# 2013 Seattle Storm season

The 2013 WNBA season is the 14th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

The following are the Storm's selections in the 2013 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
| 1 | 6 | Tianna Hawkins | United States | Maryland |
| 2 | 18 | Chelsea Poppens | United States | Iowa State |
| 3 | 30 | Jasmine James | United States | Georgia |

### Transaction log

* December 14, 2012: Lauren Jackson announces that her hamstring surgery will force her out of the 2013 season.
* January 11: The Storm waive Alison Lacey.
* February 7: The Storm signs free agents Temeka Johnson and Noelle Quinn, and waives Ann Wauters
* February 20: The Storm signs free agent Nakia Sanford
* March 5: The Storm re-signs Alysha Clark.
* April 15: The Storm signed 2012 draft pick Keisha Hampton.
* April 25: The Storm sign draft picks Tiana Hawkins and Chelsea Poppens.
* March 11: The Storm signed Cierra Bravard.
* May 4: The Storm waive Chay Shegog.
* May 9: Sue Bird undergoes knee surgery, announces that will sit out of 2013 season.
* May 12: The Storm waive Alexis Gray-Lawson.
* May 13: The Storm waive Jasmine James and Katelan Redmon.
* May 19: The Storm waive Keisha Hampton and Samantha MacKay.

## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| C | Tina Thompson | Ashley Robinson |
| PF | Camille Little | Joslyn Tinkle |
| SF | Noelle Quinn | Tianna Hawkins |
| SG | Tanisha Wright | Alysha Clark |
| PG | Temeka Johnson | Shekinna Stricklen Sue Bird |

## Season standings

| # | Western Conference vte | Western Conference vte | Western Conference vte | Western Conference vte | Western Conference vte | Western Conference vte |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z-Minnesota Lynx | 26 | 8 | .765 | - | 34 |
| 2 | x-Los Angeles Sparks | 24 | 10 | .706 | 2 | 34 |
| 3 | x-Phoenix Mercury | 19 | 15 | .559 | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | x-Seattle Storm | 17 | 17 | .500 | 9 | 34 |
| 5 | e-San Antonio Silver Stars | 12 | 22 | .353 | 14 | 34 |
| 6 | e-Tulsa Shock | 11 | 23 | .324 | 15 | 34 |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2013 pre-season game log Total: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0) :
Pre-season: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 12
@ Los Angeles
W 67–66
Thompson & Hawkins (8)
Noelle Quinn (7)
Temeka Johnson (5)
Walter Pyramid at Long Beach State 1524
1–0
2
May 17
Tulsa
W 63–59
Tina Thompson (19)
Shekinna Stricklen (10)
Noelle Quinn (4)
Key Arena 4347
2–0 :
2013 season schedule :

