Minnesota @ Seattle picks

Minnesota went 2-1 straight up without Napheesa Collier earlier this season. Seattle is barely a .500 home team. Seattle showed signs of fatigue in Sunday’s loss to Indiana, and tonight marks their third home game in six nights. Minnesota wins on the road (9-4). They boast the league's top assist/turnover ratio. Its league-best defense (95.1 NET) will miss the W’s reigning DPOY, but they will have enough depth, size, and scoring punch to quiet the Storm. Fortune favors the bold, and I’m taking the plus-money route and betting Minnesota wins for the eighth time in 11 games.

Courtney Williams is already averaging 13.7 PPG this year, and it’s hardly a stretch to envision her getting up three or four extra field goal attempts without Collier on the floor. Williams made four of her five shots against the Las Vegas Aces on Saturday, but the Lynx need her in a higher-volume role for the next few weeks alongside Kayla McBride. Williams dropped 23 points against the Storm back in May, and she’s the X-factor here as this 24-5 Minnesota team tries to stay on course for the No. 1 seed.