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| The Phoenix Mercury will try and Beat up the Weak Chicago Sky |
The best place to wager on the WNBA is the online sportsbook BetPhoenix. The Phoenix Mercury continued their dominance over the Chicago Sky last weekend, but fell short of completing a perfect road trip in their next game. The Mercury will try to bounce back from that loss with another win over the struggling Sky in their return home Friday night. Phoenix (4-4) extended its winning streak to four by recording its 10th win in 11 all-time matchups with Chicago on Saturday, 86-78. The Mercury couldn’t keep the run going Tuesday as their rally fell short in a 91-86 defeat to Indiana. Phoenix trimmed an 18-point third-quarter deficit to one with 6:34 remaining but was shut out over the next 3:14, ending its trip with a 3-1 mark. “We played well for stretches, but not enough to beat them,” said leading scorer Diana Taurasi, who shot 5 of 14 and had 15 points. Taurasi has fared much better against the Sky (4-5), averaging 26.1 points and 55.2 percent from the field over the past 10 meetings. The WNBA’s third-leading scorer at 19.6 points per game, she has made 35 consecutive free throws against Chicago. Nine of Taurasi’s 23 points Saturday came in the fourth quarter. Penny Taylor had 19 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, while Candice Dupree added 13 points and eight boards against her former team. Sky center Sylvia Fowles, averaging a league-best 21.7 points, had a season-high 28 and 11 rebounds against the Mercury. Chicago, though, was beaten 40-29 on the glass and gave up 28 second-chance points. “We were soft,” first-year coach Pokey Chatman said. “We lost the game because we were soft. That sums up a lot.” While Phoenix has five players averaging double figures in points, Chatman’s club has just two - Fowles and guard Epiphanny Prince (17.3) - and opponents may start to take advantage of the lack of scoring depth by focusing their defense on the All-Star center. Fowles failed to reach 20 points for the first time in eight games in an 84-74 loss to San Antonio on Tuesday, taking only eight shots and finishing with 16 points and 12 rebounds. “We can always get her the ball more - but the thing is you can’t always get the ball on the wing and throw it to Syl because it’s going to be five people there,” said Chatman, whose team has dropped four of five since a three-game win streak. Phoenix might want to employ a similar strategy Friday, as Fowles has averaged 29.0 points, 11.0 boards and 59.6 percent shooting in her last three games against the Mercury. Dupree, the first draft pick in Sky history, has averaged 15.0 points in those three matchups with her former team while making 19 of 27 shots. The Mercury are 5-0 all-time at home against Chicago and will remain perfect with another win on Friday night. Play on the Phoenix Mercury 
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The Chicago Sky have a losing record on the season, but not for lack of trying. They will try and even their record at .500 against the Phoenix Mercury.
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