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2013 Seattle Storm season
Attendance	6,981 per game
Results
Record	17–17 (.500)
Place	0th (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost in Conference Semifinals (2-0) to Minnesota Lynx
Team Leaders
Points	Thompson (14.1)
Rebounds	Thompson (5.8)
Assists	Wright (4.1)
Media
Radio	KFNQ
Television	KONG ESPN2, NBATV
← 2012 season 2014 season →

The 2013 WNBA season is the 14th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Storm's selections in the 2013 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	6	Tianna Hawkins	United States	Maryland
2	18	Chelsea Poppens	United States	Iowa State
3	30	Jasmine James	United States	Georgia

Transaction log

December 14, 2012: Lauren Jackson announces that her hamstring surgery will force her out of the 2013 season.^[1]
January 11: The Storm waive Alison Lacey.
February 7: The Storm signs free agents Temeka Johnson and Noelle Quinn, and waives Ann Wauters
February 20: The Storm signs free agent Nakia Sanford
March 5: The Storm re-signs Alysha Clark.
April 15: The Storm signed 2012 draft pick Keisha Hampton.
April 25: The Storm sign draft picks Tiana Hawkins and Chelsea Poppens.
March 11: The Storm signed Cierra Bravard.
May 4: The Storm waive Chay Shegog.
May 9: Sue Bird undergoes knee surgery, announces that will sit out of 2013 season.^[2]
May 12: The Storm waive Alexis Gray-Lawson.
May 13: The Storm waive Jasmine James and Katelan Redmon.
May 19: The Storm waive Keisha Hampton and Samantha MacKay.

Roster

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Tina Thompson	Ashley Robinson
PF	Camille Little	Joslyn Tinkle
SF	Noelle Quinn	Tianna Hawkins
SG	Tanisha Wright	Alysha Clark
PG	Temeka Johnson	Shekinna Stricklen Sue Bird

Season standings

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z-Minnesota Lynx	26	8	.765	-	34
2	x-Los Angeles Sparks	24	10	.706	2	34
3	x-Phoenix Mercury	19	15	.559	7	34
4	x-Seattle Storm	17	17	.500	9	34

5	e-San Antonio Silver Stars	12	22	.353	14	34
6	e-Tulsa Shock	11	23	.324	15	34

Schedule

Preseason

2013 pre-season game log
Total: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)

Pre-season: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 12	@ Los Angeles	W 67–66	Thompson & Hawkins (8)	Noelle Quinn (7)	Temeka Johnson (5)	Walter Pyramid at Long Beach State 1524	1–0
2	May 17	Tulsa	W 63–59	Tina Thompson (19)	Shekinna Stricklen (10)	Noelle Quinn (4)	Key Arena 4347	2–0

2013 season schedule

Regular season

2013 game log
Total: 17–17 (Home: 9–8; Road: 8–9)

May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 26	@ Los Angeles	L 69–102	Camille Little (13)	Quinn, Thompson, Wright, Johnson, Hawkins, & Stricklen (3)	Wright & Johnson (5)	Staples Center 10090	0–1

June : 4–5 (Home: 2–2; Road: 2–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
2	June 2	Phoenix	W 75–72	Tanisha Wright (20)	Tina Thompson (6)	Temeka Johnson (6)	Key Arena 9686	1–1
3	June 7	Tulsa	L 58–67	Tina Thompson (17)	Thompson & Little (5)	Quinn, Wright, & Johnson (2)	Key Arena 6879	1–2
4	June 14	@ Atlanta	L 59–68	Thompson & Johnson (11)	Tina Thompson (7)	Tanisha Wright (6)	Philips Arena 4960	1–3
5	June 16	@ Connecticut	W 78–66	Tina Thompson (17)	Camille Little (9)	Temeka Johnson (6)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6550	2–3
6	June 18	Washington	W 96–86 (OT)	Tina Thompson (30)	Tina Thompson (8)	Tanisha Wright (6)	Key Arena 4579	3–3
7	June 21	@ San Antonio	W 91–86	Camille Little (23)	Camille Little (10)	Temeka Johnson (7)	AT&T Center 7009	4–3
8	June 22	@ Tulsa	L 70–92	Tianna Hawkins (17)	Little, Wright, & Clark (5)	Temeka Johnson (3)	BOK Center 4327	4–4
9	June 28	NY Liberty	L 62–67	Temeka Johnson (22)	Quinn, Little, & Tanisha Wright (5)	Quinn, Wright, Johnson, Stricklen, Hawkins (1)	Key Arena 7687	4–5
10	June 30	@ Indiana	L 63–71	Shekinna Stricklen (11)	Camille Little (8)	Wright & Johnson (3)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6355	4–6

July : 3–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 2–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
11	July 2	@ Chicago	W 69–60	Little & Johnson (16)	Tina Thompson (11)	Wright & Johnson (5)	Allstate Arena 5808	5–6
12	July 6	@ Washington	L 59–62	Shekinna Stricklen (20)	Camille Little (6)	Temeka Johnson (10)	Verizon Center 6174	5–7
13	July 9	@ NY Liberty	L 57–66	Tina Thompson (13)	Tina Thompson (7)	Temeka Johnson (5)	Prudential Center 5766	5–8
14	July 14	Atlanta	W 73–65	Tanisha Wright (21)	Camille Little (10)	Temeka Johnson (5)	Key Arena 6479	6–8
15	July 17	Tulsa	L 59–86	Camille Little (11)	Little & Clark (6)	Tanisha Wright (5)	Key Arena 9686	6–9
16	July 20	Los Angeles	L 64–65	Camille Little (22)	Tina Thompson (7)	Temeka Johnson (5)	Key Arena 6357	6–10
17	July 25	@ Los Angeles	W 73–66	Tina Thompson (23)	Thompson & Quinn (8)	Temeka Johnson (4)	Staples Center 12651	7–10

