2012 Seattle Storm season

2012 Seattle Storm season
CoachBrian Agler
ArenaKeyArena
Attendance7,489 per game
Results
Record16–18 (.471)
Place4th (Western)
Playoff finishLost in Conference Semifinals (2-1) to Minnesota Lynx
Team Leaders
PointsSue Bird 12.2 ppg
ReboundsAnn Wauters 5.8 rpg
AssistsSue Bird 6.9 apg
Media
RadioKPTK
TelevisionKONG
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2012 WNBA season was the 13th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Storm's selections in the 2012 WNBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
12 (from Chi.)Shekinna Stricklen United StatesTennessee
222Keisha Hampton United StatesDePaul

Transaction log

  • April 11, 2011: The Storm acquired a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft from the Indiana Fever as part of the Katie Smith trade. In addition, the Storm traded a third-round pick to Indiana and a first-round pick to the Washington Mystics.
  • January 2: The Storm acquired the second overall pick in the 2012 Draft from the Chicago Sky as part of the Swin Cash trade. The storm sent the 23rd overall pick to Chicago.
  • January 31: The Storm re-signed Allie Quigley.
  • February 6: The Storm signed Ann Wauters.[1]
  • February 9: The Storm re-signed Sue Bird and Tanisha Wright.[2]
  • February 14: The Storm traded Ashley Robinson to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Victoria Dunlap.[3]
  • February 15: The Storm re-signed Ewelina Kobryn and Katie Smith.
  • February 27: The Seattle Storm signed Tina Thompson.[4]
  • March 9: The Storm signed Rachel Allison and Alysha Clark.
  • April 6: The Storm signed Silvia Dominguez.
  • April 12: The Storm signed Lindsay Taylor.
  • April 26: The Storm signed Jacqua Williams, Ashley Corral, Dellena Criner, Ashley Gayle, and draft pick Shekinna Stricklen.
  • May 1: The Storm waived Rachel Allison, Dellena Criner, and Jacqua Williams.
  • May 14: The Storm waived Ashley Gayle and Lindsay Taylor.
  • May 16: The Storm waived Ashley Corral and Allie Quigley.
  • June 26: The Storm waived Victoria Dunlap.
  • June 29: The Storm signed Svetlana Abrosimova.

Trades

DateTrade
January 2, 2012To Seattle StormTo Chicago Sky
Second pick in 2012 DraftSwin Cash, Le'coe Willingham, and 23rd pick in 2012 Draft
February 14, 2012To Seattle StormTo Washington Mystics
Victoria DunlapAshley Robinson

Personnel changes

Roster

2012 Seattle Storm roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
F25RussiaAbrosimova, Svetlana6' 2" (1.88m)169 lb (77kg)1980-07-09Connecticut9
G10United StatesBird, Sue5' 9" (1.75m)150 lb (68kg)1980-10-16Connecticut10
F32United StatesClark, Alysha5' 10" (1.78m)167 lb (76kg)1987-07-07Middle TennesseeR
F/C15AustraliaJackson, Lauren6' 5" (1.96m)187 lb (85kg)1981-05-11Australia11
F/C11PolandKobryn, Ewelina6' 3" (1.91m)210 lb (95kg)1982-05-07Poland1
F20United StatesLittle, Camille6' 2" (1.88m)180 lb (82kg)1985-01-18North Carolina5
G14United StatesSmith, Katie5' 11" (1.8m)175 lb (79kg)1974-06-04Ohio State13
G/F40United StatesStricklen, Shekinna6' 2" (1.88m)178 lb (81kg)1990-07-30TennesseeR
F7United StatesThompson, Tina6' 2" (1.88m)178 lb (81kg)1975-02-10USC15
C12BelgiumWauters, Ann6' 4" (1.93m)193 lb (88kg)1980-10-12Belgium7
G30United StatesWright, Tanisha5' 11" (1.8m)165 lb (75kg)1983-11-29Penn State7
Head coach
United States Brian Agler (Wittenberg)
Assistant coaches
United States Jenny Boucek (Virginia)
United States Nancy Darsch (Springfield)
Athletic trainer
United States Tom Spencer (Central Washington)
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Melissa Hardin (Western Washington)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Depth

Pos.StarterBench
CAnn WautersEwelina Kobryn
Lauren Jackson
PFCamille LittleTina Thompson
SFKatie SmithShekinna Stricklen
Svetlana Abrosimova
SGTanisha WrightAlysha Clark
PGSue Bird

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Minnesota Lynx z277.79416–111–617–5
Los Angeles Sparks x2410.7063.016–18–915–7
San Antonio Silver Stars x2113.6186.012–59–814–8
Seattle Storm x1618.47111.010–76–1111–11
Tulsa Shock o925.26518.06–113–145–17
Phoenix Mercury o727.20620.03–144–134–18

Schedule

Preseason

2012 Game Log: Preseason (May)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1Fri 1112:30@ Tulsa60-86Dunlap (13)Thompson (6)Smith (3)BOK Center
5,297
0-1
2Sun 135:00Los Angeles61-60Stricklen (15)Thompson (5)Wright (8)KeyArena
4,628
1-1

