2017 Seattle Storm season

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]

2017 Seattle Storm season
CoachJenny Boucek (fired)
Gary Kloppenburg (interim)
ArenaKeyArena
Attendanceper game
Results
Record15–19 (.441)
Place5th (Western)
Playoff finishFirst Round v. Phoenix
Team Leaders
PointsBreanna Stewart 19.9 ppg
ReboundsBreanna Stewart 8.7 rpg
AssistsSue Bird 6.6 apg

Transactions

WNBA Draft
See also: 2017 WNBA Draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
2 15 Alexis Peterson  United States Syracuse
3 30 Lanay Montgomery  United States West Virginia

Trades

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



East: ATL • CHI • CON • IND • NY • WAS | West: DAL • LV • LA • MIN • PHO • SEA
Head coach
Jenny Boucek (Virginia)
Assistant coaches
Gary Kloppenburg (UC San Diego)
Ryan Webb (Seattle)
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

WNBA roster page

Game log

Preseason
2017 pre-season game log
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
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)
June : 2–7 (Home: 1–3; Road: 1–4)
July : 4–5 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–2)
August : 4–4 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–4)
September : 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1)
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
1 September 6 Phoenix L 69-79 Stewart (23) Stewart (8) Bird (5) Wells Fargo Arena
5,764		 0-1
2017 playoff schedule


Awards and honors
Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Breanna Stewart Player of the Week July 17, 2017 [3]
Breanna Stewart Player of the Week August 21, 2017 [4]

Standings
# Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
1 Minnesota Lynx - (1)277.794–15–212–513–3
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		3
 
 
5
Phoenix Mercury		0
 
 
 
 
 
4
Connecticut Sun		83
 
 
 
5
Phoenix Mercury		88
 
5
Phoenix Mercury		79
 
 
 
8
Seattle Storm		69
 
1
Minnesota Lynx		3
 
 
 
2
Los Angeles Sparks		2
 
6
Washington Mystics		86
 
 
 
7
Dallas Wings		76
 
3
New York Liberty		68
 
 
6
Washington Mystics		82
 
 
 
 
 
1
Minnesota Lynx		3
 
 
6
Washington Mystics		0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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

Semifinals
Team123
1
Minnesota Lynx		1019381
6
Washington Mystics		818370
Team123
2
Los Angeles Sparks		798689
5
Phoenix Mercury		667287
WNBA Finals
Team12345
1
Minnesota Lynx		8470648085
2
Los Angeles Sparks		8568756976

References
  1. STORM: Storm Schedule 2017
  2. "Transactions".
  3. "Chicago's Dolson, Seattle's Stewart Named WNBA Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. July 17, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
  4. "Seattle's Stewart, New York's Charles Named WNBA Players Of The Week". wnba.com. WNBA. August 21, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
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