# 2024 Seattle Storm season

The 2024 season for the Seattle Storm, a professional American basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, was their 25th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). It was their third full season with Noelle Quinn as head coach. The Storm play their home games at Climate Pledge Arena in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle; the 2024 season was their first at a new training facility, the Seattle Storm Center for Basketball Performance in Interbay.
The team's regular season schedule began on May 14 and included 40 games against the other eleven teams in WNBA. Four games were played against five teams from the Western Conference and two teams from the Eastern Conference; the Storm played three games each against the remaining four teams from the Eastern Conference. Five regular season games in early June were played against teams in the same conference to determine qualification for the WNBA Commissioner's Cup, an in-season tournament first played in 2021.
The Storm played 10 road games out of their first 15 games and returned to Seattle for nine consecutive games at home from June 23 to July 14. The 2024 WNBA season included a month-long break for the Summer Olympic Games that began after the WNBA All-Star Game on July 20 in Phoenix, Arizona.
The Storm finished 25–15 overall, which was fifth place during the regular season. Their 25 wins were the most since the 2018 season. As the fifth seed in the 2024 WNBA Playoffs, they faced off against the Las Vegas Aces in the First Round. The Storm were swept two games to zero, losing the first game 67–78 and the second 73–86 to end their season.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 2 | 14 | Nika Mühl | Croatia | UConn |
| 3 | 26 | Mackenzie Holmes | United States | Indiana |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| January 16, 2024 | Extended a Qualifying Offer to Joyner Holmes |
| January 29, 2024 | Signed Joyner Holmes to a Training Camp Contract |
| January 31, 2024 | Acquired Los Angeles' 1st Round pick in the 2026 draft in exchange for Kia Nurse and the 4th overall pick in the 2024 draft. |
| February 1, 2024 | Signed Skylar Diggins-Smith |
| February 5, 2024 | Signed Nneka Ogwumike |
| February 23, 2024 | Signed Alaina Coates, Kaela Davis, and Kiana Williams to a Training Camp Contracts |
| March 25, 2024 | Signed Victoria Vivians |
| April 22, 2024 | Signed Nika Mühl and Quay Miller to Rookie Contracts |
| May 8, 2024 | Waived Alaina Coates, Kaela Davis, and Quay Miller |
| May 11, 2024 | Traded Jade Melbourne to the Washington Mystics for a 2025 third round draft pick |
| May 13, 2024 | Waived Joyner Holmes |
| May 31, 2024 | Waived Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu |
| June 3, 2024 | Signed Joyner Holmes |
| July 2, 2024 | Waived Kiana Williams |
| July 5, 2024 | Signed Kiana Williams to a 7-day contract |
| July 12, 2024 | Released Kiana Williams (contract ended) |
| July 14, 2024 | Signed Kiana Williams to a 7-day contract |
| August 19, 2024 | Released Kiana Williams (contract ended) |
| August 19, 2024 | Signed Gabby Williams |

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

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| PG | Skylar Diggins-Smith | Nika Mühl |
| SG | Jewell Loyd | Sami Whitcomb Victoria Vivians |
| SF | Gabby Williams | Jordan Horston |
| PF | Nneka Ogwumike | Joyner Holmes |
| C | Ezi Magbegor | Mercedes Russell |

## Schedule

The Storm started the season slowly, losing back-to-back games against Minnesota with the second coming in Minnesota in double overtime. They lost to New York as well, but won the remainder of their games in May. They recorded two wins over Washington and Indiana during that run to finish May 5–3. The Storm extended their winning streak to six games by defeating Phoenix and Las Vegas to begin July. Their third loss of the season to Minnesota broke the streak. They won two games before losing to Phoenix and Las Vegas. The Storm finished July by winning three straight games to finish July 7–3. They defeated Dallas to begin July before losing to Chicago. They would defeat Chicago two days later and win three out of their remaining four games before the Olympic break. The loss came to Las Vegas and the Storm finished July 5–2. They headed into the Olympic break 17–8. The Storm experienced a bit of a hangover coming out of the Olympic break as they lost their first two games. They split a double header with Washington and defeated Atlanta before losing to New York to end August. They ended August 2–4. However, their overall record of 19–12 saw them clinch a playoff birth on August 30. The Storm opened September with two games in Connecticut, which they split. They would lose for a third time this season to New York before winning five of their last six games. Two of the five wins came against Phoenix and another two came against Los Angeles. The Storm finished 25–15, and in fifth place overall.