August : 8–5 (Home: 5–2; Road: 3–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
All-Star Break
18	August 1	Phoenix	W 88–79	Thompson & Johnson (16)	Tina Thompson (7)	Wright & Johnson (7)	Key Arena 6457	8–10
19	August 4	@ Minnesota	L 72–90	Shekinna Stricklen (24)	Wright & Quinn (6)	Tanisha Wright (6)	Target Center 9032	8–11
20	August 6	@ Phoenix	W 80–65	Thompson & Wright (19)	Tina Thompson (8)	Tina Thompson (4)	US Airways Center 6877	9–11
21	August 9	San Antonio	L 56–77	Shekinna Stricklen (16)	Clark & Quinn (5)	Little, Wright, Johnson, Hawkins, & Quinn (2)	Key Arena 5978	9–12
22	August 11	San Antonio	W 69–63	Tina Thompson (17)	Thompson & Quinn (11)	Temeka Johnson (6)	Key Arena 6249	10–12
23	August 15	Chicago	L 66–79	Tanisha Wright (20)	Tanisha Wright (5)	Temeka Johnson (6)	Key Arena 6829	10–13
24	August 17	Indiana	W 77–70	Tina Thompson (23)	Tina Thompson (7)	Tanisha Wright (8)	Key Arena 6889	11–13
25	August 20	Los Angeles	W 77–57	Temeka Johnson (18)	Tina Thompson (10)	Tanisha Wright (9)	Key Arena 6738	12–13
26	August 23	@ Phoenix	W 81–73	Temeka Johnson (23)	Stricklen & Thompson (7)	Little & Johnson (3)	US Airways Center 8026	13–13
27	August 25	@ San Antonio	L 64–70	Noelle Quinn (14)	Camille Little (6)	Tanisha Wright (7)	AT&T Center 6828	13–14
28	August 27	@ San Antonio	W 72–71	Tina Thompson (27)	Tina Thompson (13)	Tanisha Wright (7)	AT&T Center 6097	14–14
29	August 29	Connecticut	W 78–65	Thompson & Little (18)	Tina Thompson (9)	Temeka Johnson (9)	Key Arena 5567	15–14
30	August 31	@ Minnesota	L 74–97	Tina Thompson (18)	Alysha Clark (5)	Tanisha Wright (10)	Target Center 9123	15–15

September : 2–2 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
31	September 7	Minnesota	L 60–75	Tanisha Wright (22)	Tanisha Wright (8)	Tanisha Wright (3)	Key Arena 8147	15–16
32	September 10	Minnesota	L 60–73	Tanisha Wright (14)	Noelle Quinn (8)	Tanisha Wright (5)	Key Arena 5486	15–17
33	September 12	@ Tulsa	W 76–67	Shekinna Stricklen (26)	Tina Thompson (10)	Tanisha Wright (6)	BOK Center 6513	16–17
34	September 14	Tulsa	W 85–73	Tina Thompson (22)	Noelle Quinn (10)	Tanisha Wright (8)	Key Arena 8978	17–17

2013 season schedule

Playoffs

2013 playoff game log
Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)

Conference Semifinals: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	September 20	@ Minnesota	L 64–80	Temeka Johnson (14)	Tina Thompson (8)	Wright & Johnson (4)	Target Center 8832	0–1
2	September 22	Minnesota	L 55–58	Tanisha Wright (16)	Thompson & Clark (9)	Stricklen, Johnson, & Wright (2)	Tacoma Dome 3457	0–2

2013 season schedule

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

Awards and honors

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References

External links

Seattle Storm

Seattle Storm
Founded in 2000 Based in Seattle, Washington
Franchise	Franchise Current season
Arenas	Climate Pledge Arena (2000–2018; 2022–present) Alaska Airlines Arena (2019) Angel of the Winds Arena (2019–2021)
Head coaches	Lin Dunn Anne Donovan Brian Agler Jenny Boucek Gary Kloppenburg Dan Hughes Noelle Quinn
Administration	Owner: Force 10 Hoops LLC Dawn Trudeau Lisa Brummel Ginny Gilder President and CEO: Alisha Valavanis General Manager: Talisa Rhea
All-Stars	Sue Bird Swin Cash Natasha Howard Lauren Jackson Jewell Loyd Breanna Stewart Tina Thompson
Seasons	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Playoff appearances	2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Conference Championships	2004 2010
WNBA Championships	2004 2010 2018 2020
Rivals	Los Angeles Sparks Phoenix Mercury Minnesota Lynx
Media	TV: JOEtv, Announcers: Dick Fain, Elise Woodward

2013 WNBA season by team

2013 WNBA season by team
Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Finals
Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics
Western	Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm Tulsa Shock
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