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One thing that is critical to understand in handicapping is when matchups occur on the schedule in relation to various factors. Those could include a road trip’s length, All-Star break or other unique circumstances.

The Los Angeles Sparks visit the Washington Mystics as four-point road favorites with a total of 169.5 points.

Washington recently traded arguably its best player — point guard Brittney Sykes — and is seemingly more focused on rebuilding for the future with its rookie core. That pivot has led to looser defense and now scoring is starting to pick up, given it took a couple games to adjust to life without Sykes.

That has led to

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