2011 Seattle Storm season

2011 Seattle Storm season
Coach	Brian Agler
Arena	KeyArena
Attendance	8,659 per game
Results
Record	21–13 (.618)
Place	2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost in Conference Semifinals (2-1) to Phoenix Mercury
Team Leaders
Points	Bird (14.7)
Rebounds	Cash (6.9)
Assists	Bird (4.9)
Media
Radio	KPTK
Television	KONG ESPN2, NBATV
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The 2011 WNBA season was the 12th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Storm's selections in the 2011 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	12	Jasmine Thomas	United States	Duke
2	24	Ify Ibekwe	United States	Arizona
3	36	Krystal Thomas	United States	Duke

Transaction log

• February 2: The Storm re-signed Camille Little.
• February 9: The Storm signed Erin Phillips and Belinda Snell.
• March 1: The Storm re-signed Swin Cash.
• March 15: The Storm re-signed Ashley Robinson and signed Aneika Henry to a training camp contract.
• April 8: The Storm signed Bridgette Mitchell to a training camp contract.
• April 14: The Storm signed Breanna Salley to a training camp contract.
• April 22: The Storm signed Lauren Prochaska to a training camp contract. ^[1]
• April 29: The Storm traded Jasmine Thomas and a first-round pick in the 2012 draft to the Washington Mystics, and Erin Phillips and a third-round pick in the 2012 draft to the Indiana Fever, in exchange for Katie Smith and Jacinta Monroe from Washington, and a third-round pick in the 2012 draft from Indiana. ^[2]
• May 17: The Storm waived Aneika Henry and Breanna Salley.
• May 22: The Storm waived Bridgette Mitchell and Lauren Prochaska.
• May 23: The Storm signed Sharnee Zoll and waived Courtney Ward.
• May 30: The Storm waived Jacinta Monroe.
• June 2: The Storm waived Sharnee Zoll.
• June 26: The Storm waived Ify Ibekwe and signed Ewelina Kobryn.
• August 1: The Storm waived Krystal Thomas and signed Allie Quigley.
• August 2: The Storm re-signed Lauren Jackson to a multi-year contract extension. ^[3]

Trades

Date	Trade
April 11, 2011	To Seattle Storm	To Indiana and Washington
	Katie Smith, Jacinta Monroe and Indiana's third-round pick in 2012 draft	Jasmine Thomas, Erin Phillips, a first-round pick in 2012 draft and a third-round pick in 2012 draft

Personnel changes

Additions Player Signed Former team Belinda Snell February 9, 2011 free agent Ify Ibekwe April 11, 2011 draft pick Krystal Thomas April 11, 2011 draft pick Katie Smith April 29, 2011 Washington Mystics Ewelina Kobryn June 26, 2011 free agent Allie Quigley August 1, 2011 free agent

Subtractions Player Left New team Svetlana Abrosimova 2011 hiatus Abby Bishop 2011 hiatus Alison Lacey 2011 hiatus Jana Vesela 2011 hiatus Ify Ibekwe June 26, 2011 free agent Krystal Thomas August 1, 2011 free agent

Roster

2011 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 9 F 2 Cash, Swin 6' 1" (1.85m) 162 lb (73kg) 1979-09-22 Connecticut 9 F/C 15 Jackson, Lauren 6' 5" (1.96m) 187 lb (85kg) 1981-05-11 Australia 10 F/C 11 Kobryn, Ewelina 6' 3" (1.91m) 210 lb (95kg) 1982-05-07 Poland R F 20 Little, Camille 6' 2" (1.88m) 180 lb (82kg) 1985-01-18 North Carolina 4 G 22 Quigley, Allie 5' 10" (1.78m) 140 lb (64kg) 1986-06-20 DePaul 3 C 43 Robinson, Ashley 6' 4" (1.93m) 180 lb (82kg) 1982-08-12 Tennessee 7 G 14 Smith, Katie 5' 11" (1.8m) 175 lb (79kg) 1974-06-04 Ohio State 12 G 12 Snell, Belinda 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 1981-01-10 Australia 5 F 34 Willingham, Le'coe 6' 0" (1.83m) 200 lb (91kg) 1981-02-10 Auburn 7 G 30 Wright, Tanisha 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 1983-11-29 Penn State 6	Head coach Brian Agler (Wittenberg) Assistant coaches Jenny Boucek (Virginia) Nancy Darsch (Springfield) Athletic trainer Tom Spencer (Central Washington) Strength and conditioning coach Melissa Hardin Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Depth

Sue Bird, on offense

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Lauren Jackson	Ashley Robinson
PF	Camille Little	Le'coe Willingham Ewelina Kobryn
SF	Swin Cash	Belinda Snell
SG	Tanisha Wright	Katie Smith
PG	Sue Bird	Allie Quigley

