Los Angeles Sparks vs Chicago Sky Prediction, 8/5/2026 WNBA Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Los Angeles Sparks vs Chicago Sky

Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Location: Wintrust Arena in Chicago, IL

TV: USA Net

The Los Angeles Sparks (11-17) are headed to Wintrust Arena on Wednesday where they'll meet the Chicago Sky (11-19).

The Los Angeles Sparks faced the Portland Fire and notched a win by a score of 106-101 in their last game. Los Angeles walked away from the game with a 52.0% FG percentage (39 of 75) and converted 16 of 29 3-point attempts. At the free throw line, the Sparks knocked down 12 of 14 attempts for a rate of 85.7%. In reference to grabbing boards, they collected a total of 32 with 9 of them being of the offensive variety. They also recorded 33 assists in the matchup in addition to forcing the opposition into 14 turnovers and having 8 steals. With respect to defending, Los Angeles let their opponent shoot 45.5% from the floor on 35 out of 77 shooting. Portland dished out 11 dimes and had 8 steals in the matchup. Moreover, Portland grabbed 34 boards (11 offensive, 23 defensive) and had 2 blocked shots. Portland finished shooting 88.9% when shooting free throws by converting 16 of their 18 attempts. They knocked down 15 of 37 shots from long range.

Dearica Hamby is a player who was a major contributor in this game. She scored 23 points on 11 out of 15 shooting. She saw the court for 29 minutes played and also grabbed 10 rebounds. Hamby ended up shooting 73.3% from the floor and also totaled 4 assists.

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Los Angeles comes into this one with a win-loss record of 11-17 so far this season. They cough up possession 14.3 times per game and as a squad are committing 20.2 personal fouls per contest. As a unit, Los Angeles is pulling down 30.9 boards per contest and has 611 dimes this season, which ranks 10th in the league in terms of passing. The Sparks are connecting on 33.6% on shots from downtown (250 of 745) and 79.4% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 89.6 pts per contest (5th in the league) while hitting 46.6% from the field. When they are on defense, the Sparks are forcing 13.8 turnovers per game and they draw 21.7 fouls. They are 10th in basketball in allowing assists to their opponents with 633 conceded for the season. The Sparks are giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 47.9% (387 of 608) and they surrender 35.2 boards per contest as a unit. They are surrendering 34.6% on three-point shots while they are 15th in the league in PPG from their opponents (94.3).

In their last game, the Chicago Sky took a defeat with a final score of 106-101 against the Phoenix Mercury. The Sky pulled down 21 defensive boards and 11 offensive rebounds for a total of 32 in the matchup. They also gave up possession of the ball 13 times, while recording 9 steals for the game. The Mercury were called for 19 fouls for the contest which took the Sky to the free throw line for 25 attempts. They were able to bury 17 of those for a rate of 68.0%. When talking about 3-point shots, Chicago buried 10 of their 26 attempts (38.5%). When the final whistle blew, the Sky shot 37 out of 76 from the floor which gave them a rate of 48.7%. The Sky allowed the Mercury to make 32 out of their 63 attempts from the floor which had them at 50.8% for the contest. They finished 42.3% from downtown by hitting 11 of 26 and ended up shooting 31 out of 40 at the charity stripe (77.5%). In relation to rebounding, Chicago allowed Phoenix to pull down 40 in total (9 offensive).

Kamilla Cardoso pitched in for the Sky for this contest. She converted 8 of 15 for this game for a rate of 53.3%, and tallied 13 rebounds. Cardoso had 16 points in her 28 minutes of playing time and accumulated 5 dimes for this contest.

Chicago has a win-loss mark of 11-19 on the season. Chicago has earned 2,642 pts for the year (88.1 per contest) and they collect 33.0 boards per game. The Sky have committed 21.4 personal fouls per contest and they go 76.2% from the free throw line. When it comes to offense, the Sky are shooting 44.4% from the field, which is ranked 10th in basketball. They are earning an assist 21.4 times per game (5th in basketball) and they are turning it over 12.4 times per contest. The Sky are ranked 11th in the league in PPG given up with 90.0. They are forcing their opponents into 13.2 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 44.3% from the floor (6th in basketball). The Chicago defense concedes 31.2% on 3-point attempts (226 of 724) and their opponents are connecting on 80.2% of their free throw attempts. They give up 19.9 assists and 37.4 boards on a nightly basis, which is 5th and 15th in the WNBA.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Chicago

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