Storm vs Mercury Picks and Prediction – 6/16/2024

The Seattle Storm continue a road trip Sunday with a game in Phoenix against the Mercury. Seattle is five games above .500 and have won 4 of the last five coming into Sunday. Phoenix stays on their home floor Sunday one game below .500 following a loss against the Las Vegas Aces. This will be the second matchup of the year between these two teams giving each an advantage to pursue a victory. For other WNBA news see our WNBA Picks.

Seattle is the better team in this matchup playing great basketball as of late and will look to continue that momentum against Phoenix. The Storm have already beaten Phoenix this season by 18 points and will look to repeat that trend on Sunday. Look for Seattle to use their depth and talent all over the ball to overwhelm phoenix leading to another road win and cover. Final Score Prediction, Seattle Storm win and cover 83-71.

The Seattle Storm come into Sunday playing great basketball having won for the last five. Offensively Seattle is averaging 83.5 points on 43.2% shooting from the floor. Defensively the Storm have been phenomenal as well allowing just 78.1 points per game overall. Jewel Loyd leads the Seattle offense averaging 20.2 points per game. The Phoenix Mercury come into Sunday one game below .500 following a four point loss to the Las Vegas aces that ended a 2 game win streak. Offensively Phoenix has been mediocre averaging just under 81 points on 41.4% shooting from the floor. Defensively is where Phoenix has had issues allowing 85.6 points and gave up 103 points in their last outing.