Phoenix (19-13) vs Seattle (17-17)
August 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM EDT
The Line: Betting Odds: Seattle +1 — Over/Under: +165
The Phoenix Mercury and the Seattle Storm meet Sunday in WNBA action from the Climate Pledge Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Phoenix Mercury vs. Seattle Storm prediction.
Matchup History
The Seattle Storm won the most recent meeting between these two teams back on June 7th, 2025, by a final score of 89-77, making it 8 wins in the last 10 head-to-head meetings for the Storm in this head-to-head matchup.
Phoenix Mercury Recap
The Phoenix Mercury come into this game looking to rebound from an 86-83 loss at the hands of the Las Vegas Aces last time out to sit at 19-13 this season. After this game, the Mercury will head on the road for a game against the Golden State Valkyries.
Mercury Drop Back-To-Back Games
Satou Sabally leads the Mercury in scoring with 17.5 PPG along with 6.6 RPG, 2.3 APG and 1.3 SPG while Alyssa Thomas has 15.8 PPG with 8.6 RPG and 9.1 APG and Kahleah Copper has 16.2 PPG. Sami Whitcomb also has 10 PPG with 2.9 RPG and 2.7 APG while DeWanna Bonner has 10.4 PPG in 10 games so far with Phoenix to cap off the double-digit scorers for Phoenix so far this season. Lexi Held’s added 6.8 PPG while Monique Akoa Makani has 8.4 PPG. Kitija Laksa has 6.7 PPG as well on the year. As a team, Phoenix is averaging 83.3 PPG on 43.5% shooting from the field, 33.6% from three-point range and 77.9% from the foul line so far this season.
Seattle Storm Recap
The Seattle Storm come into this game looking to add on their 80-78 win over the Atlanta Dream last time out to sit at 17-17 this season. After this game, the Storm will head on the road to begin a road trip against the Chicago Sky.
Storm Snap Six-Game Losing Streak
Nneka Ogwumike leads the Storm in scoring and rebounding with 18.2 PPG and 7.1 RPG while Skylar Diggins has 16.6 PPG with 2.9 RPG and a team-high 5.8 APG to lead the Storm in assists so far this season. Gabby Williams has 12.7 PPG with 4.7 RPG, 4.5 APG and 2.6 SPG as well this season. Erica Wheeler also has 11.2 PPG with 3.1 RPG and 3.8 APG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Seattle. Ezi Magbegor also has 8.4 PPG with 6.4 RPG and 2.2 APG as well so far this season. As a team, Seattle is averaging 81.5 PPG on 44.7% shooting from the field, 33.4% from three and 78.2% from the foul line so far this season.
Phoenix Mercury vs. Seattle Storm Prediction
I’m on the Mercury here. I get the case to be made for Seattle, but the thing is home court doesn’t really exist for the Storm right now as this team has really been struggling. The Storm do have the head-to-head edge in this matchup this season, but this is also the healthiest that the Mercury have been all season and I think that has to count for something at some point. Give me the Mercury here.