WNBA Las Vegas Aces vs New York Liberty Preview and Prediction

Date/Time: 06-13-2017 19:00 EDT

Spread: New York Liberty -10

Total: +160.5

The worse team of the West and second-worse in the whole WNBA is visiting the third-worse of the East, as the Las Vegas Aces (2-7) are facing the New York Liberty (3-4) with both teams coming off single victories and want to continue on the winning ways.

Las Vegas are 2-7 so far in the league and are sitting on the last place of the Western Conference and second to last in the WNBA. In their latest matchup they ended a 3-game losing skid with a road win against the Indiana Fever in overtime with a 101-92 score. New York are 3-4 so far in the league and are sitting on the fourth place of the Eastern Conference. In their latest matchup they ended a 2-game losing skid with a home victory against Indiana with a 78-75 score.

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Aces are led in scoring by A’ja Wilson with 22 ppg. She also leads the team in rebounding, grabbing 8.3 per game, while Kayla McBride follows with 14.9 ppg. Nia Coffey adds 11.8 ppg. Liberty are led in scoring by Tina Charles with 22.3 ppg. She also leads the team in rebounding, grabbing 8.1 per game, while Kia Nurse follows with 14.6 ppg. Shavonte Zellous adds 10 ppg.

In their three meetings last season, Liberty led the Stars 2-1 wins with each team being victorious at home. Liberty won both games in New York with an average of 10.5 points. New York have a 2-3 home record this season, while Las Vegas have a 1-5 road record. New York are better defensively, allowing 81.6 ppg to Las Vegas’ league-low of 89, while both teams score almost the same points per game (81.3 and 81 ppg). New York have a better accuracy from behind the arc with 32.9% to Las Vegas' 29% (second-worse), while both teams have almost identical accuracy from the field (42.5% and 42.3%). New York are better in turnovers committed (13.6 to 14.7), while Las Vegas dish more assists (19.1 to 18.3) and grab more boards per game (35.7 to 34). New York are the absolute favorite against one of the weakest teams of the league so far and expect them to win easily by more than 10 points tonight.

Las Vegas Aces vs New York Liberty Prediction: New York Liberty -10 (-104)