Seattle Storm 2009 Media guide
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To purchase single-game tickets, log on to stormbasketball.com, visit any Ticketmaster outlet, stop by the Sonics & Storm Team Shop, call 1-877-WNBA-TIX or, on the day of the game, go to the KeyArena Box Office 90 minutes before tipoff.
Produced by: Seattle Storm 3421 Thorndyke Ave. W. Seattle, WA 98119 PR Hotline: 206-281-5847 The 2009 Seattle Storm Media Guide was written and edited by the Storm public relations staff of Jennifer Carroll and Teresa Wippel and Storm web content coordinator Kevin Pelton. Special thanks to Elias Sports Bureau and the WNBA for providing statistical information.
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Table of Contnets GENERAL INFORMATION
General Information/WNBA Key Dates/ The Furtado Center......................................................................... 4 Ticket Information.......................................................................... 5 WNBA Cares................................................................................... 6 Storm in the Community................................................................ 7 Anne Levinson................................................................................ 8 Ginny Gilder................................................................................... 9 Lisa Brummel............................................................................... 10 Dawn Trudeau.............................................................................. 11 Karen Bryant ............................................................................... 12
Storm Basketball
Brian Agler................................................................................... 14 Nancy Darsch, Shelley Patterson.................................................. 16 Missy Bequette, Danielle Yellam.................................................. 17 Rose Baker, Melissa Hardin......................................................... 18 Tom Spencer................................................................................. 19
Storm Players
2009 Seattle Storm Roster........................................................... 20 Suzy Batkovic-Brown.................................................................... 22 Sue Bird....................................................................................... 24 Janell Burse................................................................................. 28 Swin Cash.................................................................................... 30 Katie Gearlds............................................................................... 32 Lauren Jackson............................................................................ 34 Shannon Johnson......................................................................... 38 Camille Little............................................................................... 42 Ashley Robinson........................................................................... 44 Ashley Walker............................................................................... 46 Tanisha Wright............................................................................. 48
2008 Regular Season Review
2008 Team Photo/Regular Season Statistics............................... 52 Miscellaneous Statistics.............................................................. 53 Game-By-Game Results............................................................... 54 Game-By-Game Statistics............................................................ 55 Game Leaders/Starting Lineups/Injuries...................................... 56 Team Highs/Lows......................................................................... 57 Individual Highs........................................................................... 58 Individual and Team Season High Games.................................... 59 Transactions................................................................................ 60
Storm All-Time Records
Year-By-Year Record/Overtime Results........................................ 62 Opening Night Records/Lineups................................................... 63 High-Low Scoring Games/Win-Loss Streaks................................. 64 Team Records............................................................................... 66 Opponent Team Records............................................................... 67 Storm/Opponent Individual Records............................................. 68 All-Time 30+ Points Performances.............................................. 69 All-Time Double-Doubles.............................................................. 70 Award Winners/All-Stars/League Leaders.................................... 72 Year-By-Year Statistical Leaders/Year-By-Year Statistics............ 73 All-Time Career Leaders............................................................... 74
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Storm History
All-Time Attendance/Franchise Firsts........................................... 76 Draft History................................................................................. 77 All-Time Transactions................................................................... 78 2000 Season Review.................................................................... 82 2001 Season Review.................................................................... 84 2002 Season Review.................................................................... 86 2003 Season Review.................................................................... 88 2004 Season Review.................................................................... 90 2005 Season Review.................................................................... 92 2006 Season Review.................................................................... 94 2007 Season Review.................................................................... 98 All-Time Roster........................................................................... 102 All-Time Jersey Numbers............................................................ 107 All-Time College Roster.............................................................. 108
Storm Playoff History
Year-By-Year Playoff Results...................................................... 110 Team Playoff Records................................................................. 111 Opponent Team Playoff Records................................................. 112 Storm/Opponent Individual Playoff Records............................... 113 Year-By-Year Playoff Statistics.................................................. 114
Storm Opponents
Atlanta Dream............................................................................ 118 Chicago Sky............................................................................... 120 Connecticut Sun......................................................................... 122 Detroit Shock.............................................................................. 124 Indiana Fever............................................................................. 126 Los Angeles Sparks.................................................................... 128 Minnesota Lynx........................................................................... 130 New York Liberty......................................................................... 132 Phoenix Mercury......................................................................... 134 Sacramento Monarchs............................................................... 136 San Antonio Silver Stars............................................................ 138 Washington Mystics................................................................... 140 WNBA Team PR Contacts........................................................... 142 WNBA League PR Contacts........................................................ 144
2008 WNBA Review
Standings/Head-To-Head Standings/ WNBA Attendance...................................................................... 146 Individual Leaders..................................................................... 147 Team Offensive/Defensive Statistics.......................................... 148 Team Rankings/Miscellaneous Statistics................................... 149 WNBA Playoffs/Award Winners................................................... 150
Media Information/WNBA Information
General Media Information......................................................... 152 Seattle Media Outlets................................................................. 153 Storm Broadcast Team............................................................... 154 WNBA History............................................................................. 155 WNBA Faxback Catalog/Officials................................................ 156 2009 Seattle Storm Roster Cheat Sheet..................................... 159
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Storm General Information
KeyArena Ticket Map East Entrance
Storm Office Address
Seattle Storm 3421 Thorndyke Ave. W., Seattle, WA 98119
Storm Training Facility
The Furtado Center 490 Fifth Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109
Telephone
206-217-WNBA (9622)
Home Court
KeyArena (Storm Capacity: 9,686)
Team Colors
Storm Green, Storm Gold, Storm Red and Storm Bronze
Television
FSN Northwest
Radio
KKNW 1150 AM
Website
stormbasketball.com
PA Announcer
Matt Pittman
Play-By-Play Announcer
Dick Fain
Game Analyst
Adia Barnes
Home Game Times
12 p.m., 6 p.m., 7 p.m.
