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Sky vs Mercury Betting Pick
This game will be played at Footprint Center at 5:00 PM ET on Sunday, August 14, 2022.
The Chicago Sky have already clinched a WNBA playoff spot, with their lone question being whether they are seeded first or second. For the Phoenix Mercury, though, a win is required in this game for them to guarantee themselves a playoff spot. In our WNBA picks for Sunday, we glance at the important Sky vs Mercury contest in the penultimate game of the WNBA regular season.
Why Bet The Mercury:
✅ This pick is correlated with our pick for the Storm vs Aces game taking place just before this contest. If the Aces win that game, the Sky will have nothing to play for in terms of seeding when their game begins. As a result, expect a lower sense of urgency from the Sky as the Aces should have the top seed locked up by tip-off here.
✅ On the other side, the Mercury will likely still need a win to clinch their spot in the playoffs by the time their game tips off. At the very least, they will be playing for seeding no matter what happens in the games earlier in the day. A win for the Mercury guarantees them the seventh seed, while a loss could drop them to eighth place or out of the playoffs entirely. They will give their best effort as a result.
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✅ Despite Diana Taurasi and Skylar Diggins-Smith sitting out for this game, the Mercury still have some great guard play to look forward to. Sophie Cunningham and Diamond DeShields have really limited the impact of the Mercury losing their top-two guards. That should continue here, especially if the Sky have nothing left to aim for.
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky will finish in the top-two in the WNBA standings after Sunday’s games conclude. The question is whether they will finish with the first seed or the second seed. That will depend on the outcome of this game, as well as the outcome of the game between the Seattle Storm and Las Vegas Aces earlier in the afternoon. A win by the Sky and loss by the Aces would give them the one seed. Any other combination of results would give the top seed to Las Vegas.
Going into this game, the question for the Sky will be whether or not they have a chance to earn the top seed when their game begins. Las Vegas’ game starts two hours before that of Chicago, meaning the Sky should know where they stand prior to their game tipping off. If the Aces win before the Sky start playing, the Sky could take it easy and start looking forward to the postseason.
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury are a win away from qualifying for the WNBA playoffs. They sit in seventh place in the league standings going into Sunday’s play. A win clinches them the seventh seed, while a loss could either drop them into eighth place or out of the playoffs entirely. Either way, the Mercury are shorthanded going into their regular season finale.
Fortunately for the Mercury, they have great backcourt depth to make up for the absences of Taurasi and Diggins-Smith. The question is whether their thin frontcourt will be able to handle all of the versatile bigs that the Sky have to offer. Brianna Turner has been great defensively this season, but the combination of Candace Parker, Emma Meesseman, and Azura Stevens for the Sky will require other players to step up on defense.