2013 Seattle Storm season

The 2013 WNBA season is the 14th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.

2013 Seattle Storm season
Attendance	6,981 per game
Results
Record	17–17 (.500)
Place	0th (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost in Conference Semifinals (2-0) to Minnesota Lynx
Team Leaders
Points	Thompson (14.1)
Rebounds	Thompson (5.8)
Assists	Wright (4.1)
Media
Radio	KFNQ
Television	KONG ESPN2, NBATV
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Transactions

WNBA Draft

The following are the Storm's selections in the 2013 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	6	Tianna Hawkins	United States	Maryland
2	18	Chelsea Poppens	United States	Iowa State
3	30	Jasmine James	United States	Georgia

Transaction log

• December 14, 2012: Lauren Jackson announces that her hamstring surgery will force her out of the 2013 season.[1]
• January 11: The Storm waive Alison Lacey.
• February 7: The Storm signs free agents Temeka Johnson and Noelle Quinn, and waives Ann Wauters
• February 20: The Storm signs free agent Nakia Sanford
• March 5: The Storm re-signs Alysha Clark.
• April 15: The Storm signed 2012 draft pick Keisha Hampton.
• April 25: The Storm sign draft picks Tiana Hawkins and Chelsea Poppens.
• March 11: The Storm signed Cierra Bravard.
• May 4: The Storm waive Chay Shegog.
• May 9: Sue Bird undergoes knee surgery, announces that will sit out of 2013 season.[2]
• May 12: The Storm waive Alexis Gray-Lawson.
• May 13: The Storm waive Jasmine James and Katelan Redmon.
• May 19: The Storm waive Keisha Hampton and Samantha MacKay.

Roster

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Tina Thompson	Ashley Robinson
PF	Camille Little	Joslyn Tinkle
SF	Noelle Quinn	Tianna Hawkins
SG	Tanisha Wright	Alysha Clark
PG	Temeka Johnson	Shekinna Stricklen Sue Bird

Season standings

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z-Minnesota Lynx	26	8	.765	-	34
2	x-Los Angeles Sparks	24	10	.706	2	34
3	x-Phoenix Mercury	19	15	.559	7	34
4	x-Seattle Storm	17	17	.500	9	34
5	e-San Antonio Silver Stars	12	22	.353	14	34
6	e-Tulsa Shock	11	23	.324	15	34

Schedule

Preseason

2013 pre-season game log Total: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
Pre-season: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 12 @ Los Angeles W 67–66 Thompson & Hawkins (8) Noelle Quinn (7) Temeka Johnson (5) Walter Pyramid at Long Beach State 1524 1–0 2 May 17 Tulsa W 63–59 Tina Thompson (19) Shekinna Stricklen (10) Noelle Quinn (4) Key Arena 4347 2–0
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Regular season

