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The Money Line: WNBA odds, predictions for Wednesday, July 5

By Blake DuDonis

ROSEMONT, IL - MAY 19: Elizabeth Williams #1 of the Atlanta Dream goes to the basket against the Chicago Sky on May 19, 2017 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images)
ROSEMONT, IL - MAY 19: Elizabeth Williams #1 of the Atlanta Dream goes to the basket against the Chicago Sky on May 19, 2017 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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Jonquel Jones. (Getty Images)
Jonquel Jones. (Getty Images) /

Connecticut Sun (-8, -110)
San Antonio Stars (+8, -110)
Total: 164

I don’t know this as a fact, but I have to imagine that most of the scouting reports for teams who are playing the Sun have a big picture of Jonquel Jones that is circled in red with the words “BOX OUT” written in bold print. The second year player out of George Washington University continued her dominance last time out in a win over the Fever, scoring 29 points and pulling down 15 rebounds. Not only leading the league in your tradition categories like rebounding and double doubles, Jones also leads the league in offensive, defensive and total rebounding percentage. Her play, along with the emergence of fellow likely All-Star teammate Jasmine Thomas, has the Sun turning into one of the trickier teams in the league to play as the team has won seven of its last nine games.

Don’t look now but the Stars are on a season long winning streak! All joking aside, I think everyone around the league, minus the Chicago Sky, were happy to see the Stars notch their first win of the season over the Sky last week. In that game, Isabelle Harrison led the way with 19 points and `10 boards and, were it not for the team’s poor record, would be in the discussion for Most Improved Player of the Year. Kayla McBride (14 points), Moriah Jefferson (13 points, eight assists) and Kelsey Plum (seven points) all had some great moments as the team stopped their losing streak at 14, just three shy of the all time record for most losses to start a season set by the 2008 Atlanta Dream. This team is very likely still going to finish with the worst record in the league, but the win was well deserved and congratulations go out to them.

I first saw this line at -10 for the Sun, which as everyone who reads this column consistently knows I have no interest in touching those games, but the -8 helps. I see no way in which Connecticut would lose, and I do like them to cover. So give me the Sun and the under. 

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