Seattle Storm (17-9, 8-6 Western Conference) at Indiana Fever (12-15, 7-8 Eastern Conference)
Indianapolis; Sunday, 3:30 pm EDT
BRIEF: Indiana Fever hosts Seattle Storm as Caitlin Clark scores 29 points in Indiana Fever’s 98-89 win over Phoenix Mercury. The fever is 7-5 at home. Indiana is 7-10 against opponents over .500.
The Storm are 6-6 on the road. Seattle is third in the Western Conference with 20.8 assists per game, led by Skylar Diggins-Smith’s 6.4 average.
Indiana scores 82.4 points per game, 4.6 more than Seattle’s 77.8. Seattle is averaging 6.0 3-pointers per game this season, 2.8 fewer than Indiana’s 8.8 shots per game. The two teams will meet for the fourth time this season. The Storm won 89-77 in the last game on June 28.
BEST PERFORMANCE: Clark scores 17.6 points per game and averages 5.8 rebounds for the Fever.
Jewell Loyd scores 20.2 points per game and averages 4.7 rebounds for the Storm. LAST 10 STARTS: Fever: 5-5, averaging 85.5 points, 37.5 rebounds, 21.7 assists, 5.8 steals and 4.5 blocks per game, with a 46.3% shooting percentage. Their opponents are averaging 86.4 points per game. Storm: 7-3, averaging 87.0 points, 33.4 rebounds, 22.9 assists, 9.3 steals and 4.9 blocks per game on a 44.4% shooting percentage. Their opponents averaged 76.6 points. INJURIES: Temperature: None mentioned. Storm: MacKenzie Holmes: Out for season (knee). ___
The Associated Press created this article with technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