2013 game log Total: 17–17 (Home: 9–8; Road: 8–9)
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 26 @ Los Angeles L 69–102 Camille Little (13) Quinn, Thompson, Wright, Johnson, Hawkins, & Stricklen (3) Wright & Johnson (5) Staples Center 10090 0–1
June : 4–5 (Home: 2–2; Road: 2–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 June 2 Phoenix W 75–72 Tanisha Wright (20) Tina Thompson (6) Temeka Johnson (6) Key Arena 9686 1–1 3 June 7 Tulsa L 58–67 Tina Thompson (17) Thompson & Little (5) Quinn, Wright, & Johnson (2) Key Arena 6879 1–2 4 June 14 @ Atlanta L 59–68 Thompson & Johnson (11) Tina Thompson (7) Tanisha Wright (6) Philips Arena 4960 1–3 5 June 16 @ Connecticut W 78–66 Tina Thompson (17) Camille Little (9) Temeka Johnson (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 6550 2–3 6 June 18 Washington W 96–86 (OT) Tina Thompson (30) Tina Thompson (8) Tanisha Wright (6) Key Arena 4579 3–3 7 June 21 @ San Antonio W 91–86 Camille Little (23) Camille Little (10) Temeka Johnson (7) AT&T Center 7009 4–3 8 June 22 @ Tulsa L 70–92 Tianna Hawkins (17) Little, Wright, & Clark (5) Temeka Johnson (3) BOK Center 4327 4–4 9 June 28 NY Liberty L 62–67 Temeka Johnson (22) Quinn, Little, & Tanisha Wright (5) Quinn, Wright, Johnson, Stricklen, Hawkins (1) Key Arena 7687 4–5 10 June 30 @ Indiana L 63–71 Shekinna Stricklen (11) Camille Little (8) Wright & Johnson (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6355 4–6
July : 3–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 11 July 2 @ Chicago W 69–60 Little & Johnson (16) Tina Thompson (11) Wright & Johnson (5) Allstate Arena 5808 5–6 12 July 6 @ Washington L 59–62 Shekinna Stricklen (20) Camille Little (6) Temeka Johnson (10) Verizon Center 6174 5–7 13 July 9 @ NY Liberty L 57–66 Tina Thompson (13) Tina Thompson (7) Temeka Johnson (5) Prudential Center 5766 5–8 14 July 14 Atlanta W 73–65 Tanisha Wright (21) Camille Little (10) Temeka Johnson (5) Key Arena 6479 6–8 15 July 17 Tulsa L 59–86 Camille Little (11) Little & Clark (6) Tanisha Wright (5) Key Arena 9686 6–9 16 July 20 Los Angeles L 64–65 Camille Little (22) Tina Thompson (7) Temeka Johnson (5) Key Arena 6357 6–10 17 July 25 @ Los Angeles W 73–66 Tina Thompson (23) Thompson & Quinn (8) Temeka Johnson (4) Staples Center 12651 7–10
August : 8–5 (Home: 5–2; Road: 3–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record All-Star Break 18 August 1 Phoenix W 88–79 Thompson & Johnson (16) Tina Thompson (7) Wright & Johnson (7) Key Arena 6457 8–10 19 August 4 @ Minnesota L 72–90 Shekinna Stricklen (24) Wright & Quinn (6) Tanisha Wright (6) Target Center 9032 8–11 20 August 6 @ Phoenix W 80–65 Thompson & Wright (19) Tina Thompson (8) Tina Thompson (4) US Airways Center 6877 9–11 21 August 9 San Antonio L 56–77 Shekinna Stricklen (16) Clark & Quinn (5) Little, Wright, Johnson, Hawkins, & Quinn (2) Key Arena 5978 9–12 22 August 11 San Antonio W 69–63 Tina Thompson (17) Thompson & Quinn (11) Temeka Johnson (6) Key Arena 6249 10–12 23 August 15 Chicago L 66–79 Tanisha Wright (20) Tanisha Wright (5) Temeka Johnson (6) Key Arena 6829 10–13 24 August 17 Indiana W 77–70 Tina Thompson (23) Tina Thompson (7) Tanisha Wright (8) Key Arena 6889 11–13 25 August 20 Los Angeles W 77–57 Temeka Johnson (18) Tina Thompson (10) Tanisha Wright (9) Key Arena 6738 12–13 26 August 23 @ Phoenix W 81–73 Temeka Johnson (23) Stricklen & Thompson (7) Little & Johnson (3) US Airways Center 8026 13–13 27 August 25 @ San Antonio L 64–70 Noelle Quinn (14) Camille Little (6) Tanisha Wright (7) AT&T Center 6828 13–14 28 August 27 @ San Antonio W 72–71 Tina Thompson (27) Tina Thompson (13) Tanisha Wright (7) AT&T Center 6097 14–14 29 August 29 Connecticut W 78–65 Thompson & Little (18) Tina Thompson (9) Temeka Johnson (9) Key Arena 5567 15–14 30 August 31 @ Minnesota L 74–97 Tina Thompson (18) Alysha Clark (5) Tanisha Wright (10) Target Center 9123 15–15
September : 2–2 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 31 September 7 Minnesota L 60–75 Tanisha Wright (22) Tanisha Wright (8) Tanisha Wright (3) Key Arena 8147 15–16 32 September 10 Minnesota L 60–73 Tanisha Wright (14) Noelle Quinn (8) Tanisha Wright (5) Key Arena 5486 15–17 33 September 12 @ Tulsa W 76–67 Shekinna Stricklen (26) Tina Thompson (10) Tanisha Wright (6) BOK Center 6513 16–17 34 September 14 Tulsa W 85–73 Tina Thompson (22) Noelle Quinn (10) Tanisha Wright (8) Key Arena 8978 17–17
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Playoffs

2013 playoff game log Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
Conference Semifinals: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 September 20 @ Minnesota L 64–80 Temeka Johnson (14) Tina Thompson (8) Wright & Johnson (4) Target Center 8832 0–1 2 September 22 Minnesota L 55–58 Tanisha Wright (16) Thompson & Clark (9) Stricklen, Johnson, & Wright (2) Tacoma Dome 3457 0–2
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Statistics

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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

References

1. Lauren Jackson finally discovers cause of hamstring problems, The Herald Sun
2. "STORM: Sue Bird Undergoes Successful Knee Surgery". Wnba.com. Retrieved 2017-07-08.

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