Dream vs Storm Picks and Prediction – 8/11/2023

The Seattle Storm will welcome the Atlanta Dream Thursday night to Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle for their second matchup of the year. Atlanta comes into Thursday two games above .500 after a nine point win over indiana ended a 2 game skid. For all the WNBA plays and news check it out here with our WNBA Picks. Defensively against Indiana the Dream locked in allowing just 73 points on 45.3% shooting after allowing just 34 points in the first half. Offensively Atlanta shot the ball extremely well making 48.4% of their shots including nine long balls resulting in 82 total points scored.

Thus far this season Atlanta has averaged 83.7 points per game on 43.5% shooting from the floor. Allisha Gray is the offensive leader for the Dream this season averaging 17.7 points per game on 48.3% shooting to go along with a team leading 3.4 assists. Rhyne Howard averages 17.6 points per game, while Aari McDonald is scoring 7.2 points per game. Cheyenne Parker has been a huge force for Atlanta this season averaging 14 points and leads the team with 6.9 rebounds.

The Seattle Storm have had a terrible season this year currently sitting in last place in the Western Conference. The Storm are 14 games below .500 despite winning three of the last five games. Offensively last game out Seattle had one of their best games in recent memory scoring 97 points on 47.2% shooting and 36.4% from beyond the arc. Jewell Loyd continued her offensive tear this season pouring in a team high 32 points on 22 shots.

Seattle has been lackluster on both sides of the ball averaging just 78.5 points per game on 40.8% shooting, while the defense has struggled allowing just under 85 points per game. Jewell Loyd is one of the best scorers in the WNBA leading Seattle this season averaging 24.3 points per game to go along with a team leading 3.5 assists. Ezi Magbegor is second on the team as the only other player in double figures averaging 13.7 points and lead Seattle averaging 8 rebounds per game.