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USA Today
17 hours ago
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- USA Today
Sparks vs. Sun odds, tips and betting trends - 7/24/2025
The Connecticut Sun (3-19) will try to end a three-game losing streak when hosting the Los Angeles Sparks (9-14) at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, July 24, 2025 at Mohegan Sun Arena. The matchup airs on NBCS-BOS and SportsNet LA. In its most recent game, Los Angeles beat Washington, 93-86, on the road. Its top performers were Dearica Hamby (24 PTS, 14 REB, 2 STL, 71.4 FG%) and Rickea Jackson (22 PTS, 41.2 FG%, 4-8 from 3PT). Connecticut lost to Indiana 85-77 at home in its most recent game. Its top performers were Tina Charles (21 PTS, 11 REB, 36.8 FG%) and Leila Lacan (19 PTS, 3 STL, 61.5 FG%). Prepare for this matchup with what you need to know about Thursday's WNBA action. Watch the WNBA on Fubo! Los Angeles Sparks vs. Connecticut Sun odds and betting lines WNBA odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Wednesday at 6:05 p.m. ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Sparks moneyline insights Sun moneyline insights Sparks vs. Sun: Game time and info Watch the WNBA on Fubo!
Yahoo
a day ago
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- Yahoo
Sun take on the Sparks on 3-game slide
Los Angeles Sparks (9-14, 3-10 Western Conference) at Connecticut Sun (3-19, 2-7 Eastern Conference) Uncasville, Connecticut; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Connecticut Sun looks to break its three-game slide when the Sun take on Los Angeles Sparks. The Sun are 2-8 on their home court. Connecticut ranks sixth in the Eastern Conference in rebounding with 31.0 rebounds. Olivia Nelson-Ododa paces the Sun with 6.0 boards. The Sparks are 6-6 on the road. Los Angeles ranks second in the WNBA scoring 38.8 points per game in the paint led by Dearica Hamby averaging 12.4. Connecticut's average of 5.9 made 3-pointers per game is 3.3 fewer made shots on average than the 9.2 per game Los Angeles allows. Los Angeles has shot at a 45.3% clip from the field this season, 1.1 percentage points fewer than the 46.4% shooting opponents of Connecticut have averaged. The teams square off for the second time this season. The Sparks won 92-88 in the last meeting on July 13. Kelsey Plum led the Sparks with 23 points, and Bria Hartley led the Sun with 25 points. TOP PERFORMERS: Tina Charles is averaging 15.6 points and 5.6 rebounds for the Sun. Hartley is averaging 10.7 points over the last 10 games. Plum is averaging 19.7 points, 5.8 assists and 1.5 steals for the Sparks. Hamby is averaging 18.4 points over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Sun: 1-9, averaging 74.0 points, 31.7 rebounds, 16.0 assists, 7.2 steals and 4.8 blocks per game while shooting 39.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 88.2 points per game. Sparks: 5-5, averaging 85.6 points, 31.0 rebounds, 21.8 assists, 7.0 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 47.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 86.7 points. INJURIES: Sun: Marina Mabrey: out (knee). Sparks: None listed. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Associated Press
a day ago
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- Associated Press
Sun take on the Sparks on 3-game slide
Los Angeles Sparks (9-14, 3-10 Western Conference) at Connecticut Sun (3-19, 2-7 Eastern Conference) Uncasville, Connecticut; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Connecticut Sun looks to break its three-game slide when the Sun take on Los Angeles Sparks. The Sun are 2-8 on their home court. Connecticut ranks sixth in the Eastern Conference in rebounding with 31.0 rebounds. Olivia Nelson-Ododa paces the Sun with 6.0 boards. The Sparks are 6-6 on the road. Los Angeles ranks second in the WNBA scoring 38.8 points per game in the paint led by Dearica Hamby averaging 12.4. Connecticut's average of 5.9 made 3-pointers per game is 3.3 fewer made shots on average than the 9.2 per game Los Angeles allows. Los Angeles has shot at a 45.3% clip from the field this season, 1.1 percentage points fewer than the 46.4% shooting opponents of Connecticut have averaged. The teams square off for the second time this season. The Sparks won 92-88 in the last meeting on July 13. Kelsey Plum led the Sparks with 23 points, and Bria Hartley led the Sun with 25 points. TOP PERFORMERS: Tina Charles is averaging 15.6 points and 5.6 rebounds for the Sun. Hartley is averaging 10.7 points over the last 10 games. Plum is averaging 19.7 points, 5.8 assists and 1.5 steals for the Sparks. Hamby is averaging 18.4 points over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Sun: 1-9, averaging 74.0 points, 31.7 rebounds, 16.0 assists, 7.2 steals and 4.8 blocks per game while shooting 39.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 88.2 points per game. Sparks: 5-5, averaging 85.6 points, 31.0 rebounds, 21.8 assists, 7.0 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 47.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 86.7 points. INJURIES: Sun: Marina Mabrey: out (knee). Sparks: None listed. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Indianapolis Star
3 days ago
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Caitlin Clark may be out for a bit. How do Fever adjust without her? 'We're better when she's involved'