Single-Game Ticket Prices
$14, $19, $28, $34, $46, $49, $55
Storm Ticket Information
206-217-WNBA (9622) or 1-877-WNBA-TIX (9622-849)
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WNBA Draft – Secaucus, New Jersey
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Final Roster Cut-down Date, 2:00 p.m. ET
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Player Orientation – Secaucus, New Jersey
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Regular Season Begins
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All-Star Game
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Trade Deadline, 8 p.m. ET
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Training Camp Begins
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Media Day
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Preseason Games begin
The 2009 WNBA season marked the 10th summer that the Furtado Center served as the Storm’s headquarters.
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September 16 Playoffs Begin October 9
Last possible Finals Date
SINGLE-GAME TICKET PRICING
The Furtado Center represents and honors Sarah and Frank Furtado’s more than 50 combined years of dedication to the organization.
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THE FURTADO CENTER – THE SEATTLE STORM’S TRAINING FACILITY At a surprise unveiling on Feb. 23, 2001, then-Sonics and Storm team owners Barry and Ginger Ackerley announced the renaming of the Sonics & Storm training facility to “The Furtado Center.” The “Voice of the Sonics” Kevin Calabro served as the master of ceremonies and read Seattle Mayor Paul Schell’s proclamation of Feb. 23 as “Frank and Sarah Furtado Day.”
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The building, which opened its doors on Oct. 1, 1994, is 30,000 square feet and occupies a 2.5-acre site at 490 Fifth Ave. N. just east of Seattle Center. The facility includes a conference room, business offices for the basketball operations staff and a second-floor balcony that overlooks the regulation NBA and WNBA basketball courts. The building also features a spacious weight training and aerobics room, physical therapy area, locker room, resistance training pool and steam room.
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To purchase your tickets, log on to stormbasketball.com or call 206-217-WNBA
In addition to serving as the Storm’s team headquarters, the Furtado Center hosts summer youth camps, coaches’ clinics and special events.
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WNBA CARES
Storm in the Community
Through WNBA Cares, the WNBA is deeply committed to creating programs that improve the quality of life for all people, with a special emphasis on programs that promote a healthy lifestyle and positive body image, increase breast and women’s health awareness, support youth and family development, and focus on education.
WNBA FIT WNBA Fit encourages girls and women of all ages to learn more about their bodies and the importance of physical fitness through programs related to health, fitness, nutrition and self-esteem. Programming inspires girls and women to get started on “being fit” through small changes in their daily routine. The content of the program is communicated and delivered through a team of spokespeople and national and local events.
GO RED FOR WOMEN The WNBA and the American Heart Association have formed an alliance to promote the Go Red for Women campaign. GRFW encourages women to learn more about heart health, and raises awareness of the risks of heart disease in women.
BREAST HEALTH AWARENESS For twelve years, the WNBA Breast Health Awareness program has focused on generating awareness and educating women about breast cancer in addition to raising funds for the initiative. The WNBA and its teams have raised over $2 million to aid in the fight against breast cancer.
WNBA Green The WNBA is committed to a long-term environmental plan through the implementation of sustainable business practices and procedures that decrease the league’s carbon footprint and contribute to a clean, healthy environment. The WNBA Greening Initiative is an innovative program designed to reduce the environmental impact of the league’s operations and events.
READ TO ACHIEVE Read to Achieve is a year-round, league-wide initiative supported by NBA, WNBA and NBA D-League teams that promotes the values of reading and online literacy and encourages families and adults to read regularly with young children. The program
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includes special reading time-outs, the donation of books and literacy materials to schools and community based organizations, and the creation of Reading and Learning Centers and Reading Corners throughout the world.
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The Seattle Storm believes that success is not measured solely by wins on the basketball court. Giving back to the community is also a high priority, and the Storm has established a strong connection with its fans throughout the region. The team aims to serve as a powerful community advocate with a focus on literacy, health and fitness, support for women and girls and youth basketball. The Storm strives to strengthen the bond between players and fans by creating meaningful, personal experiences and to enrich its support of local organizations through effective community partnerships. Recognized as one of the WNBA’s most active teams in the community, the Storm is committed to serving others through the team’s community initiatives. Read to Achieve
One of the Storm’s signature community initiatives is Tickets for Kids, a charitable donation program that allows individuals and corporations to purchase Storm tickets for local nonprofit organizations that serve children in the Puget Sound area. Through Tickets for Kids, children have the opportunity to experience the WNBA firsthand and to be exposed to positive female role models.
By stressing fundamental skill development, teamwork, sportsmanship and positive adult participation, the Jr. WNBA aims to develop a life-long passion for the game of basketball by providing a support structure that not only encourages participation, but also makes the game fun and rewarding for players, coaches, officials and parents. The Jr. WNBA believes that lessons learned on and off the court as a member of a team are lessons that are useful in building relationships at school, home and work.
PARTNERSHIPS In reaching our community relations goals, the WNBA is proud to partner with the following organizations: •
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Prevent Child Abuse America
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Reading Is Fundamental, Inc.
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Tickets for Kids
With the goal of making “Every Child a Reader,” the Storm continues its partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of King County to promote summer reading in the Read to Achieve program. Youth participants who complete the program earn Storm tickets, and Storm players visit Boys & Girls Clubs locations to read to children.
Storm Be Fit Storm Be Fit is designed to encourage girls and women of all ages to learn more about their bodies and the importance of physical fitness. Programming has been developed to encourage girls ages 8-14 to get started on “being fit” through small changes in their daily regimens, with a special focus on developing self-esteem. The content of the program will be communicated through a “team” of spokespeople at local events and promotions.
