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
Coach	Jenny Boucek (fired) Gary Kloppenburg (interim)
Arena	KeyArena
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	15–19 (.441)
Place	5th (Western)
Playoff finish	First Round v. Phoenix
Team Leaders
Points	Breanna Stewart 19.9 ppg
Rebounds	Breanna Stewart 8.7 rpg
Assists	Sue Bird 6.6 apg
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Transactions

WNBA Draft

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

Trades

• Carolyn Swords was acquired from the New York Liberty.[2]
• Washington Mystics traded its 2017 2nd round draft pick.[2]

Roster

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 East: ATL • CHI • CON • IND • NY • WAS | West: DAL • LV • LA • MIN • PHO • SEA

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 (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured WNBA roster page

Game log

Preseason

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

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

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

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

#	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

	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)
									2 Los Angeles Sparks	3
									5 Phoenix Mercury	0
					4 Connecticut Sun	83
					5 Phoenix Mercury	88
	5 Phoenix Mercury	79
	8 Seattle Storm	69
													1 Minnesota Lynx	3
													2 Los Angeles Sparks	2
	6 Washington Mystics	86
	7 Dallas Wings	76
					3 New York Liberty	68
					6 Washington Mystics	82
									1 Minnesota Lynx	3
									6 Washington Mystics	0

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

Semifinals

Team	1	2	3
1 Minnesota Lynx	101	93	81
6 Washington Mystics	81	83	70

Team	1	2	3
2 Los Angeles Sparks	79	86	89
5 Phoenix Mercury	66	72	87

WNBA Finals

Team	1	2	3	4	5
1 Minnesota Lynx	84	70	64	80	85
2 Los Angeles Sparks	85	68	75	69	76

References

1. STORM: Storm Schedule 2017
2. "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

• THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE SEATTLE STORM