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Fever may have to brace to be without star Caitlin Clark for a significant amount of time — again. Clark, who has had bad luck injury-wise this season, suffered her fourth separate muscle injury of the season July 15 against the Connecticut Sun. That injury forced her to pull out of the 3-point contest and the All-Star Game in Indianapolis this past weekend. Fever coach Stephanie White said following practice Monday that Clark is going to meet with doctors on Monday and Tuesday for additional opinions on her injury. Clark will make the trip to New York for Tuesday's game against the Liberty, but she is not anticipated to be available to play. The Fever have not set a timetable for her return, waiting to see the opinions of doctors in the next couple days. 'These soft tissue injuries sometimes nag until you can actually have time to really allow them to heal in the offseason,' White said Sunday. 'So we'll just take it one day at a time and as they come, and this group will continue to progress together.' Caitlin Clark's All-Star weekend: She was humble, funny and very serious about higher pay More: Caitlin Clark 'beyond thankful' for WNBA All-Star weekend, fans in Indy Clark has missed 11 of the Fever's 23 games with various injuries this season: she suffered a left quad strain on May 24 that kept her out for five games over a two-week period, then suffered a left groin injury on June 26 that kept her out another five games and two weeks. She has already missed one game with this most recent injury, as the Fever played in New York on July 16. It's been a frustrating season for Clark, who hadn't suffered any injuries in her collegiate or professional career before this season. "When the injury happened, it was pretty frustrating, considering, I knew what the coming days were gonna hold for myself," Clark said Saturday ahead of the All-Star Game. "But I feel like dealing with that, and then also just like trying to look at it in the most positive manner that I can. ... I think just it all comes back to having a good perspective on everything." The Fever (12-11) have, in spurts, figured out how to find a flow without her. Indiana is 8-6 with Clark on the floor, and 4-5 without her — 5-5 including a Commissioner's Cup win over the league-leading Minnesota Lynx, which isn't tallied in the regular-season standings. The game definitely flows differently without Clark on the floor. Clark likes to play fast, with frequent passes up the length of the floor for easy baskets ahead of the defense. She can find minuscule openings in defenses for assists, and she draws so much attention with the ball in her hands that she is frequently guarded at 94 feet and double-teamed. The attention defenses give Clark help to space the floor, and her ability to anticipate the defense and find those holes in the schemes can help the Fever move the ball. But right now, it's time for someone else to step up. 'We always want her to play. We're better when she's involved and on our roster,' Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said July 16. 'She draws so much attention. Her ability, you know, just to spread the court and pick teams apart is huge, but I do think it gives us confidence knowing that we can be successful without her too… it is important that if someone's missing, who can step up? And I think that we've shown that we can do that.' Aari McDonald, a midseason acquisition for the Fever, will likely take over Clark's starting spot while the star is injured. McDonald, standing at 5-6, does like to play in transition, but she isn't as fast or anticipatory as Clark. The Fever tend to move to more of a classic half-court offense when Clark is out of the game, and that is likely what they'll return to in her absence. It's something that can be successful, but it's also an offense that is more predictable. But Indiana has also shown it can get into a flow without Clark — evidenced by a three-game win streak that included a Commissioner's Cup win over the Lynx. The margin for error is less, but the Fever can still be successful without Clark. 'I think it changes our offense a little bit, where some teams are going to be a little more back, depending on matchups on the floor,' Fever forward Aliyah Boston said. 'I think we space the floor really well. Everything changes when we hit shots. "I think if we come out and start this next game, hit some shots to open up the floor a lot, and obviously Caitlin's a fantastic passer, but I think if we figure out, once again, different ways to get everyone that needs to touch the ball, the ball, and when and where. So we just continue to trust our offense and let it flow.' The Fever star has missed 13 games overall, including the Commissioner's Cup which doesn't count in the regular-season standings. Indiana is 8-6 with Clark on the floor, and 4-5 without her — 5-5 including a Commissioner's Cup win over the league-leading Minnesota Lynx, which isn't tallied in the regular-season standings. 8 p.m. ET Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at Barclays Center in New York. TV: ESPN, with Ryan Ruocco (play-by-play), Rebecca Lobo (analyst), Holly Rowe (sideline)
USA Today
4 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Caitlin Clark injury update: Fever star to get more opinions, tests on groin
Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark will get another opinion for a right groin injury she's been dealing with, according to head coach Stephanie White. White shared the news with reporters on Sunday, July 20 as the team returned to practice following the WNBA All-Star Game, which was held in Indianapolis. Clark initially suffered the groin injury during the final moments of the game against the Connecticut Sun on July 15. She was voted as a team captain for the All-Star game, but was unable to play, stating, "I have to rest my body." White doesn't expect Caitlin Clark to be available to play against the New York Liberty for the Fever's next game on Tuesday, July 22. "She's going to see some doctors and get some more tests around early in the week," White told reporters. "I don't expect her to be available on Tuesday, so we're just going to continue to take it one day at a time and let her get her evaluations early this week and then once we've done that, hopefully we'll have a clear line of what it looks like." Clark did not practice on Sunday, along with the Fever's other All-Stars Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell. It's the fourth muscle-related injury for Clark this season. She's missed 11 of the Fever's 23 games this season, including the Commissioner's Cup victory over the first-place Minnesota Lyxn. Clark's other injuries from this season include her left groin, quad tightness and a quad strain.