Jr. Storm program The Jr. Storm program, in conjunction with the Jr. WNBA, believes that team lessons learned on and off the court are useful in building relationships at school, home and work. By stressing fundamental skill development, teamwork, sportsmanship and positive adult participation, the Jr. Storm program works with coaches, parents and youth to foster a life-long passion for basketball and encourages participation in the game by providing tools that make the game fun and rewarding. Jr. Storm members receive exclusive player and coach basketball clinics with Storm players and/ or coaching staff, a chance to practice at the Storm’s official training facility and special ticket offers.
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ANNE LEVINSON
Ginny Gilder
A long-time resident of Seattle and former public official, Anne led the effort in 2007 to form a local ownership group and negotiate the purchase of the Storm to save women’s professional basketball in the Pacific Northwest.
Ginny Gilder has started several entrepreneurial ventures, both businesses and non-profits. Today she is principal of her own investment business and president of one of her family’s philanthropic entities, which invests in projects throughout the world that seek to level the economic playing field and promote social justice. She established Washington Works, a local non-profit dedicated to supporting welfare recipients obtain and retain livablewage employment, and served as its first Executive Director. She has also served on various non-profit boards, locally and around the country, all focused on education or sports.
Anne began her career in public service in the City of Seattle, starting in the City’s budget office, then serving variously as a special assistant to the Mayor, Chief of staff, Legal Counsel and Deputy Mayor. She was then appointed by Governor Locke as Chair of Washington State’s Utilities & Transportation Commission, where she helped lead the state’s fight against energy deregulation. After that she served as a judge, creating one of the nation’s first mental health courts, to help ensure that persons with mental illness get appropriately diverted out of jail and connected with treatment, shelter and case management. Upon retiring from the bench she served as an advisor to governments and non-profits, leading several projects directed toward systemic improvements for the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. She has founded or served on the board of directors for dozens of Seattle charitable organizations, and currently serves on the board of directors for the Center for Children & Youth Justice, on a national advisory panel for the MacArthur Foundation, and advisory boards for the Women’s Funding Alliance and NEW (National Education for Women's) Leadership Puget Sound. In 2006, she chaired the statewide campaign to defeat the attempted repeal of the State’s anti-discrimination law, protecting gay men and lesbians from job and housing discrimination.
A rower, she earned four varsity letters at Yale University, and was an All-Ivy Champion twice. Her freshman year she helped usher in the post-Title IX era at Yale by participating in the now-famous women’s crew strip-in protesting the lack of equal facilities. In addition, she represented the United States on four national teams, including two Olympic teams. She was named to the U.S. team that boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games and won a silver medal at the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 1984. She has helped launch two community rowing programs, one in Boston, Mass. and another in Derby, Conn. She received an NCAA Silver Anniversary Award for community service in 2004. Ginny resides with her partner, Lynn Slaughter, an avid Storm fan, and has three children, all athletes themselves.
Levinson played field hockey in college and as an athlete led a multiyear effort to secure equal funding for the women’s teams, ultimately filing one of the country’s first Title IX complaints, resulting in more equitable treatment for female athletes. As Deputy Mayor, she was instrumental in Seattle acquiring its first professional women’s basketball team, the Seattle Reign.
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Dawn Trudeau
Lisa Brummel is the senior vice president for Human Resources at Microsoft, and a member of Microsoft’s senior management team. For 10 years prior to that, she served as corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Home & Retail Division. As head of this billion-dollar division, she was responsible for overseeing worldwide development and business strategy for Microsoft’s line of consumer hardware, software and Macintosh products.
Dawn Trudeau spent over 20 years in the software industry. During 14 years at Microsoft she held a variety of leadership positions, heading up divisions in Database and Development tools as well as Consumer Products. For the past 11 years she has helped emerging non-profits to develop the capacity to deliver their programs with maximum effectiveness.
As an athlete at Yale University, she was named to the Ivy League Women’s Hall of Fame for Softball, MVP on the All-Ivy teams for both basketball and softball, and held a number of university records. She was drafted by the Dallas Diamonds in the 4th round of the 1981 Women’s Professional Basketball League (WBL) draft. She is active in charitable ventures associated with Hopelink community services, the University of Washington Medical Center, and Yale University.
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She is the president of the Seattle Storm Foundation, chairs the Board of the Economic Opportunity Institute and is a member of the University of Washington Women’s Center Advisory Board. She also serves on the Board of Social Venture Partners International, and the Advisory Board of the Business Partnership for Early Learning. Trudeau focuses her energies on early learning and social and economic justice programs that help provide equal opportunity for all people to develop economic security and personal success.
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Storm Front Office KAREN BRYANT
Chief Executive Officer Karen Bryant has been involved with women’s professional basketball for the past 13 years. She started her career in sports in 1996 as the Director of Operations for the American Basketball League’s Seattle Reign. She then served as General Manager of the Reign before being recruited in June 1999 by the Seattle Sonics to lead the organization’s effort to secure a WNBA expansion franchise. Under Bryant’s leadership the past nine seasons, the Storm has been recognized as one of the top franchises in the WNBA. Named the Storm’s Chief Executive Officer last year, Bryant is responsible for overseeing business and basketball operations for the franchise. Bryant was recognized as one of the Puget Sound Business Journal’s Women of Influence in 2005. She is involved with several non-profit organizations and currently serves on the board of the Seattle Sports Commission. Bryant was a standout athlete at Woodway High School in Edmonds before continuing her basketball career at Green River Community College, Seattle University and the University of Washington. She graduated from U.W. with a degree in Communications. Bryant and her partner Merrily have a daughter, Lindsay.
