2010 Seattle Storm season

The 2010 WNBA season was the 11th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Storm won their second WNBA championship.

2010 Seattle Storm season
CoachBrian Agler
ArenaKeyArena
Attendance8,322 per game
Results
Record28–6 (.824)
Place1st (Western)
Playoff finishWon WNBA Finals (3-0) vs Atlanta Dream
Team Leaders
PointsJackson (20.5)
ReboundsJackson (8.3)
AssistsBird (5.8)
Media
RadioKKNW
TelevisionKONG, KING
NBATV, ESPN2

Transactions

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Dispersal draft

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Based on the Storm's 2009 record, they would pick 10th in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Storm picked Chelsea Newton.

WNBA draft

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The following are the Storm's selections in the 2010 WNBA draft.

Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country
1 10 Alison Lacey   Australia Iowa State
2 22 Tanisha Smith   United States Texas A&M
3 34 Tijana Krivacevic   Hungary Hungary

Transaction log

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  • February 4: The Storm signed Chelsea Newton.
  • February 9: The Storm signed free agent Le'coe Willingham.[1]
  • March 3: The Storm signed Jana Vesela to a training camp contract.
  • March 11: The Storm re-signed Lauren Jackson.[2]
  • March 17: The Storm signed Davanei Hampton to a training camp contract.
  • April 1: The Storm signed Abby Bishop, Laura Kurz and Aja Parham to training camp contracts.
  • April 6: The Storm signed Lindsey Wilson to a training camp contract.
  • April 8: The Storm announced that Katie Gearlds would sit out the 2010 season.
  • April 14: The Storm signed Loree Moore to a training camp contract.
  • April 20: The Storm signed Ashley Robinson and Heather Bowman to training camp contracts.
  • April 22: The Storm signed Svetlana Abrosimova and released Janell Burse.
  • April 30: The Storm waived Tanisha Smith.
  • May 6: The Storm waived Heather Bowman.
  • May 10: The Storm waived Devanei Hampton and Lindsey Wilson.
  • May 11: The Storm waived Laura Kurz.
  • May 14: The Storm waived Aja Parham, Loree Moore and Ashley Walker.

Free agents

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Roster

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Seattle Storm roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G/F 25   Abrosimova, Svetlana 6' 2" (1.88m) 169 lb (77kg) Connecticut
PG 10   Bird, Sue 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) Connecticut
F 5   Bishop, Abby 6' 3" (1.91m) 191 lb (87kg) Australia
SF 2   Cash, Swin 6' 1" (1.85m) 162 lb (73kg) Connecticut
F/C 15   Jackson, Lauren 6' 5" (1.96m) 187 lb (85kg) Australia
G 40   Lacey, Alison 6' 0" (1.83m) 159 lb (72kg) Iowa State
PF 20   Little, Camille 6' 2" (1.88m) 180 lb (82kg) North Carolina
C 43   Robinson, Ashley 6' 4" (1.93m) 180 lb (82kg) Tennessee
F 7   Veselá, Jana 6' 3" (1.91m) 195 lb (88kg) Czech Republic
PF 34   Willingham, Le'coe 6' 0" (1.83m) 200 lb (91kg) Auburn
PG 30   Wright, Tanisha 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) Penn State
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Athletic trainer
Strength and conditioning coach
  •   Melissa Hardin

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

Depth

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Sue Bird, on offense
Pos. Starter Bench
C Camille Little Ashley Robinson / Abby Bishop
PF Lauren Jackson Le'coe Willingham / Jana Vesela
SF Swin Cash Alison Lacey
SG Tanisha Wright Svetlana Abrosimova
PG Sue Bird

Season standings

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Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Seattle Storm x 28 6 .824 17–0 11–6 20–2
Phoenix Mercury x 15 19 .441 13.0 9–8 6–11 13–9
San Antonio Silver Stars x 14 20 .412 14.0 8–9 6–11 11–11
Los Angeles Sparks x 13 21 .382 15.0 8–9 5–12 10–12
Minnesota Lynx o 13 21 .382 15.0 7–10 6–11 8–14
Tulsa Shock o 6 28 .176 22.0 4–13 2–15 4–18

