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Post-game analysisWNBASunday, September 20, 2026Final
Portland Fire logoLos Angeles Sparks logo

Portland Fire at Los Angeles Sparks

Post-game analysis · Sunday, September 20, 2026

The pick

Take Portland Fire +3.5

Portland Fire is the underdog: your bet wins if they win outright or lose by fewer than 3.5 points.

Pick locked in: Sep 19, 2026 · 5:08 PM EDT — sportsbook spreads can move after that time, so check the number your book is offering now.

Scoring tier: low

The betting line

POR -1.5

Sportsbooks make Portland Fire the favorite by 1.5. Expected combined score: 176.5

DraftKings · updated Sun, 6:06 PM EDT

Our projected score

Portland Fire logoPortland Fire87

Los Angeles Sparks logoLos Angeles Sparks89

Final score

Portland Fire logoPortland Fire84

Los Angeles Sparks logoLos Angeles Sparks105

Pick missed

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How the model got here

Model projects 87–89, a 1.5 margin against a market number of 3.5 — a 1.96-point edge toward the road side. Based on 23 and 21 games of scoring form.

Our recommendations on this game

The team recommendation, the full-game total and the player recommendations for this matchup, side by side. The full-game total is its own market, shown in its own panel above. Only high-rated recommendations taken at a locked DraftKings price are used on a parlay card, and a card never takes two legs from the same game.

Team

No high-rated team recommendation on this matchup. We only show one here when DraftKings posted the number and price and we locked a high-rated recommendation before kickoff.

Players

No high-rated player recommendation on this matchup. We only show one when DraftKings posted the number and price before kickoff.

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Player prop angles

No player prop angles for this matchup yet. Our stat lines need a few completed games of form for each player before we publish a number, so early-season WNBA games fill in as the season goes on. Check back closer to kickoff.

Records & form

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