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Washington Mystics (21-15, 11-5 Eastern Conference) at Portland Fire (15-21, 6-11 Western Conference)Portland, Oregon; Sunday, 7 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: Shakira Austin and the Washington Mystics visit Bridget Carleton and the Portland Fire in a non-conference matchup.The Fire are 8-10 on their home court. Portland ranks second in the league averaging 10.2 made 3-pointers per game while shooting 34.9% from deep. Carleton leads the team averaging 2.9 makes while shooting 38.3% from 3-point range.The Mystics have gone 8-8 away from home. Washington has a 6-2 record in one-possession games.Portland makes 45.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.4 percentage points higher than Washington has allowed to its opponents (42.7%). Washington averages 82.0 points per game, 8.9 fewer points than the 90.9 Portland gives up.The teams square off for the third time this season. The Fire won the last meeting 75-56 on July 16. Carla Leite scored 14 points to help lead the Fire to the victory.
TOP PERFORMERS: Leite is averaging 15.5 points and 6.2 assists for the Fire. Carleton is averaging 14.6 points and 1.5 steals over the last 10 games.Austin is scoring 16.6 points per game and averaging 9.5 rebounds for the Mystics. Sonia Citron is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