Schedule

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Preseason

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2010 Game Log: Preseason
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 May 2 4:00pm Phoenix 77–58 Walker (17) Walker (6) Lacey (5) KeyArena
4,912
1–0
2 May 9 2:00pm @ Tulsa 80–90 Jackson (15) Cash (7) Wright (4) BOK Center
N/A
1–1

Regular season

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2010 Game Log: Regular Season
May
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 May 16 9:00pm Los Angeles KONG 81–67 Jackson (23) Jackson (10) Bird (4) KeyArena
9,686
1–0
2 May 19 10:00pm Minnesota KING 79–76 Cash (24) Jackson (8) Bird (10) KeyArena
6,687
2–0
3 May 22 10:00pm @ Phoenix 95–89 (OT) Jackson (25) Wright (9) Bird (8) US Airways Center
10,144
3–0
4 May 25 10:00pm Washington 82–76 Bird, Wright (16) Jackson (7) Bird (7) KeyArena
6,612
4–0
5 May 27 8:00pm @ Chicago CN100 75–84 Jackson (15) Jackson (11) Bird (4) Allstate Arena
2,923
4–1
6 May 30 3:00pm @ San Antonio 84–56 Jackson (27) Cash (8) Bird (6) AT&T Center
4,924
5–1
June
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
7 June 1 9:30pm Atlanta ESPN2 90–72 Jackson (32) Jackson (10) Bird (6) KeyArena
7,586
6–1
8 June 5 11:00pm @ Los Angeles NBATV
FS-W
79–75 Bird (22) Jackson (9) Bird (6) Home Depot Center
6,026
7–1
9 June 6 9:00pm Phoenix KONG 97–74 Cash, Jackson, Little (16) Abrosimova (7) Bird (11) KeyArena
7,827
8–1
10 June 11 10:00pm Los Angeles KONG 82–60 Jackson (17) Jackson (9) Bird (5) KeyArena
7,286
9–1
11 June 17 7:00pm @ Indiana FS-I 65–72 Jackson (17) Jackson (9) Cash (4) Conseco Fieldhouse
7,520
9–2
12 June 18 7:30pm @ New York 92–84 Bird (22) Jackson (12) Bird (10) Madison Square Garden
8,883
10–2
13 June 20 9:00pm San Antonio NBATV
FS-SW
82–61 Cash (22) Jackson (14) Wright (6) KeyArena
8,086
11–2
14 June 25 10:00pm Indiana 85–81 Jackson (28) Jackson (7) Wright (10) KeyArena
9,083
12–2
15 June 27 4:00pm @ Tulsa COX 83–72 Jackson (24) Little (9) Wright (10) BOK Center
4,865
13–2
16 June 29 10:00pm San Antonio 86–72 Jackson (31) Jackson (15) Wright (12) KeyArena
7,823
14–2
July
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
17 July 3 5:00pm @ Los Angeles ESPN2 75–62 Jackson (20) Cash, Jackson (8) Bird (7) STAPLES Center
9,319
15–2
18 July 6 3:00pm New York 78–70 Cash (20) Cash (11) Little, Wright (4) KeyArena
11,012
16–2
19 July 14 3:30pm @ Phoenix FS-A 111–107 (3OT) Jackson (31) Jackson (18) Bird (8) US Airways Center
13,508
17–2
20 July 17 3:30pm @ Minnesota 73–71 Jackson (26) Cash (11) Wright (10) Target Center
7,216
18–2
21 July 20 12:30pm @ San Antonio NBATV
FS-SW
80–74 Jackson (21) Cash, Jackson (7) Wright (7) AT&T Center
12,414
19–2
22 July 25 9:00pm Tulsa KONG 75–59 Jackson (16) Willingham (10) Bird, Wright (6) KeyArena
9,686
20–2
23 July 27 9:30pm Phoenix ESPN2 91–85 Jackson (33) Jackson (11) Bird (7) KeyArena
8,044
21–2
24 July 29 10:00pm Chicago NBATV
KONG
80–60 Cash (16) Little, Willingham (7) Bird (8) KeyArena
7,749
22–2
August
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
25 August 1 7:00pm @ Minnesota NBATV
FS-N
71–72 Bird (16) Robinson (7) Bird (10) Target Center
7,312
22–3
26 August 3 8:00pm @ Tulsa COX 75–84 Bird (19) Bird (7) Wright (7) BOK Center
3,697
22–4
27 August 5 10:30pm Connecticut ESPN2 83–82 Jackson (31) Jackson (8) Bird (6) KeyArena
7,538
23–4
28 August 7 10:00pm Tulsa KONG 111–65 Abrosimova (20) Jackson (10) Abrosimova (8) KeyArena
9,686
24–4
29 August 10 7:00pm @ Atlanta FS-S 80–70 Jackson, Wright (14) Jackson (8) Abrosimova (6) Philips Arena
6,042
25–4
30 August 13 7:30pm @ Connecticut 68–88 Abrosmiova (19) Robinson (7) Abrosimova (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
9,197
25–5
31 August 15 4:00pm @ Washington 71–80 Cash (15) Abrosimova, Willingham (6) Bird (7) Verizon Center
9,438
25–6
32 August 17 10:00pm Minnesota 68–64 Jackson (24) Little (14) Bird (8) KeyArena
7,394
26–6
33 August 20 10:00pm @ Phoenix 78–73 Cash (13) Bird (7) Bird (5) US Airways Center
12,459
27–6
34 August 21 11:00pm Los Angeles ESPN2 75–74 Little (22) Cash (7) Bird (9) KeyArena
9,686
28–6
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Postseason

