2017 Seattle Storm season

The 2017 WNBA season was the 18th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association. The season began May 13 and ended September 3.[1]

2017 Seattle Storm season
CoachJenny Boucek (fired)
Gary Kloppenburg (interim)
ArenaKeyArena
Attendanceper game
Results
Record15–19 (.441)
Place5th (Western)
Playoff finishFirst Round v. Phoenix
Team Leaders
PointsBreanna Stewart 19.9 ppg
ReboundsBreanna Stewart 8.7 rpg
AssistsSue Bird 6.6 apg

Transactions edit

WNBA draft edit

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
2 15 Alexis Peterson   United States Syracuse
3 30 Lanay Montgomery   United States West Virginia

Trades edit

Roster edit

2017 Seattle Storm roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G 10   Bird, Sue 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 10-16-1980 Connecticut 15
C 11   Montgomery, Lanay 6' 5" (1.96m) 212 lb (96kg) 09-17-1993 West Virginia R
F 32   Clark, Alysha 5' 11" (1.8m) 167 lb (76kg) 07-07-1987 Middle Tennessee 6
F/C 1   Langhorne, Crystal 6' 2" (1.88m) 185 lb (84kg) 10-27-1986 Maryland 10
G 24   Loyd, Jewell 5' 10" (1.78m) 148 lb (67kg) 10-05-1993 Notre Dame 3
F 23   Mosqueda-Lewis, Kaleena 5' 11" (1.8m) 180 lb (82kg) 11-03-1993 Connecticut 3
G 2   Peterson, Alexis 5' 7" (1.7m) 139 lb (63kg) 06-20-1995 Syracuse R
G 45   Quinn, Noelle 6' 0" (1.83m) 178 lb (81kg) 01-03-1985 UCLA 11
F/C 30   Stewart, Breanna 6' 4" (1.93m) 170 lb (77kg) 08-27-1994 Connecticut 2
C 8   Swords, Carolyn 6' 6" (1.98m) 209 lb (95kg) 07-19-1989 Boston College 6
F 7   Tokashiki, Ramu 6' 4" (1.93m) 176 lb (80kg) 06-11-1991 Japan 1
G 3   Whitcomb, Sami 5' 10" (1.78m) 145 lb (66kg) 07-20-1988 Washington R
Head coach
  Jenny Boucek (Virginia)
Assistant coaches
  Gary Kloppenburg (UC San Diego)
  Ryan Webb (Seattle)
Athletic trainer
  Tom Spencer (Central Washington)
Strength and conditioning coach
  Melissa Hardin (Western Washington)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Injured

Game log edit

Preseason edit

2017 pre-season game log
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 May 3 Phoenix W 86-64 Loyd (14) Swords (8) O'Neill (5) KeyArena
4,128
1-0
2 May 7 Phoenix L 55-72 Loyd (13) Loyd (5) O'Hea (4) Talking Stick Resort Arena
4,088
1-1
2017 pre-season schedule

