Minnesota Lnyx vs. Chicago Sky: Key Playoff Insights
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00:00Is it as obvious as Minnesota Moneyline tonight? I mean, what can you look forward to in this
00:09matchup? Sky needs the victory so that they can continue to fight for a playoff spot,
00:13but the Minnesota Lynx, they're probably my favorite team right now in the WNBA.
00:17Casey, it's great to be all with you. Yes, obviously, the Minnesota Lynx have been playing
00:22fantastic basketball. The line is high. I'm actually going to go Minnesota Lynx minus
00:25a point in the first quarter. Listen, this Chicago team, since Angel Reese has gone down,
00:30they're getting mashed. I mean, they're getting mauled left and right every game that they
00:35have. And if you look at it with Minnesota, they're playing for that two-seed, right,
00:41Casey? They're one game ahead of Connecticut for the two-seed. So they need that game.
00:45And I really think, in thinking about Chicago, we'll get into this maybe if we have time,
00:50with the lottery, with them, Washington, Atlanta, fighting for that spot. They're also the
00:55tied for the second-worst record in the WNBA over the last few years, which then puts you
01:02at a 27.6% chance of winning second, second-best odds for the lottery. I like the link to the
01:08first quarter. I like them minus four and a half. I think they jumped them. Big line,
01:13take them early. Ooh, I'm glad that you mentioned that because I wasn't so sure if I wanted to just
01:18hop on the mini money line, even though it's one of my favorite things to do. So I tried to play
01:23a little safe. I didn't do first half. This time, I just went with mini fourth quarter outright
01:27win. The value was much better than them on the money line, for starters. And then it's like,
01:31how do they not close out strong? I think you and I talked about this a while ago. First and fourth
01:35is probably where they open strong and close strong. It didn't work out for me in the first
01:39quarter last time, but we'll see how it goes in the fourth quarter this time. Not to drag on too
01:44much in this matchup, but I guess just for fans to kind of gauge something here, you've got a
01:48dominant offense out of the Minnesota Lynx, but probably an equivalently strong defense. And then
01:53you've got this shortcoming for the Chicago Sky. Anything to play with in the total there?
01:58Yeah, I think it's something you look at the under. Minnesota being one of the best defensive
02:02teams, obviously now Chicago without Angel Reese, but you know, as the offensive rebounder creator
02:07of second opportunities, but they're also missing Marina Mabry. We've talked about this, how much
02:11they miss her leadership. They're throwing the ball around the gym a lot. I think this game plays
02:16under the 156.