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Seattle Storm The Seattle Storm are an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The Storm competes in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The team was founded by Ginger Ackerl ...

season was the franchise's 23rd season in the Women's National Basketball Association. This was the first season back in the newly renovated

Climate Pledge Arena Climate Pledge Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is located north of Downtown Seattle in the entertainment complex known as Seattle Center, the site of the 1962 World's Fair, for which it was ...

. On June 16, 2022,

Sue Bird Suzanne Brigit Bird (born October 16, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who played her entire career with the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association ( WNBA) Bird was drafted by the Storm first over ...

announced that this season would be her final one and that she would be retiring after the season. The Storm started the season with an opening day win, but went on to lose their next three games. They turned their fortunes around after the three game losing streak, and went on a four-game winning streak to end the month of May 5–3. June started with two straight losses, but then the team won four games straight. They won three of their last five games to finish June 7–4. They started July strong, losing one of their first six games in the month. The end of the month saw the team only get two wins out of six games, with five of those six games being on the road. They finished July 7–5 and clinched a playoff spot on July 30. The Storm went 3–2 in August, with their only two losses coming to the first place Las Vegas Aces. They finished the season 22–14, tied for fourth with Washington. They were awarded the 4th seed based on having a better regular season record vs. Washington. In their First Round series, the Storm had home court advantage as the fourth seed, and faced off against the fifth seeded Washington Mystics. The Storm won a close game one 86–83. They took advantage of their home court and won game two by thirteen points, to sweep the series. In the Semifinals, they were up against the first seeded Aces. The Storm won another close game one, 76–73 in Las Vegas. However, they would go on to lose the next three games and lose the series three games to one. Most of the games in the series were close, with game two being decided by four points, game three going into overtime, and game four being decided by five points.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Trades and Roster Changes

Roster

Depth

Schedule

Preseason

, - style="background:#cfc;" , 1 , April 23 , Los Angeles
W 81–68
, Breanna Stewart (20) , Ezi Magbegor (8) , Breanna Stewart (4) ,

5,734 , 1–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2 , April 28 , @ Phoenix
W 82–78
, Breanna Stewart (16) , Breanna Stewart (7) , Bird
Stewart (4) , Footprint Center
2,759 , 2–0

Regular Season

, - style="background:#cfc;" , 1 , May 6 , Minnesota
W 97–74
, Loyd
Stewart (17) , Breanna Stewart (8) ,

(9) ,

12,904 , 1–0 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 2 , May 8 , @ Las Vegas
L 74–85
, Breanna Stewart (21) , Breanna Stewart (8) ,

(7) , Michelob Ultra Arena
6,212 , 1–1 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 3 , May 11 , @ Phoenix
L 77–97
, Jewell Loyd (26) , Lavender
Loyd
Magbegor
Williams (5) ,

(6) , Footprint Center
6,098 , 1–2 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 4 , May 14 , Phoenix
L 64–69
, Jewell Loyd (26) ,

Stephanie Talbot Stephanie Talbot (born 15 June 1994) is an Australian professional basketball player. Talbot was a member of the Australian Women's basketball team (Opals) at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Opals were eliminated after losing to the USA in the qua ...

(14) , Bird
Loyd
Talbot (3) ,

12,453 , 1–3 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 5 , May 18 , Chicago
W 74–71
, Ezi Magbegor (21) ,

(7) ,

7,450 , 2–3 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 6 , May 20 , Los Angeles
W 83–80
, Breanna Stewart (28) , Ezi Magbegor (11) ,

(8) ,

10,103 , 3–3 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 7 , May 27 ,

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

W 79–71
, Breanna Stewart (31) , Lavender
Stewart
Williams (9) , Prince
Stewart (4) ,

