4 Unit Play. #607. Take the Phoenix Mercury +2 over the Indiana Fever (Wednesday @ 7:30pm est). Its now or never for Diana and company as they face Indiana today. Bear in mind that the WNBA Championships only go to five games and the playoffs are just three games. The ratings are up this year for the wnba and rightfully so as this year's championships have been exciting. Taurasi has been shooting just 33% so far in these championships and the league MVP has not been on the top of her game. Certainly, going 6-16 in a bucket point loss in the last contest shows that a better shooting night could have certainly helped this squad. Just like Indiana won a game on the road outright at Phoenix, I expect the same from the Mercury here. Taurasi has had some poor shooting days and if she is even remotely on today, Phoenix should do well. Indiana has had to shoot 50% from the field and expect a downturn in Taurasi's shooting to have won the last two games but I don't see both happening today. Taurasi was quoted as saying, ""You can't be afraid of the moment, you can't be tentative about it,'' she said. "You have an opportunity to do something special.'' Well, she has the opportunity to do something special today and Coach Corey Gaines is expected to get Taurasi the ball while making plenty of adjustments according to his latest interview. I like this game to likely go over but more importantly for Phoenix to win this contest outright today. The Mercury are 16-5 ATS after a straight up loss and 4-1 ATS in their last five road games. The Fever are 2-5 ATS in their last seven home games.
Good luck,
IC