2019 Seattle Storm season
CoachDan Hughes
ArenaAlaska Airlines Arena
Angel of the Winds Arena
Attendance7,562 per game
Results
Record18–16 (.529)
Place3rd (Western)
Playoff finish6th Seed; Lost in 2nd Round to Los Angeles
Team Leaders
PointsNatasha Howard – 18.1 ppg
ReboundsNatasha Howard – 8.2 rpg
AssistsJordin Canada – 5.2 apg
Media
TelevisionKZJO (JOEtv)
The Storm in action against Dallas

The 2019 WNBA season was the 20th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association. The regular season began on May 25 with a game against the Phoenix Mercury.[1]

On August 15, 2018 the Seattle Storm announced that they would play their regular season games at the University of Washington's Alaska Airlines Arena while KeyArena undergoes renovations for the Seattle Kraken of the NHL.[2] The Storm will play five games at the Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, Washington.[3]

During the preseason, two of the Storm's prominent stars were injured. Breanna Stewart, the 2018 WNBA MVP, ruptured her Achilles tendon while playing in the EuroLeague for Dynamo Kursk. Stewart underwent surgery, and is expected to recover in time for the 2020 season, but miss the entirety of 2019.[4] Sue Bird underwent arthroscopic surgery to remove a loose body in her left knee and would miss the entire 2019 season. Bird was selected to the All Star Game in 2018, and was the team leader in assists.[5]

For the first six games of the season, the Storm alternated winning a game and losing a game. Through the month of June, they could not win more than two games in a row, and finished June with an 8–6 record. July was a streak filled month, with the team winning four games in a row, after starting the month with two home losses to Atlanta Dream and New York Liberty. The Dream and Liberty ended up having the worst records in the WNBA. However, they finished the month with a 12–9 overall record, and an eye toward a playoff berth. August proved difficult as the team went 3–6 during the month. The month ended on a high note when they secured a playoff berth on August 29. They finished the season strong, going 3–1 in September to lock up the number six playoff seed.

As the #6 seed, Seattle hosted the #7 seed Minnesota Lynx in the first round of the playoffs. The Storm were able to advance to the second round with a ten point win. In the second round, the #3 seeded Los Angeles Sparks proved to be too much for the Storm, and their season ended with a twenty three point loss at the Staples Center.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2019 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 12 Ezi Magbegor  Australia Melbourne Boomers (Australia)
2 24 Anriel Howard  United States Mississippi State
3 36 Macy Miller  United States South Dakota State

Trades and roster changes

Date Details
February 1, 2019 Re-Signed F Crystal Langhorne[6][7]
Re-Signed C Mercedes Russell[6][7]
February 7, 2019 Signed Teana Muldrow to Training Camp Contract[8]
April 11, 2019 Signed G Shavonte Zellous[9][10]
April 18, 2019 Signed F Zykera Rice to Training Camp Contract[11]
Signed G Presley Hudson to Training Camp Contract[11]
Signed G Receé Caldwell to Training Camp Contract[11]
May 2, 2019 Signed G Brooke Salas to Training Camp Contract[12]

Roster

2019 Seattle Storm roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G 10 United States Bird, Sue Injured 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 10-16-1980 Connecticut 16
G 21 United States Canada, Jordin 5' 6" (1.68m) – 08-11-1995 UCLA 1
F 32 United States Clark, Alysha 5' 11" (1.8m) 167 lb (76kg) 07-07-1987 Middle Tennessee 7
G 12 United States Dietrick, Blake 5' 10" (1.78m) 157 lb (71kg) 07-19-1993 Princeton 2
F 6 United States Howard, Natasha 6' 2" (1.88m) 165 lb (75kg) 09-02-1991 Florida State 5
F/C 1 United States Langhorne, Crystal 6' 2" (1.88m) 185 lb (84kg) 10-27-1986 Maryland 11
G 24 United States Loyd, Jewell 5' 10" (1.78m) 148 lb (67kg) 10-05-1993 Notre Dame 4
F 23 United States Mosqueda-Lewis, Kaleena 5' 11" (1.8m) 180 lb (82kg) 11-03-1993 Connecticut 4
C 3 United States Paris, Courtney 6' 4" (1.93m) 250 lb (113kg) 97-21-1987 Oklahoma 9
G 2 United States Russell, Mercedes 6' 6" (1.98m) – 07-27-1995 Tennessee 1
F 30 United States Stewart, Breanna Injured (S) 6' 4" (1.93m) 170 lb (77kg) 08-27-1994 Connecticut 3
G/F 33 Australia Whitcomb, Sami 5' 10" (1.78m) 145 lb (66kg) 07-20-1988 Washington 2
G 11 Croatia Zellous, Shavonte 5' 10" (1.78m) 188 lb (85kg) 08-28-1986 Pittsburgh 10
Head coach
United States Dan Hughes (Muskingum)
Assistant coaches
United States Gary Kloppenburg (UC San Diego)
United States Noelle Quinn (UCLA)
Athletic trainer
United States Tom Spencer (Central Washington)