### Pre-season

2024 pre-season game log Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0) :
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 5
vs. Los Angeles
L 79–84
Skylar Diggins-Smith (14)
Davis Diggins-Smith (4)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (5)
Rogers Place 16,655
0–1
2
May 7
Phoenix
W 85–59
Jewell Loyd (18)
Jordan Horston (9)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (5)
Climate Pledge Arena
1–1 :
2024 pre-season schedule :

### Regular season

2024 game log Total: 25–15 (Home: 14–6; Road: 11–9) :
May: 5–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 14
Minnesota
L 70–83
Nneka Ogwumike (20)
Jewell Loyd (10)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (6)
Climate Pledge Arena 8,508
0–1
2
May 17
@ Minnesota
L 93–102 (2OT)
Nneka Ogwumike (24)
Horston, Ogwumike (11)
Jewell Loyd (6)
Target Center 7,208
0–2
3
May 19
@ Washington
W 84–75
Jewell Loyd (24)
Ezi Magbegor (14)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (5)
Entertainment and Sports Arena 4,200
1–2
4
May 20
@ New York
L 63–74
Jewell Loyd (13)
Jewell Loyd (9)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (7)
Barclays Center 9,381
1–3
5
May 22
Indiana
W 85–83
Jewell Loyd (32)
Jewell Loyd (11)
Jewell Loyd (6)
Climate Pledge Arena 18,343
2–3
6
May 25
Washington
W 101–69
Nneka Ogwumike (19)
Mercedes Russell (7)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (9)
Climate Pledge Arena 8,846
3–3
7
May 28
@ Chicago
W 77–68
Skylar Diggins-Smith (21)
Ezi Magbegor (12)
Jewell Loyd (6)
Wintrust Arena 7,807
4–3
8
May 30
@ Indiana
W 103–88
Jewell Loyd (22)
Ezi Magbegor (8)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (9)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 15,022
5–3 :
June
: 7–3 (Home: 5–0; Road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
9
June 4
Phoenix
W 80–62
Ezi Magbegor (21)
Ezi Magbegor (9)
Jewell Loyd (6)
Climate Pledge Arena 8,133
6–3
10
June 7
@ Las Vegas
W 78–65
Jewell Loyd (25)
Ezi Magbegor (15)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (7)
Michelob Ultra Arena 10,380
7–3
11
June 9
@ Minnesota
L 64–83
Jewell Loyd (25)
Loyd, Magbegor (7)
Diggins-Smith, Loyd, Ogwumike (3)
Target Center 7,121
7–4
12
June 11
Los Angeles
W 95–79
Nneka Ogwumike (26)
Ezi Magbegor (13)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (6)
Climate Pledge Arena 8,202
8–4
13
June 13
@ Dallas
W 92–84
Skylar Diggins-Smith (21)
Ezi Magbegor (10)
Diggins-Smith, Loyd (6)
College Park Center 5,568
9–4
14
June 16
@ Phoenix
L 78–87
Nneka Ogwumike (15)
Nneka Ogwumike (11)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (8)
Footprint Center 9,444
9–5
15
June 19
@ Las Vegas
L 83–94
Nneka Ogwumike (21)
Ezi Magbegor (13)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (6)
Michelob Ultra Arena 10,380
9–6
16
June 23
Connecticut
W 72–61
Jewell Loyd (16)
Ezi Magbegor (9)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (8)
Climate Pledge Arena 9,935
10–6
17
June 27
Indiana
W 89–77
Jewell Loyd (34)
Nneka Ogwumike (11)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (9)
Climate Pledge Arena 18,343
11–6
18
June 29
Dallas
W 97–76
Jewell Loyd (30)
Jordan Horston (11)
Diggins-Smith, Loyd, Ogwumike (5)
Climate Pledge Arena 9,080
12–6 :
July
: 5–2 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
19
July 1
Dallas
W 95–71
Jewell Loyd (26)
Ezi Magbegor (7)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (5)
Climate Pledge Arena 7,202
13–6
20
July 5
Chicago
L 84–88
Jordan Horston (20)
Ezi Magbegor (8)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (9)
Climate Pledge Arena 10,725
13–7
21
July 7
Chicago
W 84–71
Nneka Ogwumike (24)
Ogwumike, Magbegor (13)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (8)
Climate Pledge Arena 11,283
14–7
22
July 10
Las Vegas
L 79–84
Jewell Loyd (28)
Ezi Magbegor (10)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (8)
Climate Pledge Arena 12,500
14–8
23
July 12
Minnesota
W 91–63
Nneka Ogwumike (26)
Magbegor, Vivians (8)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (12)
Climate Pledge Arena 8,320
15–8
24
July 14
Atlanta
W 81–70
Ezi Magbegor (18)
Nneka Ogwumike (12)
Jewell Loyd (7)
Climate Pledge Arena 10,036
16–8
25
July 16
@ Los Angeles
W 89–83
Jewell Loyd (30)
Nneka Ogwumike (10)
Jewell Loyd (7)
Crypto.com Arena 18,724
17–8 :
August
: 2–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
26
August 16
@ Atlanta
L 81–83
Skylar Diggins-Smith (29)
Ezi Magbegor (7)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (5)
Gateway Center Arena 3,260
17–9
27
August 18
@ Indiana
L 75–92
Jewell Loyd (26)
Nneka Ogwumike (9)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274
17–10
28
August 20
@ Washington
W 83–77
Nneka Ogwumike (24)
Ezi Magbegor (14)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (5)
Entertainment and Sports Arena 4,200
18–10
29
August 26
Washington
L 72–74
Jewell Loyd (16)
Nneka Ogwumike (10)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (8)
Climate Pledge Arena 9,535
18–11
30
August 28
Atlanta
W 85–81
Jewell Loyd (28)
Ezi Magbegor (9)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (9)
Climate Pledge Arena 9,228
19–11
31
August 30
New York
L 85–98
Skylar Diggins-Smith (26)
Nneka Ogwumike (8)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (7)
Climate Pledge Arena 15,800
19–12 :
September
: 6–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 4–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
32
September 1
@ Connecticut
L 86–93
Jewell Loyd (27)
Nneka Ogwumike (11)
Diggins-Smith, Whitcomb (6)
Mohegan Sun Arena 8,910
19–13
33
September 3
@ Connecticut
W 71–64
Skylar Diggins-Smith (18)
Ogwumike, Williams (6)
Gabby Williams (5)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7,454
20–13
34
September 5
@ New York
L 70–77
Skylar Diggins-Smith (21)
Ezi Magbegor (7)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (6)
Barclays Center 10,873
20–14
35
September 7
Phoenix
W 90–66
Jewell Loyd (20)
Ogwumike, Russell (8)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (11)
Climate Pledge Arena 14,066
21–14
36
September 11
@ Los Angeles
W 90–82
Skylar Diggins-Smith (26)
Magbegor, Ogwumike (8)
Diggins-Smith, Loyd (5)
Crypto.com Arena 9,561
22–14
37
September 13
@ Dallas
W 83–81
Skylar Diggins-Smith (21)
Gabby Williams (7)
Jewel Loyd (6)
College Park Center 5,728
23–14
38
September 15
Los Angeles
W 90–87
Nneka Ogwumike (23)
Nneka Ogwumike (7)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (6)
Climate Pledge Arena 11,301
24–14
39
September 17
Las Vegas
L 72–85
Nneka Ogwumike (19)
Horston, Ogwumike (6)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (9)
Climate Pledge Arena 14,298
24–15
40
September 19
@ Phoenix
W 89–70
Nneka Ogwumike (17)
Joyner Holmes (10)
Diggins-Smith, Williams (6)
Footprint Center 11,333
25–15 :
2024 season schedule :

