New York at Chicago

Round 1 Game of the Year - New York finished the regular season with a flourish, winning its last three games to sneak into the playoffs, while Chicago lost two of its last three. The Sky are now just 3-6-1 ATS their past 10 games. The Liberty have covered the spread two of the last three meetings, including an outright 83-80 win on July 23. New York held Atlanta to 36 percent shooting in Sunday's game and Natasha Howard and Marine Johannes scored 18 points apiece for New York as the game went OVER by 9.5 points. The Sky have gone OVER six of their past nine games overall and six of seven at home. Also, Chicago is 11-1 OVER its past 12 against teams with losing records and 13-3 OVER versus Eastern Conference teams. New York has gone OVER eight of 10 versus teams with winning records and the Liberty are 9-4-1 ATS against the Eastern Conference. Take the Liberty as my Game of the Year and play this game to go OVER the total.