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WNBA team season

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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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.

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.
Washington Mystics traded its 2017 2nd round draft pick.

Roster

2017 Seattle Storm roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	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	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

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
Breanna Stewart	Player of the Week	August 21, 2017

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 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	79	86	89

			4	Connecticut Sun	83	5	Phoenix Mercury	66	72	87

5	Phoenix Mercury	79	5	Phoenix Mercury	88						1	Minnesota Lynx	84	70	64	80	85

8	Seattle Storm	69									2	Los Angeles Sparks	85	68	75	69	76

						1	Minnesota Lynx	101	93	81

			3	New York Liberty	68	6	Washington Mystics	81	83	70

6	Washington Mystics	86	6	Washington Mystics	82

7	Dallas Wings	76

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

References

STORM: Storm Schedule 2017
^ "Transactions".
"Chicago's Dolson, Seattle's Stewart Named WNBA Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. July 17, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
"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

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