# 2012 Seattle Storm season

The 2012 WNBA season is the 13th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

The following are the Storm's selections in the 2012 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
| 1 | 2 (from Chi.) | Shekinna Stricklen | United States | Tennessee |
| 2 | 22 | Keisha Hampton | United States | DePaul |

### Transaction log

* April 11, 2011: The Storm acquired a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft from the Indiana Fever as part of the Katie Smith trade. In addition, the Storm traded a third-round pick to Indiana and a first-round pick to the Washington Mystics.
* January 2: The Storm acquired the second overall pick in the 2012 Draft from the Chicago Sky as part of the Swin Cash trade. The storm sent the 23rd overall pick to Chicago.
* January 31: The Storm re-signed Allie Quigley.
* February 6: The Storm signed Ann Wauters.
* February 9: The Storm re-signed Sue Bird and Tanisha Wright.
* February 14: The Storm traded Ashley Robinson to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Victoria Dunlap.
* February 15: The Storm re-signed Ewelina Kobryn and Katie Smith.
* February 27: The Seattle Storm signed Tina Thompson.
* March 9: The Storm signed Rachel Allison and Alysha Clark.
* April 6: The Storm signed Silvia Dominguez.
* April 12: The Storm signed Lindsay Taylor.
* April 26: The Storm signed Jacqua Williams, Ashley Corral, Dellena Criner, Ashley Gayle, and draft pick Shekinna Stricklen.
* May 1: The Storm waived Rachel Allison, Dellena Criner, and Jacqua Williams.
* May 14: The Storm waived Ashley Gayle and Lindsay Taylor.
* May 16: The Storm waived Ashley Corral and Allie Quigley.
* June 26: The Storm waived Victoria Dunlap.
* June 29: The Storm signed Svetlana Abrosimova.

### Trades

| Date | Trade | Trade |
| January 2, 2012 | To Seattle Storm | To Chicago Sky |
| January 2, 2012 | Second pick in 2012 Draft | Swin Cash, Le'coe Willingham, and 23rd pick in 2012 Draft |
| February 14, 2012 | To Seattle Storm | To Washington Mystics |
| February 14, 2012 | Victoria Dunlap | Ashley Robinson |

### Personnel changes
## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| C | Ann Wauters | Ewelina Kobryn Lauren Jackson |
| PF | Camille Little | Tina Thompson |
| SF | Katie Smith | Shekinna Stricklen Svetlana Abrosimova |
| SG | Tanisha Wright | Alysha Clark |
| PG | Sue Bird | |

## Season standings

| Western Conference vte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Minnesota Lynx $^z$ | 27 | 7 | .794 | – | 16–1 | 11–6 | 17–5 |
| Los Angeles Sparks $^x$ | 24 | 10 | .706 | 3.0 | 16–1 | 8–9 | 15–7 |
| San Antonio Silver Stars $^x$ | 21 | 13 | .618 | 6.0 | 12–5 | 9–8 | 14–8 |
| Seattle Storm $^x$ | 16 | 18 | .471 | 11.0 | 10–7 | 6–11 | 11–11 |
| Tulsa Shock $^o$ | 9 | 25 | .265 | 18.0 | 6–11 | 3–14 | 5–17 |
| Phoenix Mercury $^o$ | 7 | 27 | .206 | 20.0 | 3–14 | 4–13 | 4–18 |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2012 Game Log: Preseason (May)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1Fri 1112:30@ Tulsa60-86Dunlap (13)Thompson (6)Smith (3)BOK Center 5,2970-1
2Sun 135:00Los Angeles61-60Stricklen (15)Thompson (5)Wright (8)KeyArena 4,6281-1 :