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Brian Agler Head Coach and Director of Player Personnel
The 2009 WNBA season marks Brian Agler’s second campaign as the Seattle Storm head coach, and his fifth year as a head coach in the WNBA. Agler was introduced as the Storm's head coach on Jan. 8, 2008 and is the third coach in Storm history. He also assumed the role of Director of Player Personnel.
As the head women’s basketball coach at Northeast Oklahoma A&M Junior College from 1984-88, Agler compiled a 124-42 record (.747 winning percentage). In 1985-86, NEO A&M was ranked second nationally and posted a 30-2 record.
Prior to joining the Storm last year, Agler was the head coach and general manager of the expansion team Minnesota Lynx from 19992002, where he compiled a 42-54 (.438) record. Before being named the first coach of the Lynx, Agler served as the head coach of the Columbus Quest of the now-defunct American Basketball League (ABL) from 1996-1999, compiling an 82-22 record.
Agler attended Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, where he starred on the basketball team for four seasons. He led the Tigers to their only NCAA Division III Championship in basketball as a freshman. He started all 112 games during his college career, leaving the school as the all-time assist leader (481). Agler helped lead his team to a 91-21 record during his four years with the Tigers, and was named most valuable player in the Ohio Athletic Conference and first-team All-America as a senior. In 1995, he was inducted into the Wittenberg Hall of Honor.
Before being named the first coach of the expansion Lynx, Agler served as the head coach of the Columbus Quest of the ABL from 1996-1999, compiling an 82-22 record. He led the Quest to back-to-back ABL championships in 1997 and 1998 and was named the ABL Coach of the Year for the 1996-97 season.
Agler spent 15 seasons coaching among the college ranks, including 13 seasons as a head coach. He posted an impressive collegiate record of 248-135 (.648 winning percentage). From 1993-96 he served as the head women’s basketball coach at Kansas State.
Agler completed his third season as an assistant coach for the San Antonio Silver Stars in 2007. Prior to joining San Antonio, he served as assistant coach with the Phoenix Mercury and helped guide the team to a 17-17 record after the Mercury finished with an 8-26 record in 2003.
WNBA Head Coaching Record Season Team 1999 MIN 2000 MIN 2001 MIN 2008 SEA WNBA TOTALS
Record 15-17 15-17 12-20 22-12 64-66
Pct. .469 .469 .375 .647 .492
Playoffs DNQ DNQ DNQ 1-2 1-2
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Record 31-9 36-8 11-3 78-20
Pct. .775 .818 .786 .796
Playoffs 5-2* 5-2* N/A 10-4
Pct. .714 .714 (ABL folded in Dec. ’98) .714
Record 9-16 17-11 18-10 24-7 17-10 13-14 14-13 11-12 123-93
Pct. .360 .607 .643 .774 .630 .481 .519 .478 .569
In 1988, Agler took over as the head women’s coach at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. In five seasons at UMKC, Agler was 85-54 and took the Kangaroos from a 9-16 record in 1988-89 to four straight winning seasons with 17 or more victories. Under his direction, UMKC led the NCAA in scoring defense three consecutive seasons from 1990-93. In 1991, UMKC set an NCAA team record, allowing 51.8 points per game.
In 1980, Agler graduated with a degree in special education and physical education. He received his master’s degree in education from Pittsburg State University (Pittsburg, Kansas) in 1985. Agler and his wife Robin, have one son, Bryce, and one daughter, Taylor.
Storm head coaches Professional Career All-time Win Percentage 70% W
ABL Head Coaching Record Season Team 1996-97 COL 1997-98 COL 1998-99 COL ABL TOTALS
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Collegiate Head Coaching Record Season Team 1988-89 MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY 1989-90 MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY 1990-91 MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY 1991-92 MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY 1992-93 MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY 1993-94 KANSAS STATE 1994-95 KANSAS STATE 1995-96 KANSAS STATE COLLEGIATE TOTALS
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Nancy Darsch
Missy Bequette
Nancy Darsch, in her second season as an assistant coach for the Seattle Storm, has coached women's basketball at both the professional and Division I college levels.
A member of the 2000 inaugural Storm staff, Missy Bequette celebrates her 10th season with the club and has been the director of basketball operations since the 2001 season. She is responsible for all travel arrangements, housing and practice scheduling, in addition to assisting with the draft, scouting and player personnel.
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As head coach for the WNBA’s New York Liberty during the inaugural season in 1997, she led them to the championship game and a 17-11 record. She compiled a 36-24 record with New York over two seasons. Darsch took over the reigns for the Washington Mystics in 1999. After two seasons as head coach of the Mystics, Darsch became an advance scout for the team for three seasons. She later joined the Minnesota Lynx as an assistant coach from 2003-2005. In 2006 and 2007 Darsch was an assistant coach at Boston College, helping lead the Eagles to a 13-16 campaign in 2006-07, and a 20-11 record in 2007-08, including a berth in the post-season WNIT. Prior to her WNBA experience, Darsch was the head coach at Ohio State University for 12 seasons. She compiled a record of 234-125 (.652) while at Ohio State. Darsch led the Buckeyes to four Big Ten Conference Championships and seven NCAA tournament appearances. In 1993, Darsch led Ohio State to an impressive 24-4 record, a Big Ten Championship and the NCAA championship game. Before her arrival at Ohio State, Darsch was an assistant coach at Tennessee for seven seasons under head coach Pat Summitt. Darsch has also been involved with USA Basketball since 1984. She has won two Olympic gold medals as an assistant coach for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
Director of Basketball Operations
A native of Crystal City, Mo., Bequette graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia before earning a master’s degree in education with an emphasis in sport management from the University of Arkansas. While at Arkansas, Bequette served as the Lady Razorbacks assistant coach during the 1985-86 season. After a year at the Arkansas School of Law, Bequette returned to the University of Missouri as an assistant coach from 1988 through 1997. Bequette’s responsibilities at Missouri included evaluation and recruitment, a task at which she achieved great success by bringing in two Big 8 Freshmen of the Year and several allconference athletes. Bequette began her career in professional basketball with the Portland Power (ABL) in 1997, assisting former Storm Head Coach Lin Dunn. The Power won the ABL Western Conference with eventual WNBA players Natalie Williams, DeLisha Milton, Elaine Powell and Sylvia Crawley. Prior to joining the Storm in March 2000, Bequette was a teacher and basketball coach at Southridge High School in Beaverton, Ore.
