Fever vs. Mercury Prediction, Odds & WNBA Best Bets: Aug. 7

Will Indiana's defensive woes lead to another high scoring game against Phoenix?
Fever vs. Mercury Prediction, Odds & WNBA Best Bets: Aug. 7
Pictured: Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas is the focus of our Fever vs. Mercury prediction. Photo by Emily Faith Morgan via Imagn Images.

The Phoenix Mercury look to avenge last week's loss to the Indiana Fever when they host the Caitlin Clark-less squad on Thursday at 10 p.m. ET (Prime Video) from PHX Arena in Phoenix. The last time these two WNBA championship odds contenders played, it was an explosive offensive game, and my Fever vs. Mercury prediction expects much of the same this time around.

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These two teams played last week in a high-scoring duel that ended in a 107-101 win for the Fever at home. But with Satou Sabally looking like her old self and Alyssa Thomas on an MVP-like tear through the league right now, Phoenix should be capable of avenging that loss on its home court.

Indiana's defense has been suspect lately, coming off a 100-91 loss to the Los Angeles Sparks and having given up 98-plus points in four of its last eight. The Mercury's 3-point shooting and Thomas' facilitating should be the difference. My Fever vs. Mercury prediction has Phoenix winning by a score of 91-84.

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Fever vs. Mercury Prediction, Odds & WNBA Best Bets: Aug. 7
Pictured: Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell is key to our Fever vs. Mercury prediction. Photo by Jerome Miron via Imagn Images.

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Both of these teams want to play fast, and both have the offensive talent to light up the scoreboard. The Fever and Mercury are tied for the second-highest pace rating in the WNBA (78.9), and we saw that on full display when they played last week and flew past the 167.5 game total to combine for 208 points. 

In that matchup, Indiana couldn't stop Thomas or Kahleah Copper, who totaled 54 combined points. And now with Sabally returning to form following a 23-point performance on Monday, Phoenix should light up a Fever defense that ranks in the back half of the league in points allowed per game (81.4) and defensive rating (103.2).

However, in that same game, Steph White's team completely exposed the Mercury's perimeter defense and went 11-for-24 (45.8%) from three. That was even with Kelsey Mitchell having a down game, which seems unlikely this time around with her coming off a 34-point game on Monday that jumped her up to fourth in the league in points per game (20.0).

The Mercury have allowed 89-plus points in their last four games against teams with winning records, putting this Over in good shape.

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The 33-year-old Thomas continues to etch her name into the WNBA record books after recording a triple-double in each of her last two games; she now has a WNBA-record 14 in her career (plus four more in the playoffs).

And even when she's not putting up a triple-double, she's still picking up boards and apples with ease.

Thomas leads the league in assists per game (9.1) and sits third in rebounds per game (8.6), and she's gone Over 17.5 combined in six of her last seven games. That includes totaling 22 rebounds and assists against Indiana last week.

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