10,001 , 4–3 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 8 , May 29 ,

W 92–61
, Jewell Loyd (22) , Jantel Lavender (10) , Jewell Loyd (6) ,

10,228 , 5–3 , - , - style="background:#fcc;" , 9 , June 3 , Dallas
L 51–68
, Breanna Stewart (27) , Breanna Stewart (8) , Briann January (7) ,

8,023 , 5–4 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 10 , June 5 , Connecticut
L 86–93
, Ezi Magbegor (19) , Ezi Magbegor (7) , Jewell Loyd (7) ,

11,330 , 5–5 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 11 , June 7 , Atlanta
W 72–60
, Jewell Loyd (26) , Magbegor
Stewart (7) ,

(6) ,

7,262 , 6–5 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 12 , June 10 , @ Dallas
W 89–88
, Breanna Stewart (32) , Breanna Stewart (11) , Gabby Williams (9) ,

College Park Center College Park Center (CPC) is an indoor, multi-purpose arena on The University of Texas at Arlington campus in Arlington, Texas, United States. It seats up to 7,000 spectators. Its primary tenant is the Mavericks athletic department including th ...

3,292 , 7–5 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 13 , June 12 , @ Dallas
W 84–79
, Breanna Stewart (25) , Breanna Stewart (8) ,

(7) ,

3,273 , 8–5 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 14 , June 14 , @ Minnesota
W 81–79
, Breanna Stewart (29) , Gabby Williams (10) , Gabby Williams (8) , Target Center
6,031 , 9–5 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 15 , June 17 , @ Connecticut
L 71–82
, Breanna Stewart (19) , Breanna Stewart (7) , Breanna Stewart (5) ,

Mohegan Sun Arena The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, located inside the Mohegan Sun casino resort. The arena facility features of configurable exhibition space and a clear span. It was built by the Perini Buil ...

7,088 , 9–6 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 16 , June 19 , @

W 81–72
, Gabby Williams (23) , Stewart
Williams (9) , Jewell Loyd (7) ,

Barclays Center Barclays Center is a multi-purpose list of indoor arenas, indoor arena in the New York City Boroughs of New York City, borough of Brooklyn. The arena is home to the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association and the New York Liberty o ...

6,859 , 10–6 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 17 , June 23 , Washington
W 85–71
, Jewell Loyd (22) , Breanna Stewart (9) ,

(8) ,

9,884 , 11–6 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 18 , June 25 , Los Angeles
L 77–85
, Breanna Stewart (28) , Breanna Stewart (7) ,

(6) ,

9,955 , 11–7 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 19 , June 29 , Las Vegas
W 88–78
, Jewell Loyd (24) , Ezi Magbegor (8) ,

(6) ,

9,499 , 12–7 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 20 , July 1 ,

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...

W 73–57
, Breanna Stewart (20) , Tina Charles (8) , Jewell Loyd (7) ,

8,565 , 13–7 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 21 , July 3 , @ Atlanta
L 76–90
, Breanna Stewart (19) , Ezi Magbegor (7) ,

January January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is also the first of seven months to have a length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as New Year's Day. It is, on average, the coldest month of the ...

Prince (4) ,

Gateway Center Arena Gateway Center Arena at College Park is a multi-purpose arena in College Park, Georgia. It is the home venue of the College Park Skyhawks of the NBA G League and the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. The arena's fir ...

3,138 , 13–8 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 22 , July 5 , @

W 95–73
, Jewell Loyd (25) , Ezi Magbegor (11) ,

(5) ,

Indiana Farmers Coliseum The Indiana Farmers Coliseum (originally Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum and formerly Pepsi Coliseum and Fairgrounds Coliseum) is a 6,500-seat indoor multi-use arena, located on the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis. The Indiana Far ...

