# 2007 Seattle Storm season

The 2007 WNBA season was the eighth for the Seattle Storm. The Storm struggled through the season, but they were able to reach the playoffs, falling in the first round to eventual champion, Phoenix Mercury.

## Offseason
### Dispersal Draft

Based on the Storm's 2006 record, they would pick 7th in the Charlotte Sting dispersal draft. The Storm picked Tye'sha Fluker.

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Club Team |
| 1 | 7 | Katie Gearlds | United States | Purdue |
| 3 | 33 | Brandie Hoskins | United States | Ohio State |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Phoenix Mercury $^x$ | 23 | 11 | .676 | – | 12–5 | 11–6 | 17–5 |
| San Antonio Silver Stars $^x$ | 20 | 14 | .588 | 3.0 | 9–8 | 11–6 | 13–9 |
| Sacramento Monarchs $^x$ | 19 | 15 | .559 | 4.0 | 12–5 | 7–10 | 12–10 |
| Seattle Storm $^x$ | 17 | 17 | .500 | 6.0 | 12–5 | 5–12 | 11–11 |
| Houston Comets $^o$ | 13 | 21 | .382 | 10.0 | 7–10 | 6–11 | 10–12 |
| Minnesota Lynx $^o$ | 10 | 24 | .294 | 13.0 | 7–10 | 3–14 | 8–14 |
| Los Angeles Sparks $^o$ | 10 | 24 | .294 | 13.0 | 5–12 | 5–12 | 6–16 |

### Season schedule

| Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
| May 19 | Houston | 82-69 | Win | 1-0 |
| May 23 | Phoenix | 100-87 | Win | 2-0 |
| May 25 | @ San Antonio | 71-82 | Loss | 2-1 |
| June 2 | San Antonio | 68-78 | Loss | 2-2 |
| June 7 | @ Sacramento | 72-81 | Loss | 2-3 |
| June 9 | Minnesota | 90-76 | Win | 3-3 |
| June 12 | @ Chicago | 81-69 | Win | 4-3 |
| June 13 | @ Indiana | 62-90 | Loss | 4-4 |
| June 15 | Houston | 84-71 | Win | 5-4 |
| June 20 | Detroit | 71-87 | Loss | 5-5 |
| June 22 | @ Minnesota | 76-78 | Loss | 5-6 |
| June 24 | @ Los Angeles | 83-71 | Win | 6-6 |
| June 26 | Chicago | 94-76 | Win | 7-6 |
| June 28 | @ Houston | 76-81 | Loss | 7-7 |
| July 1 | New York | 84-53 | Win | 8-7 |
| July 3 | Los Angeles | 90-71 | Win | 9-7 |
| July 6 | @ Houston | 71-55 | Win | 10-7 |
| July 7 | @ San Antonio | 73-80 | Loss | 10-8 |
| July 10 | @ Los Angeles | 82-47 | Win | 11-8 |
| July 11 | Connecticut | 63-76 | Loss | 11-9 |
| July 17 | @ Phoenix | 79-89 | Loss | 11-10 |
| July 20 | @ Connecticut | 58-76 | Loss | 11-11 |
| July 22 | @ New York | 77-75 | Win | 12-11 |
| July 24 | @ Washington | 96-97 (OT) | Loss | 12-12 |
| July 27 | Indiana | 89-75 | Win | 13-12 |
| July 29 | San Antonio | 88-92 | Loss | 13-13 |
| July 31 | Sacramento | 74-78 | Loss | 13-14 |
| August 3 | @ Sacramento | 76-82 | Loss | 13-15 |
| August 4 | Phoenix | 111-101 | Win | 14-15 |
| August 7 | @ Minnesota | 74-95 | Loss | 14-16 |
| August 9 | @ Detroit | 70-97 | Loss | 14-17 |
| August 11 | Washington | 91-68 | Win | 15-17 |
| August 14 | Minnesota | 81-67 | Win | 16-17 |
| August 17 | Los Angeles | 97-77 | Win | 17-17 |

## Playoffs

| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
| Western Conference Semifinals ||||||
| 1 | August 24 | Phoenix | 84-101 | Loss | 0-1 |
| 2 | August 26 | @ Phoenix | 89-95 | Loss | 0-2 |

## Player stats

| Player | GP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS |
| Lauren Jackson | 31 | 300 | 40 | 31 | 63 | 739 |
| Betty Lennox | 34 | 160 | 92 | 36 | 5 | 454 |
| Iziane Castro Marques | 34 | 96 | 95 | 35 | 4 | 419 |
| Sue Bird | 29 | 57 | 143 | 43 | 8 | 303 |
| Janell Burse | 29 | 154 | 22 | 13 | 28 | 256 |
| Wendy Palmer | 34 | 145 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 156 |
| Tanisha Wright | 34 | 43 | 69 | 31 | 2 | 139 |
| Katie Gearlds | 33 | 53 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 132 |
| Shyra Ely | 29 | 39 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 65 |
| Ashley Robinson | 33 | 100 | 14 | 16 | 25 | 48 |
| Doneeka Lewis | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Shona Thorburn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tye'sha Fluker | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Awards and honors

* Lauren Jackson, WNBA Most Valuable Player Award
* Lauren Jackson, WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
* Lauren Jackson, WNBA Peak Performer (Points)
* Lauren Jackson, WNBA Peak Performer (Rebounds)