Portland Fire (8-9, 2-5 Western Conference) at Chicago Sky (4-12, 1-7 Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n
Chicago; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
BOTTOM LINE: Portland Fire visits the Chicago Sky after Bridget Carleton scored 24 points in the Fire’s 94-89 win against the Seattle Storm.<\/p>\n
The Sky are 1-6 in home games. Chicago is 3-8 against opponents with a winning record.<\/p>\n
The Fire are 2-4 on the road. Portland is seventh in the WNBA averaging 9.4 made 3-pointers per game while shooting 34.6% from deep. Carleton leads the team averaging 2.6 makes while shooting 38.2% from 3-point range.<\/p>\n
Chicago scores 82.4 points per game, 5.7 fewer points than the 88.1 Portland gives up. Portland averages 9.4 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.5 more made shots on average than the 6.9 per game Chicago allows.<\/p>\n
The teams square off for the second time this season. In the last meeting on May 10 the Sky won 98-83 led by 22 points from Kamilla Cardoso, while Carla Leite scored 18 points for the Fire.<\/p>\n
TOP PERFORMERS: Skylar Diggins is averaging 14.5 points and 4.6 assists for the Sky. Rickea Jackson is averaging 18 points and 1.8 blocks over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n
Carleton is averaging 13.8 points and 1.7 steals for the Fire. Leite is averaging 13.4 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Sky: 1-9, averaging 81.8 points, 32.0 rebounds, 19.5 assists, 7.2 steals and 5.4 blocks per game while shooting 41.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 92.2 points per game.<\/p>\n
Fire: 4-6, averaging 79.9 points, 28.6 rebounds, 20.5 assists, 5.9 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 44.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 87.7 points.<\/p>\n
INJURIES: Sky: Courtney Vandersloot: out (knee), Rickea Jackson: out for season (knee), DiJonai Carrington: out (foot).<\/p>\n
Fire: None listed.<\/p>\n
——<\/p>\n
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