Gray falling not too far behind in that department. If the Liberty were to turn to the bench more, Tanisha Wright, Tiffany Bias and Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe would be the three candidates to potentially see more run. The two clubs sport the two worst defensive ratings in the league, so a high-scoring affair may be on tap. Opposing forwards average league-high or are tied for league-high marks in points (30.0), rebounds (19.2) assists (4.9), steals (2.8) and blocks (2.6), making this a particularly appealing matchup for the likes of Charles and Gray. Opposing backcourts check in among the top four in points, rebounds and assists as well and are tied for first in three-pointers made. Nurse would also fit the mold in that scenario, leading the team in three-pointers made and attempted per game.

New York's defense comes in just as poorly, surrendering a league-worst 47.9 points and 14.5 rebounds to opposing guards. The struggle in particular against slashing guards who can draw contact, surrendering a 11.7 free-throw attempts per game to opposing backcourts. The Dream don't have a player averaging more than three per game, but Tiffany Hayes went to the line more than five times per contest in each of the last three years, so this could serve as a breakout contest for her in the category. Both New York and Atlanta sport a poor 47.9 percent rebound rate, so there may be room for improvement on both side Sunday. Monique Billings and Jessica Breland lead the way in that category for the Dream and are both coming off season-high totals versus the Mystics. Atlanta runs a fairly deep rotation, so there's no guaranteed huge minutes, with not player averaging more than 27 per contest this season, but that may not be a major fantasy detriment in this contest.

Minnesota Lynx at Dallas Wings

Injuries

Note: All return dates are just estimates

Minnesota

Name	Pos	Injury	Status	Return
Temi Fagbenle	F	Not Injury Related	OUT	7/2/2019
Cecilia Zandalasini	G	Not Injury Related	OUT	7/2/2019
Seimone Augustus	G	Knee	OUT	7/10/2019
Karima Christmas-Kelly	G	Undisclosed	OUT	10/1/2019
Maya Moore	F	Personal	OUT	2/1/2020
Kelsey Griffin	F	Toe	SUSP	2/1/2020
Jessica Shepard	C	Knee	OUT	5/1/2020

Dallas

Name	Pos	Injury	Status	Return
Glory Johnson	F	Not Injury Related	OUT	7/5/2019
Skylar Diggins-Smith	G	Personal	OUT	7/5/2019
Moriah Jefferson	G	Not Injury Related	OUT	7/5/2019
Tayler Hill	G	Knee	OUT	8/1/2019

Vegas Odds: Minnesota -3.5 (Open: Minnesota -4.5) Over/Under: 147.5 (Open: 150.5)

2019 Player Stats

Minnesota

PLAYER	G	GS	MPG	PPG	OREB	DREB	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	TO	PF
Odyssey Sims	11	11	32.1	15.2	1.1	3.0	4.1	4.9	1.4	0.2	40.0	28.6	91.1	3.5	1.7
Sylvia Fowles	11	11	30.7	14.3	2.8	7.1	9.9	1.0	1.4	1.3	59.5	0.0	63.3	2.5	2.7
Napheesa Collier	11	11	32.5	12.3	1.0	4.2	5.2	2.0	1.7	1.0	48.9	34.4	80.0	2.1	3.1
Damiris Dantas	11	11	29.0	10.3	1.5	3.5	5.1	3.2	0.9	0.5	42.1	42.6	68.4	2.1	2.9
Danielle Robinson	11	11	26.5	9.2	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.3	1.4	0.5	38.2	20.0	81.8	2.5	2.0
Lexie Brown	11	0	20.7	8.7	0.2	1.2	1.4	1.6	1.0	0.0	43.2	39.6	76.5	1.5	1.7
Jessica Shepard	6	0	18.7	4.8	1.5	4.2	5.7	3.5	0.3	0.2	37.9	14.3	75.0	2.5	1.5
Karima Christmas-Kelly	6	0	12.0	2.7	0.2	0.7	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.2	27.8	27.3	60.0	0.7	1.3
Alaina Coates	9	0	5.7	2.1	0.9	0.8	1.7	0.0	0.1	0.4	53.3	0.0	50.0	0.4	0.7
Stephanie Talbot	10	0	7.5	1.3	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.1	29.4	23.1	0.0	0.8	0.8
Seimone Augustus	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Maya Moore	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Temi Fagbenle	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Shao Ting	2	0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0

