Mercury at Fever 7/15/18 - WNBA Picks & Predictions

The Phoenix Mercury will be looking to snap a three-game losing streak when they visit the Indiana Fever on Sunday. The Mercury were defeated by the Connecticut Sun on Friday 91-87. The Mercury shot 51% in the loss, but committed 14 turnovers to just 7 by the Sun. Diana Taurasi led the Mercury with 28 points in the loss.

Indiana lost its third straight and 19th in 21 games this season on Friday falling to the Atlanta Dream 98-74. The Fever scored just seven second quarter points and were outscored by 8 points in the third quarter to trail but 17 to start the fourth and never pressured the Dream in the fourth. Diana Taurasi is the leading scorer and leads in assists for the Mercury with averages of 20.0 points and 4.7 assists per game. Brittney Griner is tied for the lead in scoring and the leading rebounder for Phoenix with averages of 20.0 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. DeWanna Bonner is the only other player on the Mercury averaging double figures in scoring with an average of 15.5 points per game. Phoenix is scoring an average of 82.9 points per game.

Kelsey Mitchell leads the Fever in scoring with an average 13.9 points per game. Candice Dupree is the second leading scorer and second leading rebounder with an average of 12.5 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. Erica Wheeler leads the team in assists with an average of 4.0 per game, while Natalie Achonwa is the leading rebounder with an average of 6.8 per game. Indiana is scoring an average of 75.3 points per game.