INDIAN COWBOY
WNBA
5-Unit Play. Take #652. Take Under 143 San Antonio Silver Stars vs. Indiana Fever (Thursday @ 7pm est).
This is beautiful spot to take an Under between these two ballclubs. For starters, I always take a gander at the historical background of a series before going with most selections and over the last ten ballgames, these two teams have gone under eight of those times. But, more importantly, it is what happened in the previous games for both of these teams which is what makes this play enticing. See, Seattle came off its first loss of the season to Chicago on the road. So, the Storm were pissed and rolled into San Antonio. The Storm crushed the San Antonio to take their anger out by a margin of 56-84. Just flat out embarrassed this team on their home court. Becky Hammon had five points. It was one of the worst losses this team had suffered in franchise history. Tack that on with the fact that Indiana comes off a loss on the road to a sub .500 Tulsa team, and you now have two teams that are not in the greatest of moods. Indiana typically bounces back well at home and in particular plays to the Under on a bounce-back. In the game against Chicago, the final score was 69-61 and that was a game in which Chicago had revenge against Indiana and were down most of the game. The final score against a very good and potent Washington Mystics offense led to 137 total points. San Antonio does not have the prowess of either of these teams for the most part in scoring and I expect this to be a drag out, half-court, defensive stronghold battle today. I told myself anything 140 or above, I will take the Under and when it came out at this mark, I was looking forward to this game. The Under is 4-1 for the Silver Stars in their last 5 games overall, the Under is 5-0 in the Fever's last five home games and the Under is 5-1 in the last six meetings between these two teams.