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2010 Game Log: Postseason
Western Conference Semifinals
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series
1 August 25 11:00pm Los Angeles ESPN2 79–66 Cash (20) Jackson (9) Bird (12) KeyArena
10,589
1–0
2 August 28 3:00pm @ Los Angeles ESPN2 81–66 Jackson (24) Jackson (9) Cash (5) STAPLES Center
8,326
2–0
Western Conference Finals
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series
1 September 2 10:00pm Phoenix NBATV 82–74 Jackson (23) Jackson (17) Bird (10) KeyArena
9,686
1–0
2 September 5 3:00pm @ Phoenix ABC 91–88 Cash (28) Cash, Jackson, Little (8) Bird (8) US Airways Center
9,010
2–0
WNBA Finals
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series
1 September 12 3:00pm Atlanta ABC 79–77 Jackson (26) Little (11) Bird (8) KeyArena
15,084
1–0
2 September 14 9:00pm Atlanta ESPN2 87–84 Jackson (26) Little (9) Bird (5) KeyArena
13,898
2–0
3 September 16 8:00pm @ Atlanta ESPN2 87–84 Cash (18) Jackson (9) Bird (7) Philips Arena
10,522
3–0

Statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

Regular season

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Svetlana Abrosimova 34 1 20.2 .415 .376 .568 3.1 2.0 1.18 0.09 7.6
Sue Bird 33 33 30.5 .434 .399 .857 2.7 5.8 1.52 0.15 11.1
Abby Bishop 16 0 6.8 .356 .250 .545 1.3 0.3 0.13 0.06 2.8
Swin Cash 34 34 30.8 .435 .407 .807 6.0 2.0 0.56 0.50 13.8
Lauren Jackson 32 32 31.0 .462 .346 .910 8.3 1.2 0.94 1.19 20.5
Alison Lacey 21 0 6.9 .114 .111 1.000 0.8 0.5 0.29 0.05 0.8
Camille Little 34 34 24.6 .500 .348 .711 5.2 1.4 1.62 0.62 10.1
Ashley Robinson 30 0 8.2 .413 .000 .333 1.9 0.5 0.13 0.70 1.4
Jana Veselá 29 0 11.4 .547 .400 .800 2.0 0.6 0.62 0.24 3.2
Le'coe Willingham 33 2 15.6 .538 .452 .667 4.1 0.7 0.48 0.15 5.5
Tanisha Wright 34 34 29.1 .410 .411 .844 3.3 4.5 1.21 0.26 9.2

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ Evans, Jayda (February 9, 2010). "Storm signs Le'coe Willingham from champion Mercury". The Seattle Times. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  2. ^ Evans, Jayda (March 11, 2010). "Lauren Jackson makes it official, signs two-year contract with Storm". The Seattle Times. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  3. ^ Viera, Mark (September 2, 2010). "Seattle's Jackson to Get Third M.V.P. Award". The New York Times. Retrieved February 21, 2024. (subscription required)
  4. ^ "Lauren Jackson named Finals MVP as Seattle Storm wins second WNBA championship over Atlanta Dream". New York Daily News. September 17, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
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