New York Liberty at Phoenix Mercury 6/13/21 - WNBA Picks & Predictions
The Liberty are coming here after losing in their last game in what ended up being a blowout. The loss for the Liberty came against the Sun by a score of 85-64. With the loss the Liberty dropped to a 5-4 record, which is still good enough to be sitting in 2nd place in the Eastern Conference.
Betnijah Laney is the player who has ended up leading New York in the scoring. Laney has scored a total of 20.8 points per game on 48.9% on the year. Passing for the Liberty has been led by Sabrina Ionescu with 7.1 assist per game, but she also leads the Liberty in rebounding as well with 6.4 boards per game.
Phoenix comes to the game here after losing in their last 2 games on the year. The last loss came against Dallas with a final score of 77-59 in what was a horrible offensive showing. The loss dropped the Mercury to a record of 5-5 on the year, but that is sitting in 3rd place in the Western Conference.
The scoring for the Mercury has been handled by Skylar Diggings-Smith who has put in 18.8 points per game on 44.4% shooting. Diggins-Smith also leads the Mercury in the passing as well with 5.2 assists per game. Rebounding for Phoenix has been handled by Brittney Griner who has ended up getting 9.9 boards per game.
The WNBA season has been all over the place on the year so far and it shows. However, the Liberty are one team that has been able to play consistent on the year so far and that is going to be an issue here as Phoenix has not been as consistent as what they would like. Look for the Mercury and the lack of consistent play, mainly on the offensive side of the ball to be what cost the Phoenix team in this game. Final Score Prediction, New York Liberty win 81-75.
