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Mercury vs Sky Betting Pick
This game will be played at Wintrust Arena at 1:00 PM ET on Saturday, July 2, 2022.
Last season, the Chicago Sky defeated the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA Finals to close out the 2021 campaign. On Saturday, they will play in a rematch of that championship series, with both teams on different sides of the standings as July begins. In our WNBA picks for Saturday, we look at this Mercury vs Sky contest as both teams look to continue recent winning streaks.
Why Bet The Sky:
✅ The Mercury have won three straight games since buying out Tina Charles, but that win streak is a little misleading. Those three wins came against an inconsistent Wings team and twice against the worst team in the league in the Indiana Fever. Here, the Mercury face a huge step up in level of competition, which will not end well for them.
✅ Even with Charles gone, team chemistry has not improved for the Phoenix Mercury. Guard Skylar Diggins-Smith called coach Vanessa Nygaard a clown on Twitter this past week after Nygaard focused on Diana Taurasi’s omission from the upcoming All-Star Game in an interview rather than Diggins-Smith’s selection to that game. The soap opera surrounding the Mercury will not help them against the defending champs.
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✅ This is just not a good matchup for the Phoenix Mercury, who lack any sort of defensive fortitude to slow down a healthy Chicago team. Look for the bigs of Chicago to have big games, as Azura Stevens and Candace Parker should feast on a Mercury team that expected to have Charles and Brittney Griner at this stage of the year, only to have neither.
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury have responded well to the buyout of Tina Charles, winning three straight games since then. They beat the Dallas Wings on the road the day of the buyout, and have beaten the Indiana Fever twice at home since then. Here, they face a Chicago Sky team that is red hot, as they look for revenge after last year’s WNBA Finals.
The main difference from last year’s Mercury team and the Mercury this year is the lack of defense for Phoenix. Diana Taurasi has been abysmal defensively this season, while the Mercury do not have a rim protector like Brittney Griner to bail her out anymore. That could be a real problem against a Sky team that already has a win over the Mercury this season.
Chicago Sky
Right now, the Chicago Sky have the longest active win streak in the WNBA, taking each of their last four games. Chicago has won seven of their last eight games, including two over the Connecticut Sun and one over the Las Vegas Aces. Here, the Sky will look for a second win over the Phoenix Mercury this season, and a fifth consecutive victory.
In the first matchup between these teams this season, the Sky gave up 25 points to Tina Charles. Charles is no longer a concern for the Sky defensively in this matchup. But Diana Taurasi and Skylar Diggins-Smith are still out there for Phoenix, and Chicago will have to slow them down to notch another win over last year’s runners up.