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Mercury vs Aces Game 2 Betting Pick
This game will be played at Michelob Ultra Arena at 9:00 PM ET on Saturday, August 20, 2022.
In Game 1 of their WNBA playoff first round series, the Las Vegas Aces were able to wear down the Phoenix Mercury. While Phoenix put up a great fight over 35 minutes, they ran out of gas in the fourth quarter, allowing Vegas to run away with things. In our WNBA picks for the first weekend of the postseason, we take a look at Mercury vs Aces Game 2 from the desert.
Why Bet The Under:
✅ The Mercury are not equipped to add much to the total score of this game as currently constructed. With injuries to Diana Taurasi and Shey Peddy, and Skylar Diggins-Smith not with the team, the Mercury have to rely way too heavily on Diamond DeShields and Sophie Cunningham for their offense. Las Vegas should be able to lock them down to help the game go under.
✅ Las Vegas looked lethargic for much of the first game of this series, which does not bode well for their scoring output relative to the total. They picked things up in the final minutes of the game to win convincingly, but Vegas goes into this game knowing that they do not need to be at their best to close the Mercury out. Expect Las Vegas to win comfortably, but to do so in a low scoring affair.
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✅ Without Dearica Hamby available for the Aces due to injury, the scoring depth of the Aces is not what it normally is. Hamby is one of the best players in the league at running the floor and generating easy baskets in transition and on the offensive glass. Without her, the Aces are still dangerous offensively, but slightly less so.
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury kept up with the Las Vegas Aces for the majority of their series opening game on Wednesday. But their lack of depth made it impossible for them to keep up for four quarters, as they were dispatched handily in the final five minutes of that game. Now, the Mercury face elimination in a game they enter without any of the top-four players they were expected to have going into the season.
Things got even worse for the Mercury on Wednesday, as they lost Shey Peddy for that game after she was injured. She is questionable for the rest of this series, but her return to the Phoenix lineup might not be enough to overcome the top seed in the league.
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Las Vegas Aces
The Las Vegas Aces struggled throughout Game 1 against the Phoenix Mercury. But they got things in order in the fourth quarter to pull away from the Mercury down the stretch. In this game, the Aces can not only advance to the semifinal round, but can avoid having to leave Las Vegas as they would host the first game of the next round as well.
For the Aces, the performance of A’ja Wilson will be worth keeping an eye on in Game 2, as she struggled mightily in Game 1. Wilson made just two of her 11 field goal attempts for the Aces, scoring just eight points in a disappointing showing. The Aces may not need Wilson to play at a high level to move past the Mercury, but they will need her to step up later in the postseason.