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Seattle Storm has defeated a team that has been united to achieve the best record in the WNBA.
Now the league's worst Indiana Fever will be held on Friday night.
Storm (12-7) defeated Las Vegas Aces 88-78 on Wednesday night, tying Aces to defending champion Chicago Sky, setting a league record and 4 We have separated Seattle from the top. Two top spot games.
"Everyone contributed in a great way, from top to bottom," said Storm coach Noel Quinn. "I thought we were defensively trapped. We clearly shot the ball well, but it was an effort on both sides of the ball. This was an aggressively rated top team. It's great to see one opponent play against one. ”
Seattle is 22 points below Las Vegas' average score and is forced to make 22 turnovers. It was 23 points.
"We stopped," said Jewell Loyd, who led the storm with 24 points. "That was a big part of how we were able to take good shots."
Fever suffered two defeats in Phoenix in three days, 83-71 on Monday, Wednesday is 99-78.
Indiana was hurt by the second half of the low score with both losses. Fever scored 13 fourth quarter points and 30 second half points on Monday, and 15 third quarter points and 35 second half points on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, seven players reached double digits, so there was a problem with defense when Mercury scored the highest points of the season.
"I felt defensively low in energy," said Fever coach Carlos Knox.
Kelsey Mitchell posted 21 points and Victoria Vivian added 13 points, so Indiana had only two double-digit scorers. "It was common for them to come to the point of missing a shot, but when they missed, we weren't converted. That made our attack really, really difficult."
Indiana is 0-3 on a road trip against Seattle.
– Field-level media
