The Indiana Fever (7-11, 9th) are on the road in the Pacific Northwest Thursday to face the Seattle Storm (10-6, 4th). Indiana was defeated by the Chicago Sky 88-87 on Sunday. Kelsey Mitchell scored a team high 24 points for the Fever but Indiana was out rebounded by Chicago 38-25. The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for Indiana. Indiana is 9th in the WNBA and if the season were to end today, would miss the playoffs. Seattle defeated the Connecticut Sun 72-61 on Sunday with Jewell Lloyd scoring a team best 16 points for the Storm. Seattle is currently 4th in WNBA, four games behind first-place New York. Indiana will play without Damiris Dantas and Temi fa*gbenle. Seattle does not have any players listed on its injury report.
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Indiana is scoring enough but giving up far too many
Indiana is scoring an average of 80.9 (6th) points per game, while shooting 44.1% (3rd) overall and 35.60% (4th) from 3-point land. Indiana is ninth in free throw shooting percentage at 77.6%. Indiana’s leading scorer is Kelsey Mitchell with an average of 16.4 points per game, while Caitlin Clark is the second leading scorer with an average of 16.3 points per game. Clark is the leader in assists with an average of 6.6 dishes per contest. Indiana averages 20.0 assists and 13.4 turnovers for an assist to turnover ratio of 1.5.
Indiana's defense is allowing an average of 87.9 (12th) points per game, while opponents are shooting 45.1% (11th) overall and 36.1% (11th) from beyond the three-point line. Indiana is averaging 7.6 offensive and 24.7 defensive rebounds per game for a total of 32.3 boards per contest, led by Aliyah Boston with an average of 7.9 rebounds per game. Clark is the leader in steals with an average of 1.5 per game and Boston is the rim protector with an average of 1.3 blocked shots per game.
Seattle is performing well at both ends of the court
The Seattle Storm are scoring an average of 82.4 (4th) points per game. Seattle is shooting 42.9% (7th) overall and 29.9% (11th) from 3-point land. The Storm have an 81.2% free throw shooting percentage which is fourth best. Jewell Lloyd is the leading scorer for Seattle with an average of 18.4 points per game and Nneka Ogwumbike is the second leading scorer with an average of 17.7 points per game. Skylar Diggins-Smith is the leader in assists with an average of 6.1 dishes per contest. Seattle averages 19.4 assists and 13.8 turnovers per game for an assist to turnover ratio of 1.4.
On defense, Seattle is allowing an average of 78.6 (4th) points per game. Seattle is holding opponents to 41.8% (2nd) shooting overall and 32.8% (4th) shooting from 3-point land. Seattle averages 9.7 offensive and 27.4 defensive rebounds per game for an average of 37.1 boards per contest, led by Ezi Magbegor with an average of 9.6 rebounds per game. Ogwumike is the leader in steals with an average 1.9 per game and Magbegor is the rim protector with an average of 2.5 blocked shots per game.
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The Seattle Storm will be too much for the Indiana Fever at both ends of the court on Thursday. Seattle is 4th in both points scored at 82.4 and points allowed at 78.6 per game. Seattle defense is second in the WNBA in field goal shooting percentage allowed at 41.8% and is fourth best in three-point shooting percentage allowed at 32.8%. In contrast, Indiana is last in the league in points allowed at 87.9 per game and is allowing opponents to shoot 45.1% overall which is 11th out of 12 teams and 36.1% from 3.0 territory which is 10th. Seattle has covered the spread in eight of its last 11 games and in four of its last five games played at home. Indiana struggles on the road, failing to cover the spread in four of the last six away from home. Seattle has defeated Indiana on the road twice; 103-88 and 85-83 in the two previous meetings earlier this season.
Prediction: Seattle Storm ML
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In the two previous meetings played between these two, with both in Indiana, the total finished over. In each of Indiana's last five games, the total has finished over and in three of Seattle's last five. Indiana is last in scoring defense, while Seattle is 4th in scoring. Seattle is averaging 94 points per game in two games this season versus Indiana, while the Fever are averaging 85.5 points per game against the Storm.
Prediction: OVER
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