Los Angeles at Seattle

The Storm escaped elimination in the closing seconds of the game on Friday night. Sue Bird's three-pointer with 10.7 seconds left, followed by a steal and layup with 5 seconds to go kept their season alive. This should be a close game and either team could win. But, I like it to be higher-scoring than anticipated. The teams combined for 149 points last gmae as 130 shots were taken. I expect more of the same here as Seattle at home controls the tempo. The Storm are 11-7 OVER at home this season and 12-9 OVER in division games. They score about 5 points more per game here at home than they do on the road, pushing the 80 point per game figure. Games with a total in the 130s featuring a road team off a loss to a division opponent have gone OVER 43 of 54 times the past five seasons including 4-1 so far this year! I like this one to get into the 140s.