2012 Seattle Storm season

2012 Seattle Storm season
Coach	Brian Agler
Arena	KeyArena
Attendance	7,489 per game
Results
Record	16–18 (.471)
Place	4th (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost in Conference Semifinals (2-1) to Minnesota Lynx
Team Leaders
Points	Sue Bird 12.2 ppg
Rebounds	Ann Wauters 5.8 rpg
Assists	Sue Bird 6.9 apg
Media
Radio	KPTK
Television	KONG ESPN2, NBATV
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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.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	2 (from Chi.)	Shekinna Stricklen	United States	Tennessee
2	22	Keisha Hampton	United States	DePaul

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

Date	Trade
January 2, 2012	To Seattle Storm	To Chicago Sky
	Second pick in 2012 Draft	Swin Cash, Le'coe Willingham, and 23rd pick in 2012 Draft
February 14, 2012	To Seattle Storm	To Washington Mystics
	Victoria Dunlap	Ashley Robinson

Personnel changes

Additions Player Signed Former team Ann Wauters February 6, 2012 free agent Tina Thompson February 22, 2012 Los Angeles Sparks Alysha Clark March 9, 2012 free agent Shekinna Stricklen April 16, 2012 draft pick Svetlana Abrosimova June 29, 2012 free agent

Subtractions Player Left New team Belinda Snell 2012 free agent Swin Cash January 2, 2012 Chicago Sky Le'coe Willingham January 2, 2012 Chicago Sky Ashley Robinson February 14, 2012 Washington Mystics Allie Quigley May 16, 2012 free agent

Roster

2012 Seattle Storm roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 25 Abrosimova, Svetlana 6' 2" (1.88m) 169 lb (77kg) 1980-07-09 Connecticut 9 G 10 Bird, Sue 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 1980-10-16 Connecticut 10 F 32 Clark, Alysha 5' 10" (1.78m) 167 lb (76kg) 1987-07-07 Middle Tennessee R F/C 15 Jackson, Lauren 6' 5" (1.96m) 187 lb (85kg) 1981-05-11 Australia 11 F/C 11 Kobryn, Ewelina 6' 3" (1.91m) 210 lb (95kg) 1982-05-07 Poland 1 F 20 Little, Camille 6' 2" (1.88m) 180 lb (82kg) 1985-01-18 North Carolina 5 G 14 Smith, Katie 5' 11" (1.8m) 175 lb (79kg) 1974-06-04 Ohio State 13 G/F 40 Stricklen, Shekinna 6' 2" (1.88m) 178 lb (81kg) 1990-07-30 Tennessee R F 7 Thompson, Tina 6' 2" (1.88m) 178 lb (81kg) 1975-02-10 USC 15 C 12 Wauters, Ann 6' 4" (1.93m) 193 lb (88kg) 1980-10-12 Belgium 7 G 30 Wright, Tanisha 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 1983-11-29 Penn State 7	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 (Western Washington) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Ann Wauters	Ewelina Kobryn Lauren Jackson
PF	Camille Little	Tina Thompson
SF	Katie Smith	Shekinna Stricklen Svetlana Abrosimova
SG	Tanisha Wright	Alysha Clark
PG	Sue Bird

Season standings

Western Conference v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Minnesota Lynx z	27	7	.794	–	16–1	11–6	17–5
Los Angeles Sparks x	24	10	.706	3.0	16–1	8–9	15–7
San Antonio Silver Stars x	21	13	.618	6.0	12–5	9–8	14–8
Seattle Storm x	16	18	.471	11.0	10–7	6–11	11–11
Tulsa Shock o	9	25	.265	18.0	6–11	3–14	5–17
Phoenix Mercury o	7	27	.206	20.0	3–14	4–13	4–18

Schedule

Preseason

2012 Game Log: Preseason (May) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 Fri 11 12:30 @ Tulsa 60-86 Dunlap (13) Thompson (6) Smith (3) BOK Center 5,297 0-1 2 Sun 13 5:00 Los Angeles 61-60 Stricklen (15) Thompson (5) Wright (8) KeyArena 4,628 1-1