A native of Plymouth, Mass., Darsch is a 1973 graduate of Springfield College. She earned her master's degree in physical education from the University of Tennessee.
Danielle Yellam Shelley Patterson Assistant Coach
A 19-year coaching veteran in both the professional and collegiate ranks, Shelley Patterson rejoins the Storm coaching staff for her third season. A native of San Jose, Calif., Patterson served as an assistant coach for the Charlotte Sting in 2006 under head coach Muggsy Bogues. Patterson was also an assistant for the Los Angeles Sparks during the 2005 season.
Equipment Manager and Video Coordinator Danielle Yellam is in her second season as the equipment manager and video coordinator for the Seattle Storm. Her duties include managing the Storm players’ gear, managing and scheduling the team’s ball kids, editing Storm game tapes, helping with the scouting of Storm opponents and assisting the coaching staff with additional video production.
Patterson began her career in Houston where she served as an operations assistant and won a WNBA Championship with the Comets during the 1999 WNBA season. She then spent four years working as an assistant coach with the Indiana Fever before joining the coaching staff of the Phoenix Mercury in 2004.
Before joining the Storm, Yellam attend Green River Community College on both a soccer and tennis scholarship from 2003 to 2005, winning a Washington state tennis title during her freshman campaign. She transferred to the University of Washington in 2005 and was a member of the crew team as a coxswain her sophomore year. Yellam graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from UW in 2007.
In addition to her work in the WNBA, Patterson served as head coach for the National Women’s Basketball League’s Chicago Blaze in 2005 and worked as an assistant coach with the Philadelphia Rage of the ABL during the 1998-99 season.
A native of Federal Way, Yellam attended Federal Way High School where she played volleyball, basketball and tennis.
She began her coaching career in 1989 as a recruiting coordinator at Indiana State University and has held positions at Ohio University, the University of Arizona, Wake Forest and Dayton. As a player, Patterson spent her college career at Washington State University where she still ranks among the school’s all-time leaders in assists and steals.
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Rose Baker
Strength and Conditioning Coach Rose Baker enters her second season as the strength and condition coach for the Storm. A 2003 graduate of the University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse with a degree in Exercise and Sport Science, Baker currently is also a strength and conditioning coach at the University of Washington. Baker began her stint at UW in January of 2004 and has been working with many of the university’s sports programs since.
Melissa Hardin
Tom Spencer A.T., C. PTA
Tom Spencer, in his second season as the head athletic trainer for the Seattle Storm, graduated from Central Washington University in 1990 with a degree in individualized studies: Sports Medicine and Adaptive Physical Education. Spencer worked for the Milwaukee Brewers for one summer as the Head Athletic Trainer for the Peoria Brewers of the Arizona summer league in 1988. From 1989-1999, Spencer worked for the Cincinnati Reds as a Head Minor League Athletic Trainer at many different levels from Rookie ball to Double A. Spencer went back to school to become a Physical Therapist Assistant in 2002 and since then he has been working for Peak Sports and Spine Physical Therapy. Spencer opened an office in the Lake city area in August 2006. Spencer was born and raised in the Seattle area. He, his wife Margaret and his two daughters Marisa (13) and Mariel (11), live in the greater Seattle area. In Tom’s spare time he likes to watch and coach his daughters’ sports.
MS, ATC, CSCS*D
Melissa Hardin, a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA) and Certified Athletic Trainer (NATA), is in her second season with the Storm. A graduate of Western Washington University with a Masters Degree is Human Performance and Movements she is also a licensed Red Cross First Aid/CPR instructor. Hardin’s knowledge of athletics and fitness is broad and well formed as a former college NCAA soccer player and through years experience working in collegiate-level athletics. For the past seven years, Hardin has been the Director of Operations and Strength Coach for Triple Play Baseball Club, a college placement baseball program. She also trains a women’s competition team that competes at various races, strength competitions and events and contracts out sport specific training for athletes. Hardin’s husband is Saul, and has three sons Cyrus and twins Dominic and Isaiah.
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2009 STORM ROSTER
no. player pos. ht.
wt.
d.o.b.