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Minnesota Lynx x	27	7	.794	–	14–3	13–4	18–4
Seattle Storm x	21	13	.618	6.0	15–2	6–11	15–7
Phoenix Mercury x	19	15	.559	8.0	11–6	8–9	11–11
San Antonio Silver Stars x	18	16	.529	9.0	9–8	9–8	11–11
Los Angeles Sparks o	15	19	.441	12.0	10–7	5–12	10–12
Tulsa Shock o	3	31	.088	24.0	2–15	1–16	1–21

Schedule

Preseason

2011 Game Log: Preseason Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 25 3:00pm @ Los Angeles 66–71 Willingham (14) Cash (6) Wright (7) Torodome 3,212 0–1 2 May 29 5:00pm Tulsa 76–70 Cash (20) Cash (7) Bird (8) KeyArena 4,979 1–1

Regular season

2011 Game Log: Regular Season
June Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 June 4 3:00pm Phoenix ABC 78–71 Little (18) Little (9) Bird (10) KeyArena 11,548 1–0 2 June 9 10:00pm Minnesota 74–81 Bird (24) Cash Jackson (7) Cash (5) KeyArena 6,291 1–1 3 June 17 10:00pm Indiana 68–54 Cash (14) Cash (8) Cash (5) KeyArena 8,178 2–1 4 June 19 8:30pm @ Los Angeles PRIME 50–74 Bird (15) Little (8) Cash Wright (4) Staples Center 9,119 2–2 5 June 21 8:00pm @ Tulsa 82–77 Bird (21) Cash (9) Bird (6) BOK Center 4,612 3–2 6 June 24 10:00pm Minnesota KONG 65–55 Little (16) Cash (9) Bird (8) KeyArena 7,914 4–2
July Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 7 July 1 7:30pm @ Connecticut CSN-NE 70–75 Cash (25) Cash (9) Smith (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,748 4–3 8 July 3 4:00pm @ Washington NBATV CSN-MA 73–63 Cash (19) Cash (7) Bird (5) Verizon Center 11,604 5–3 9 July 5 7:00pm @ Indiana FS-I 61–78 Bird (21) Willingham (8) Bird Wright (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,525 5–4 10 July 9 10:00pm Los Angeles NBATV KONG 99–80 Cash (26) Willingham (7) Bird (8) KeyArena 9,686 6–4 11 July 12 3:00pm Washington NBATV 79–71 Bird (22) Cash Smith Wright (6) Wright (7) KeyArena 13,384 7–4 12 July 14 9:00pm @ San Antonio ESPN2 66–69 Wright (18) Robinson Willingham (7) Bird (7) AT&T Center 9,167 7–5 13 July 16 8:00pm @ Minnesota 62–69 Wright (18) Cash (9) Smith (4) Target Center 7,733 7–6 14 July 19 7:00pm @ Chicago ESPN2 69–78 Bird (26) Robinson (10) Bird Smith Wright (4) Allstate Arena 6,026 7–7 15 July 21 10:00pm San Antonio NBATV FS-SW 73–55 Wright (17) Cash Robinson (9) Bird (7) KeyArena 6,922 8–7 All-Star break 16 July 26 10:00pm @ Phoenix NBATV 83–77 Bird (18) Cash (8) Bird (7) US Airways Center 6,108 9–7 17 July 29 8:00pm @ Minnesota 67–92 Cash (18) Kobryn (9) Cash Wright (4) Target Center 7,856 9–8 18 July 30 8:00pm @ Tulsa 89–72 Bird (29) Cash (9) Bird (7) BOK Center 5,067 10–8
August Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 19 August 2 10:00pm San Antonio 78–64 Bird (17) Cash (9) Wright (7) KeyArena 6,179 11–8 20 August 5 10:00pm Connecticut NBATV 81–79 Bird (20) Cash (7) Cash Wright (5) KeyArena 7,289 12–8 21 August 7 3:00pm @ Atlanta NBATV SSO 53–70 Cash (16) Smith (6) Bird (3) Philips Arena 7,337 12–9 22 August 9 8:00pm @ New York ESPN2 56–58 Bird (17) Cash Willingham (7) Bird Wright (4) Prudential Center 6,732 12–10 23 August 11 10:00pm Tulsa 77–63 Little (19) Little (7) Bird Little Wright (3) KeyArena 6,503 13–10 24 August 13 10:00pm Atlanta NBATV KONG 62–93 Smith (15) Robinson (6) Bird (3) KeyArena 9,686 13–11 25 August 16 10:00pm @ Phoenix 79–81 Bird (23) Cash (15) Bird (8) US Airways Center 8,870 13–12 26 August 20 10:00pm New York 63–62 Jackson (20) Cash Jackson (7) Bird Smith (4) KeyArena 7,139 14–12 27 August 23 10:00pm San Antonio 63–55 Wright (16) Cash (9) Bird (5) KeyArena 6,559 15–12 28 August 25 10:00pm Tulsa 74–57 Jackson (14) Robinson (9) Bird (4) KeyArena 6,887 16–12 29 August 28 9:00pm Los Angeles ESPN2 65–63 Bird Jackson (14) Bird Cash (7) Bird (4) KeyArena 9,686 17–12 30 August 30 10:30pm @ Los Angeles PRIME 62–68 Bird (15) Cash Wright (8) Bird Wright (4) Staples Center 9,023 17–13
September Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 31 September 2 8:00pm @ Tulsa 78–72 Bird (21) Willingham (7) Bird Wright (5) BOK Center 6,117 18–13 32 September 3 8:00pm @ San Antonio NBATV 70–60 Bird (15) Cash (12) Bird (6) AT&T Center 9,575 19–13 33 September 9 10:00pm Phoenix KONG 85–70 Smith (26) Cash (14) Bird (6) KeyArena 9,686 20–13 34 September 11 9:00pm Chicago NBATV KONG 81–70 Little Smith (17) Cash Little (5) Bird Little (5) KeyArena 13,659 21–13
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Postseason

