2017 Seattle Storm season

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2017 Seattle Storm season
Coach Jenny Boucek (fired)
Gary Kloppenburg (interim)
Arena KeyArena
Attendanceper game
Results
Record1519 (.441)
Place5th (Western)
Playoff finishFirst 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]

Contents

Transactions

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
215 Alexis Peterson Flag of the United States.svg  United States Syracuse
330 Lanay Montgomery Flag of the United States.svg  United States West Virginia

Trades

Roster

2017 Seattle Storm roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G 10 Flag of the United States.svg Bird, Sue 5' 9" (1.75m)150 lb (68kg)10-16-1980 Connecticut 15
C 11 Flag of the United States.svg Montgomery, Lanay 6' 5" (1.96m)212 lb (96kg)09-17-1993 West Virginia R
F 32 Flag of the United States.svg Clark, Alysha 5' 11" (1.8m)167 lb (76kg)07-07-1987 Middle Tennessee 6
F/C 1 Flag of the United States.svg Langhorne, Crystal 6' 2" (1.88m)185 lb (84kg)10-27-1986 Maryland 10
G 24 Flag of the United States.svg Loyd, Jewell 5' 10" (1.78m)148 lb (67kg)10-05-1993 Notre Dame 3
F 23 Flag of the United States.svg Mosqueda-Lewis, Kaleena 5' 11" (1.8m)180 lb (82kg)11-03-1993 Connecticut 3
G 2 Flag of the United States.svg Peterson, Alexis 5' 7" (1.7m)139 lb (63kg)06-20-1995 Syracuse R
G 45 Flag of the United States.svg Quinn, Noelle 6' 0" (1.83m)178 lb (81kg)01-03-1985 UCLA 11
F/C 30 Flag of the United States.svg Stewart, Breanna 6' 4" (1.93m)170 lb (77kg)08-27-1994 Connecticut 2
C 8 Flag of the United States.svg Swords, Carolyn 6' 6" (1.98m)209 lb (95kg)07-19-1989 Boston College 6
F 7 Flag of Japan.svg Tokashiki, Ramu 6' 4" (1.93m)176 lb (80kg)06-11-1991 Japan 1
G 3 Flag of the United States.svg Whitcomb, Sami 5' 10" (1.78m)145 lb (66kg)07-20-1988 Washington R
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Jenny Boucek (Virginia)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Gary Kloppenburg (UC San Diego)
Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Webb (Seattle)
Athletic trainer
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Spencer (Central Washington)
Strength and conditioning coach
Flag of the United States.svg Melissa Hardin (Western Washington)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Game log

Preseason

2017 pre-season game log
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1May 3 Phoenix W 86-64 Loyd (14) Swords (8) O'Neill (5) KeyArena
4,128
1-0
2May 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1May 13 Los Angeles L 68-78 Loyd (25) Langhorne (6) Quinn (8) Staples Center
10,603
0-1
2May 14 Indiana W 87-82 Loyd (27)Tied (7)Tied (3) KeyArena
7,969
1-1
3May 21 Washington W 81-71 Loyd (26)Tied (5) Bird (10) KeyArena
6,088
2-1
4May 26 New York W 87-81 Stewart (20) Stewart (12)Tied (6) KeyArena
5,860
3-1
5May 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
6June 3 Minnesota L 77-100 Tied (16) Stewart (6) Bird (8) KeyArena
7,576
4-2
7June 6 San Antonio W 85-76 Stewart (22) Stewart (8) Bird (9) AT&T Center
4,260
5-2
8June 9 Indiana L 80-83 Loyd (25) Stewart (9) Bird (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,166
5-3
9June 11 New York L 86-94 Stewart (23) Stewart (10) Bird (10) Madison Square Garden
8,564
5-4
10June 13 Atlanta L 86-91 Loyd (27) Langhorne (10) Stewart (6) KeyArena
4,352
5-5
11June 18 San Antonio W 75-57 Stewart (22) Stewart (15) Bird (9) KeyArena
9,686
6-5
12June 23 Phoenix L 82-85 Stewart (21) Stewart (8) Bird (8) KeyArena
7,796
6-6
13June 27 Washington L 70-100 Langhorne (15) Stewart (7) Bird (5) Verizon Center
7,337
6-7
14June 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
15July 1 Dallas W 89-69 Stewart (30) Stewart (10) Bird (8) College Park Center
4,038
7-8
16July 6 New York L 70-79 Stewart (20) Stewart (14) Stewart (5) KeyArena
4,397
7-9
17July 8 Los Angeles W 81-69 Stewart (26)Tied (7)Tied (4) KeyArena
7,104
8-9
18July 12 Connecticut L 79-83 Stewart (22) Stewart (8) Bird (7) KeyArena
10,833
8-10
19July 15 Atlanta W 90-84 Stewart (24) Stewart (9) Bird (7) KeyArena
6,993
9-10
20July 18 Chicago L 83-94 Stewart (25) Stewart (11) Bird (9) KeyArena
8,358
9-11
21July 25 Los Angeles L 60-68 Stewart (23) Langhorne (10)Tied (5) Staples Center
10,012
9-12
22July 28 Dallas W 109-93 Loyd (27) Stewart (9) Bird (6) KeyArena
7,797
10-12
23July 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
24August 4 Dallas L 80-93 Loyd (23)Tied (5) Bird (7) College Park Center
3,712
10-14
25August 5 San Antonio L 80-87 (OT) Stewart (32)Tied (8) Loyd (7) AT&T Center
5,869
10-15
26August 8 Connecticut L 71-84 Stewart (17) Clark (10) Bird (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,853
10-16
27August 12 Phoenix W 98-89 Tied (20) Stewart (9)Tied (5) Talking Stick Resort Arena
11,797
11-16
28August 16 Minnesota W 62-61 Loyd (16) Stewart (11) Quinn (5) KeyArena
7,876
12-16
29August 18 San Antonio W 79-78 Stewart (22) Stewart (9) Bird (6) KeyArena
9,686
13-16
30August 20 Chicago W 103-66 Stewart (19) Stewart (9) Bird (8) Allstate Arena
6,020
14-16
31August 23 Atlanta L 83-89 Stewart (18) Langhorne (10) Bird (6) McCamish Pavilion 14-17
32August 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
33September 1 Washington L 106-110 Clark (20) Stewart (13) Bird (6) Capital One Arena
11,567
14-19
34September 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Series
1September 6 Phoenix L 69-79 Stewart (23) Stewart (8) Bird (5) Wells Fargo Arena
5,764
0-1
2017 playoff schedule


Awards and honors

RecipientAwardDate awardedRef.
Breanna Stewart Player of the WeekJuly 17, 2017 [3]
Breanna Stewart Player of the WeekAugust 21, 2017 [4]

Standings

# Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
1 Minnesota Lynx - (1)277.79415–212–513–3
2 Los Angeles Sparks - (2)268.765116–110–712–4
3 Phoenix Mercury - (5)1816.52999–89–87–9
4 Dallas Wings - (7)1618.4711110–76–117–9
5 Seattle Storm - (8)1519.4411210–75–128–8
6 San Antonio Stars - e826.235196–112–151–15

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 798689
4 Connecticut Sun 835 Phoenix Mercury 667287
5 Phoenix Mercury 795 Phoenix Mercury 881 Minnesota Lynx 8470648085
8 Seattle Storm 692 Los Angeles Sparks 8568756976
1 Minnesota Lynx 1019381
3 New York Liberty 686 Washington Mystics 818370
6 Washington Mystics 866 Washington Mystics 82
7 Dallas Wings 76

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

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