9 10 33 2 4 15 14 20 43 44 30
197 150 199 162 184 187 152 180 180 200 165
12/17/80 10/16/80 5/19/79 9/22/79 10/26/84 5/11/81 8/18/74 1/18/85 8/12/82 2/24/87 11/29/83
Suzy Batkovic-Brown C 6-4 Sue Bird G 5-9 Janell Burse C 6-5 Swin Cash F 6-1 Katie Gearlds G 6-1 Lauren Jackson F/C 6-5 Shannon Johnson G 5-7 Camille Little F 6-2 Ashley Robinson C 6-4 Ashley Walker F 6-1 Tanisha Wright G 5-11
From
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Australia Connecticut ’02 Tulane, ’01 Connecticut, ’02 Purdue, ’07 Australia South Carolina, ’96 UNC, ’07 Tennessee ’04 California, ’09 Penn State ’05
1 7 7 7 2 8 10 2 5 R 4
HEAD COACH: Brian Agler (Wittenburg) ASSISTANT COACHES: Shelley Patterson (Washington State), Nancy Darsch (Springfield College) ATHLETIC TRAINER: Tom Spencer (Central Washington)
2008 NUMERICAL ROSTER 2 4 9 10
Swin Cash Katie Gearlds Suzy Batkovic-Brown Sue Bird
14 15 20 30
Shannon Johnson Lauren Jackson Camille Little Tanisha Wright
33 35 43 44
Janell Burse Kasha Terry Ashley Robinson Ashley Walker
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WNBA AND PROFESSIONAL CAREER:
Australian center Suzy Batkovic will return to the Storm for her second WNBA season in 2009…Originally drafted by the Storm in the second round of the 2003 WNBA Draft.. Joined the team after playing in the 2004 Athens Olympics…Averaged 6.9 points and 3.2 rebounds as a rookie in 2005 before opting to take her summers off and get home to Australia between seasons in Europe…Proven international performer who has starred in Euroleague and started for the Opals in both the 2004 and 2008 Beijing Olympics, winning silver medals both times… Was second on the Opals in scoring (11.8 ppg) and tops in rebounding (7.8 rpg) in Beijing and is known for her ability to play in the high post as a versatile center.
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Position: Center HEIGHT: 6-4 WEIGHT: 197 WNBA YEARS: One FROM: Australia BIRTHDATE: Dec. 17, 1980 BIIRTHPLACE: Lambton, NSW, Australia.
PERSONAL:
Full name is Suzy Batkovic…Born in Lambton, NSW, Australia… Was the inaugural recipient of the 2001 Maher Medal, a prestigious award named after two of the most outstanding contributors to Australian women’s basketball…An integral player for the Sydney Panthers in their last season WNBL championship win… Represented the Opals in her first senior season in the East Asia Games and then in the Oceania Qualification Series against New Zealand…. Graduate of the Australian Institute of Sport team that won the 1999 Women's National
ACQUIRED: Selected in the second round (22nd pick overall) of the 2003 WNBA Draft
WNBA CAREER STATISTICS Lg Tm 2005 W SEA Totals
G 29 29
GS Min 0 461 0 461
FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT 76 174 .437 2 7 .286 76 174 .437 2 7 .286
FT FTA PCT 45 58 .776 45 58 .776
OR DR Reb 26 68 94 26 68 94
As PF St TO Blk Pts 26 85 17 32 24 199 26 85 17 32 24 199
FT FTA PCT 2 5 .400 2 5 .400
OR DR Reb 2 8 10 2 8 10
As PF St TO Blk Pts 0 85 0 5 2 14 0 85 0 5 2 14
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GS Min 0 43 0 43
FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT 6 12 .500 0 0 .000 6 12 .500 0 0 .000
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Basketball League championship…Greatest ambition: playing for the Australian National Team in the 2004 Olympics…Former Opals teammate, guard Jae Kingi, says of Suzy “she’s a crazy girl with a really good heart”…Offered her basketball knowledge to kids in Sydney at a United Postal Service Charity event in 2000…Enjoys spending time with her friends and family in Newcastle, Australia.
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2008 Season Highs Career Highs 16 9 5 2 3
June 28 at Houston June 30 at San Antonio Aug. 27 vs. Phoenix (5x) Aug. 27 vs. Phoenix (2X) June 24 at Los Angeles
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June 28, 2005 at Houston June 30, 2005 at San Antonio Aug. 27, 2005 vs. Phoenix (5x), Aug. 27, 2005 vs. Phoenix (2X), June 24, 2005 at Los Angeles
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2008 WNBA REGULAR SEASON:
Averaged 14.1 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 5.1 apg, 1.2 spg and 33.7 mpg in 33 games…Finished third in WNBA MVP voting…Named to All-WNBA Second Team, her first All-WNBA honors since the 2005 season… Finished the season ranked second in the WNBA in total assists (169) and third in assists per game (5.1 apg)…Finished first on team in points (465) and assists (169)…Posted her only double-double of the season with 12 points and 11 assists vs. Minnesota on 7/5…Led team in scoring 11 times…Scored 20-plus points seven times, including scoring 24 points twice…Dished out 10-plus assists twice…Helped Storm finish 8-5 over the last 13 games to clinch second place in the Western Conference without Lauren Jackson…2008 Playoffs: Averaged 19.7 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 3.0 apg, 1.3 spg and 37.0 mpg in three games.
