Mercury at Storm 9/4/18 - WNBA Picks & Predictions

The Phoenix Mercury visit the Seattle Storm to play the fifth and final game of their best of five WNBA semifinals series on Tuesday. The Mercury tied the series 2-2 with an 86-84 win on Sunday. The Mercury were led by Brittney Griner who scored the winning basket with 14.1 seconds remaining. Griner then prevented Seattle’s Breanna Stewart from taking a shot prior to the buzzer.

Seattle squandered another lead. This time the Storm let a 17-point lead slip away and lost. Sue Bird the veteran point guard broke her nose but has said that will not prevent the veteran from playing on Tuesday. Stewart led the Storm in the loss with 22 points. This is the first time all season that Seattle has lost two straight games. During the playoffs, DeWanna Bonner is the leading scorer and leader in rebounds with averages of 25.7 points and 11.7 rebounds per game. Diana Taurasi is the second leading scorer and leader in assists with averages of 21.7 points and 6.3 assists per game. Brittney Griner is the third leading scorer with an average of 21.6 points per game. Phoenix is scoring an average of 85.5 points per game.

After four games of the playoffs, Breanna Stewart leads the Storm in scoring and rebounding with averages of 23.0 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. Natasha Howard is the second leading scorer averaging 15.8 points per game. Sue Bird leads Seattle in assists with an average of 7.3 per game. Seattle scored an average of 87.3 points per game during the regular season.