### Playoffs

2024 playoff game log :
First round vs. Las Vegas Aces Lost Series: 0–2
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
September 22
@ Las Vegas
L 67–78
Skylar Diggins-Smith (16)
Mercedes Russell (12)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (8)
Michelob Ultra Arena 10,369
0–1
2
September 24
L 73–86
Gabby Williams (20)
Nneka Ogwumike (10)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (10)
Michelob Ultra Arena 10,370
0–2 :
2024 playoff schedule :

## Standings

| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Conf. | Home | Road | Cup |
| 1 | yx – New York Liberty | 32 | 8 | .800 | — | 16–4 | 16–4 | 16–4 | 5–0 |
| 2 | cx – Minnesota Lynx | 30 | 10 | .750 | 2 | 14–6 | 16–4 | 14–6 | 4–1 |
| 3 | x – Connecticut Sun | 28 | 12 | .700 | 4 | 14–6 | 14–6 | 14–6 | 4–1 |
| 4 | x – Las Vegas Aces | 27 | 13 | .675 | 5 | 12–8 | 13–7 | 14–6 | 2–3 |
| 5 | x – Seattle Storm | 25 | 15 | .625 | 7 | 13–7 | 14–6 | 11–9 | 4–1 |
| 6 | x – Indiana Fever | 20 | 20 | .500 | 12 | 11–9 | 12–8 | 8–12 | 3–2 |
| 7 | x – Phoenix Mercury | 19 | 21 | .475 | 13 | 10–10 | 10–10 | 9–11 | 3–2 |
| 8 | x – Atlanta Dream | 15 | 25 | .375 | 17 | 7–13 | 8–12 | 7–13 | 1–4 |
| 9 | e – Washington Mystics | 14 | 26 | .350 | 18 | 7–13 | 5–15 | 9–11 | 1–4 |
| 10 | e – Chicago Sky | 13 | 27 | .325 | 19 | 5–15 | 6–14 | 7–13 | 1–4 |
| 11 | e – Dallas Wings | 9 | 31 | .225 | 23 | 6–14 | 7–13 | 2–18 | 0–5 |
| 12 | e – Los Angeles Sparks | 8 | 32 | .200 | 24 | 5–15 | 5–15 | 3–17 | 2–3 |
* v
* t
* e
Notes
    (#) – League Standing
    c – Commissioner's Cup winners
    y – Regular Season Champion
    x – Clinched playoff berth
    e – Eliminated from playoff contention
    Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