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Position: Guard Height: 5-9 Weight: 150 WNBA Years: Seven From: Connecticut ’02 Birthdate: October 16, 1980 Birthplace: Syosset, N.Y. Acquired: Selected by Seattle in the first round (first pick overall) of the 2002 WNBA Draft
Selected by the Storm as the first overall pick in the 2002 WNBA Draft…Named to four consecutive All-WNBA First Teams from 2002-05…Voted as a starter at the WNBA All-Star Game in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007…Member of the 2004 WNBA Champion Storm…Member of the gold-medalwinning 2004 U.S. Olympic Women’s Senior National Basketball Team… Named to the 10-member WNBA All-Decade Team in 2006…Ranks as the Storm’s all-time leader in assists (1,077)… Has recorded 15 career point/assist double-doubles (incl. one playoff game)…Scored a career-high 33 points vs. Portland on 8/9/02…
WNBA CAREER STATISTICS Lg Tm G 2002 W Sea 32 2003 W Sea 34 2004 W Sea 34 2005 W Sea 30 2006 W Sea 34 2007 W Sea 29 2008 W Sea 33 Totals 226
GS 32 34 34 30 34 29 33 226
Min 1121 1136 1136 1020 1066 919 1111 7508
FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT 151 375 .403 57 142 .401 155 368 .421 49 140 .350 151 326 .463 64 146 .438 130 294 .442 45 103 .437 137 333 .411 56 153 .366 118 276 .428 45 133 .338 172 390 .441 47 137 .343 1014 2362 .429 363 954 .381
FT FTA PCT 102 112 .911 61 69 .884 73 85 .859 59 69 .855 59 68 .868 22 26 .846 74 85 .871 450 514 .875
OR DR 17 66 22 91 22 84 21 51 24 78 8 49 14 70 128 489
Reb 83 113 106 72 102 57 84 617
As 191 221 184 176 162 143 169 1246
PF 48 47 48 46 60 46 61 356
St 55 48 51 29 61 43 39 326
TO Blk Pts 109 3 461 110 1 420 87 5 439 87 6 364 88 5 389 67 8 303 88 3 465 636 31 2841
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G 2 8 3 3 2 3 21
GS Min 2 73 8 233 3 103 3 106 2 71 3 111 21 697
FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT 9 22 .409 3 11 .273 23 61 .377 6 20 .300 9 33 .273 2 15 .133 7 21 .361 7 21 .333 11 24 .458 7 12 .583 23 50 .460 5 17 .294 88 226 .389 30 96 .313
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FT FTA PCT 7 7 1.000 16 21 .762 7 8 .875 5 8 .625 4 4 1.000 8 8 1.000 47 56 .839
OR DR Reb 0 0 0 5 21 26 1 4 5 3 5 8 0 4 4 0 7 7 9 41 50
As PF St TO Blk Pts 12 6 5 5 0 28 42 13 12 16 0 68 13 6 3 4 0 27 10 3 1 7 2 38 10 4 4 6 0 33 9 3 4 6 0 59 96 35 29 44 2 253
2007: Averaged 10.4 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 4.9 apg, 1.5 spg and 31.7 mpg in 29 games…Finished the season ranked third in the WNBA in assists (4.9 apg) and tied for 12th in steals (1.48)…Scored 10-plus points 16 times and 20plus points twice…Handed out 10-plus assists twice and led the team in assists 16 times…Underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on her left knee on 7/6 and missed five games (7/6-17), with the Storm going 2-3 over that span…Named to her fifth WNBA All-Star Team but did not play due to injury…Posted her first double-double of the season with 13 points and 11 assists at Chicago on 6/12…Scored a season-high 25 points on 10-of-15 shooting (5-of-7 from three) at Minnesota on 6/22… Grabbed her 500th career rebound at Los Angeles on 6/24…Recorded her 1,000th career assist vs. New York on 7/1, becoming the youngest player in league history to reach the milestone…Posted her second double-double of the season with 10 points and 11 assists vs. Los Angeles on 7/3…Made her 300th career three-pointer at Connecticut on 7/20…2007 Playoffs: Averaged 16.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 5.0 apg, 2.0 spg and 35.5 mpg in two games…2006: Averaged 11.4 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 4.8 apg, 1.8 spg and 31.3 mpg in 34 games…Finished the season ranked third in the WNBA in assists, seventh in steals (1.79 spg) and eighth in free throw percentage (.868)… Swiped a career-high and franchise-record seven steals in the season opener vs. Los Angeles on 5/21…Grabbed a career-high five offensive rebounds vs. Phoenix on 6/2… Swiped her 200th career steal at Connecticut on 6/9 …Named to the WNBA’s All-Decade Team on 6/13… Handed out a career-high and franchise-record 14 assists vs. Minnesota on 7/1…Made her fourth WNBA All-Star appearance on 7/12, tallying nine points and handing out three assists in 19 minutes of action…Tallied her 2,000th career point at Minnesota on 8/1…Set a WNBA
record for three-pointers in a half with six in the opening 20 minutes at Detroit on 8/8…2006 Playoffs: Averaged 12.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 3.3 apg and 35.0 mpg in three games…2005: Averaged 12.1 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 5.9 apg, 1.0 spg and 34.0 mpg in 30 games…Named to her third WNBA All-Star Team and her fourth consecutive All-WNBA First Team…Missed four games with fractured right nasal and orbital bones suffered on 6/7 at Connecticut… Led the WNBA in assists per game (5.9) for the first time in her career…Ranked fourth in three-point percentage (.437), fourth in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.02) and sixth in free throw percentage (.855)…Dished out her 700th career assist vs. Detroit on 7/23…Hit her 200th career three-pointer vs. Los Angeles on 7/31…2005 Playoffs: Averaged 9.0 ppg, 1.7 apg, 4.3 apg, 1.0 spg and 34.3 mpg in three games…