2011 Game Log: Postseason
Western Conference Semifinals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 September 15 10:00pm Phoenix ESPN2 80–61 Wright (21) Cash Little (11) Little (4) KeyArena 7,279 1–0 2 September 17 10:00pm @ Phoenix NBATV 83-92 Wright (18) Cash (5) Bird (4) US Airways Center 9,356 1–1 3 September 19 10:00pm Phoenix ESPN2 75-77 Bird (22) Cash (10) Smith Wright (4) KeyArena 8,589 1–2

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
Sue Bird	34	34	33.0	.449	.428	.875	2.9	4.9	1.41	0.18	14.7
Swin Cash	34	34	33.2	.396	.285	.846	6.9	2.4	0.94	0.62	13.3
Ify Ibekwe	3	0	2.7	.000	.000	.000	1.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Lauren Jackson	13	13	24.8	.396	.311	.884	4.9	0.3	1.00	0.85	12.2
Ewelina Kobryn	18	0	6.8	.367	.286	.667	1.2	0.3	0.28	0.33	1.4
Camille Little	33	33	26.9	.464	.227	.663	5.2	1.6	1.36	0.67	9.6
Allie Quigley	7	0	2.0	.200	.000	1.000	0.6	0.1	0.14	0.14	0.6
Ashley Robinson	34	13	17.1	.484	.000	.500	3.9	0.7	0.65	0.97	3.8
Katie Smith	34	3	25.1	.395	.395	.857	2.3	2.0	0.71	0.15	7.5
Belinda Snell	21	0	6.4	.393	.381	.846	0.7	0.3	0.14	0.10	2.0
Krystal Thomas	7	0	3.1	1.000	.000	.000	0.6	0.1	0.29	0.29	0.3
Le'coe Willingham	34	8	19.1	.473	.275	.642	4.2	1.1	0.53	0.21	6.4
Tanisha Wright	33	32	28.9	.492	.367	.897	3.2	2.9	1.21	0.03	10.1

Postseason

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Sue Bird	3	3	33.7	.444	.500	.857	4.0	2.7	1.00	0.00	15.7
Swin Cash	3	3	32.0	.333	.286	.750	8.7	2.0	1.00	0.67	7.0
Lauren Jackson	3	3	27.3	.382	.385	.700	3.7	0.7	1.00	1.33	15.0
Ewelina Kobryn	1	0	4.0	1.000	.000	.500	1.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	3.0
Camille Little	3	3	23.3	.458	.000	.842	6.0	2.3	0.66	0.00	12.7
Allie Quigley	1	0	4.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Ashley Robinson	3	0	12.3	.375	.000	.000	3.0	0.0	0.00	1.00	2.0
Katie Smith	3	0	25.3	.174	.286	1.000	5.3	2.3	0.66	0.00	5.3
Belinda Snell	2	0	3.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Le'coe Willingham	3	0	13.0	.273	.000	.000	3.3	0.7	0.33	0.00	2.0
Tanisha Wright	3	0	28.0	.588	.600	.833	4.0	2.3	1.66	0.33	18.7

Awards and honors

• Swin Cash was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 27, 2011.
• Sue Bird was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 4, 2011.
• Katie Smith was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of September 5, 2011.
• Sue Bird was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a starter.
• Swin Cash was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a starter.
• Swin Cash was named the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player .
• Tanisha Wright was named to the All-Defensive First Team .
• Swin Cash was named to the All-Defensive Second Team .
• Sue Bird was named to the All-WNBA Second Team .

References

1. "Prochaska signs with WNBA". The Blade . April 22, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
2. Evans, Jayda (April 29, 2011). "Storm acquires veteran guard Katie Smith". The Seattle Times . Retrieved February 21, 2024.
3. "Lauren Jackson signs extension". ESPN . August 3, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2024.