# 2017 Seattle Storm season

The 2017 WNBA season was the 18th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association. The season began May 13 and ended September 3.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 2 | 15 | Alexis Peterson | United States | Syracuse |
| 3 | 30 | Lanay Montgomery | United States | West Virginia |

### Trades

* Carolyn Swords was acquired from the New York Liberty.
* Washington Mystics traded its 2017 2nd round draft pick.

## Game log
### Preseason

2017 pre-season game log :
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 3
Phoenix
W 86-64
Loyd (14)
Swords (8)
O'Neill (5)
KeyArena 4,128
1-0
2
May 7
Phoenix
L 55-72
Loyd (13)
Loyd (5)
O'Hea (4)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 4,088
1-1 :
2017 pre-season schedule :

### Regular season

2017 game log Total: 15–19 (Home: 10–7; Road: 5–12) :
May: 4–1 (Home: 4–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 13
Los Angeles
L 68-78
Loyd (25)
Langhorne (6)
Quinn (8)
Staples Center 10,603
0-1
2
May 14
Indiana
W 87-82
Loyd (27)
Tied (7)
Tied (3)
KeyArena 7,969
1-1
3
May 21
Washington
W 81-71
Loyd (26)
Tied (5)
Bird (10)
KeyArena 6,088
2-1
4
May 26
New York
W 87-81
Stewart (20)
Stewart (12)
Tied (6)
KeyArena 5,860
3-1
5
May 28
Indiana
W 94-70
Clark (22)
Stewart (9)
Bird (8)
KeyArena 4,722
4-1 :
June
: 2–7 (Home: 1–3; Road: 1–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
6
June 3
Minnesota
L 77-100
Tied (16)
Stewart (6)
Bird (8)
KeyArena 7,576
4-2
7
June 6
San Antonio
W 85-76
Stewart (22)
Stewart (8)
Bird (9)
AT&T Center 4,260
5-2
8
June 9
Indiana
L 80-83
Loyd (25)
Stewart (9)
Bird (6)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,166
5-3
9
June 11
New York
L 86-94
Stewart (23)
Stewart (10)
Bird (10)
Madison Square Garden 8,564
5-4
10
June 13
Atlanta
L 86-91
Loyd (27)
Langhorne (10)
Stewart (6)
KeyArena 4,352
5-5
11
June 18
San Antonio
W 75-57
Stewart (22)
Stewart (15)
Bird (9)
KeyArena 9,686
6-5
12
June 23
Phoenix
L 82-85
Stewart (21)
Stewart (8)
Bird (8)
KeyArena 7,796
6-6
13
June 27
Washington
L 70-100
Langhorne (15)
Stewart (7)
Bird (5)
Verizon Center 7,337
6-7
14
June 29
Connecticut
L 86-96
Stewart (22)
Stewart (10)
Bird (5)
Mohegan Sun Arena 8,668
6-8 :
July
: 4–5 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
15
July 1
Dallas
W 89-69
Stewart (30)
Stewart (10)
Bird (8)
College Park Center 4,038
7-8
16
July 6
New York
L 70-79
Stewart (20)
Stewart (14)
Stewart (5)
KeyArena 4,397
7-9
17
July 8
Los Angeles
W 81-69
Stewart (26)
Tied (7)
Tied (4)
KeyArena 7,104
8-9
18
July 12
Connecticut
L 79-83
Stewart (22)
Stewart (8)
Bird (7)
KeyArena 10,833
8-10
19
July 15
Atlanta
W 90-84
Stewart (24)
Stewart (9)
Bird (7)
KeyArena 6,993
9-10
20
July 18
Chicago
L 83-94
Stewart (25)
Stewart (11)
Bird (9)
KeyArena 8,358
9-11
21
July 25
Los Angeles
L 60-68
Stewart (23)
Langhorne (10)
Tied (5)
Staples Center 10,012
9-12
22
July 28
Dallas
W 109-93
Loyd (27)
Stewart (9)
Bird (6)
KeyArena 7,797
10-12
23
July 30
Minnesota
L 82-93
Loyd (26)
Langhorne (10)
Tied (6)
Xcel Energy Center 12,432
10-13 :
August
: 4–4 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
24
August 4
Dallas
L 80-93
Loyd (23)
Tied (5)
Bird (7)
College Park Center 3,712
10-14
25
August 5
San Antonio
L 80-87 (OT)
Stewart (32)
Tied (8)
Loyd (7)
AT&T Center 5,869
10-15
26
August 8
Connecticut
L 71-84
Stewart (17)
Clark (10)
Bird (4)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7,853
10-16
27
August 12
Phoenix
W 98-89
Tied (20)
Stewart (9)
Tied (5)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 11,797
11-16
28
August 16
Minnesota
W 62-61
Loyd (16)
Stewart (11)
Quinn (5)
KeyArena 7,876
12-16
29
August 18
San Antonio
W 79-78
Stewart (22)
Stewart (9)
Bird (6)
KeyArena 9,686
13-16
30
August 20
Chicago
W 103-66
Stewart (19)
Stewart (9)
Bird (8)
Allstate Arena 6,020
14-16
31
August 23
Atlanta
L 83-89
Stewart (18)
Langhorne (10)
Bird (6)
McCamish Pavilion
14-17
32
August 27
Phoenix
L 71-75
Loyd (33)
Stewart (9)
Stewart (4)
KeyArena 13,882
14-18 :
September
: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
33
September 1
Washington
L 106-110
Clark (20)
Stewart (13)
Bird (6)
Capital One Arena 11,567
14-19
34
September 3
Chicago
W 85-80
Stewart (29)
Langhorne (12)
Quinn (7)
Allstate Arena 7,199
15-19 :
2017 season schedule :

