If you’re looking for a defensive struggle, you’re in the wrong building; the Las Vegas Aces are bringing a 91.2 point-per-game average into Michelob ULTRA Arena, and the math for the Seattle Storm is, frankly, brutal. At 8-33 overall and a staggering 2-18 on the road, Seattle is limping into this 9:00 PM EDT regular season finale missing key rotation pieces like Zia Cooke and Jordan Horston. Watching the Storm try to keep pace with the Aces’ 48% field goal shooting while surrendering 88.8 points a night is like trying to plug a dam with a toothpick.
A’ja Wilson is the undisputed centerpiece here, and with 26.1 points and 9.4 boards a night, she’s the kind of gravitational force that turns a regular season game into a highlight reel. Chelsea Gray is the engine fueling that 22.0 assist average, and against a Storm defense that offers little resistance, it’s hard to imagine anything other than a clinical dismantling. Dominique Malonga is going to be doing a lot of heavy lifting for Seattle, but you can only ask so much of one player when the talent gap is this wide. Head over to StreakChat to lock in your picks and let us know if you think the Storm can make this remotely interesting.