Storm vs. Mystics
WNBA Basketball: Wednesday, September 2nd at 10:00 PM ET
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The Washington Mystics and Seattle Storm face off in their 16th game of the WNBA season inside the bubble at IMG Academy on Wednesday.
The Washington Mystics have dealt with all kinds of injuries since even before the games inside the bubble started and that has led to the struggles.Coming into this game the Mystics have lost four games in a row and in the last game it was a blowout loss. The Mystics last game was against the Phoenix Mercury the offense struggled scoring only 72 points and that led to the loss. On the season the Mystics are averaging 79.6 points per game while their defense is giving up 83.9 points per game. Washington is letting opponents shooting 47.2 percent from the field.
The best player for the Mystics this season has been Myisha Hines-Allen who is averaging 15.7 points while shooting 48.5 percent from the field. Ariel Atkins has also found success putting up 14.1 points while shooting 45.2 percent from the field.
On the other side of this matchup is the Seattle Storm who have found success and coming into this game they have won two games in a row. In the last two games the Storm are averaging 87.5 points per game. In the last game against the Chicago Sky, the Storm put up 88 points led by Breannna Stewart who put up 21 points and eight rebounds. The Storm are averaging 86.8 points per game while the defense is giving up 74.4 points per game On the season the Storm are shooting 47.2 points while allowing opponents to shoot 39.3 percent from the field.
The best player for the Storm has been Stewart who is averaging 19.8 points while shooting 48.2 percent from the field. Jewell Lloyd has also found success averaging 13.9 points and she also has shot 40 percent from deep.
The Mystics offense hasn’t been great and that will continue in this game. Look for the Storm to run up the score and the Mystics won’t keep up. Back the Storm to win this game and cover the spread.