The Las Vegas Aces and Seattle Storm face off in their 15th game of the WNBA season inside the bubble at IMG Academy on Thursday.
The Las Vegas Aces are playing really good basketball right now coming into this game having won three games in a row. In the Aces last game against the Dallas Wings the offense was strong putting up 96 points and that was enough to come away with a four point victory. On the season the Aces are averaging 88.5 points per game while their defense is giving up 80.1 points per game. The Aces are shooting 48.2 points per game while letting opponents shoot 43.5 percent from the field.
A’Ja Wilson has been the best player for the Aces this season averaging 20.3 points per game while shooting 46.3 percent from the field. Angel McCoughtry has also found success averaging 15 points while shooting 54.8 percent from the field.
On the other side of this matchup is the Seattle Storm who have had success this season and coming into this game they have won two games in a row.and in the last game against the Indiana Fever their defense was good giving up only 74 points and that led to the victory. On offense the Storm were led by Breanna Stewart in the last game who put up 27 points and nine rebounds. On the season the Storm are averaging 86.7 points per game while giving up 74.4 points per game. The Storm are allowing opponents to shoot 39.1 percent from the field.
Breanna Stewart comes into this game averaging 19.7 points while shooting 48.6 percent from the field. Jewell Lloyd has also found a lot of success averaging 14.1 points while shooting 41.4 percent from deep.
These are two teams who can put the ball in the net and the pace of the game is going to be fast. Look for both teams to run up the score and this game will go over the total.