This game features a Mercury team that will play shorthanded with Griner, Taurasi, Cloud, Osbourne, and Sutton, all out for the team or questionable. The line indicates they won’t play and the last time these two played each other, Phoenix only put up 47 points and got blown out by the Sun who scored 70 points. The Mercury just lost to the Fever as well and didn’t cover that game on the road. Phoenix will struggle to score in this game against the best defense in the league, and with the break coming up, they should probably give up this game early to the Sun. The Sun will outscore and overpower them with offense. The Mercury are 1-4 against the spread in the last 5 meetings in Connecticut.

Best bet: lay the points with the Connecticut Sun.