Seattle at Dallas

Seattle is 7-30 and eliminated from playoff contention, but a team with nothing to play for except spoiling other people's seasons has still gone 20-15 against the spread, and that gap between the record and the number is the whole case today. Dallas snapped a two-game skid three days ago with a 91-85 win over Indiana, but the Wings are getting there banged up: Azzi Fudd is done for the season after surgery, and Aziaha James remains out with no return timetable, stripping the backcourt depth that has carried Dallas through a middling 3-7 stretch over its last ten. Seattle has been competitive without stealing outright wins, the kind of team that shows up and makes a favorite work for the number even on a lost season. Getting this big a cushion against a Wings team missing two guards is the kind of spot where the underdog covers far more often than the record suggests. Storm is the right side on the spread this afternoon.