Seattle Storm vs Chicago Sky Prediction, 8/19/2025 WNBA Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Seattle Storm vs Chicago Sky

Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Location: Wintrust Arena in Chicago, IL

TV: WNBA League Pass

The Seattle Storm (17-18) travel to Wintrust Arena on Tuesday where they'll take on the Chicago Sky (8-25).

The Seattle Storm stepped onto the hardwood against the Phoenix Mercury and ended up losing by a score of 85-82 in their last contest. Seattle walked away from the contest having earned a 47.2% FG percentage (34 of 72) and made 4 out of their 22 3-point attempts. At the charity stripe, the Storm converted 10 of 13 attempts for a percentage of 76.9%. In regard to hauling in rebounds, they compiled 30 with 3 of them being of the offensive sort. They also recorded 19 assists for this game as well as forcing the other team into 17 turnovers and getting 9 steals. When it comes to defending, Seattle allowed the other team to shoot 48.4% from the floor on 31 out of 64 shooting. Phoenix dished out 3 dimes and had 6 steals in this game. Furthermore, Phoenix totaled 34 rebounds (3 offensive, 31 defensive) and had 3 blocked shots. Phoenix walked away from this one shooting 83.3% from the free throw line by making 15 of 18 tries. They converted 8 of 26 shots from 3-point range.

Nneka Ogwumike is a player who came through in this game. She ended up scoring 24 points on 10 of 17 shooting. She saw the court for 34 mins and collected 8 boards. Ogwumike went 58.8% from the field and also distributed 2 dimes.

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Seattle enters this game with a mark of 17-18 so far this season. They average 81.7 pts per game (9th in the league) while connecting on 44.9% from the floor. The Storm are connecting on 33.0% on 3-point shots (253 of 767) and 77.3% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Seattle is pulling down 31.4 rebounds per contest and is sitting with 749 assists so far this season, which has them ranked 2nd in the WNBA in terms of passing the ball. They turn it over 11.7 times per contest and as a squad are committing 17.5 fouls on a nightly basis. When they are on the defensive end, the Storm are able to force 15.0 turnovers per contest while drawing 16.9 fouls. They are currently ranked 7th in the league in allowing assists to their opponents with 680 surrendered on the year. The Storm defensively are allowing an opponent FG percentage of 44.0% (525 of 592) and they relinquish 36.0 rebounds per contest as a team. They are giving up 33.4% on shots from downtown and they rank 5th in the WNBA in PPG from their opponents (80.1).

The last time they took the court, the Chicago Sky took a loss by a final score of 90-59 against the Golden State Valkyries. The Sky were able to corral 19 defensive rebounds and 9 offensive rebounds for a total of 28 in the matchup. They also coughed it up 14 times, while earning 5 steals in the game. The Valkyries committed 13 fouls for the contest which got the Sky to the free throw line for a total of 6 attempts. They were able to knock down 6 of the free throw tries for a clip of 100.0%. When talking about 3-point attempts, Chicago buried 7 out of 27 attempts (25.9%). Overall, the Sky finished shooting 23 for 65 from the field which had them sitting at 35.4%. The Sky permitted the Valkyries to make 27 out of their 56 tries from the field which had them sitting at 48.2% for the matchup. They finished the game shooting 51.9% from distance by shooting 14 of 27 and walked away from this one shooting 22 out of 25 at the free throw line (88.0%). When discussing rebounding, Chicago permitted Golden State to pull down 31 in total (6 offensive).

Rachel Banham ended up having an impact for the Sky for the matchup. She buried 5 of 13 in this game giving her a field goal percentage of 38.5%, and accounted for 5 rebounds. Banham tallied 15 points in her 33 minutes on the court and accumulated 2 assists for this game.

Chicago has a win-loss record of 8-25 this season. The Sky commit 18.2 fouls per game and they go 76.2% from the free throw line. They are assisting teammates 18.8 times per game (10th in the WNBA) and they are turning it over 15.5 times per game. Chicago has scored 2,472 pts so far this year (74.9 per contest) and they collect 35.8 rebounds per contest. On the offensive side of the ball, the Sky are shooting 41.7% from the field, which ranks them 11th in the league. The Sky on the defensive end are ranked 10th in basketball in PPG given up with 86.0. They allow 21.3 dimes and 33.8 rebounds per contest, ranking them 10th and 7th in the league. The Chicago defense concedes 36.8% on 3-point shots (317 of 861) and their opponents are connecting on 75.1% of their shots from the charity stripe. They are forcing 11.2 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 44.8% from the floor (10th in the league).

Who will win tonight's WNBA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Seattle

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