Dallas

PLAYER	G	GS	MPG	PPG	OREB	DREB	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	TO	PF
Arike Ogunbowale	9	4	25.3	12.6	0.7	1.7	2.3	1.7	1.0	0.0	30.4	25.5	80.0	1.2	1.8
Kayla Thornton	10	8	30.5	11.3	2.4	4.4	6.8	2.1	1.0	0.3	35.4	20.9	96.0	1.5	1.9
Allisha Gray	10	8	29.7	9.9	2.2	3.4	5.6	2.4	0.9	0.3	41.3	21.7	80.0	1.0	2.8
Glory Johnson	6	5	24.5	6.7	2.0	5.0	7.0	1.8	1.5	0.5	40.5	35.7	50.0	1.5	1.8
Theresa Plaisance	10	5	17.0	6.7	0.5	3.3	3.8	1.8	0.4	0.5	44.2	37.9	83.3	0.8	2.6
Isabelle Harrison	8	6	22.0	6.6	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.3	0.6	1.1	38.5	0.0	68.4	1.8	1.9
Megan Gustafson	4	0	10.3	5.8	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.5	0.3	0.0	64.3	0.0	83.3	0.3	0.5
Kaela Davis	10	5	17.2	5.7	0.9	1.4	2.3	1.6	0.4	0.2	35.9	37.5	88.9	2.3	2.2
Azurá Stevens	9	1	16.0	4.8	1.7	1.9	3.6	0.6	0.6	1.1	35.8	11.1	80.0	1.0	1.3
Imani McGee-Stafford	10	3	9.6	3.5	1.4	1.5	2.9	0.1	0.7	0.5	43.6	0.0	50.0	1.6	1.4
Tayler Hill	4	2	12.3	3.3	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.0	30.8	16.7	80.0	0.0	1.0
Brooke McCarty-Williams	10	3	17.6	3.1	0.4	0.9	1.3	2.9	0.8	0.1	26.3	36.8	80.0	1.4	1.3
Skylar Diggins-Smith	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Moriah Jefferson	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

The Skinny

On the opposite end of the over/under spectrum, Dallas brings the slowest pace in the league into a matchup with a Lynx squad that ranks in the middle of the pack. Both team's clean up the boards particularly well, so that's a spot where something has to give Sunday. Dallas has been vulnerable to scoring from bigs (26.8 PPG) and particularly ones who head to the charity stripe often (7.3 free-throw attempts by opposing forwards). Napheesa Collier specializes in doing just that, having earned 11 free-throw attempts over the last two games to net a combined 35 points. In a game that shouldn't feature too many daily fantasy picks, she could be a name worth considering. The one thing you can count on from the Lynx is heavy minutes across the board with limited options available. On five days rest, there's a good chance most or all of the five starters will cross the 30-minute mark.

Isabelle Harrison lands squarely in GPP territory for the Wings. She paces the DraftKings budget relief category, but, at the same time, she carries the risk of an ankle injury and a questionable tag. If she plays and her ankle holds up, Harrison could provide some significant value. If not, look for Theresa Plaisance to handle a sizable workload again. Plaisance logged 32 minutes in Friday's game versus New York and could challenge that mark again after posting a double-double. However, the slowed pace will diminish her chances of a repeat in that category. Minnesota alllows opposing guards to score 43 points per game (second in WNBA) and to shoot 35.1 percent from deep (fourth), with opposing guards accounting for 39.5 field-goal attempts (tied for first) per tilt. As it so happens, Arike Ogunbowale is a game removed from back-to-back 20 point efforts and averages a team-high 5.7 three-point attempts per contest.

Chicago Sky at Los Angeles Sparks

Injuries

Note: All return dates are just estimates

Chicago

Name	Pos	Injury	Status	Return
Jamierra Faulkner	G	Knee	GTD	6/30/2019
Astou Ndour	C	Not Injury Related	OUT	7/2/2019
Katie Lou Samuelson	G	Hand	OUT	7/2/2019

Los Angeles

Name	Pos	Injury	Status	Return
Alexis Jones	G	Knee	GTD	6/30/2019
Maria Vadeeva	C	Not Injury Related	OUT	7/7/2019

Vegas Odds: Los Angeles -5.5 (Open: Los Angeles -7) Over/Under: 159 (Open: 155.5)

