2018 Seattle Storm season

The 2018 WNBA season was the 19th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association. The regular season began May 20th and ended on August 19th.

2018 Seattle Storm season
CoachDan Hughes
ArenaKeyArena
Attendance8,109 per game
Results
Record26–8 (.765)
Place1st (Western)
Playoff finish1st seed; WNBA Champions, beat Washington Mystics 3–0 in 2018 WNBA Finals
Team Leaders
PointsBreanna Stewart – 21.8 ppg
ReboundsBreanna Stewart – 8.4 rpg
AssistsSue Bird – 7.1 apg
Media
TelevisionKZJO (JOEtv)

The Storm started the season strongly posting a 5–1 record in May. Their only loss came in the opening game of the season against the Phoenix Mercury. The storm had their worst month of the season in June, going 6–4. The team couldn't string together a run of wins, alternating between winning 2 and losing one. The team found their stride in July with a strong 9–2 record. The month started with a 4 game winning streak, and the team won 7 of its first 8. The only losses in July came in over time to Los Angeles and to eventual #2 playoff seed Atlanta. August was another good month for the Storm. The team went 6–1 in the month, with their only loss being at eventual #3 playoff seed Washington. The team's final record of 26–8 was their best since 2010. This record earned them the #1 seed in the 2018 WNBA Playoffs and a bye into the Semifinals.

The Storm faced off against the #5 seed Phoenix Mercury in the Semifinals. The series was a hotly contested series, with both teams making large runs in individual games. Eventually the home team won each game in the series, which meant the Storm advanced 3–2. In the WNBA Finals, the Storm swept the Washington Mystics in three games, securing the third championship in franchise history. [1]

Transactions

WNBA Draft
See also: 2018 WNBA Draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 5 Jordin Canada  United States UCLA
3 29 Teana Muldrow  United States West Virginia

Trades and roster changes
Date Details
February 1, 2018 Re-signed G Sami Whitcomb[2]
February 2, 2018 Signed C Courtney Paris[3]
February 5, 2018 Re-signed G Noelle Quinn[4]
February 7, 2018 Acquired F Natasha Howard from Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the 17th pick in the 2018 WNBA draft. Minnesota also gains right to swap 1st round picks in 2019.[5]

Roster
Seattle Storm roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G 10 Bird, Sue 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 10-16-1980 Connecticut 15
G 21 Canada, Jordin 5' 6" (1.68m) – 08-11-1995 UCLA R
F 32 Clark, Alysha 5' 11" (1.8m) 167 lb (76kg) 07-07-1987 Middle Tennessee 6
F 6 Howard, Natasha 6' 2" (1.88m) 165 lb (75kg) 09-02-1991 Florida State 4
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
C 3 Paris, Courtney 6' 4" (1.93m) 250 lb (113kg) 97-21-1987 Oklahoma 8
G 45 Quinn, Noelle 6' 0" (1.83m) 178 lb (81kg) 01-03-1985 UCLA 11
G 2 Russell, Mercedes 6' 6" (1.98m) – 07-27-1995 Tennessee R
F 30 Stewart, Breanna 6' 4" (1.93m) 170 lb (77kg) 08-27-1994 Connecticut 2
G/F 33 Whitcomb, Sami 5' 10" (1.78m) 145 lb (66kg) 07-20-1988 Washington 1



East: ATL • CHI • CON • IND • NY • WAS | West: DAL • LV • LA • MIN • PHO • SEA
Head coach
Dan Hughes (Muskingum)
Assistant coaches
Gary Kloppenburg (UC San Diego)
Crystal Robinson (Southeastern Oklahoma State University)
Athletic trainer
Tom Spencer (Central Washington)


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

WNBA roster page

Game log

Preseason
2018 pre-season game log
May: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
2018 pre-season schedule

Regular season
2018 game log
Total: 26–8 (Home: 13–4; Road: 13–4)
May: 5–1 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–0)
June : 6–4 (Home: 4–2; Road: 2–2)
July : 9–2 (Home: 3–1; Road: 6–1)
August : 6–1 (Home: 4–0; Road: 2–1)
2018 season schedule

Playoffs
2018 playoff game log
Total: 6–2 (Home: 5–0; Road: 1–2)
WNBA Semifinals: 3–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 August 26 Phoenix W 91–87 Stewart (28) Stewart (7) Bird (10) KeyArena
9,686		 1–0
2 August 28 Phoenix W 91–87 (OT) Stewart (27) Langhorne (10) Bird (6) KeyArena
9,686		 2–0
3 August 31 @ Phoenix L 66–86 Howard (19) Stewart (11) Bird (11) Talking Stick Resort Arena
15,185		 2-1
4 September 2 @ Phoenix L 84–86 Stewart (22) Bird (9) Bird (7) Talking Stick Resort Arena
8,137		 2–2
5 September 4 Phoenix W 94–84 Stewart (28) Clark (13) Bird (5) KeyArena
8,992		 3–2
WNBA Finals: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0)
2018 playoff schedule


