If you are looking for a gritty, defensive grindhouse of a game, look elsewhere tonight. The Connecticut Sun are dragging a miserable 9-25 record and a disastrous 3-13 road split into Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas, NV, for a 10:00 PM EDT regular season matchup that has "track meet" written all over it. Oddsmakers aren't expecting a tight contest, installing the 24-13 Aces as massive -13.5 favorites with an eye-popping total of 169.5. When you surrender 86.9 points per game and only score 79.4 yourself, trying to survive a trip to a venue where Las Vegas boasts an 11-7 home record is a brutal ask.
The math simply does not work for Connecticut, especially with Hailey Van Lith and Rayah Marshall both ruled out. Asking Leila Lacan and her 11.6 points per game to trade punches with A'ja Wilson—who is casually putting up 26.1 points and 9.7 rebounds a night—is like bringing a pocketknife to a tank fight. The Aces operate a high-octane machine that puts up 90.3 points per game on a lethal 48 percent shooting, and with Chelsea Gray pulling the strings, they should easily slice through a defense that is already stretched to its limit. Lock in your predictions on this double-digit spread and follow the action on StreakChat.