Phoenix at Minnesota

The Minnesota Lynx looked like a team on the rise, until Simeone Augustus went down with an injury. They immediately changed their style and tempo and went from a team that averaged 87 points per game with Augustus to a team that has scored 65.5 ppg without her. They went from 172 total points a game down to 139. Phoenix likes to get up-and-down the court, but they aren't going to have a willing partner here. When you start to approach the 180 mark in a WNBA game, you need both teams willing to run and Minnesota just isn't playing that way since Augustus went down. It isn't just evident from the scores it is evident from the pace of the game. Their first six games with her saw 133 shots attempted per game, while the last two without her has shown 116. This one is based on the whole picture for the Lynx, but that picture has changed dramatically, so I look for this one to go UNDER the total.