New York Liberty at Phoenix Mercury 7/7/22 - WNBA Picks & Predictions

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Last Updated: 07/07/2022 at 9:34 AM ET

New York Liberty at Phoenix Mercury 7/7/22 - WNBA Picks & Predictions

New York will travel on the road to the state of Arizona to face off against the Phoenix Mercury on Thursday for a scheduled tipoff time of 10 PM Eastern. This game will be available locally and on Facebook. New York comes into this game with a record on the season of 8–12, and have not played well as of late losing three out of their last five games coming against Seattle by the score of 81–72, Atlanta by the score of 92–81 in overtime, and finally most recently on the road against Los Angeles by the score of 84–74. The two victories for New York both came on the road against Connecticut, and Atlanta.

Phoenix comes into this game with a record on the season so far of 9–14, and have lost two consecutive games coming both on the road against Chicago by the score of 91–75, and on the road most recently against Los Angeles by the score of 78–75. The two victories for Phoenix previously came against Indiana twice, and on the road against Dallas by the score of 83–72.

Skyler Diggins Smith is the Phoenix team leader in points per game average in 19.1 on the season to go along with a field goal percentage of 45.2%, and a free throw percentage of 86.3%. Brianna Turner is the phoenix team leader in rebounds per game averaging 7.6 on the season. Skyler Diggins is the Phoenix team leader in minutes per game average in 34.1 on the year.

Sabrina Ionescu is the New York team leader in points per game averaging 16.5 on the season to go along with a field goal percentage of 40.9%, and a free throw percentage of 91.9%. Sabrina is also the team leader for New York in rebounds per game averaging 7.2 on the year, and is also the team leader in minutes were game averaging 33.

Even without Star Center, Brittney Griner who is detained in Russia, Phoenix is still averaging 82.1 points per game while New York is only scoring 77.3 as a team. Diana Taurasi should be able to lead Phoenix to a victory at home in this matchup. Final Score Prediction: Phoenix wins by the score of 85–77.

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