Mercury vs. Storm WNBA predictions, odds and key players to watch on Saturday, September 11.

Both the Seattle Storm and the Phoenix Mercury have secured a playoff spot, but suffered defeats on Thursday.

Seattle lost away to the number 1 seed New York Liberty, but was able to make up the spread and fell further in the rankings to 5th place.

The Mercury, meanwhile, were beaten by the Washington Mystics and it doesn't look like they will be able to overtake the Indiana Fever and secure 6th place.

Phoenix is ​​the underdog on Saturday night, having a 7-10 road record in 2024. How should we bet on this standalone WNBA matchup?

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Phoenix Mercury

Diana Taurasi: Taurasi, 42, is arguably the best player in WNBA history and will look to lead the Mercury to a deep playoff run this season. Unfortunately, the Mercury have slipped to seventh place in the standings and Taurasi has only hit 27.9 percent of her three-pointers since the Olympic break. The star guard has averaged 12.7 points, 2.6 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game in her last 10 games.

Seattle Storm

Gabby Williams: Williams returned to the Storm after the Olympic break on a new contract. She showed her strengths at the Olympics for France and the forward has immediately slotted into Seattle's starting lineup, averaging 7.5 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists in six games. Williams just put together her best performance of the season, scoring 17 points (on 8 of 13 shooting) and adding four rebounds and five assists in a loss to the Liberty on Thursday.

The Mercury enter this game as underdogs with an 8-11 record against the spread and have really struggled lately, losing six of their last ten games and falling behind Indiana in the standings.

Seattle was a great home team in 2024, winning 12-5 in the first round. They must be excited to be back home after a brutal road trip that included two games against the No. 2 seed Connecticut Sun and one against the Liberty. Before that road trip, Seattle had played the Liberty in Seattle.

So it was a very, very tough time for Skylar Diggins-Smith, Jewell Loyd and Co.

For that reason, I'm buying the Storm cheap, who beat the Sun in one game and covered the spread against New York on Thursday.

Phoenix is ​​only 10th in the WNBA in the Road Net Rating and both teams struggled to come out of the Olympic break and rank in the bottom half of the W-Net Rating.

Given Seattle's more challenging schedule, I think the opponent may be undervalued compared to a Phoenix team that was soundly beaten by a non-playoff team in Washington on Thursday.

Selection: Storm -4 (-110)

The odds are updated regularly and are subject to change.

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