The end of the WNBA regular season is coming faster than anyone expects. For the Chicago Sky, they’re probably ready to be done with the season. But the Phoenix Mercury are sprinting to the finish with an eye on a deep playoff run.
The Mercury are 12.5-point favorites at home and hold -900 odds on the Moneyline on DraftKings Sportsbook. The total is set at 163.5 points. Let’s look at the best bets and predictions for this Sky–Mercury contest.
Mercury vs. Sky prediction, pick
Any conversation about the Phoenix Mercury has to start with Alyssa Thomas. The WNBA’s triple-double queen is piling up record after record in one of the best stretches of basketball we’ve ever seen. I have a hard time picking the accolade that best describes her excellence, so let me just list them all.
Thomas broke her own record for triple-doubles in a season with her seventh in their last game, six of them in August alone. No player in WNBA history has more than three for their entire career. Thomas now owns 40% of the triple-doubles in all of WNBA history. Her 12-point, 16-rebound, 15-assist performance in their last game was the first 15-rebound, 15-assist performance in WNBA history. She’s racked up 15+ assists in two straight games, also a WNBA first.
Simply put, this is some of the best basketball that has ever been played by an individual. Since she’s running out of WNBA peers for stat-stuffing, here she is breaking containment.
With Satou Sabally playing well and Kahleah Copper finding a groove, this team looks dangerous. The work is cut out for the Chicago Sky, and I don’t think they are up to the task. Even with Angel Reese back in the lineup and playing well in tandem with Kamilla Cardoso, beating Thomas and these Mercury is an overwhelming task.
