The Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky face off for the second time this season on Thursday night after playing an overtime thriller back on June 6.
Chicago (5-5) ended up winning that game, but the team has a lengthy injury report for Thursday's game – including star guard Kahleah Copper.
The Fever may be one of the more underrated teams in the league right now, dominating the Washington Mystics in their last game and hanging within four points against the Las Vegas Aces and Connecticut Sun earlier this season.
No. 1 overall pick Aliyah Boston is really coming into her own, scoring 23 points, grabbing 14 boards and dishing out six dimes in the team's win against Washington.
Let's dive into the odds and my best bet for this rematch:
Fever vs. Sky odds, spread and total
Fever vs. Sky prediction and pick
Indiana is a rightful underdog in this game, but that doesn't mean there isn't value in taking the 3.5 points with the Fever.
This team ranks seventh in net rating this season – which is a lot better than you'd expect from a team in last place in the East.
The Fever have also been a dominant team against the spread going 3-1-1 against the spread on the road and 5-2-1 ATS as an underdog this season.
If Copper misses this game for the Sky, I question how well the team will play offensively.
The team is just 10th in the league in offensive rating and ninth in turnovers per game which will make it hard to exploit a young Indiana defense that has been in the bottom half of the league (10th in DRTG) this season.
Indiana forced overtime in a high-scoring affair the first time these teams met, and I think the Fever are a bit of a sleeping giant – at least from an ATS standpoint – as of late.
Let's take the points with Boston and company.
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