2017 Seattle Storm season

2017Seattle 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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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

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

2017 Seattle Storm roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 10 Bird, Sue 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 1980-10-16 Connecticut 15 C 11 Montgomery, Lanay 6' 5" (1.96m) 212 lb (96kg) 1993-09-17 West Virginia R F 32 Clark, Alysha 5' 11" (1.8m) 167 lb (76kg) 1987-07-07 Middle Tennessee 6 F/C 1 Langhorne, Crystal 6' 2" (1.88m) 185 lb (84kg) 1986-10-27 Maryland 10 G 24 Loyd, Jewell 5' 10" (1.78m) 148 lb (67kg) 1993-10-05 Notre Dame 3 F 23 Mosqueda-Lewis, Kaleena 5' 11" (1.8m) 180 lb (82kg) 1993-11-03 Connecticut 3 G 2 Peterson, Alexis 5' 7" (1.7m) 139 lb (63kg) 1995-06-20 Syracuse r G 45 Quinn, Noelle 6' 0" (1.83m) 178 lb (81kg) 1985-01-03 UCLA 11 F/C 30 Stewart, Breanna 6' 4" (1.93m) 170 lb (77kg) 1994-08-27 Connecticut 2 C 8 Swords, Carolyn 6' 6" (1.98m) 209 lb (95kg) 1989-07-19 Boston College 6 F 7 Tokashiki, Ramu 6' 4" (1.93m) 176 lb (80kg) 1991-06-11 Japan 1 G 3 Whitcomb, Sami 5' 10" (1.78m) 145 lb (66kg) 1988-07-20 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 (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

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 LocationAttendance 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 LocationAttendance 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 LocationAttendance 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 LocationAttendance 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 LocationAttendance 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 LocationAttendance Record 33 September 1 Washington L 106-110 Clark (20) Stewart (13) Bird (6) Capital One Arena11,567 14-19 34 September 3 Chicago W 85-80 Stewart (29) Langhorne (12) Quinn (7) Allstate Arena7,199 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 LocationAttendance 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

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
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

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 v t e	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 roundSingle elimination(Sept. 6)					Second roundSingle elimination(Sept. 10)					SemifinalsBest-of-5(Sept. 12 – Sept. 17)					WNBA FinalsBest-of-5(Sept. 24 – Oct. 4)
											2	Los Angeles Sparks	3
						4	Connecticut Sun	83			5	Phoenix Mercury	0
	5	Phoenix Mercury	79			5	Phoenix Mercury	88								1	Minnesota Lynx	3
	8	Seattle Storm	69													2	Los Angeles Sparks	2
											1	Minnesota Lynx	3
						3	New York Liberty	68			6	Washington Mystics	0
	6	Washington Mystics	86			6	Washington Mystics	82
	7	Dallas Wings	76

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

• Bold – Game or series winner
• Italic – Team with home-court advantage

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

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