| 2017 Seattle Storm season | |
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| 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 |
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]
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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| 2 | 15 | Alexis Peterson |  United States | Syracuse |
| 3 | 30 | Lanay Montgomery | United States | West Virginia |
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May: 4–1 (Home: 4–0; Road: 0–1)
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June : 2–7 (Home: 1–3; Road: 1–4)
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July : 4–5 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–2)
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August : 4–4 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–4)
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September : 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1)
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| 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 |
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| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 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 |
| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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| Breanna Stewart | Player of the Week | July 17, 2017 | [3] |
| Breanna Stewart | Player of the Week | August 21, 2017 | [4] |
| # | Western Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
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| 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 |
| 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.
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