Awards and honors
Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Breanna Stewart WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week June 18, 2018 [6]
Sue Bird WNBA All-Star Selection July 17, 2018 [7]
Jewell Loyd
Breanna Stewart
Breanna Stewart WNBA Western Conference Player of the Month - July August 1, 2018 [8]
Alysha Clark WNBA Cares Community Assist Award - July August 17, 2018 [9]
Breanna Stewart WNBA Most Valuable Player Award August 26, 2018 [10]
Natasha Howard WNBA Most Improved Player Award August 26, 2018 [11]
Sue Bird Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award August 26, 2018 [12]
Breanna Stewart WNBA Finals MVP September 12, 2018 [13]

Standings
# Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
1 Seattle Storm (1)268.765–13–413–411–5
2 Phoenix Mercury (5)2014.58869–811–68–8
3 Los Angeles Sparks (6)1915.559711–68–99–7
4 Minnesota Lynx (7)1816.52989–89–89–7
5 Dallas Wings (8)1519.4411110–75–127–9
6 e –Las Vegas Aces1420.412128–96–114–12

Notes

(#) – Conference Standing, Playoff Seeds shown to the right of team name
x – Qualified for playoffs
e – Eliminated from playoffs
 
First round:
Single elimination
(Aug. 21)		Second round:
Single elimination
(Aug. 23)		Semifinals:
Best-of-five
(Aug. 26 – Sept. 4)		WNBA Finals:
Best-of-five
(Sept. 7 – Sept. 12)
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
Seattle Storm 		3
 
 
5
Phoenix Mercury 		2
 
 
 
 
 
4
Connecticut Sun		86
 
 
 
5
Phoenix Mercury 		96
 
5
Phoenix Mercury		101
 
 
 
8
Dallas Wings		83
 
1
Seattle Storm 		3
 
 
 
3
Washington Mystics		 0
 
6
Los Angeles Sparks		75
 
 
 
7
Minnesota Lynx		 68
 
3
Washington Mystics		96
 
 
6
Los Angeles Sparks 		64
 
 
 
 
 
2
Atlanta Dream		 2
 
 
3
Washington Mystics		 3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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

Semifinals
Team12345
1
Seattle Storm		9191668494
5
Phoenix Mercury		8787868684
Team12345
2
Atlanta Dream		8478817681
3
Washington Mystics		8775769786
WNBA Finals
Team123
1
Seattle Storm		897598
3
Washington Mystics		767382

Statistics
Legend
  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
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

Regular season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Breanna Stewart 34 34 31.6 .529 .415 .820 8.4 2.5 1.4 1.4 21.8
Jewell Loyd 34 34 29.7 .423 .370 .851 4.6 3.7 1.3 0.1 15.5
Natasha Howard 34 33 25.6 .547 .327 .798 6.4 1.0 1.3 2.0 13.2
Sue Bird 31 31 26.6 .466 .448 .828 1.7 7.1 1.1 0.1 10.1
Alysha Clark 31 30 26.2 .480 .392 .846 3.5 1.9 1.0 0.1 7.4
Jordin Canada 33 2 16.5 .357 .182 .738 1.5 3.3 0.9 0.0 5.7
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis 33 4 13.4 .412 .420 .917 1.5 0.8 0.1 0.0 5.4
Crystal Langhorne 26 1 13.9 .500 .000 .889 3.0 0.3 0.3 0.2 4.6
Sami Whitcomb 31 0 8.5 .349 .362 1.000 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.1 2.9
Courtney Paris 34 0 10.6 .533 .000 .529 3.9 0.6 0.2 0.3 2.1
Mercedes Russell 22 0 4.6 .484 .000 .500 1.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 1.6
Noelle Quinn 20 1 9.1 .302 .235 .000 0.9 0.7 0.1 0.1 1.5

References
  1. "2018 Seattle Storm schedule". storm.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  2. "Sami Whitcomb Re-Signs with Seattle Storm". storm.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  3. "Seattle Storm Inks Courtney Paris to Multi-Year Contract". storm.wnba.com. WNBA. February 2, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  4. "Noelle Quinn Re-Signs with Seattle Storm". storm.wnba.com. WNBA. February 5, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  5. "Seattle Completes Trade with Minnesota, Acquires Natasha Howard". storm.wnba.com. WNBA. February 7, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  6. "Elena Delle Donne, Breanna Stewart Named Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. June 18, 2018. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  7. "2018 WNBA All-Stars Announced; Elena Delle Donne, Candace Parker To Serve As Player-Captains". wnba.com. WNBA. July 17, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  8. "Atlanta's Hayes, Seattle's Stewart Named WNBA Players Of The Month". wnba.com. WNBA. August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  9. "Seattle's Alysha Clark Receives July WNBA Cares Community Assist Award". wnba.com. WNBA. August 17, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  10. "Seattle's Breanna Stewart Named 2018 Most Valuable Player". wnba.com. WNBA. August 26, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  11. "Seattle's Natasha Howard Named 2018 WNBA Most Improved Player". wnba.com. WNBA. August 26, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  12. "Seattle's Sue Bird Wins 2018 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award". wnba.com. WNBA. August 26, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  13. Standig, Benjamin (September 12, 2018). "Stewart, Storm surge past Mystics 98-82 for WNBA title". wnba.com. The Associated Press. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
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