Regular season edit

2017 game log
Total: 15–19 (Home: 10–7; Road: 5–12)
May: 4–1 (Home: 4–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 May 13 Los Angeles L 68-78 Loyd (25) Langhorne (6) Quinn (8) Staples Center
10,603
0-1
2 May 14 Indiana W 87-82 Loyd (27) Tied (7) Tied (3) KeyArena
7,969
1-1
3 May 21 Washington W 81-71 Loyd (26) Tied (5) Bird (10) KeyArena
6,088
2-1
4 May 26 New York W 87-81 Stewart (20) Stewart (12) Tied (6) KeyArena
5,860
3-1
5 May 28 Indiana W 94-70 Clark (22) Stewart (9) Bird (8) KeyArena
4,722
4-1
June : 2–7 (Home: 1–3; Road: 1–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
6 June 3 Minnesota L 77-100 Tied (16) Stewart (6) Bird (8) KeyArena
7,576
4-2
7 June 6 San Antonio W 85-76 Stewart (22) Stewart (8) Bird (9) AT&T Center
4,260
5-2
8 June 9 Indiana L 80-83 Loyd (25) Stewart (9) Bird (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,166
5-3
9 June 11 New York L 86-94 Stewart (23) Stewart (10) Bird (10) Madison Square Garden
8,564
5-4
10 June 13 Atlanta L 86-91 Loyd (27) Langhorne (10) Stewart (6) KeyArena
4,352
5-5
11 June 18 San Antonio W 75-57 Stewart (22) Stewart (15) Bird (9) KeyArena
9,686
6-5
12 June 23 Phoenix L 82-85 Stewart (21) Stewart (8) Bird (8) KeyArena
7,796
6-6
13 June 27 Washington L 70-100 Langhorne (15) Stewart (7) Bird (5) Verizon Center
7,337
6-7
14 June 29 Connecticut L 86-96 Stewart (22) Stewart (10) Bird (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
8,668
6-8
July : 4–5 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
15 July 1 Dallas W 89-69 Stewart (30) Stewart (10) Bird (8) College Park Center
4,038
7-8
16 July 6 New York L 70-79 Stewart (20) Stewart (14) Stewart (5) KeyArena
4,397
7-9
17 July 8 Los Angeles W 81-69 Stewart (26) Tied (7) Tied (4) KeyArena
7,104
8-9
18 July 12 Connecticut L 79-83 Stewart (22) Stewart (8) Bird (7) KeyArena
10,833
8-10
19 July 15 Atlanta W 90-84 Stewart (24) Stewart (9) Bird (7) KeyArena
6,993
9-10
20 July 18 Chicago L 83-94 Stewart (25) Stewart (11) Bird (9) KeyArena
8,358
9-11
21 July 25 Los Angeles L 60-68 Stewart (23) Langhorne (10) Tied (5) Staples Center
10,012
9-12
22 July 28 Dallas W 109-93 Loyd (27) Stewart (9) Bird (6) KeyArena
7,797
10-12
23 July 30 Minnesota L 82-93 Loyd (26) Langhorne (10) Tied (6) Xcel Energy Center
12,432
10-13
August : 4–4 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
24 August 4 Dallas L 80-93 Loyd (23) Tied (5) Bird (7) College Park Center
3,712
10-14
25 August 5 San Antonio L 80-87 (OT) Stewart (32) Tied (8) Loyd (7) AT&T Center
5,869
10-15
26 August 8 Connecticut L 71-84 Stewart (17) Clark (10) Bird (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,853
10-16
27 August 12 Phoenix W 98-89 Tied (20) Stewart (9) Tied (5) Talking Stick Resort Arena
11,797
11-16
28 August 16 Minnesota W 62-61 Loyd (16) Stewart (11) Quinn (5) KeyArena
7,876
12-16
29 August 18 San Antonio W 79-78 Stewart (22) Stewart (9) Bird (6) KeyArena
9,686
13-16
30 August 20 Chicago W 103-66 Stewart (19) Stewart (9) Bird (8) Allstate Arena
6,020
14-16
31 August 23 Atlanta L 83-89 Stewart (18) Langhorne (10) Bird (6) McCamish Pavilion 14-17
32 August 27 Phoenix L 71-75 Loyd (33) Stewart (9) Stewart (4) KeyArena
13,882
14-18
September : 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
33 September 1 Washington L 106-110 Clark (20) Stewart (13) Bird (6) Capital One Arena
11,567
14-19
34 September 3 Chicago W 85-80 Stewart (29) Langhorne (12) Quinn (7) Allstate Arena
7,199
15-19
2017 season schedule

Playoffs edit

2017 playoff game log
WNBA First Round: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Series
1 September 6 Phoenix L 69-79 Stewart (23) Stewart (8) Bird (5) Wells Fargo Arena
5,764
0-1
2017 playoff schedule


Awards and honors edit

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Breanna Stewart Player of the Week July 17, 2017 [3]
Breanna Stewart Player of the Week August 21, 2017 [4]

Standings edit

# Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
1 Minnesota Lynx - (1) 27 7 .794 15–2 12–5 13–3
2 Los Angeles Sparks - (2) 26 8 .765 1 16–1 10–7 12–4
3 Phoenix Mercury - (5) 18 16 .529 9 9–8 9–8 7–9
4 Dallas Wings - (7) 16 18 .471 11 10–7 6–11 7–9
5 Seattle Storm - (8) 15 19 .441 12 10–7 5–12 8–8
6 San Antonio Stars - e 8 26 .235 19 6–11 2–15 1–15

Playoffs edit

First round:
Single elimination
(Sept. 6)
Second round:
Single elimination
(Sept. 10)
Semifinals:
Best-of-five
(Sept. 12 – Sept. 17)
WNBA Finals:
Best-of-five
(Sept. 24 – Oct. 4)
2Los Angeles Sparks798689
4Connecticut Sun835Phoenix Mercury667287
5Phoenix Mercury795Phoenix Mercury881Minnesota Lynx8470648085
8Seattle Storm692Los Angeles Sparks8568756976
1Minnesota Lynx1019381
3New York Liberty686Washington Mystics818370Third place
6Washington Mystics866Washington Mystics82
7Dallas Wings76

Note: Teams re-seeded after second round and semi-finals.

References edit

  1. ^ STORM: Storm Schedule 2017
  2. ^ a b "Transactions".
  3. ^ "Chicago's Dolson, Seattle's Stewart Named WNBA Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. July 17, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
  4. ^ "Seattle's Stewart, New York's Charles Named WNBA Players Of The Week". wnba.com. WNBA. August 21, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2017.

External links edit