Chicago Sky (9-28, 3-15 Eastern Conference) at Phoenix Mercury (23-14, 13-9 Western Conference)

Phoenix; Thursday, 10 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: Chicago Sky takes on the Phoenix Mercury after Ariel Atkins scored 30 points in the Sky's 79-74 loss to the Las Vegas Aces.

The Mercury are 12-6 in home games. Phoenix is fifth in the WNBA averaging 83.2 points and is shooting 43.4% from the field.

The Sky are 4-13 in road games. Chicago has a 0-1 record in games decided by less than 4 points.

Phoenix averages 83.2 points per game, 3.0 fewer points than the 86.2 Chicago allows. Chicago has shot at a 42.2% clip from the field this season, 0.3 percentage points fewer than the 42.5% shooting opponents of Phoenix have averaged.

The teams play for the fourth time this season. The Mercury won the last

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