Valkyries vs Mercury Picks and Prediction – 6/6/2025

The Golden State Valkyries will travel to Phoenix, AZ Thursday night for a road matchup against the Phoenix Mercury. Golden State has two wins and four losses this season on a three-game losing streak following an 11 point loss to Minnesota in their last outing. Offensively Golden State averages 74 points on 36.8% shooting from the floor. Defensively Golden State is allowing 82.3 points per game this season but have given up an average of 87.6 points per game during their three-game losing streak. Stay in the action with our WNBA Picks.

Kayla Thornton leads the Golden State offense this season as one of three players averaging 12 points per game. Veronica Burton also averages 12 points per game to go along with the team leading 4.2 assist. Janelle Salaun is the third player on the roster averaging 12 points per game and leads the team pulling in 7.4 rebounds. Tiffany Hayes is 4th on the team averaging 10 points in nearly 20 minutes per game.

The Phoenix Mercury will be back on their home floor Thursday with five wins and three losses this season having won three of the last five overall following a 23 point loss on the road in Minnesota in their last outing. Offensively Phoenix averages 77.9 points on 41.2% shooting from the floor but scored 65 points in their loss to Minnesota. Defensively the Mercury allow 76.9 once per game but gave up 88 in their last loss.

Satoy Sabally leads the Phoenix offense this season averaging 20.5 points and 8.1 rebounds per game. Alyssa Thomas is second on the team averaging 15.2 points and leads the team dishing out eight assists per game. Monique Akoa Makani is third on the roster averaging 9.4 points in just over 20 minutes per game.

Phoenix has been mediocre this year but are the better team in this game. The Mercury have the depth and talent to do the work leading to the win on Thursday. Take Phoenix Thursday at home to get the win and cover. Final Score Prediction, Phoenix Mercury win and cover 87-68.