Seattle @ Phoenix Game Overview
SEA vs PHORecords
Head-To-HeadLast 10
| Date | Home | Result | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, '25 | SEA |
77 - 70
|
SEA -6.0 | u157.0 |
| May 17, '25 | PHO |
81 - 59
|
PHO 6.0 | u158.0 |
| Sep 19, '24 | PHO |
89 - 70
|
SEA 2.0 | u165.0 |
| Sep 07, '24 | SEA |
90 - 66
|
SEA -6.5 | u164.0 |
| Jun 16, '24 | PHO |
87 - 78
|
PHO 3.5 | u166.0 |
| Jun 04, '24 | SEA |
80 - 62
|
SEA -5.0 | u164.0 |
| Aug 13, '23 | SEA |
81 - 71
|
SEA -1.5 | u161.5 |
| Aug 05, '23 | PHO |
97 - 91
|
SEA 3.0 | o159.5 |
| Jun 24, '23 | SEA |
97 - 74
|
SEA -2.5 | o162.0 |
| Jun 13, '23 | PHO |
83 - 69
|
SEA 6.5 | u163.0 |
SEA vs PHO Preview
Last Meeting ( May 23, 2025 ) Phoenix 70, Seattle 77
By now, Phoenix and Seattle should know each other well.
The Mercury and Storm will meet for the third time this season when they play in Phoenix on Saturday. They split the first two games.
The rivalry runs deep. The teams have met six times in the playoffs, and Phoenix (6-3) is off to its best start since 2018, when it lost to the eventual league champion Storm in the Western Conference semifinals.
The Mercury enters after an 86-77 home victory over Golden State on Thursday. They trailed by eight points with four minutes remaining but closed on an 18-1 run behind rookie Lexi Held and Satou Sabally.
Held had 24 points and helped carry the playmaking load of Alyssa Thomas, who has missed the last four games with a left calf injury.
"I've been pretty pleased with her playing the point here the last couple of games," Mercury coach Nate Tibbetts said. "I think she's probably been more of a combo (guard), but she handled it a ton tonight, which was great with some of the injuries that we've had.
"If she can do that when some of our others come back. Just having that shot-creation confidence. You know, she's little, but she's fierce."
The Mercury blew out the Storm 81-59 in the season opener for both in Phoenix on May 17, when they shot a season-high 51.7 percent. The Storm won the rematch 77-70 when Nneka Ogwumike and Skylar Diggins had 24 points apiece on May 23.
Seattle (4-4) broke a three-game losing streak with an 83-77 home victory over Dallas on Tuesday. The Storm used an 18-4 run fueled by a six-point possession with less than four minutes remaining to take control.
Diggins had a four-point play -- a layup and two free throws after DiJonai Carrington was called for a flagrant 1 foul. The Storm retained possession because of the foul and got a layup from Ezi Magbegor.
"That was huge," Ogwumike said. "It's always about winning the game within the game. We can learn a lot from ourselves by taking those moments seriously. We suffer a lot from paralysis by analysis, and we just need to play basketball."
Sabally leads the Mercury with 20.3 points per game. Diggins (16.8), Ogwumike (16.5) and Gabby Williams (14.5) lead the Storm.
--Field Level Media
SEA vs PHOInjury report
Seattle's Injuries
| Player | POS | Status | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Samuelson | F | Out For Season - Knee( May 02, '25) | May 02, '25 | |
| The Storm reported that Samuelson suffered a torn ACL in her right knee in Thursday's (May 1) practice, which will likely result in being ruled out for the season, per Meghan L. Hall of USA Today. | ||||
Phoenix's Injuries
| Player | POS | Status | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No injuries to report. | ||||
SEA vs PHOStats
Offense vs Defense
Key Stats League ranks in parenthesis
| OFFENSE |
Off. Rank | Stat | Def. Rank | DEFENSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46.0 | (5) | FG% | (4) | 41.7 |
| 30.4 | (5) | FGM | (2) | 26.8 |
| 66.0 | (6) | FGA | (3) | 64.2 |
| 35.0 | (5) | 3P% | (4) | 29.5 |
| 6.2 | (9) | 3PM | (5) | 7.4 |
| 17.9 | (10) | 3PA | (6) | 25.2 |
| 74.8 | (8) | FT% | (11) | 80.3 |
| 12.2 | (13) | FTM | (8) | 15.9 |
| 16.4 | (13) | FTA | (8) | 19.8 |
| League Avg. |
|---|
| 42.9 |
| 28.7 |
| 66.8 |
| 33.2 |
| 8.2 |
| 24.6 |
| 77.2 |
| 15.5 |
| 20.1 |
More Stats
| OFFENSE |
Off. Rank | Stat | Def. Rank | DEFENSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32.5 | (13) | REB | (9) | 35.3 |
| 6.0 | (12) | OREB | (5) | 7.8 |
| 26.5 | (11) | DREB | (9) | 27.6 |
| 21.5 | (6) | AST | (6) | 19.7 |
| 14.6 | (1) | TO | (5) | 18.7 |
| 1.5 | (2) | AST/TO | (4) | 1.1 |
| 7.4 | (4) | STL | (5) | 7.3 |
| 4.1 | (10) | BLK | (9) | 3.8 |
| League Avg. |
|---|
| 34.5 |
| 8.5 |
| 26.0 |
| 19.5 |
| 15.1 |
| 1.3 |
| 7.7 |
| 3.9 |
Points
| OFFENSE |
Off. Rank | Stat | Def. Rank | DEFENSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79.2 | (10) | Points | (5) | 76.9 |
| 21.0 | (10) | 1st Q | (11) | 19.6 |
| 19.2 | (10) | 2nd Q | (11) | 19.8 |
| 18.8 | (10) | 3rd Q | (11) | 18.0 |
| 20.2 | (10) | 4th Q | (11) | 19.6 |
| League Avg. |
|---|
| 81.0 |
| 20.4 |
| 20.1 |
| 20.8 |
| 19.7 |