Seattle at Connecticut

Defending league champion Seattle is on a 9-4 spread run with Natasha Howard and Jewell Loyd stepping up following injuries to Breanna Stewart and Sue Bird. Loyd's go-ahead jumper with 8.6 seconds to play lifted the Storm to a 74-71 victory over the Washington Mystics on Friday in a rematch of last year's WNBA Finals, erasing a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit. Seattle ranks third in the WNBA in points allowed, while the offense is No. 1 in shooting (46.8%) and three-point shooting (37.6%), and fifth in free throws (80.7%). The Storm is on a 14-6 ATS run on the road, plus 13-6-1 ATS against the Eastern Conference. Seattle is the last opposing team to beat Connecticut on this floor, winning 78-65, and this shapes up as a close one. Play Seattle.