2019 Player Stats

Chicago

PLAYER	G	GS	MPG	PPG	OREB	DREB	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	TO	PF
Diamond DeShields	11	11	29.8	14.0	1.1	4.8	5.9	2.3	1.1	0.5	38.8	32.1	73.1	2.1	2.2
Allie Quigley	11	11	30.0	12.2	0.5	2.3	2.8	2.7	0.8	0.2	49.5	48.1	100	1.0	1.6
Courtney Vandersloot	11	11	30.3	10.5	0.6	4.5	5.1	7.7	1.5	0.5	40.7	32.4	80.0	3.3	1.8
Stefanie Dolson	11	11	24.9	9.9	1.0	4.0	5.0	2.2	0.5	0.7	55.1	39.3	100	2.4	3.2
Cheyenne Parker	11	0	19.2	9.6	1.8	4.2	6.0	0.9	0.8	1.5	50.7	20.0	93.5	1.5	2.6
Jantel Lavender	11	10	28.0	8.2	2.1	4.9	7.0	1.2	0.4	0.8	48.2	22.2	100	1.6	1.6
Gabby Williams	11	1	15.9	6.8	0.5	1.5	1.9	1.8	0.8	0.2	41.9	11.1	73.3	1.5	1.4
Kahleah Copper	11	0	14.7	6.2	0.2	1.9	2.1	0.7	0.5	0.0	36.2	23.1	78.9	0.9	1.9
Astou Ndour	2	0	6.5	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	100	100	0.0	0.5	1.0
Katie Lou Samuelson	3	0	13.3	2.3	0.0	1.7	1.7	1.0	0.7	0.0	33.3	20.0	100	0.3	1.3
Chloe Jackson	3	0	6.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.3	0.0	28.6	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3
Jamierra Faulkner	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Victoria Macaulay	3	0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Los Angeles

PLAYER	G	GS	MPG	PPG	OREB	DREB	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	TO	PF
Maria Vadeeva	1	1	24.0	24.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	55.0	50.0	0.0	3.0	3.0
Chelsea Gray	11	11	29.5	14.3	0.5	2.8	3.3	4.8	0.8	0.2	41.4	34.2	96.0	2.7	1.4
Nneka Ogwumike	10	10	28.2	14.0	2.4	7.1	9.5	1.6	1.3	0.2	45.4	40.9	79.3	2.4	3.9
Chiney Ogwumike	11	8	27.5	12.0	3.0	4.2	7.2	1.0	1.2	0.8	48.7	0.0	72.7	1.5	3.5
Riquna Williams	10	1	23.2	8.9	0.3	2.2	2.5	1.5	1.3	0.1	33.3	37.8	87.5	1.3	2.1
Candace Parker	4	4	27.0	8.8	1.0	6.3	7.3	2.8	1.5	0.5	27.5	26.7	81.8	4.5	0.8
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt	11	10	22.5	6.5	0.7	2.1	2.8	2.1	0.7	1.1	41.4	43.5	86.7	0.9	2.4
Sydney Wiese	9	6	18.0	4.8	0.2	1.4	1.7	1.1	0.4	0.4	39.0	39.1	100	1.1	0.7
Alexis Jones	7	1	15.0	4.7	0.0	1.1	1.1	2.4	0.1	0.1	38.7	38.5	80.0	1.3	1.7
Kalani Brown	10	0	14.8	4.7	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.5	0.3	0.7	39.5	0.0	81.3	1.4	1.9
Marina Mabrey	11	0	14.8	4.7	0.5	1.4	1.8	1.1	0.9	0.4	31.7	25.7	83.3	0.9	1.1
Alana Beard	4	3	19.8	3.8	0.3	2.3	2.5	2.8	1.3	0.0	33.3	0.0	83.3	0.8	1.5

The Skinny

Being significant underdogs in a high-scoring game takes some of the fantasy shine off of the Sky players. However, the stats tell a somewhat different story. The Sparks enter the contest allowing more than 80 points per contest. The Sparks has specifically struggled against opposing centers and Chicago has a solid one in Jantel Lavender. With Los Angeles owning the second-worst rebound rate and third-worst defensive rebound rate in the league, Lavender, who clears a team-high seven boards per game and has 30 over the last three, could be in for another big showing Sunday.

The Sparks check in with the highest expected point output on the slate and for good reason. Not only does this contest occur on their home court, but it comes against a Chicago team that plays at one of the fastest paces in the league. Chicago has really struggled to guard opposing forwards, allowing a league-high 30.7 points to them. Opposing forwards have also reached the free-throw line more than seven times per contest. Candace Parker may be rounding into for at just the right time for a massive showing Sunday, coming off of an 18-point, nine-rebound effort Thursday against the Aces. Add the Ogwumike sisters and the Sparks have a recipe to exploit Chicago's frontcourt shortcomings.

