Seattle Storm at Phoenix Mercury 7/22/22 - WNBA Picks & Predictions

The Seattle Storm will travel on the road on Friday to face off against the Phoenix Mercury for a scheduled tip off time of 10pm Eastern. This game will be available on NBA TV. Seattle comes into this game with a phenomenal record on the season of 17-9, and have played extremely well of late, winning their last four in a row. Those victories came against Indiana, Dallas, Los Angeles on the road, and Indiana on the road. The last defeat for Seattle came at the hands of Atlanta by the score of 90-76.

Phoenix comes into this game with a record on the season of 11-16, struggling without Brittany Griner losing three out of their last five games coming against Atlanta, on the road against Minnesota, and on the road against Los Angeles. The two victories recently for Phoenix came against New York and Washington both at home. 

Breanna Stewart is the team leader for Seattle in points per game with 21 points you on the season to go along with a field goal percentage of 45.3%, and a free-throw percentage of 86.2%. Stewart is also the Seattle team leader in rebounds per game at 7.0. Sue Bird is the Seattle team leader in minutes per game on average with 26.3 on the year.

Skylar Diggins-Smith is the team leader for Phoenix in minutes per game at 34.5 on the season and is also the team leader in points per game at 19.4 with a field goal percentage of 42.7%, and a free-throw percentage of 84.6%. Rihanna Turner is the Phoenix team leader and rebounds per game averaging 7.1 on the season.