# 2005 Seattle Storm season

The 2005 WNBA season was the sixth season for the Seattle Storm. They were able to reach the playoffs, but were unable to defend their title from the year before.

## Offseason
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/School/Team |
| 1 | 12 | Tanisha Wright (G) | United States | Penn State |
| 2 | 25 | Ashley Battle (F) | United States | Connecticut |
| 3 | 38 | Steffanie Blackmon (F) | United States | Baylor |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Sacramento Monarchs $^x$ | 25 | 9 | .735 | – | 15–2 | 10–7 | 17–5 |
| Seattle Storm $^x$ | 20 | 14 | .588 | 5.0 | 14–3 | 6–11 | 13–9 |
| Houston Comets $^x$ | 19 | 15 | .559 | 6.0 | 11–6 | 8–9 | 11–11 |
| Los Angeles Sparks $^x$ | 17 | 17 | .500 | 8.0 | 11–6 | 6–11 | 12–10 |
| Phoenix Mercury $^o$ | 16 | 18 | .471 | 9.0 | 11–6 | 5–12 | 12–10 |
| Minnesota Lynx $^o$ | 14 | 20 | .412 | 11.0 | 11–6 | 3–14 | 9–13 |
| San Antonio Silver Stars $^o$ | 7 | 27 | .206 | 18.0 | 5–12 | 2–15 | 3–19 |

### Season schedule

| Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
| May 21 | Los Angeles | 50-68 | Loss | 0-1 |
| May 27 | Houston | 79-69 | Win | 1-1 |
| May 29 | San Antonio | 79-51 | Win | 2-1 |
| June 2 | @ Phoenix | 78-67 | Win | 3-1 |
| June 4 | Indiana | 83-77 | Win | 4-1 |
| June 7 | @ Connecticut | 69-81 | Loss | 4-2 |
| June 8 | @ Detroit | 76-61 | Win | 5-2 |
| June 10 | @ Washington | 52-64 | Loss | 5-3 |
| June 12 | @ Charlotte | 62-60 | Win | 6-3 |
| June 15 | Minnesota | 81-86 | Loss | 6-4 |
| June 22 | Connecticut | 95-86 | Win | 7-4 |
| June 24 | @ Los Angeles | 65-76 | Loss | 7-5 |
| June 26 | @ Minnesota | 70-73 | Loss | 7-6 |
| June 28 | @ Houston | 67-71 | Loss | 7-7 |
| June 30 | @ San Antonio | 69-81 | Loss | 7-8 |
| July 3 | Sacramento | 74-67 | Win | 8-8 |
| July 6 | @ Phoenix | 61-73 | Loss | 8-9 |
| July 13 | Washington | 71-78 | Loss | 8-10 |
| July 15 | San Antonio | 92-70 | Win | 9-10 |
| July 16 | @ Los Angeles | 78-70 | Win | 10-10 |
| July 19 | New York | 87-78 | Win | 11-10 |
| July 23 | Detroit | 74-71 | Win | 12-10 |
| July 29 | Charlotte | 79-68 | Win | 13-10 |
| July 31 | Los Angeles | 77-72 | Win | 14-10 |
| August 4 | @ Indiana | 68-78 | Loss | 14-11 |
| August 6 | @ New York | 67-79 | Loss | 14-12 |
| August 9 | Houston | 71-68 | Win | 15-12 |
| August 12 | @ Minnesota | 72-66 | Win | 16-12 |
| August 14 | @ Houston | 72-75 | Loss | 16-13 |
| August 18 | Minnesota | 76-60 | Win | 17-13 |
| August 20 | @ Sacramento | 65-75 | Loss | 17-14 |
| August 23 | @ San Antonio | 78-51 | Win | 18-14 |
| August 25 | Sacramento | 76-63 | Win | 19-14 |
| August 27 | Phoenix | 85-74 | Win | 20-14 |
| August 30 (1st Round, G1) | @ Houston | 75-67 | Win | 1-0 |
| September 1 (1st Round, G2) | Houston | 64-67 | Loss | 1-1 |
| September 3 (1st Round, G3) | Houston | 58-75 | Loss | 1-2 |

## Player stats

| Player | Minutes | Field Goals | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Blocks | Points |
| Lauren Jackson | 1176 | 206 | 313 | 57 | 36 | 67 | 597 |
| Sue Bird | 1020 | 130 | 72 | 176 | 29 | 6 | 364 |
| Betty Lennox | 800 | 123 | 124 | 57 | 35 | 5 | 346 |
| Janell Burse | 859 | 127 | 199 | 23 | 19 | 40 | 340 |
| Iziane Castro Marques | 879 | 93 | 97 | 49 | 18 | 4 | 269 |
| Suzy Batkovic | 461 | 76 | 94 | 26 | 17 | 24 | 199 |
| Tanisha Wright | 528 | 49 | 57 | 53 | 18 | 3 | 122 |
| Francesca Zara | 413 | 34 | 39 | 51 | 16 | 1 | 90 |
| Alicia Thompson | 329 | 32 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 83 |
| Simone Edwards | 201 | 24 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 55 |
| Natalia Vodopyanova | 98 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 25 |
| Mandisa Stevenson | 53 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Ashley Battle | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |