Top Storm vs. Mercury Players to Watch - 9/7/2024

The Seattle Storm (20-14) heads into a home game against Kahleah Copper and the Phoenix Mercury (17-18) at Climate Pledge Arena on Saturday, starting at 9:00 PM ET.

The Storm’s +136 scoring differential (outscoring opponents by 4.0 points per game) is a result of scoring 82.8 points per game (fifth in the WNBA) while allowing 78.8 per contest (fourth in the league).

The Mercury have a -79 scoring differential, falling short by 2.3 points per game. They’re putting up 82.1 points per game, seventh in the league, and are allowing 84.4 per contest to rank ninth in the WNBA.

How to Watch Storm vs. Mercury

• Date: Saturday, September 7, 2024
• Time: 9:00 PM ET
• How to Watch on TV: NBA TV, AZFamily, Mercury Live, FOX13+, and Amazon Prime Video
• Live Stream: Prime Video
• Location: Seattle, Washington
• Venue: Climate Pledge Arena

Storm’s Last Game

In its last game, Seattle took a loss by a final score of 77-70 against New York. The Storm were led by Skylar Diggins-Smith’s 21 points, six assists, two steals and two blocks and Gabby Williams’ 17 points and five assists.

• Skylar Diggins-Smith: 21 PTS | 4 REB |6 AST | 2 STL | 2 BLK | 4 3PM
• Gabby Williams: 17 PTS | 4 REB |5 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 1 3PM
• Ezi Magbegor: 13 PTS | 7 REB |0 AST | 0 STL | 4 BLK | 1 3PM

Mercury’s Last Game

With Brittney Griner leading the team with 15 points, Phoenix ended up losing to Washington 90-77 in its last game.

• Brittney Griner: 15 PTS | 5 REB |2 AST | 0 STL | 1 BLK | 0 3PM
• Natasha Cloud: 13 PTS | 1 REB |5 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 2 3PM
• Kahleah Copper: 11 PTS | 5 REB |2 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 1 3PM

Storm Players to Watch

• Jewell Loyd leads the Storm at 20.1 points per game, while also averaging 3.6 assists and 4.6 rebounds. She is sixth in the league in scoring.
• Nneka Ogwumike puts up 16.8 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. Defensively, she posts 2.0 steals (second in WNBA) and 0.6 blocked shots.
• Ezi Magbegor leads her team in rebounds per contest (8.2), and also averages 11.9 points and 1.9 assists. At the other end, she posts 1.1 steals and 2.2 blocked shots (second in the league).
• Diggins-Smith averages a team-leading 6.4 assists per contest. She is also putting up 14.6 points and 2.9 rebounds, shooting 40.9% from the field.
• Jordan Horston posts 6.8 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists per contest, shooting 49.0% from the field.

Mercury Players to Watch

• Copper tops the Mercury in scoring (21.9 points per game), and puts up 4.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists. She also puts up 0.8 steals and 0.1 blocked shots.
• The Mercury receive 18.1 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game from Griner.
• The Mercury get 15.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game from Diana Taurasi.
• Sophie Cunningham is putting up 8.1 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, making 42.4% of her shots from the floor and 36.8% from 3-point range, with 1.6 treys per contest.
• Monique Billings is putting up a team-leading 6.1 rebounds per game. And she is producing 8.0 points and 1.6 assists, making 47.2% of her shots from the field.