Regular season

2012 Game Log: Regular Season
May (0–3) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 Fri 18 10:00 Los Angeles NBATV KONG KDOC 66-72 Wauters (17) Thompson (8) Bird (6) KeyArena 9,686 0-1 2 Tue 22 10:30 @ Los Angeles KONG KDOC 61-74 Wauters (15) Wauters (8) Bird (5) Staples Center 9,238 0-2 3 Sun 27 7:00 @ Minnesota 71-84 Wauters (13) Wauters (9) Bird (9) Target Center 7,832 0-3
June (6–5) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 4 Fri 1 10:00 Tulsa 76-58 Bird (27) Little (9) Wright (4) KeyArena 7,489 1-3 5 Sun 3 8:30 @ Los Angeles KONG KDOC 65-67 Smith (19) Wauters (7) Bird (6) Staples Center 12,639 1-4 6 Wed 6 8:00 @ Minnesota 55-79 Wright (14) Dunlap Wauters (5) Bird Wright (3) Target Center 8,263 1-5 7 Sat 9 8:00 @ San Antonio FS-SW 67-80 Stricklen (14) Little Stricklen Wauters (8) Wright (6) AT&T Center 8,187 1-6 8 Wed 13 8:00 @ Chicago CN100 58-74 Thompson (13) Wauters (8) Bird (10) Allstate Arena 4,681 1-7 9 Fri 15 8:00 @ Tulsa 86-73 Bird (21) Bird (7) Wright (7) BOK Center 5,100 2-7 10 Sun 17 9:00 Minnesota 65-62 Bird (21) Smith Thompson (5) Wright (8) KeyArena 8,349 3-7 11 Fri 22 10:00 San Antonio 82-76 Wright (20) Thompson (9) Wright (7) KeyArena 6,849 4-7 12 Sun 24 7:00 Washington 72-55 Bird Wauters (14) Wauters (7) Bird Wright (5) KeyArena 6,979 5-7 13 Tue 26 7:00 @ Washington ESPN2 79-71 Bird (25) Wauters (7) Bird Little (3) Verizon Center 6,645 6-7 14 Sat 30 4:00 @ New York NBATV 59-77 Thompson Wauters (10) Little (7) Bird (4) Prudential Center 6,724 6-8
July (3–2) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 15 Sun 1 5:00 @ Connecticut CPTV-S 89-83 (OT) Little (27) Little (9) Bird (8) Mohegan Sun Arena 9,201 7-8 16 Sat 7 10:00 @ Los Angeles ESPN2 59-83 Little (12) Thompson (7) Wright (8) Staples Center 12,229 7-9 17 Sun 8 9:00 Phoenix 83-68 Bird (31) Little (9) Wright (5) KeyArena 8,639 8-9 18 Wed 11 3:00 Atlanta 59-70 Stricklen (16) Stricklen (9) Bird (8) KeyArena 9,686 8-10 19 Fri 13 10:00 @ Phoenix 83-64 Smith (19) Stricklen (11) Bird (9) US Airways Center 7,647 9-10 Summer Olympic break
August (2–4) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record Summer Olympic break 20 Thu 16 10:00 Phoenix KONG 72-58 Little (17) Little (6) Wright (8) KeyArena 6,987 10-10 21 Sat 18 10:00 Los Angeles NBATV KDOC 71-82 Wright (21) Clark (6) Wright (4) KeyArena 9,127 10-11 22 Tue 21 10:00 Minnesota ESPN2 73-86 Little (20) Little Stricklen (5) Bird (4) KeyArena 6,169 10-12 23 Thu 23 10:00 Indiana 66-68 Little (15) Little (8) Wright (5) KeyArena 5,819 10-13 24 Sun 26 9:00 New York 84-66 Bird (18) Little (8) Bird (10) KeyArena 6,459 11-13 25 Thu 30 10:00 Phoenix KONG 68-75 Little (11) Wright (8) Bird (8) KeyArena 6,379 11-14
September (5–4) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 26 Thu 6 10:00 Tulsa 101-74 Jackson (23) Stricklen (8) Wright (8) KeyArena 5,948 12-14 27 Sat 8 8:00 @ Tulsa 89-66 Little (28) Little (9) Wright (7) BOK Center 7,415 13-14 28 Tue 11 7:00 @ Atlanta NBATV FS-S 61-77 Jackson (14) Jackson (9) Bird (6) Philips Arena 5,558 13-15 29 Wed 12 7:00 @ Indiana NBATV 48-72 Abrosimova (11) Jackson (10) Smith (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,337 13-16 30 Fri 14 8:00 @ San Antonio NBATV 66-90 Thompson Wauters (12) Wauters (9) 4 players (4) AT&T Center 7,109 13-17 31 Sun 16 9:00 Connecticut KONG CPTV-S 58-60 Stricklen (12) Smith (8) Wright (8) KeyArena 7,748 13-18 32 Tue 18 10:00 Chicago 75-60 Wauters (16) Wauters Stricklen (8) Bird (8) KeyArena 6,459 14-18 33 Fri 21 10:00 San Antonio 84-75 Smith (16) Wauters (13) Smith (6) KeyArena 8,494 15-18 34 Sun 23 3:00 @ Phoenix ESPN2 71-57 Little (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 Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 September 28 9:00 @ Minnesota ESPN2 70-78 Stricklen (13) Stricklen Thompson (7) Wright (7) Target Center 9,213 0-1 2 September 30 9:00 Minnesota ESPN 86-79 (2OT) Bird (22) Jackson (14) Bird Wright (7) KeyArena 8,479 1-1 3 October 2 9:00 @ Minnesota ESPN2 72-73 Bird (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.