2004 Seattle Storm season

The 2004 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Seattle Storm. They captured their first title in franchise history, bringing a title back to Seattle for the first time since 1979 when the Seattle SuperSonics, the Storm's former sister team, brought a title to Seattle by beating the Washington Bullets.

2004 Seattle Storm season
CoachAnne Donovan
ArenaKeyArena
Attendance7,899 per game
Results
Record2014 (.588)
Place2nd (Western)
Playoff finishWon WNBA Finals (2-1) vs Connecticut Sun
Team Leaders
PointsLauren Jackson 20.5 ppg
ReboundsLauren Jackson 6.7 rpg
AssistsSue Bird 6.5 apg

Offseason


WNBA Draft

Pick Player Nationality School/Club Team
19 Trina Frierson  United States Louisiana Tech

[1]

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Los Angeles Sparks x259.73515–210–716–6
Seattle Storm x2014.5885.013–47–1013–9
Minnesota Lynx x1816.5297.011–67–1012–10
Sacramento Monarchs x1816.5297.010–78–912–10
Phoenix Mercury o1717.5008.010–77–1011–11
Houston Comets o1321.38212.09–84–137–15
San Antonio Silver Stars o925.26516.06–113–146–16

Season Schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
May 20 Minnesota 88-85 Win 1-0
May 22 Los Angeles 93-67 Win 2-0
May 28 @ Phoenix 76-84 Loss 2-1
June 1 @ Los Angeles 70-73 Loss 2-2
June 3 Phoenix 72-45 Win 3-2
June 5 @ Sacramento 65-63 Win 4-2
June 11 Connecticut 68-63 Win 5-2
June 15 @ New York 86-62 Win 6-2
June 18 @ Houston 69-63 Win 7-2
June 19 @ San Antonio 74-61 Win 8-2
June 22 Houston 57-63 Loss 8-3
June 26 New York 62-67 Loss 8-4
July 1 San Antonio 76-52 Win 9-4
July 3 Sacramento 75-61 Win 10-4
July 7 @ Washington 69-72 Loss 10-5
July 8 @ Charlotte 67-70 Loss 10-6
July 10 @ Detroit 65-70 Loss 10-7
July 12 San Antonio 75-59 Win 11-7
July 15 @ Sacramento 66-63 Win 12-7
July 17 Washington 85-83 Win 13-7
July 22 Indiana 59-54 Win 14-7
July 24 Houston 67-63 Win 15-7
July 27 @ Houston 55-80 Loss 15-8
July 30 @ Minnesota 70-55 Win 16-8
August 1 Charlotte 87-55 Win 17-8
September 1 Sacramento 65-73 Loss 17-9
September 3 @ Los Angeles 81-82 Loss 17-10
September 4 @ Phoenix 55-63 Loss 17-11
September 8 Detroit 86-67 Win 18-11
September 10 @ Minnesota 61-64 Loss 18-12
September 12 @ Connecticut 64-71 Loss 18-13
September 13 @ Indiana 76-70 Win 19-13
September 15 Phoenix 73-58 Win 20-13
September 18 Los Angeles 80-83 Loss 20-14

Playoff Results

GameDateOpponentScoreResultRecord
Western Conference Semifinals
1September 25@ Minnesota70-58Win1-0
2September 27Minnesota64-54Win2-0
Western Conference Finals
1October 1@ Sacramento72-74 (OT)Loss2-1
2October 3Sacramento66-54Win3-1
3October 5Sacramento82-62Win4-1
WNBA Finals
1October 8@ Connecticut64-68Loss2-2
2October 10Connecticut67-65Win3-2
3October 12Connecticut74-60Win4-2

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
Lauren Jackson31207513162634
Sue Bird34106184515439
Betty Lennox3215979343358
Sheri Sam3413982536310
Kamila Vodichkova34168553212273
Janell Burse2996192336141
Tully Bevilaqua34262938279
Adia Barnes34633123267
Alicia Thompson232496052
Simone Edwards235658348
Michelle Greco131083029
Trina Frierson550007

Playoffs

  • Won WNBA Western Conference Semifinals (2-0) over Minnesota Lynx
  • Won WNBA Western Conference Finals (2-1) over Sacramento Monarchs
  • Won WNBA Finals (2-1) over Connecticut Sun [2]

Awards and honors

References

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