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Game log

Preseason

2019 pre-season game log
May: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 15 Phoenix Mercury L 84–87 Tied (15) Tied (7) Canada (5) Angel of the Winds Arena
3,076 		0–1
2 May 17 @ Los Angeles Sparks L 85–92 Canada (18) Russell (9) Canada (6) Hutto-Patterson Gym
N/A 		0–2
2019 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2019 game log
Total: 18–16 (Home: 11–6; Road: 7–10)
May: 2–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 25 Phoenix Mercury W 77–68 Howard (21) Howard (16) Canada (6) Angel of the Winds Arena
8,500 		1–0
2 May 29 @ Minnesota Lynx L 61–72 Howard (18) Tied (5) Canada (4) Target Center
8,092 		1–1
3 May 31 @ Atlanta Dream W 82–66 Howard (19) Howard (14) Canada (7) State Farm Arena
2,119 		2–1
June : 6–5 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
4 June 1 @ Chicago Sky L 79–83 Howard (21) Howard (9) Canada (6) Wintrust Arena
7,063 		2–2
5 June 4 Minnesota Lynx W 84–77 Loyd (19) Howard (6) Canada (7) Angel of the Winds Arena
5,711 		3–2
6 June 9 @ Chicago Sky L 71–78 Tied (20) Tied (6) Canada (5) Wintrust Arena
5,032 		3–3
7 June 11 @ Indiana Fever W 84–82 Howard (26) Howard (9) Tied (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
3,506 		4–3
8 June 14 @ Washington Mystics W 74–71 Howard (19) Tied (11) Clark (5) St. Elizabeth's East Arena
3,654 		5–3
10 June 16 @ Connecticut Sun L 67–81 Howard (20) Howard (8) Tied (3) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,773 		5–4
11 June 21 Los Angeles Sparks W 84–62 Loyd (23) Clark (10) Tied (3) Angel of the Winds Arena
6,114 		6–4
12 June 23 Indiana Fever W 65–61 Loyd (21) Tied (6) Howard (4) Alaska Airlines Arena
7,211 		7–4
12 June 25 @ Las Vegas Aces L 56–60 Howard (14) Howard (12) 3 tied (3) Mandalay Bay Events Center
4,215 		7–5
13 June 28 Chicago Sky W 79–76 Canada (17) Howard (9) Tied (3) Alaska Airlines Arena
7,915 		8–5
14 June 30 Phoenix Mercury L 67–69 Whitcomb (13) Howard (8) Howard (5) Alaska Airlines Arena
8,002 		8–6
July : 4–3 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
15 July 3 New York Liberty L 83–84 Russell (19) Clark (9) Canada (7) Alaska Airlines Arena
8,710 		8–7
16 July 5 Atlanta Dream L 66–77 Howard (20) Russell (9) Whitcomb (5) Alaska Airlines Arena
8,111 		8–8
17 July 12 Dallas Wings W 95–81 Mosqueda-Lewis (18) Russell (8) Canada (12) Alaska Airlines Arena
6,451 		9–8
18 July 14 New York Liberty W 78–69 Langhorne (19) Canada (9) Canada (8) Alaska Airlines Arena
6,733 		10–8
19 July 17 @ Minnesota Lynx W 90–79 Howard (33) Russell (9) Whitcomb (8) Target Center
8,403 		11–8
20 July 19 Las Vegas Aces W 69–66 Howard (21) Howard (10) Canada (4) Alaska Airlines Arena
9,000 		12–8
21 July 23 @ Las Vegas Aces L 62–79 Tied (13) Howard (10) Clark (4) Mandalay Bay Events Center
5,193 		12–9
August : 3–6 (Home: 2–3; Road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
22 August 2 Washington Mystics L 79–99 Howard (26) 3 tied (6) Canada (6) Angel of the Winds Arena
7,488 		12–10
23 August 4 @ Los Angeles Sparks L 75–83 Tied (16) Russell (9) Howard (5) Staples Center
12,820 		12–11
24 August 8 Dallas Wings W 69–57 Howard (23) Howard (11) Canada (6) Angel of the Winds Arena
6,268 		13–11
25 August 11 @ New York Liberty W 84–69 Clark (21) Tied (8) Russell (6) Barclays Center
7,715 		14–11
26 August 14 @ Washington Mystics L 59–88 Howard (24) Howard (8) Howard (4) St. Elizabeth's East Arena
3,917 		14–12
27 August 16 @ Connecticut Sun L 78–79 Howard (27) Howard (10) 3 tied (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,092 		14–13
28 August 18 Minnesota Lynx W 82–74 Canada (14) Tied (6) Canada (6) Alaska Airlines Arena
9,000 		15–13
29 August 25 Indiana Fever L 54–63 Howard (14) Howard (9) Howard (5) Alaska Airlines Arena
8,076 		15–14
30 August 27 Connecticut Sun L 89–70 Loyd (18) Howard (7) Canada (5) Alaska Airlines Arena
6,258 		15–15
September : 3–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
31 September 1 Atlanta Dream W 92–75 Canada (21) Tied (8) Canada (8) Alaska Airlines Arena
9,000 		16–15
32 September 3 @ Phoenix Mercury W 82–70 Howard (22) Howard (12) Canada (10) Talking Stick Resort Arena
8,724 		17–15
33 September 5 @ Los Angeles Sparks L 68–102 Tied (13) Russell (8) Howard (4) Staples Center
10,591 		17–16
34 September 8 @ Dallas Wings W 78–64 Howard (22) Howard (9) Tied (5) College Park Center
5,910 		18–16
2019 season schedule

