Fever will close the road trip on Thursday evening in Phoenix

Overview of the game: Fever Close the road trip on Thursday evening in Phoenix

Indiana Fever in Phoenix Mercure
Thursday August 7
PHX Arena | 10 p.m. and

TV: Amazon / WTHR / Direct fever
Radio: 93.1 WIBC

Probable entry

Indiana Fever (17-13)

Guard – Aara McDonald
Guard – Kelsey Mitchell
Attacker – Sophie Cunningham
Advance – Natasha Howard
Center – Aliyah Boston

Phoenix Mercury (18-11)

Guard – Monique I Makani
Guard – Kahleah Copper
Advance – Alyssa Thomas
Advance – Natasha Mack
Center – SATOU SABALLY

Game preview:

After seeing their sequence of five consecutive victories broken Tuesday evening in Los Angeles, the fever will try to bounce back on Thursday evening when they closed their four -game road trips in Phoenix against the Mercury.

The fever beat Mercury last week in Gainbridge Fieldhouse during the first meeting between the two teams this season during an offensive shooting of 107-101. The leader Aari McDonald scored a 27 -point career summit during the victory, while the center of the stars Aliyah Boston scored 17 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter to feed the Indiana with a victory.

Indiana comes on Tuesday a defeat of 100-91 against sparks. The fever dragged 22 with 5:41 to play before setting up a furious rally with a race of 18-2 during the next 2:32 to return to the six before finally lacking gas. The fever offensive was excellent, totaling 23 assists at only four reversals, but at the other end, they allowed Los Angeles to draw 56.1% of the land and 50% of the 3 -point range.

The Mercury has won its last two games and is currently in fourth place in the League classification, 1.5 games ahead of fever. Thursday’s match could have major ramifications on the playoff race, because Indiana can ensure the equality of tête-à-tête against Phoenix with a victory. If the Mercury Victoit Thursday, the equal breakdown will be found in the teams who will take the third and last meeting of the regular season on September 2 in Phoenix.

The Satou Sabally center (17.5 points and 6.6 rebounds per match) and goalkeeper Kahleah Copper (16.2 points per game, 0.455 percentage of 3 points) are the two best scorers in Mercury, but the All-Wnba Alyssa Thomas wing is the driving engine behind the Phoenix offensive. Thomas ranked 15th in the league by scoring 15.8 points per match, third in rebound (8.6 per match), and leads the league by a wide margin in assists (9.1 per match). Thomas collected 32 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists last week against Indiana, but fever was also able to force it to eight seasonal reversals.