Sun at Mercury 6/16/18 - WNBA Picks & Predictions

The Connecticut Sun (7-2) leaders in the Eastern Conference will be playing the second half of a back-to-back on the road when they visit the Phoenix Mercury (8-3) on Saturday.

The Sun rallied from a deficit of 30 points against the Washington Mystics, but eventually lost 95-91. Connecticut trailed in the second quarter 57-27 before rallying by outscoring Washington 30-8 in the third quarter but the Mystics held on in the end.

Brittney Griner leads the Mercury in scoring and rebounding with averages of 20.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. Diana Taurasi is the second leading scorer and leading rebounder with averages of 19.5 points and 4.4 assists per game. DeWanna Bonner is the only other player on the Mercury averaging double figures in scoring with an average of 15.9 points per game. Phoenix is scoring an average of 82.5 points per game.