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Looking to open up the 2nd half of its season with a much-needed triumph, the Seattle Storm is heading south for a video game with the Los Angeles Sparks tomorrow night, with the opening dive established for 7:30 p. m. PT on NBAtv. Seattle's following 4 video games will not be easy, as the Tornado heads to Los Angeles prior to contesting versus Dallas, Minnesota, and Dallas one more time in Arlington, Texas. In August, 6 of the Storm's 9 games will certainly be on the has had a hard time to string with each other wins given that starting the period 5-2. The group is playing at a. 307 clip considering that leaving to a hot beginning in the season's first month. Breanna Stewart has actually been the linchpin of Seattle's team this year. She finished the initial half with averages of 19. 7 factors and 9. 0 rebounds per video game. Crystal Langhorne is installing exceptionally effective offensive numbers. Langhorne is shooting 67. 9 percent from the area this period, and her group boasts a 105. 6 offensive rating when she is on the floor. The nine-year professional additionally leads the league with a 68. 2 efficient area objective Bird is placing together yet an additional season of offending proficiency. Bird is racking up 10. 8 points per game, due partially to her 42. 9 success price on 3 pointers. That number places Bird 4th in the organization amongst gamers shooting a minimum of four deep rounds per video game. She has been closing in on the WNBA's all-time record for aids all period. The former No. 1 general pick requires just 65 even more to pass Ticha Penicheiro and end up being the indisputable WNBA assist Loyd has been one of the reasons Seattle is just one of the league's most well-oiled machines offensively. Loyd is the only gamer in the WNBA to rack up 16 factors a game while dishing 3. 5 helps and shooting 33 percent or far better from past the arc. Sami Whitcomb is crafting among the very best periods of any rookie in the league. The University of Washington product is the only gamer across the organization scoring 5 factors a video game in under 13 mins while canning 35 percent of her typical and advanced statistics sustain Seattle's offensive prowess. The team rates 4th in three-point portion, 2nd in basket percentage, third in helps per video game and third in free toss portion. The Storm's 53. 4 percent reliable basket percentage is tops in the organization, and the team is 4th among all teams in offensive trainer Jenny Boucek stated the group is still looking for a consistent initiative. In its most recent outing, Seattle allowed an 18-point lead at the end of the initial quarter slip away en route to a loss in your home vs. the Chicago Sky. "Consistency has actually been, possibly, our problem all year," said Boucek. "Not simply game-to-game, yet within video games. So, we're still looking for that. They [Chicago just started scoring. Our protection obtained a little soft, they began going within. And it simply changed the momentum of the video game. "AT A GLANCE: SPARKSThe defending champs are proprietors of the second-best winning percent in the organization Storm Jersey. Los Angeles' document was bloated considerably by an 8-1 record in the month of Stimulates have 3 gamers that participated in the current WNBA All-Star video game in Seattle. Candace Parker, Nneka Ogwumike and Chelsea Gray all represented Los Angeles because video game, and deservedly so. Ogwumike's 20. 3 factors per game is third in the organization. Parker and Gray are both great for 15 points each time they hit the flooring, and both hit over 33 percent of their 3 balls. Gray's 50. 0 clip from midtown makes her the ideal three-point shooter in the organization. LA leads the WNBA in area goal portion as a team and limitations challengers to 78 factors per game, the second-stingiest mark in the background The Stimulates possess a mild side over the Tornado in the series background. Seattle has a 33-34 document versus Los Angeles, that they have actually dipped into the very least 3 times a year dating back to 2000. In games dipped into KeyArena, the Tornado holds a 22-12 2016, Seattle went 2-1 versus LA, the eventual champions. Wins in August and September helped move the Storm into the will certainly be the 3rd and last time in 2017 that the Storm and Stimulates will certainly tussle. Los Angeles head coach Brian Agler, that made use of to man the Storm's bench, is 0-5 against his former team in video games dipped into KeyArena. The Triggers are 2-2 under Agler in matches at the STAPLES Facility. These teams have actually split the 2 games between them this season. LA won the period opener for both groups, in which Bird and Stewart did not play. Seattle took one of the most current meeting by a score of 81-69.
