New York at Minnesota

New York won the first meeting this season 75-69 on June 12 and the Liberty has covered five of the last six meetings. New York held the Lynx to 40.6 percent shooting in that game with Kia Nurse leading all scorers with 26 points. Minnesota has lost four in a row after losing, 80-75, at home to Las Vegas. New York is 5-1-1 ATS its last seven versus Western Conference teams and 5-2 ATS its last seven games at Minnesota, and that was with worse squads than it has now as the Liberty is much improved this season. Tina Charles leads the Liberty with 17.7 points per game, followed by Nurse (15.2), and Amanda Zahui B averages 11.4 points with 7.8 rebounds. Minnesota is laying too many points in this situation. Play the Liberty to cover the spread and also to win straight up.