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#625 Minnesota Lynx +8.5 over Seattle Storm 9:00 PM CT

Seattle was only an 11-win team last season featuring the second worst record and scoring differential in the WNBA. Seattle went just 4-16 S/U at home last season as well. It was a rebuilding season after Sue Bird retired and Breanna Stewart went to New York. Seattle had a busy off-season signing Skylar Diggins-Smith, who scored nearly 20 points per game for Phoenix last season plus Nneka Ogwumike from Los Angeles, one of the league’s top defenders and also a 19 points per game scorer last season for the Sparks. On paper Seattle should be a dramatically improved team but it might not be an overnight success in what will still be a major transition for the team in the fourth season under Noelle Quinn, who has a losing career record as a head coach. Expectations are grounded for the Lynx this season but the depth on the roster is solid, and this should be one of the better defensive teams in the WNBA. Last season was a disjointed campaign with numerous injuries to work through for Minnesota, but the campaign saw Napheesa Collier emerge as one of the top players in the WNBA last season after she missed most of the 2022 season. Alanna Smith also is a strong frontcourt defender picked up from Chicago with the Lynx also adding Courtney Williams from the Sky with Williams a 2021 All-Star before changing teams in now three straight seasons. Minnesota won three of four meetings last season including both games in Seattle and while the Storm likely have a higher ceiling than the Lynx this season, with both teams making major roster adjustments, there will be some early season hurdles that could give the underdog the advantage in the opener.