Atlanta Dream vs Phoenix Mercury Bet Builder Tips: Best Bets For Tuesday Night

Atlanta Dream vs Phoenix Mercury Bet Builder Tips, Opta Stats, Player Props

These two teams might have struggled recently, but there’s still plenty of intrigue when it comes to Atlanta Dream vs Phoenix Mercury bet builder tips on Tuesday night. Phoenix is without Sophie Cunningham and Shey Peddy for this one while veteran guard Diana Taurasi is listed as questionable.

The game tips off at midnight tonight at Gateway Center Arena.

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• Atlanta Dream moneyline
• Under 160.5 total points
• Brittney Griner under 21.5 points

Bet Builder odds: 3.10

US, WNBA, 30th August, 00:00 (UK)

Odds via Bet365 as at 11:30, 29th August 2023. Odds may now differ.

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Atlanta Dream vs Phoenix Mercury Stats and Facts:

• These teams have the two worst net ratings over the last five games, with Phoenix going 0-5 and Atlanta going 1-4.
• During that five-game span, they are also playing at a slower pace than most teams in the league. Phoenix has the slowest pace in 2023.
• The Mercury have covered the spread in under 39% of their games this season, which is the worst mark in the Association.
• Both teams have hit the over in well below half of their regular season games (15 out of 35 for the Dream, 13 out of 34 for the Mercury).
• Atlanta has the worst true shooting percentage in the league this month.

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Atlanta Dream vs Phoenix Mercury Bet Builder Tips: Dream Land Narrow Win

Atlanta Dream Moneyline

The Atlanta Dream have fallen off the pace with a 2-11 record in August. Their numbers across that period are unsurprisingly very poor, but it is worth noting that Nia Coffey is their only absentee for Tuesday night’s game.

While the Dream have not been at their best of late, they suffered narrow losses to the Fever and Sparks in their last two, and got the better of the Sky a couple of weeks ago.

It’s a win apiece between the Dream and Mercury so far this term – we like the value on the Dream to take the season series tonight. Over the whole season to date, they rank up in seventh in net rating, while the Mercury are dead-last, over six points worse off than the Dream per 100 possessions.

Under 160.5 total points

No team has hit the under more often than the Phoenix Mercury. The Atlanta Dream have gone under the game total in 20 of their 35 games, and they have ended up below this line in five of their last eight outings.

Atlanta’s offence has been stuttering this month, posting the worst true shooting percentage in the league. Phoenix is potentially without two of its three double-digit scorers in Sophie Cunningham and Diana Taurasi – they are 9.8 points per 100 possessions better with Taurasi on the court.

Neither team has exactly been locking opponents up defensively either, but we still think the under is the way to go here with how they have both looked on offence lately.

Brittney Griner under 21.5 points

Brittney Griner has gone under this line in each of her last four games. This game should be played at a relatively slow pace, with the Dream only sitting middle of the pack recently and the Mercury playing the slowest basketball in the league all season.

Griner is only averaging 18 per game and scored just 16 points when she last faced Atlanta. While her usage should be higher if Cunningham and Taurasi are both out, the track record just isn’t there to back the over here. The eight-time All-Star has scored over 21.5 points just once in her last 10 appearances.

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