New York Liberty vs Phoenix Mercury Prediction, 8/6/2022 WNBA Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: New York Liberty vs Phoenix Mercury

Date: Saturday, August 6, 2022

Location: Footprint Center in Phoenix, AZ

TV: NBATV

Footprint Center is the venue where and the Phoenix Mercury (13-18) will play the New York Liberty (13-18) on Saturday.

The New York Liberty faced off with the Los Angeles Sparks and took home the win by a score of 64-61 in their last contest. New York finished the contest having earned a 31.5% field goal percentage (23 out of 73) and converted 7 out of their 28 3-point shots. From the free throw line, the Liberty converted 11 of 14 attempts for a rate of 78.6%. With respect to pulling down rebounds, they compiled a total of 39 with 10 of them being of the offensive sort. They also recorded 17 assists in the game while forcing the other team into 16 turnovers and getting 8 steals. In relation to the defense, New York allowed 40.0% from the floor on 24 of 60 shooting. Los Angeles earned 4 dimes and had 4 steals for this game. Additionally, Los Angeles grabbed 34 boards (4 offensive, 30 defensive) and added 6 blocks. Los Angeles finished 100.0% from the charity stripe by converting 9 of 9 tries. They also converted 4 out of their 17 tries from three-point range.

Sabrina Ionescu is one player who was a major contributor for the game. She ended up walking away with 20 points on 6 out of 18 shooting. She played for 31 minutes and also grabbed 8 rebounds. Ionescu finished the game at 33.3% from the floor and also earned 6 dimes.

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New York enters this contest with a win-loss record of 13-18 so far this season. The Liberty are shooting 34.8% on three-point attempts (299 of 858) and 81.8% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 79.6 pts per contest (9th in the WNBA) while going 43.0% from the field. They cough up possession 14.9 times per contest and as a team they are committing 18.1 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, New York is pulling in 34.4 boards per contest and has accounted for 648 dimes for the campaign, which is 5th in the WNBA in terms of passing. On the defensive end, the Liberty are able to force 11.8 turnovers per contest while drawing 16.1 personal fouls. They currently rank 1st in basketball in allowing assists with 579 surrendered for the year. The Liberty are giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 42.3% (366 of 498) and they concede 35.7 rebounds per contest as a unit. They surrender 33.9% on shots from beyond the arc and they are 7th in the WNBA in points per game allowed (82.7).

In their last game, the Phoenix Mercury took a defeat with a final score of 87-63 against the Connecticut Sun. The Mercury recorded 24 defensive rebounds and 9 offensive rebounds totaling 33 in this contest. They also coughed up the ball 18 times, while getting 7 steals in this contest. The Sun had 16 personal fouls for the game which got the Mercury to the charity stripe for a total of 16 shots. They were able to make 11 of them for a rate of 68.8%. In relation to 3-point shots, Phoenix converted 6 of 27 attempts (22.2%). When this game wrapped up, the Mercury shot 23 out of 64 from the field which had them shooting 35.9%. The Mercury permitted the Sun to knock down 34 out of their 74 attempts from the field which left them with a shooting percentage of 45.9% for the game. They finished 35.0% from three-point range by going 7 out of 20 and ended up going 12 out of 17 from the free throw line (70.6%). When talking about how they rebounded, Phoenix permitted Connecticut to grab 44 in total (14 on the offensive glass).

Shey Peddy was important for the Mercury in this game. She knocked down 4 of 9 in this game for a field goal rate of 44.4%, and had 4 rebounds. Peddy accumulated 9 points in her 31 mins on the court and had 4 dimes in the game.

Phoenix has a win-loss mark of 13-18 for the season. The Mercury are committing 20.4 fouls per game and they hit 81.4% from the charity stripe. They are dishing out assists 19.3 times per game (8th in basketball) and they are turning it over 13.4 times per game. Phoenix has totaled 2,550 pts for the year (82.3 per game) and they collect 31.2 rebounds per game. On the offensive side of the ball, the Mercury are connecting on 43.1% from the field, which is ranked 8th in the league. The Mercury are ranked 11th in the league in points allowed per game with 85.4. The Phoenix defense gives up 37.1% on shots from distance (261 of 704) and opponents are knocking down 78.4% of their free throw attempts. They have surrendered 20.8 dimes and 37.3 rebounds per game, which is ranked 9th and 12th in the WNBA. They have forced 14.2 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 44.6% from the floor (9th in the league).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Phoenix

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