### Regular season

2013 game log Total: 17–17 (Home: 9–8; Road: 8–9) :
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 26
@ Los Angeles
L 69–102
Camille Little (13)
Quinn, Thompson, Wright, Johnson, Hawkins, & Stricklen (3)
Wright & Johnson (5)
Staples Center 10090
0–1 :
June
: 4–5 (Home: 2–2; Road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
June 2
Phoenix
W 75–72
Tanisha Wright (20)
Tina Thompson (6)
Temeka Johnson (6)
Key Arena 9686
1–1
3
June 7
Tulsa
L 58–67
Tina Thompson (17)
Thompson & Little (5)
Quinn, Wright, & Johnson (2)
Key Arena 6879
1–2
4
June 14
@ Atlanta
L 59–68
Thompson & Johnson (11)
Tina Thompson (7)
Tanisha Wright (6)
Philips Arena 4960
1–3
5
June 16
@ Connecticut
W 78–66
Tina Thompson (17)
Camille Little (9)
Temeka Johnson (6)
Mohegan Sun Arena 6550
2–3
6
June 18
Washington
W 96–86 (OT)
Tina Thompson (30)
Tina Thompson (8)
Tanisha Wright (6)
Key Arena 4579
3–3
7
June 21
@ San Antonio
W 91–86
Camille Little (23)
Camille Little (10)
Temeka Johnson (7)
AT&T Center 7009
4–3
8
June 22
@ Tulsa
L 70–92
Tianna Hawkins (17)
Little, Wright, & Clark (5)
Temeka Johnson (3)
BOK Center 4327
4–4
9
June 28
NY Liberty
L 62–67
Temeka Johnson (22)
Quinn, Little, & Tanisha Wright (5)
Quinn, Wright, Johnson, Stricklen, Hawkins (1)
Key Arena 7687
4–5
10
June 30
@ Indiana
L 63–71
Shekinna Stricklen (11)
Camille Little (8)
Wright & Johnson (3)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6355
4–6 :
July
: 3–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
11
July 2
@ Chicago
W 69–60
Little & Johnson (16)
Tina Thompson (11)
Wright & Johnson (5)
Allstate Arena 5808
5–6
12
July 6
@ Washington
L 59–62
Shekinna Stricklen (20)
Camille Little (6)
Temeka Johnson (10)
Verizon Center 6174
5–7
13
July 9
@ NY Liberty
L 57–66
Tina Thompson (13)
Tina Thompson (7)
Temeka Johnson (5)
Prudential Center 5766
5–8
14
July 14
Atlanta
W 73–65
Tanisha Wright (21)
Camille Little (10)
Temeka Johnson (5)
Key Arena 6479
6–8
15
July 17
Tulsa
L 59–86
Camille Little (11)
Little & Clark (6)
Tanisha Wright (5)
Key Arena 9686
6–9
16
July 20
Los Angeles
L 64–65
Camille Little (22)
Tina Thompson (7)
Temeka Johnson (5)
Key Arena 6357
6–10
17
July 25
@ Los Angeles
W 73–66
Tina Thompson (23)
Thompson & Quinn (8)
Temeka Johnson (4)
Staples Center 12651
7–10 :
August
: 8–5 (Home: 5–2; Road: 3–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
All-Star Break
18
August 1
Phoenix
W 88–79
Thompson & Johnson (16)
Tina Thompson (7)
Wright & Johnson (7)
Key Arena 6457
8–10
19
August 4
@ Minnesota
L 72–90
Shekinna Stricklen (24)
Wright & Quinn (6)
Tanisha Wright (6)
Target Center 9032
8–11
20
August 6
@ Phoenix
W 80–65
Thompson & Wright (19)
Tina Thompson (8)
Tina Thompson (4)
US Airways Center 6877
9–11
21
August 9
San Antonio
L 56–77
Shekinna Stricklen (16)
Clark & Quinn (5)
Little, Wright, Johnson, Hawkins, & Quinn (2)
Key Arena 5978
9–12
22
August 11
San Antonio
W 69–63
Tina Thompson (17)
Thompson & Quinn (11)
Temeka Johnson (6)
Key Arena 6249
10–12
23
August 15
Chicago
L 66–79
Tanisha Wright (20)
Tanisha Wright (5)
Temeka Johnson (6)
Key Arena 6829
10–13
24
August 17
Indiana
W 77–70
Tina Thompson (23)
Tina Thompson (7)
Tanisha Wright (8)
Key Arena 6889
11–13
25
August 20
Los Angeles
W 77–57
Temeka Johnson (18)
Tina Thompson (10)
Tanisha Wright (9)
Key Arena 6738
12–13
26
August 23
@ Phoenix
W 81–73
Temeka Johnson (23)
Stricklen & Thompson (7)
Little & Johnson (3)
US Airways Center 8026
13–13
27
August 25
@ San Antonio
L 64–70
Noelle Quinn (14)
Camille Little (6)
Tanisha Wright (7)
AT&T Center 6828
13–14
28
August 27
@ San Antonio
W 72–71
Tina Thompson (27)
Tina Thompson (13)
Tanisha Wright (7)
AT&T Center 6097
14–14
29
August 29
Connecticut
W 78–65
Thompson & Little (18)
Tina Thompson (9)
Temeka Johnson (9)
Key Arena 5567
15–14
30
August 31
@ Minnesota
L 74–97
Tina Thompson (18)
Alysha Clark (5)
Tanisha Wright (10)
Target Center 9123
15–15 :
September
: 2–2 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
31
September 7
Minnesota
L 60–75
Tanisha Wright (22)
Tanisha Wright (8)
Tanisha Wright (3)
Key Arena 8147
15–16
32
September 10
Minnesota
L 60–73
Tanisha Wright (14)
Noelle Quinn (8)
Tanisha Wright (5)
Key Arena 5486
15–17
33
September 12
@ Tulsa
W 76–67
Shekinna Stricklen (26)
Tina Thompson (10)
Tanisha Wright (6)
BOK Center 6513
16–17
34
September 14
Tulsa
W 85–73
Tina Thompson (22)
Noelle Quinn (10)
Tanisha Wright (8)
Key Arena 8978
17–17 :
2013 season schedule :

### Playoffs

2013 playoff game log Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1) :
Conference Semifinals: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
September 20
@ Minnesota
L 64–80
Temeka Johnson (14)
Tina Thompson (8)
Wright & Johnson (4)
Target Center 8832
0–1
2
September 22
Minnesota
L 55–58
Tanisha Wright (16)
Thompson & Clark (9)
Stricklen, Johnson, & Wright (2)
Tacoma Dome 3457
0–2 :
2013 season schedule :

## Statistics
### Regular season

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