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| WNBA Preview: LA Sparks vs. Atlanta Dream |
The best place to wager on the WNBA is the online sportsbook BetPhoenix. A more productive - and apparently healthier - Angel McCoughtry has the Atlanta Dream on the verge of one of the longest win streaks in franchise history. The Dream will try to claim a fifth consecutive victory Thursday night by dealing the Los Angeles Sparks a fourth straight defeat. McCoughtry, the league’s third-leading scorer in 2010 with 21.1 points per game, was hampered by a knee injury suffered in training camp and averaged 15.5 points on 35.9 percent shooting during her first 11 games this season. During the win streak, the All-Star forward has led the Dream (7-9) with 27.3 points per game and she topped 30 in each of the past two. Her latest effort was a career-high 37 as Atlanta won its fourth in a row, 76-68 at league-worst Tulsa on Tuesday. With one more victory, Atlanta will have its longest win streak since a franchise-best six in a row to open last season’s Eastern Conference championship campaign. “Every win is big in this league for everybody,” McCoughtry said. “It’s not like college where there are set teams you know will always win. For us, this game gave us a little more confidence. The chemistry is coming.” After winning their first two games under interim coach Joe Bryant, the Sparks (6-9) might have lost a little confidence with their current skid. The franchise turned to the father of Lakers star Kobe Bryant on July 10 after losing a season-high five in a row under Jennifer Gillom. Los Angeles responded with back-to-back victories, holding the opposition to 74 points in each, but has since allowed an average of 84.3 while losing three straight. A season-high 25 turnovers Tuesday led to 35 points for Minnesota during an 85-72 defeat to open a four-game road trip. Kristi Toliver scored a career-high 28 points and Ebony Hoffman added a season-best 24 for the Sparks, who trailed by as much as 16 in the first half and got no closer than four in the second. “We had a couple of miscues once we came back,” Bryant said. “For three quarters we played well - the second, the third and the fourth we played good basketball. But that first quarter just dug us in a hole.” The Sparks committed 24 turnovers in their most recent visit to Atlanta and lost for the first time in three trips there, 89-81 last June. Iziane Castro Marques helped Los Angeles rally from a 16-point deficit by scoring 21 of her 25 in the second half. McCoughtry had 19 points in that game and 32 during a 101-82 victory in Los Angeles last May. The Dream keep on winning and defeat the Sparks. Play on the Atlanta Dream
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The Atlanta Dream Look To Continue their longest winning streak of the season when they go up against the LA Sparks.