A pair of the league’s top scorers face off when Jewell Loyd (sixth, 19.7 points per game) and the Seattle Storm (24-15) visit Kahleah Copper (third, 21.6) and the Phoenix Mercury (19-20) on Thursday, September 19, 2024 at 10:00 PM ET on AZFamily, Mercury Live, FOX13+, and Amazon Prime Video.
Storm vs. Mercury Prediction & Odds
Favorite: Storm (-1.5)
Total: 159.5
Storm Moneyline: -125
Mercury Moneyline: +105
Spread Prediction: Storm
Total Prediction: Over
Moneyline Prediction: Storm
Storm vs. Mercury Stat Rankings
| Storm Rank |
Storm AVG |
|
Mercury AVG |
Mercury Rank |
| 5th |
83.1 |
Points Scored |
81.7 |
7th |
| 4th |
79.0 |
Points Allowed |
84.6 |
9th |
| 6th |
34.5 |
Rebounds |
32.3 |
11th |
| 4th |
8.6 |
Off. Rebounds |
6.7 |
11th |
| 10th |
5.9 |
3pt Made |
8.6 |
6th |
| 4th |
20.5 |
Assists |
19.9 |
8th |
| 4th |
12.5 |
Turnovers |
13.3 |
7th |
Storm vs. Mercury Stats Insights
The 83.1 points per game the Storm average are just 1.5 fewer points than the Mercury give up (84.6).
Phoenix scores only 2.7 more points per game (81.7) than Seattle gives up to opponents (79.0).
The Mercury are the WNBA’s seventh-ranked team offensively (81.7 PPG), while the Storm have the fourth-ranked defense (79.0).
Seattle has scored a total of 160 more points than its opponents this year (an average of 4.1 per game), while Phoenix has been out-scored by opponents on average this year (by 113 total points, 2.9 per game).
Seattle averages 34.5 rebounds a contest, 2.2 more rebounds per game than Phoenix’s average.
The Storm make 43.5% of their shots from the field this season, which is 0.4 percentage points higher than the Mercury have allowed to their opponents (43.1%).
Storm Leaders
Loyd leads the Storm, scoring 19.7 points per game.
Ezi Magbegor paces Seattle with 8.0 rebounds per game and Skylar Diggins-Smith leads the team with 6.4 assists per matchup.
Loyd is the top three-point shooter for the Storm, connecting on 1.6 per game.
Seattle’s blocks leader is Magbegor, who averages 2.2 per game. Nneka Ogwumike leads the team, averaging 1.9 steals a game.
Mercury Leaders
Copper owns the Mercury top spot in scoring with 21.6 points per game and also tacks on 4.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists per contest.
The Phoenix leaders in rebounds and assists are Monique Billings (5.8 rebounds per game) and Natasha Cloud (7.0 assists per game).
Diana Taurasi leads the Mercury in shooting from beyond the arc, averaging 2.4 made threes per game.
Cloud tops Phoenix in steals with 1.4 per game, and Natasha Mack leads the squad in blocks with 1.2 per game.
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