The teams just met last Friday in a preseason game. The Sparks buried the Mercury, 90-71.

I see LA winning again. The Sparks upgraded their roster. Most importantly, they hired Curt Miller to be their head coach. The Sparks had the worst coaching in the league last season with Derek Fisher and interim coach Fred Williams after Fisher was fired.

Now the Sparks have an elite coach in Miller, who coached Connecticut to great success leading the Sun to two championship series appearances during the last four years.

The spread is short here because Brittney Griner is back for Phoenix. Griner, though, is going to be extremely rusty. The Sparks also have a tall frontline to combat her.