## Playoffs

| Round One: Best-of-3 | Round One: Best-of-3 | Round One: Best-of-3 | Semifinals: Best-of-5 | Semifinals: Best-of-5 | Semifinals: Best-of-5 | Finals: Best-of-5 | Finals: Best-of-5 | Finals: Best-of-5 |
| 1 | New York Liberty | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Atlanta Dream | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Atlanta Dream | 0 | 1 | New York Liberty | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Las Vegas Aces | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Las Vegas Aces | 2 | 4 | Las Vegas Aces | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Seattle Storm | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Seattle Storm | 0 | | | | 1 | New York Liberty | 3 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Minnesota Lynx | 2 |
| 2 | Minnesota Lynx | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | Minnesota Lynx | 2 |
| 7 | Phoenix Mercury | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Phoenix Mercury | 0 | 2 | Minnesota Lynx | 3 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Connecticut Sun | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Connecticut Sun | 2 | 3 | Connecticut Sun | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Indiana Fever | 0 | | | | | | |
Bold: series winner

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PF | PPG |
| Jewell Loyd | 37 | 37 | 33.7 | .360 | .274 | .881 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 19.7 |
| Nneka Ogwumike | 37 | 37 | 31.8 | .511 | .405 | .876 | 7.6 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 16.7 |
| Skylar Diggins-Smith | 40 | 40 | 31.6 | .427 | .291 | .867 | 2.6 | 6.4 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 15.1 |
| Ezi Magbegor | 37 | 37 | 30.7 | .512 | .245 | .874 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 11.7 |
| Gabby Williams $^≠$ | 12 | 11 | 29.0 | .481 | .323 | .737 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 10.3 |
| Jordan Horston | 39 | 14 | 22.3 | .493 | .250 | .721 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 6.8 |
| Sami Whitcomb | 40 | 3 | 15.3 | .346 | .292 | .818 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 5.0 |
| Mercedes Russell | 37 | 6 | 15.7 | .517 | — | .636 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 3.9 |
| Victoria Vivians | 35 | 15 | 12.8 | .333 | .319 | .667 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 3.1 |
| Joyner Holmes $^≠$ | 27 | 0 | 8.6 | .423 | .194 | .636 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.9 |
| Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu $^‡$ | 7 | 0 | 5.1 | .667 | — | .333 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| Kiana Williams $^‡$ $^≠$ $^‡$ | 13 | 0 | 3.5 | .250 | .333 | — | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| Nika Mühl | 16 | 0 | 3.6 | .071 | .000 | — | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season

### Playoffs

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PF | PPG |
| Gabby Williams | 2 | 2 | 37.0 | .452 | .333 | 1.000 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 17.0 |
| Nneka Ogwumike | 2 | 2 | 37.0 | .324 | .222 | 1.000 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 14.5 |
| Skylar Diggins-Smith | 2 | 2 | 36.0 | .313 | .300 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 14.5 |
| Ezi Magbegor | 1 | 1 | 28.0 | .600 | .667 | .000 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 14.0 |
| Jewell Loyd | 2 | 2 | 29.5 | .263 | .333 | .750 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 7.5 |
| Jordan Horston | 2 | 0 | 17.5 | .571 | .000 | 1.000 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Mercedes Russell | 2 | 1 | 23.0 | .500 | — | 1.000 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| Victoria Vivians | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | .000 | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Joyner Holmes | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Sami Whitcomb | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded |
| Skylar Diggins-Smith | AP Comeback Player of the Year | September 22, 2024 |
| Jewell Loyd | WNBA All-Star | July 2, 2024 |
| Ezi Magbegor | WNBA All-Defensive First Team | September 29, 2024 |
| Nneka Ogwumike | WNBA All-Star | July 2, 2024 |
| Nneka Ogwumike | AP All-WNBA Second Team | September 22, 2024 |
| Nneka Ogwumike | WNBA All-Defensive Second Team | September 29, 2024 |
| Nneka Ogwumike | All-WNBA Second Team | October 16, 2024 |