A pair of the league’s best scorers match up when Jewell Loyd (sixth, 20.1 points per game) and the Seattle Storm (20-14) host Kahleah Copper (third, 21.9) and the Phoenix Mercury (17-18) on Saturday, September 7, 2024 at 9:00 PM ET on NBA TV, AZFamily, Mercury Live, FOX13+, and Amazon Prime Video.
Storm vs. Mercury Prediction & Odds
Favorite: Storm (-6.5)
Total: 164.5
Storm Moneyline: -278
Mercury Moneyline: +225
Spread Prediction: Storm
Total Prediction: Under
Moneyline Prediction: Storm
Storm vs. Mercury Stat Rankings
Storm Rank |
Storm AVG |
|
Mercury AVG |
Mercury Rank |
6th |
82.8 |
Points Scored |
82.1 |
7th |
4th |
78.8 |
Points Allowed |
84.4 |
9th |
6th |
34.7 |
Rebounds |
32.5 |
10th |
4th |
8.7 |
Off. Rebounds |
6.9 |
11th |
10th |
5.9 |
3pt Made |
8.7 |
6th |
7th |
20.2 |
Assists |
19.6 |
9th |
3rd |
12.7 |
Turnovers |
13.7 |
8th |
Storm vs. Mercury Stats Insights
The Storm put up only 1.6 fewer points per game (82.8) than the Mercury give up (84.4).
Phoenix’s 82.1 points per game are just 3.3 more points than the 78.8 Seattle allows.
The Mercury are the seventh-ranked scoring team in the WNBA (82.1 PPG), while the Storm are fourth in points allowed per game (78.8).
Seattle has out-scored its opponents by a total of 136 points this season (4.0 points per game on average), and opponents of Phoenix have out-scored them by 79 more points on the year (2.3 per game).
Seattle averages 34.7 rebounds a contest, 2.2 more rebounds per game than Phoenix’s average.
The Storm make 43.2% of their shots from the field this season, which is 0.1 percentage points lower than the Mercury have allowed to their opponents (43.3%).
Storm Leaders
The Storm scoring leader is Loyd, who averages 20.1 points per game.
Seattle is led in rebounding by Ezi Magbegor’s 8.2 rebounds per game and assists by Skylar Diggins-Smith’s 6.4 assists per game.
The Storm are led by Loyd from beyond the arc. She makes 1.6 shots from deep per game.
Seattle’s blocks leader is Magbegor, who records 2.2 per game. Nneka Ogwumike leads the team, averaging 2.0 steals a game.
Mercury Leaders
Copper outpaced her teammates on the Mercury scoring front by putting up 21.9 points per game. She adds 4.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game this season.
When it comes to Phoenix leaders in rebounds and assists, the team has two players at the top: Monique Billings with 6.1 rebounds per game and Natasha Cloud with 6.8 assists per game.
Diana Taurasi makes more threes per game than any other member of the Mercury, cashing in 2.4 treys per game.
Cloud tops Phoenix in steals with 1.5 per game, and Natasha Mack leads the squad in blocks with 1.2 per game.
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