### Playoffs

2017 playoff game log :
WNBA First Round: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
September 6
Phoenix
L 69-79
Stewart (23)
Stewart (8)
Bird (5)
Wells Fargo Arena 5,764
0-1 :
2017 playoff schedule :

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Breanna Stewart | 33 | 33 | 32.9 | 47.5% | 37.1% | 78.7% | 8.7 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 19.9 |
| Jewell Loyd | 34 | 34 | 31.1 | 43.1% | 38.6% | 86.3% | 3.2 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 17.7 |
| Crystal Langhorne | 34 | 34 | 28.4 | 64.7% | 50.0% | 73.5% | 6.1 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 12.4 |
| Sue Bird | 30 | 30 | 30.0 | 42.7% | 39.3% | 77.4% | 2.0 | 6.6 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 10.6 |
| Alysha Clark | 33 | 33 | 28.3 | 52.5% | 32.8% | 74.5% | 4.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 8.2 |
| Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis | 18 | 1 | 11.1 | 45.6% | 29.4% | 100% | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 4.6 |
| Sami Whitcomb | 33 | 0 | 12.2 | 36.1% | 33.3% | 81.0% | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 4.5 |
| Ramu Tokashiki | 33 | 1 | 12.5 | 44.2% | 0.0% | 81.5% | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 3.2 |
| Noelle Quinn | 32 | 4 | 15.8 | 40.3% | 38.5% | 95.2% | 1.6 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.7 |
| Carolyn Swords | 30 | 0 | 8.7 | 54.5% | — | 77.3% | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.6 |
| Alexis Peterson | 17 | 0 | 7.1 | 29.5% | 25.0% | 100% | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| Lanay Montgomery | 7 | 0 | 4.0 | 42.9% | — | — | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
| Breanna Stewart | Player of the Week | July 17, 2017 | |
| Breanna Stewart | Player of the Week | August 21, 2017 | |

## Standings

| # | Western Conference vte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| 1 | Minnesota Lynx - (1) | 27 | 7 | .794 | – | 15–2 | 12–5 | 13–3 |
| 2 | Los Angeles Sparks - (2) | 26 | 8 | .765 | 1 | 16–1 | 10–7 | 12–4 |
| 3 | Phoenix Mercury - (5) | 18 | 16 | .529 | 9 | 9–8 | 9–8 | 7–9 |
| 4 | Dallas Wings - (7) | 16 | 18 | .471 | 11 | 10–7 | 6–11 | 7–9 |
| 5 | Seattle Storm - (8) | 15 | 19 | .441 | 12 | 10–7 | 5–12 | 8–8 |
| 6 | San Antonio Stars - e | 8 | 26 | .235 | 19 | 6–11 | 2–15 | 1–15 |

### Playoffs

| First round: Single elimination (Sept. 6) | First round: Single elimination (Sept. 6) | First round: Single elimination (Sept. 6) | Second round: Single elimination (Sept. 10) | Second round: Single elimination (Sept. 10) | Second round: Single elimination (Sept. 10) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 12 – Sept. 17) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 12 – Sept. 17) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 12 – Sept. 17) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 12 – Sept. 17) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 12 – Sept. 17) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 24 – Oct. 4) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 24 – Oct. 4) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 24 – Oct. 4) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 24 – Oct. 4) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 24 – Oct. 4) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 24 – Oct. 4) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 24 – Oct. 4) |
| | | | | | | 2 | Los Angeles Sparks | 79 | 86 | 89 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Connecticut Sun | 83 | 5 | Phoenix Mercury | 66 | 72 | 87 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Phoenix Mercury | 79 | 5 | Phoenix Mercury | 88 | | | | | | 1 | Minnesota Lynx | 84 | 70 | 64 | 80 | 85 |
| 8 | Seattle Storm | 69 | | | | | | | | | 2 | Los Angeles Sparks | 85 | 68 | 75 | 69 | 76 |
| | | | | | | 1 | Minnesota Lynx | 101 | 93 | 81 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | New York Liberty | 68 | 6 | Washington Mystics | 81 | 83 | 70 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Washington Mystics | 86 | 6 | Washington Mystics | 82 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Dallas Wings | 76 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: Teams re-seeded after second round and semi-finals.