Playoffs

2019 playoff game log
Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
First Round: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 September 11 Minnesota Lynx W 84–74 Canada (26) Russell (9) Howard (6) Angel of the Winds Arena
5,011 		1–0
Second Round: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 September 15 Los Angeles Sparks L 69–92 Howard (20) Howard (11) Canada (7) Staples Center
9,081 		0–1
2019 playoff schedule

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Natasha Howard WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week June 3, 2019 [13]
June 17, 2019 [14]
WNBA Western Conference Player of the Month - June July 1, 2019 [15]
Jewell Loyd WNBA All-Star Selection July 15, 2019 [16]
Natasha Howard
Natasha Howard WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week July 22, 2019 [17]
Natasha Howard Defensive Player of the Year Award September 11, 2019 [18]

Standings

# Western Conference
W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
1 Los Angeles Sparks (3) 22 12 .647 – 15–2 7–10 10–6
2 Las Vegas Aces (4) 21 13 .618 1 13–4 8–9 11–5
3 Seattle Storm (6) 18 16 .529 4 11–6 7–10 10–6
4 Minnesota Lynx (7) 18 16 .529 4 11–6 7–10 7–9
5 Phoenix Mercury (8) 15 19 .441 7 9–8 6–11 5–11
6 e – Dallas Wings 10 24 .294 12 8–9 2–15 5–11

Notes

(#) – Conference Standing, Playoff Seeds shown to the right of team name
e – Eliminated from playoffs

Playoffs

Main article: 2019 WNBA Playoffs
First round:
Single elimination
(Sept. 11)		Second round:
Single elimination
(Sept. 15)		Semifinals:
Best-of-five
(Sept. 17 – Sept. 24)		WNBA Finals:
Best-of-five
(Sept. 29 – Oct. 10)
1Washington Mystics971037594
4Las Vegas Aces934Las Vegas Aces95919290
5Chicago Sky1055Chicago Sky921Washington Mystics9587948689
8Phoenix Mercury762Connecticut Sun8699819078
2Connecticut Sun849478
3Los Angeles Sparks923Los Angeles Sparks756856
6Seattle Storm846Seattle Storm69
7Minnesota Lynx74

Note: Teams re-seeded after each round.

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
Natasha Howard 34 34 31.4 43.9 30.8 81.0 8.2 2.1 2.2 1.7 18.1
Jewell Loyd 27 21 25.4 39.1 33.7 92.8 2.7 2.0 1.3 0.1 12.3
Jordin Canada 30 29 28.8 38.8 18.6 76.8 2.4 5.2 2.3 0.2 9.8
Alysha Clark 31 30 28.4 48.1 48.1 81.8 4.7 2.5 1.1 0.5 9.6
Mercedes Russell 34 30 25.6 51.7 0.0 64.6 6.1 1.0 1.1 0.5 7.5
Sami Whitcomb 33 13 20.4 36.8 34.2 100 1.7 2.4 1.1 0.1 7.2
Crystal Langhorne 34 4 17.0 40.9 31.6 75.0 3.1 1.0 0.3 0.3 5.6
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis 31 4 14.0 39.9 34.1 100 1.2 0.5 0.3 0.2 5.5
Shavonte Zellous 31 4 13.9 37.6 18.8 75.0 1.5 1.5 0.3 0.2 4.0
Courtney Paris 30 0 6.3 40.0 0 42.9 1.7 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.5
Blake Dietrick 17 1 6.2 10.0 0 66.7 0.6 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.4

References

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