Regular season

2012 Game Log: Regular Season
May (0–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1Fri 1810:00Los AngelesNBATV
KONG
KDOC
66-72Wauters (17)Thompson (8)Bird (6)KeyArena
9,686
0-1
2Tue 2210:30@ Los AngelesKONG
KDOC
61-74Wauters (15)Wauters (8)Bird (5)Staples Center
9,238
0-2
3Sun 277:00@ Minnesota71-84Wauters (13)Wauters (9)Bird (9)Target Center
7,832
0-3
June (6–5)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
4Fri 110:00Tulsa76-58Bird (27)Little (9)Wright (4)KeyArena
7,489
1-3
5Sun 38:30@ Los AngelesKONG
KDOC
65-67Smith (19)Wauters (7)Bird (6)Staples Center
12,639
1-4
6Wed 68:00@ Minnesota55-79Wright (14)Dunlap
Wauters (5)
Bird
Wright (3)
Target Center
8,263
1-5
7Sat 98:00@ San AntonioFS-SW67-80Stricklen (14)Little
Stricklen
Wauters (8)
Wright (6)AT&T Center
8,187
1-6
8Wed 138:00@ ChicagoCN10058-74Thompson (13)Wauters (8)Bird (10)Allstate Arena
4,681
1-7
9Fri 158:00@ Tulsa86-73Bird (21)Bird (7)Wright (7)BOK Center
5,100
2-7
10Sun 179:00Minnesota65-62Bird (21)Smith
Thompson (5)
Wright (8)KeyArena
8,349
3-7
11Fri 2210:00San Antonio82-76Wright (20)Thompson (9)Wright (7)KeyArena
6,849
4-7
12Sun 247:00Washington72-55Bird
Wauters (14)
Wauters (7)Bird
Wright (5)
KeyArena
6,979
5-7
13Tue 267:00@ WashingtonESPN279-71Bird (25)Wauters (7)Bird
Little (3)
Verizon Center
6,645
6-7
14Sat 304:00@ New YorkNBATV59-77Thompson
Wauters (10)
Little (7)Bird (4)Prudential Center
6,724
6-8
July (3–2)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
15Sun 15:00@ ConnecticutCPTV-S89-83 (OT)Little (27)Little (9)Bird (8)Mohegan Sun Arena
9,201
7-8
16Sat 710:00@ Los AngelesESPN259-83Little (12)Thompson (7)Wright (8)Staples Center
12,229
7-9
17Sun 89:00Phoenix83-68Bird (31)Little (9)Wright (5)KeyArena
8,639
8-9
18Wed 113:00Atlanta59-70Stricklen (16)Stricklen (9)Bird (8)KeyArena
9,686
8-10
19Fri 1310:00@ Phoenix83-64Smith (19)Stricklen (11)Bird (9)US Airways Center
7,647
9-10
Summer Olympic break
August (2–4)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
Summer Olympic break
20Thu 1610:00PhoenixKONG72-58Little (17)Little (6)Wright (8)KeyArena
6,987
10-10
21Sat 1810:00Los AngelesNBATV
KDOC
71-82Wright (21)Clark (6)Wright (4)KeyArena
9,127
10-11
22Tue 2110:00MinnesotaESPN273-86Little (20)Little
Stricklen (5)
Bird (4)KeyArena
6,169
10-12
23Thu 2310:00Indiana66-68Little (15)Little (8)Wright (5)KeyArena
5,819
10-13
24Sun 269:00New York84-66Bird (18)Little (8)Bird (10)KeyArena
6,459
11-13
25Thu 3010:00PhoenixKONG68-75Little (11)Wright (8)Bird (8)KeyArena
6,379
11-14
September (5–4)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
26Thu 610:00Tulsa101-74Jackson (23)Stricklen (8)Wright (8)KeyArena
5,948
12-14
27Sat 88:00@ Tulsa89-66Little (28)Little (9)Wright (7)BOK Center
7,415
13-14
28Tue 117:00@ AtlantaNBATV
FS-S
61-77Jackson (14)Jackson (9)Bird (6)Philips Arena
5,558
13-15
29Wed 127:00@ IndianaNBATV48-72Abrosimova (11)Jackson (10)Smith (3)Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,337
13-16
30Fri 148:00@ San AntonioNBATV66-90Thompson
Wauters (12)
Wauters (9)4 players (4)AT&T Center
7,109
13-17
31Sun 169:00ConnecticutKONG
CPTV-S
58-60Stricklen (12)Smith (8)Wright (8)KeyArena
7,748
13-18
32Tue 1810:00Chicago75-60Wauters (16)Wauters
Stricklen (8)
Bird (8)KeyArena
6,459
14-18
33Fri 2110:00San Antonio84-75Smith (16)Wauters (13)Smith (6)KeyArena
8,494
15-18
34Sun 233:00@ PhoenixESPN271-57Little (14)Little (8)Smith (5)US Airways Center
7,576
16-18
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Postseason

2012 Game Log: Postseason
Western Conference Semifinals
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 289:00@ MinnesotaESPN270-78Stricklen (13)Stricklen
Thompson (7)
Wright (7)Target Center
9,213
0-1
2September 309:00MinnesotaESPN86-79 (2OT)Bird (22)Jackson (14)Bird
Wright (7)
KeyArena
8,479
1-1
3October 29:00@ MinnesotaESPN272-73Bird (19)Jackson (6)Bird (11)Target Center
8,023
1-2

References

  1. ^ "Seattle signs veteran C Ann Wauters". ESPN. February 6, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "Sue Bird, Tanisha Wright re-sign". ESPN. February 9, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  3. ^ Yanda, Steve (February 14, 2012). "Mystics trade Victoria Dunlap to Seattle for Ashley Robinson". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  4. ^ "Storm sign veteran Tina Thompson". ESPN. February 27, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
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