WNBA Minnesota Lynx vs Seattle Storm Preview and Prediction

Date/Time: 08-03-2018 22:00 EDT

Spread: Seattle Storm -6.5

Total: +163

The team with the best record in the whole WNBA is facing the defending champions as the Seattle Storm, who are looking to extend their current small winning streak, are hosting the Minnesota Lynx who saw a winning streak getting snapped and want to return to the winning ways.

Lynx are 15-11 (10-16 ATS) so far in the league and are sitting on the 3^rd place of the Western Conference. In their latest matchup they saw a 3-game victory streak getting end with a road defeat by the Sparks, 57-79. Storm are 20-7 (16-10-1 ATS) so far in the league and currently hold the best record both in the Western Conference and the whole league. They are 5-1 in their last 6 games and in their latest matchup they were victorious against the Mercury on the road, 102-91.

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Minnesota are led in scoring by Maya Moore with 17.8 ppg. She also adds 5 rebounds per game, while Sylvia Fowles follows with 17 ppg, adding a team-best 11.5 rebounds per game. Seimone Augustus adds 10.6 ppg. Seattle are led in scoring by Breanna Stewart with 22.6 ppg. She also leads the team in rebounding with 8.1 per game, while Jewell Loyd follows with 16.5 ppg, adding 4.9 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game. Natasha Howard adds 12.9 ppg and 6.7 rebounds per game.

This will be the second meeting between those two teams so far this season, with Lynx having won the previous matchup at home by 12 points. Storm have a 10-4 home record so far, while Lynx are 7-6 on the road. Storm are better offensively, scoring a second-best 87.6 ppg to Lynx’s 78.5 (second-worse), while Lynx are better defensively, allowing a second-best of 77 ppg to Storm’s 79.9. Storm have a better accuracy both from the field with 47% to Lynx’s 44.3% and from behind the arc, with 36.2% to Lynx’s 33.7%. Storm also dish more dimes per game, with 21 to Lynx’s 19.4 and commit fewer turnovers (13.6 to 14.2), while Lynx grab more boards per game, with 36 to Storm’s 35.3. It is going to be a close game between two squads that have been playing much better lately, so pick the Lynx in this one.

Minnesota Lynx vs Seattle Storm Prediction: Minnesota Lynx +6.5 (-111)