The Seattle Storm and Washington Mystics meet Sunday in WNBA action at the Entertainment & Sports Arena. The Seattle Storm look for a win after splitting their last 6 games. The Washington Mystics look for a win after winning 7 of their last 10 games.
The Seattle Storm are averaging 80.8 points on 43.3 percent shooting and allowing 75.6 points on 42.4 percent shooting. Breanna Stewart is averaging 21 points and 7.2 rebounds, while Jewell Loyd is averaging 16.2 points and 2.7 rebounds. Ezi Magbegor is the third double-digit scorer and Kaela Davis is grabbing 2 rebounds. The Seattle Storm are shooting 35.4 percent from beyond the arc and 81.8 percent from the free throw line. The Seattle Storm are allowing 31.7 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 33.4 rebounds per game.
The Washington Mystics are averaging 80 points on 43.6 percent shooting and allowing 75.9 points on 43.1 percent shooting. Elena Delle Donne is averaging 16.8 points and 6.2 rebounds, while Ariel Atkins is averaging 14.7 points and 3.2 rebounds. Natasha Cloud is the third double-digit scorer and Alysha Clark is grabbing 4.9 rebounds. The Washington Mystics are shooting 34.4 percent from beyond the arc and 77 percent from the free throw line. The Washington Mystics are allowing 33.9 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 35.2 rebounds per game.
The Storm are 7-17 ATS in their last 24 road games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 Sunday games. The Mystics are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 home games and 8-2 ATS in their last 10 games overall. The over is 6-1 in Storm last 7 road games. The under is 5-2 in Mystics last 7 overall. The Storm are 2-6 ATS in the last 8 meetings in Washington and 2-6 ATS in the last 8 meetings.
The Seattle Storm are always attractive in the underdog role, and they just beat the Mystics on Saturday. However, I'd say the home team has the edge on the end of a back to back. Also, it's difficult to beat the same team twice in as many days, and it's even tougher when that team is one of the better teams in the league. The Washington Mystics haven't lost back to back games in over a month. I have to assume the Mystics get back on track here. I'll lay the bucket with the home team.
AUTHOR: Randy Chambers
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