### Regular season

2012 Game Log: Regular Season :
May (0–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1Fri 1810:00Los AngelesNBATV KONG KDOC66-72Wauters (17)Thompson (8)Bird (6)KeyArena 9,6860-1
2Tue 2210:30@ Los AngelesKONG KDOC61-74Wauters (15)Wauters (8)Bird (5)Staples Center 9,2380-2
3Sun 277:00@ Minnesota71-84Wauters (13)Wauters (9)Bird (9)Target Center 7,8320-3 :
June (6–5)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
4Fri 110:00Tulsa76-58Bird (27)Little (9)Wright (4)KeyArena 7,4891-3
5Sun 38:30@ Los AngelesKONG KDOC65-67Smith (19)Wauters (7)Bird (6)Staples Center 12,6391-4
6Wed 68:00@ Minnesota55-79Wright (14)Dunlap Wauters (5)Bird Wright (3)Target Center 8,2631-5
7Sat 98:00@ San AntonioFS-SW67-80Stricklen (14)Little Stricklen Wauters (8)Wright (6)AT&T Center 8,1871-6
8Wed 138:00@ ChicagoCN10058-74Thompson (13)Wauters (8)Bird (10)Allstate Arena 4,6811-7
9Fri 158:00@ Tulsa86-73Bird (21)Bird (7)Wright (7)BOK Center 5,1002-7
10Sun 179:00Minnesota65-62Bird (21)Smith Thompson (5)Wright (8)KeyArena 8,3493-7
11Fri 2210:00San Antonio82-76Wright (20)Thompson (9)Wright (7)KeyArena 6,8494-7
12Sun 247:00Washington72-55Bird Wauters (14)Wauters (7)Bird Wright (5)KeyArena 6,9795-7
13Tue 267:00@ WashingtonESPN279-71Bird (25)Wauters (7)Bird Little (3)Verizon Center 6,6456-7
14Sat 304:00@ New YorkNBATV59-77Thompson Wauters (10)Little (7)Bird (4)Prudential Center 6,7246-8 :
July (3–2)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
15Sun 15:00@ ConnecticutCPTV-S89-83 (OT)Little (27)Little (9)Bird (8)Mohegan Sun Arena 9,2017-8
16Sat 710:00@ Los AngelesESPN259-83Little (12)Thompson (7)Wright (8)Staples Center 12,2297-9
17Sun 89:00Phoenix83-68Bird (31)Little (9)Wright (5)KeyArena 8,6398-9
18Wed 113:00Atlanta59-70Stricklen (16)Stricklen (9)Bird (8)KeyArena 9,6868-10
19Fri 1310:00@ Phoenix83-64Smith (19)Stricklen (11)Bird (9)US Airways Center 7,6479-10
Summer Olympic break :
August (2–4)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
Summer Olympic break
20Thu 1610:00PhoenixKONG72-58Little (17)Little (6)Wright (8)KeyArena 6,98710-10
21Sat 1810:00Los AngelesNBATV KDOC71-82Wright (21)Clark (6)Wright (4)KeyArena 9,12710-11
22Tue 2110:00MinnesotaESPN273-86Little (20)Little Stricklen (5)Bird (4)KeyArena 6,16910-12
23Thu 2310:00Indiana66-68Little (15)Little (8)Wright (5)KeyArena 5,81910-13
24Sun 269:00New York84-66Bird (18)Little (8)Bird (10)KeyArena 6,45911-13
25Thu 3010:00PhoenixKONG68-75Little (11)Wright (8)Bird (8)KeyArena 6,37911-14 :
September (5–4)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
26Thu 610:00Tulsa101-74Jackson (23)Stricklen (8)Wright (8)KeyArena 5,94812-14
27Sat 88:00@ Tulsa89-66Little (28)Little (9)Wright (7)BOK Center 7,41513-14
28Tue 117:00@ AtlantaNBATV FS-S61-77Jackson (14)Jackson (9)Bird (6)Philips Arena 5,55813-15
29Wed 127:00@ IndianaNBATV48-72Abrosimova (11)Jackson (10)Smith (3)Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,33713-16
30Fri 148:00@ San AntonioNBATV66-90Thompson Wauters (12)Wauters (9)4 players (4)AT&T Center 7,10913-17
31Sun 169:00ConnecticutKONG CPTV-S58-60Stricklen (12)Smith (8)Wright (8)KeyArena 7,74813-18
32Tue 1810:00Chicago75-60Wauters (16)Wauters Stricklen (8)Bird (8)KeyArena 6,45914-18
33Fri 2110:00San Antonio84-75Smith (16)Wauters (13)Smith (6)KeyArena 8,49415-18
34Sun 233:00@ PhoenixESPN271-57Little (14)Little (8)Smith (5)US Airways Center 7,57616-18 :
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com :

### Postseason

2012 Game Log: Postseason :
Western Conference Semifinals
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 289:00@ MinnesotaESPN270-78Stricklen (13)Stricklen Thompson (7)Wright (7)Target Center 9,2130-1
2September 309:00MinnesotaESPN86-79 (2OT)Bird (22)Jackson (14)Bird Wright (7)KeyArena 8,4791-1
3October 29:00@ MinnesotaESPN272-73Bird (19)Jackson (6)Bird (11)Target Center 8,0231-2 :

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |