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Records: Mercury 16-15, Storm 19-13.

Notes: This is the second game in a back-to-back set on the road for the Mercury. Phoenix lost at Los Angeles last night. The Storm defeated Indiana on the road in its last outing, Monday. ... The Mercury is 2-1 against the Storm this summer, winning both games on its home court. Seattle won 72-45 at KeyArena in June. ... Seattle can secure the Western Conference's second playoff seed with a win. The Storm owns the tiebreaker against third-place Minnesota. ... Phoenix is holding teams to a league-low 36.8 percent shooting from the field in its past five games. The Storm has allowed teams to shoot 42.7 percent during the span.

Injuries: Storm — F Trina Frierson (knee) is on the injured list. Mercury — G Shereka Wright (ankle) and Lindsay Taylor (strained Achilles) are on the injured list.

Jayda Evans

	Mercury	HT	PPG	R/A
F	Penny Taylor	6-1	13.6	4.7 R
F	Plenette Pierson	6-2	8.8	4.2 R
C	S. Tuvic	6-4	2.7	4.0 R
G	Diana Taurasi	6-1	17.1	4.4 R
G	Anna DeForge	5-10	14.6	3.7 R

	Storm	HT	PPG	R/A
F	Lauren Jackson	6-5	20.2	6.7 R
F	Sheri Sam	6-0	8.9	4.3 R
C	K. Vodichkova	6-4	8.1	5.1 R
G	Betty Lennox	5-8	11.3	4.9 R
G	Sue Bird	5-9	13.0	5.3 A

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