Golden State at Toronto

Golden State has become the league's toughest watch for opposing offenses, and it starts with pace. The Valkyries play the slowest tempo in the WNBA, and over their last five games, they've held opponents under 77 points a night, capping that stretch by limiting Washington to a season-low 49 in Monday's win. Toronto counters without two of its top perimeter scorers. Brittney Sykes, the team's leading scorer, has missed extended time with a plantar fascia issue, and rookie guard Kiki Rice remains out with a Grade 3 ankle sprain, stripping the Tempo of shot creation that normally pushes their offense into the mid-90s. Marina Mabrey can still get hot from deep, but asking her to single-handedly outscore Golden State's defense is a tall order against a team built to grind games into the 60s and 70s. Toronto also plays a fast, possession-heavy style when healthy, which means whatever rhythm they try to find tonight runs straight into a defense engineered to choke exactly that off. The total sits well above where a shorthanded Toronto team facing this defense should land. Take the UNDER tonight.