The Phoenix Mercury (13-12) will lean on Kahleah Copper (23.2 points per game, second in WNBA) when they attempt to defeat Caitlin Clark (17.1, 13th) and the Indiana Fever (11-15) on August 16, 2024 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
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Fever vs. Mercury Game Information
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Fever Key Players
- Clark posts 17.1 points and 8.2 assists per contest — both team highs. She is also averaging 5.8 rebounds, shooting 40.5% from the floor and 32.7% from beyond the arc with 2.7 made 3-pointers per game (fifth in league).
- Aliyah Boston is tops on the Fever at 8.7 rebounds per contest, while also posting 2.7 assists and 14.2 points. She is eighth in the WNBA in rebounding.
- NaLyssa Smith puts up 11.6 points, 7.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. Defensively, she puts up 0.7 steals and 1.0 block.
- Kelsey Mitchell puts up 16.9 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists per contest, shooting 44.3% from the field and 36.8% from downtown with 2.3 made 3-pointers per contest (seventh in WNBA).
- Katie Lou Samuelson is averaging 5.4 points, 1.5 assists and 2.5 rebounds per game.
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Mercury Key Players
- Copper paces the Mercury in scoring (23.2 points per game), and averages 4.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists. She also delivers 0.9 steals and 0.1 blocked shots.
- Natasha Cloud is the Mercury’s top assist person (7.3 per game), and she produces 12.4 points and 4.4 rebounds. Her assist average ranks her third in the WNBA.
- The Mercury receive 16.1 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game from Diana Taurasi.
- Brittney Griner is putting up 18.6 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.9 assists per contest, making 55.8% of her shots from the floor (second in league).
- Sophie Cunningham gives the Mercury 8.0 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per contest. She also averages 1.0 steal and 0.2 blocked shots.
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Fever vs. Mercury Stats Breakdown
- The 81.8 points per game the Fever average are only 4.0 fewer points than the Mercury allow (85.8).
- The Mercury put up an average of 83.8 points per game, just 3.5 fewer points than the 87.3 the Fever allow.
- The Fever average 34.3 rebounds a contest, 2.1 more rebounds per game than the Mercury’s average.
- This season, the Fever have a 44.8% shooting percentage from the field, which is 1.0% higher than the 43.8% of shots the Mercury’s opponents have hit.
- The Mercury have shot at a 44.0% rate from the field this season, 0.6 percentage points below the 44.6% shooting opponents of the Fever have averaged.
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