3:05 pm
May 14

Mercury @ Storm

Who will WIN this matchup?

Phoenix Mercury (1-1)

@ Seattle Storm (1-2)

 

Current odds:

Phoenix Mercury: (-139)

Seattle Storm: (+115)

 

• The line for this game is Mercury by Mercury by 2.5 points.

• The Phoenix Mercury are looking to defeat the Seattle Storm for the second time in four days when they meet on Saturday afternoon in Seattle. Five players scored in double figures for the Mercury (1-1) in Wednesday’s 97-77 win over the short-handed Storm (1-2), who have lost two in a row.

• Tina Charles paced Phoenix with a 22-point, 11-rebound double-double. The former league MVP knocked down three of her four attempts from 3-point distance.

• Like Charles, Taurasi had a hot hand, burying four 3-pointers and scoring 15 points against Seattle as she helped deliver head coach Vanessa Nygaard’s first WNBA win.

• The Storm were without three key players in Wednesday’s loss. Breanna Stewart and Epiphanny Prince are both currently out due to the league’s COVID-19 health and safety protocol. Mercedes Russell remains out with a non-basketball-related injury.

• Jewell Loyd scored a season-best 26 points for Seattle, which will look to get back on track. Limiting mistakes will be key. The Storm had 15 turnovers Wednesday. “Some of the things we have been talking about as a team defensively, we have to continue to grow and get better at,” Seattle head coach Noelle Quinn said. “Obviously taking care of the ball is one of those things. They scored off every one of our turnovers.”

4/10
Confidence
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