Atlanta Dream vs Los Angeles Sparks Prediction, 8/20/2026 WNBA Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Atlanta Dream vs Los Angeles Sparks

Date: Thursday, August 20, 2026

Location: crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Prime Video

Odds/Point Spread: Atlanta (-8.5)

crypto.com Arena is the venue where and the Los Angeles Sparks (12-23) will take on the Atlanta Dream (22-13) on Thursday. Los Angeles opens this matchup as 8.5 point dogs. The over/under opens at 182.5.

The Atlanta Dream took the court against the Las Vegas Aces and went home with a win by a final score of 97-82 in their last contest. Atlanta wrapped up the game having earned a 45.1% FG percentage (32 of 71) and made 8 of their 23 3-point shots. When they shot from the free throw line, the Dream knocked down 25 of their 27 shots for a percentage of 92.6%. When it comes to grabbing rebounds, they earned 40 with 11 of them being of the offensive variety. They also doled out 21 assists for the contest in addition to forcing 9 turnovers and having 2 steals. In relation to defense, Atlanta allowed their opponent to shoot 39.7% from the floor on 25 of 63 shooting. Las Vegas recorded 10 assists and had 8 steals in this matchup. On top of that, Las Vegas had 40 rebounds (10 offensive, 30 defensive) and added 6 blocked shots. Las Vegas finished 88.0% at the charity stripe by knocking down 22 of 25 tries. They converted 10 of their 28 tries from distance.

Rhyne Howard is one player who came through for the contest. She notched 23 points on 7 out of 19 shooting. She was on the hardwood for 39 mins and totaled 4 rebounds. Howard walked away from this one shooting 36.8% from the field and earned 3 dimes.

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Atlanta heads into this matchup with a mark of 22-13 this season. They are losing possession via turnover 12.9 times per contest and as a basketball team are committing 20.0 personal fouls per contest. As a unit, Atlanta is grabbing 35.4 rebounds per contest and has accumulated 726 dimes so far this year, which is 8th in the league in terms of passing the rock. The Dream are hitting 31.8% on shots from distance (296 of 931) and 78.7% from the free throw line. They average 90.3 pts per contest (4th in the league) while hitting 43.4% from the field. Defensively, the Dream have forced 15.6 turnovers per game and they draw 21.7 fouls. They concede 36.4% on shots from beyond the perimeter while they are 4th in basketball in points per game from their opponents (85.7). The Dream defense is allowing a FG percentage of 47.6% (547 of 759) and they concede 30.6 boards per game as a team. They currently rank 4th in basketball in giving up assists with 675 relinquished on the year.

The last time they took the hardwood, the Los Angeles Sparks went home defeated by a final of 85-77 when they played the Connecticut Sun. The Sparks corralled 19 defensive boards and 10 offensive rebounds totaling 29 in this matchup. They also coughed up the ball 16 times, while getting 12 steals in this contest. The Sun committed 19 fouls for the matchup which took the Sparks to the free throw line for a total of 23 tries. They were able to bury 17 of the free throw tries for a clip of 73.9%. In relation to shots from distance, Los Angeles knocked down 2 of their 16 tries (12.5%). When the game finished, the Sparks finished shooting 29 for 64 from the field which gave them a percentage of 45.3%. The Sparks allowed the Sun to convert 36 of 71 tries from the floor which left them shooting 50.7% for the game. They wrapped up this game 33.3% from behind the 3-point line by shooting 4 out of 12 and ended up going 9 of 11 from the free throw line (81.8%). Regarding how they cleaned up the glass, Los Angeles allowed Connecticut to pull down 33 in total (10 on the offensive glass).

Rae Burrell pitched in for the Sparks for the matchup. She knocked down 7 of 12 for this game giving her a rate of 58.3%, and totaled 1 rebound. Burrell totaled 19 points in her 30 mins on the court and had 6 dimes for this game.

Los Angeles has a win-loss mark of 12-23 on the year. The Sparks are committing 19.8 fouls per game while shooting 77.9% from the charity stripe. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 21.9 times per game (1st in the WNBA) and they lose possession via turnover 14.3 times per game. Los Angeles has tallied 3,080 points so far this season (88.0 per game) and they grab 31.1 rebounds per game. On the offensive side of the ball, the Sparks are hitting on 46.3% from the floor, which is ranked 4th in the league. The Sparks are ranked 14th in the WNBA in points allowed per game with 92.7. The Los Angeles defense allows 34.2% on 3-pointers (323 of 945) and their opposition makes 79.3% of their shots from the free throw line. They have surrendered 22.6 dimes and 35.4 boards per contest, which has them ranked 14th and 13th in the league. They are forcing 13.9 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 47.8% from the floor (15th in basketball).

Who will win tonight's WNBA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Atlanta (-8.5)

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