2017 Seattle Storm season

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

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]

Transactions

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WNBA draft

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See also: 2017 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

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Roster

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

Game log

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Preseason

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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

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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

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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

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
Breanna Stewart 33 33 32.9 47.5% 37.1% 78.7% 8.7 2.7 1.2 1.6 19.9
Jewell Loyd 34 34 31.1 43.1% 38.6% 86.3% 3.2 3.4 1.3 0.4 17.7
Crystal Langhorne 34 34 28.4 64.7% 50.0% 73.5% 6.1 1.5 0.6 0.4 12.4
Sue Bird 30 30 30.0 42.7% 39.3% 77.4% 2.0 6.6 1.2 0.1 10.6
Alysha Clark 33 33 28.3 52.5% 32.8% 74.5% 4.2 1.6 0.7 0.1 8.2
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis 18 1 11.1 45.6% 29.4% 100% 1.2 0.5 0.2 0.1 4.6
Sami Whitcomb 33 0 12.2 36.1% 33.3% 81.0% 1.7 1.0 0.7 0.0 4.5
Ramu Tokashiki 33 1 12.5 44.2% 0.0% 81.5% 1.6 0.6 0.3 0.3 3.2
Noelle Quinn 32 4 15.8 40.3% 38.5% 95.2% 1.6 2.8 0.4 0.2 2.7
Carolyn Swords 30 0 8.7 54.5% — 77.3% 1.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 2.6
Alexis Peterson 17 0 7.1 29.5% 25.0% 100% 1.2 0.8 0.3 0.0 2.1
Lanay Montgomery 7 0 4.0 42.9% — — 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.9

Awards and honors

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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

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# 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

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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 Mystics818370
6Washington Mystics866Washington Mystics82
7Dallas Wings76

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

References

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  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.
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