2,585 , 14–8 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 23 , July 7 , @ Los Angeles
W 106–69
, Breanna Stewart (23) , Ezi Magbegor (11) , Jewell Loyd (7) , Crypto.com Arena
6,389 , 15–8 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 24 , July 12 , Dallas
W 83–74
, Breanna Stewart (19) , Tina Charles (9) ,

(7) ,

9,486 , 16–8 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 25 , July 17 ,

W 81–65
, Breanna Stewart (25) , Stewart
Williams (8) ,

(6) ,

9,970 , 17–8 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 26 , July 20 , @ Chicago
L 74–78
, Breanna Stewart (24) ,

Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was ...

Williams (6) , Bird
Loyd (4) ,

Wintrust Arena Wintrust Arena at McCormick Square, previously referred to as DePaul Arena or McCormick Place Events Center, is a 10,387-seat sports venue in the Near South Side community area of Chicago that opened in 2017. It is the current home court for ...

8,893 , 17–9 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 27 , July 22 , @ Phoenix
L 78–94
, Breanna Stewart (22) , Breanna Stewart (14) , Bird
Loyd
Williams (5) , Footprint Center
14,162 , 17–10 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 28 , July 24 , Atlanta
W 82–72
, Tina Charles (27) , Tina Charles (15) ,

(5) ,

12,654 , 18–10 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 29 , July 28 , @ Connecticut
L 83–88
, Breanna Stewart (17) , Tina Charles (10) ,

(7) ,

9,137 , 18–11 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 30 , July 30 , @ Washington
W 82–77
, Breanna Stewart (18) , Tina Charles (9) ,

(7) , Entertainment and Sports Arena
4,200 , 19–11 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 31 , July 31 , @ Washington
L 75–78
, Breanna Stewart (23) ,

Stewart (5) ,

(7) , Entertainment and Sports Arena
4,200 , 19–12 , - , - style="background:#cfc;" , 32 , August 3 , Minnesota
W 89–77
, Breanna Stewart (33) , Breanna Stewart (8) ,

(6) ,

13,500 , 20–12 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 33 , August 7 , Las Vegas
L 81–89
, Breanna Stewart (35) , Breanna Stewart (10) , Bird
G. Williams (6) ,

18,100 , 20–13 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 34 , August 9 , @ Chicago
W 111–100
, Breanna Stewart (25) , Breanna Stewart (9) ,

(8) ,

9,314 , 21–13 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 35 , August 12 , @ Minnesota
W 96–69
, Tina Charles (23) , Breanna Stewart (10) , Gabby Williams (7) , Target Center
12,134 , 22–13 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 36 , August 14 , @ Las Vegas
L 100–109
, Jewell Loyd (38) , Breanna Stewart (15) ,

(7) , Michelob Ultra Arena
10,015 , 22–14 , -

Playoffs

, - style="background:#cfc;" , 1 , August 18 , Washington
W 86–83
, Breanna Stewart (23) , Breanna Stewart (12) , Gabby Williams (6) ,

8,917 , 1–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2 , August 21 , Washington
W 97–84
, Breanna Stewart (21) , Breanna Stewart (10) ,

(10) ,

12,490 , 2–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 1 , August 28 , @ Las Vegas
W 76–73
, Jewell Loyd (26) , Tina Charles (18) ,

(12) , Michelob Ultra Arena
9,944 , 1–0 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 2 , August 31 , @ Las Vegas
L 73–78
, Breanna Stewart (32) , Tina Charles (9) ,

(6) , Michelob Ultra Arena
9,755 , 1–1 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 3 , September 4 , Las Vegas
L 98–110 (OT)
, Breanna Stewart (20) , Breanna Stewart (15) ,

(8) ,

15,431 , 1–2 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 4 , September 6 , Las Vegas
L 92–97
, Breanna Stewart (42) , Tina Charles (9) ,

(8) ,

11,328 , 1–3

Standings

Playoffs

Statistics

Regular Season

^‡Waived/Released during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season

Transactions

WNBA draft

Trades and Roster Changes

Roster

Depth

Schedule

Preseason

Regular Season

Playoffs

Standings

Playoffs

Statistics

Regular Season

Playoffs

Awards and honors

References

External links