Phoenix Mercury at Seattle Storm

Injuries

Note: All return dates are just estimates

Phoenix

Name	Pos	Injury	Status	Return
Diana Taurasi	G	Back	OUT	6/30/2019
Yvonne Turner	G	Not Injury Related	OUT	7/5/2019

Seattle

Name	Pos	Injury	Status	Return
Ramu Tokashiki	F	Personal	SUSP	7/3/2019
Jewell Loyd	G	Ankle	OUT	7/12/2019
Sue Bird	G	Knee	OUT	7/17/2019
Breanna Stewart	F	Achilles	SUSP-INJ	2/1/2020

Vegas Odds: Phoenix -1 (Open: Phoenix -2.5) Over/Under: 152 (Open: 153.5)

2019 Player Stats

Phoenix

PLAYER	G	GS	MPG	PPG	OREB	DREB	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	TO	PF
DeWanna Bonner	9	9	34.1	20.2	1.7	6.2	7.9	3.2	1.7	0.6	42.1	32.7	95.5	1.8	1.1
Brittney Griner	9	9	34.6	17.1	2.2	4.8	7.0	2.1	0.9	1.8	47.2	0.0	69.0	3.4	3.4
Leilani Mitchell	7	2	26.6	12.7	0.1	2.9	3.0	4.7	0.4	0.3	50.0	52.5	71.4	1.0	3.0
Briann January	9	9	30.9	8.2	0.1	1.3	1.4	3.4	1.4	0.0	44.4	45.8	88.2	1.3	2.1
Essence Carson	9	7	23.1	7.0	0.8	2.0	2.8	1.4	0.7	0.6	33.9	36.8	87.5	0.8	1.3
Yvonne Turner	7	7	23.3	5.6	0.4	2.6	3.0	3.1	0.9	0.1	33.3	23.5	87.5	2.6	1.4
Sophie Cunningham	7	0	10.9	3.3	0.3	1.9	2.1	0.3	0.1	0.3	46.2	44.4	77.8	1.0	1.4
Sancho Lyttle	8	2	14.4	2.9	0.6	2.4	3.0	0.1	0.8	0.3	39.3	0.0	25.0	0.5	1.6
Camille Little	4	0	10.8	2.5	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.0	50.0	0.0	100	0.5	1.5
Alanna Smith	8	0	10.4	1.6	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	19.2	16.7	50.0	0.8	1.8
Brianna Turner	8	0	2.9	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	40.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.5
Diana Taurasi	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Seattle

PLAYER	G	GS	MPG	PPG	OREB	DREB	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	TO	PF
Natasha Howard	13	13	31.3	18.5	3.1	6.1	9.2	1.8	1.8	1.6	43.1	18.2	80.9	2.7	3.1
Jewell Loyd	12	12	29.7	15.8	0.5	2.6	3.1	2.5	1.8	0.2	38.7	30.4	95.0	2.3	1.2
Jordin Canada	10	9	30.1	9.8	0.6	2.2	2.8	4.8	2.9	0.3	36.3	18.8	70.0	2.9	1.7
Alysha Clark	10	9	29.1	8.4	1.3	4.7	6.0	2.8	0.7	0.8	44.3	50.0	80.0	1.2	2.1
Mercedes Russell	13	9	25.1	6.8	2.6	3.7	6.3	0.5	1.0	0.4	55.9	0.0	80.0	0.9	2.5
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis	13	4	14.5	5.6	0.2	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.5	0.1	44.3	35.7	100	1.1	1.6
Shavonte Zellous	10	3	17.1	5.3	0.0	1.3	1.3	1.6	0.3	0.2	38.0	16.7	72.2	1.4	1.5
Sami Whitcomb	12	1	16.2	5.3	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.0	0.6	0.0	34.3	30.2	100	0.9	1.6
Crystal Langhorne	13	4	18.8	5.0	0.8	2.2	3.1	1.2	0.4	0.4	40.3	33.3	68.8	1.1	0.8
Courtney Paris	9	0	5.9	0.2	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	50.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.4
Blake Dietrick	5	1	10.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.8	1.0
Sue Bird	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Breanna Stewart	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

The Skinny

Essence Carson has benefited most from Yvonne Turner's departure for the EuroBasket tournament, logging 30-plus minutes in two of the last three games. Her 24 in the last contest was likely due to a son tallied 1 of an off shooting night (0-7 FG) and the blowout nature of the game. Carson tallied 11 points in each of the two previous games, so the down contest could provide her with some salary relief for daily purposes. The Storm overall sport a strong defensive profile, owning the seond-best defensive rating, the fourth-best defensive rebound rate and the second-most steals per game. The main position to have success against them this season is the center spot, which works out particularly well for star Phoenix center Brittney Griner. She could prove to be a viable fantasy stud in what's expected to be one of the two lower-scoring contests on the slate.

Phoenix's defensive profile doesn't check out nearly as clean. Their defensive rating sits fourth-worst in the league, likely due, in part, to the team's struggles to clear the defensive glass (65.1 percent). The Mercury have struggled to contain opposing guards with the willingness to rebound and Jordin Canada may fit that role. She's coming off of a six-rebound effort in the team's first game without Jewell Loyd. Opposing guards have also knocked down a league-best 41.1 percent, which could make Sami Whitcomb, who threw up eight three-point attempts last game against the Sky, a viable DFS lineup filler.