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2004: Averaged 12.9 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 5.4 apg, 1.50 spg and 33.4 mpg in 34 games…Named All-WNBA First Team for her third straight season…Finished second in the WNBA in assists, fourth in three-point fieldgoal percentage (.438) and tied for sixth in free throw percentage (.859)…Scored her 1,000th career point vs. Houston on 6/22…Started her 100th consecutive game for the Storm in the season finale on 9/18…Converted the game-winning layup with two seconds left in overtime against Washington on 7/17…2004 PLAYOFFS: Averaged 8.5 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 5.3 apg, 1.50 spg and 29.1 mpg in eight games…2003: Averaged 12.4 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 6.5 apg, 1.41 spg and 33.4 mpg in 34 games…Named All-WNBA First Team for the second straight season…Voted as a starter for the Western Conference at the WNBA All-Star Game where she scored 11 points and grabbed four rebounds… Ranked second in the WNBA in assists and fifth in free throw percentage (.884)…Handed out a career-hightying 12 assists at Los Angeles on 6/19 and at Cleveland on 6/27…Recorded a WNBA-record seven point/assist double-doubles…Handed out 10 or more assists in eight games during the season, tying the second-highest total in WNBA history…Became the fifth player in WNBA history to post a 20-point/10-assist game when she registered 21 points and 10 assists vs. Washington on 7/3…Became the third player in WNBA history to amass more than 200 assists in a season (221), joining Ticha Penicheiro and Teresa Weatherspoon…2002: Averaged 14.4 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 1.7 spg, 6.0 apg and 35.0 mpg in 32 games…Named All-WNBA First Team, joining Indiana’s Tamika Catchings as the first rookies in league history to attain the distinction…Named runner-up to Catchings for the 2002 WNBA Rookie of the Year Award…Named a
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CLASS Award presented to the nation’s most outstanding senior basketball player… Selected three times as winner of the Conseco/Nancy LiebermanCline National Point Guard of the Year Award…Ranks as UConn’s all-time leader in three-point field-goal percentage (.459) and free throw percentage (.892)…Became one of only two players at UConn to amass more than 1,000 points, 500 assists and 200 steals in her career (Jennifer Rizzotti)…Named as a 2002 Kodak All-American, 2002 Associated Press First Team All-American and 2002 NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team selection…Selected as Big East Player of the Year, First Team All-Big East and Big East All-Tournament in 2002… Started in all 39 games in the 2001-02 season and registered the UConn school record for most assists in a season (231)…Led the nation in free throw percentage (.942) in 2001-02.
starter for the Western Conference at the WNBA All-Star Game in Washington D.C. after leading all guards in the league’s fan voting…Handed out a WNBA-All-Star-record seven assists in the midseason classic…Ranked second in the WNBA in assists, eighth in steals, first in free throw percentage (.911) and ninth in three-point percentage (.401)…Scored a then-franchise-record 33 points vs. Portland on 8/9…2002 PLAYOFFS: Averaged 14.0 points, 6.0 assists and 2.50 steals in 36.5 minutes per game.
COLLEGE:
A member of the NCAA Division I Champion Connecticut Huskies in 2000 and 2002…Selected as a two-time All-American…Recipient of the Wade Trophy in 2002 and named the 2002 Associated Press and Naismith Player of the Year…Won the 2002 Honda Award for Women’s Basketball…Received the first-annual Senior
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PERSONAL:
Born Suzanne Brigit Bird…Earned a degree in communication science at Connecticut…Wears number 10 on her jersey because she and her sister Jennifer were both born in October (the 10th month)…Considers her greatest collegiate basketball memory to be hitting the game-winning shot in the Big East Championship her junior year in college…Named the Best Female College Athlete of the Year at the 10th Annual ESPY Awards on 7/10/02…Chosen as Team Sportswoman of the Year by The Women’s Sports Foundation on 10/21/02…Selected as the Female Sports Star of the Year by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer at the 68th Annual Sports Star of the Year Awards Banquet in Seattle on 1/27/03…Says she’s interested in a career in broadcasting following her playing days and served as a guest color analyst on several of ESPN’s broadcasts of the 2003 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament…Off the court, says she loves to bake chocolate-chip cookies and eat French fries… Considers her favorite basketball-themed movies to be “Hoosiers” and “Blue Chips”…Says her favorite television shows include “The Sopranos,” “Friends” and “Seinfeld”…Enjoys listening to the music of the Dave Matthews Band, Notorious B.I.G. and DMX.
2008 Season Highs Career Highs 24 8 11 3 1 40
@ Connecticut, August 31 (2x) Phoenix, June 11 Minnesota, July 5 Indiana, June 20 (4x) Indiana, June 20 (2x) Detroit, June 7
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Portland, August 9, 2002 Phoenix, June 11, 2008 (5x) Minnesota, July 1, 2006 Los Angeles, May 21, 2006 @ Minnesota, August 1, 2006 (2x) Minnesota, June 4, 2002
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the Year in 1999, 2000 and 2001…Remains Conference USA and Tulane all-time blocked-shots leader (248)… Scored in double figures in 58 of her final 62 collegiate games…Tallied 20-plus points 27 times during her final two college seasons…Finished with 31 double-doubles in her university playing days…Was the only player in the nation to rank among the NCAA statistical leaders in scoring, rebounding, blocked shots and field-goal percentage as a junior and a senior…Averaged 14.0 ppg and 7.5 rpg in her four college years…Selected as a member of Tulane’s All-Quarter-Century Team.
2007 WNBA REGULAR SEASON:
Averaged 8.8 ppg, 5.3 rpg and 24.4 mpg in 29 games…Ranked 11th in the league in blocks (0.97 bpg)…Scored 10-plus points 11 times and surpassed 20 points once…Recorded three double-doubles… Led the team in scoring four times and in rebounding five times… Underwent successful surgery to repair damaged ligaments in her left wrist on 8/13, an injury that sidelined her for the final five games of the season…Grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds vs. Phoenix on 5/23…Set a WNBA record for rebounds in a half with 16 in the first half against Phoenix on 5/23…Recorded her 100th career assist in the win against Chicago on 6/12…Played a career-high 39 minutes at Sacramento on 8/3…2007 Playoffs: Not on active roster due to season-ending wrist surgery.
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WNBA CAREER:
Position: Center Height: 6-5 Weight: 199 WNBA Years: Seven From: Tulane ’01 Birthdate: 5/19/79 Birthplace: New Orleans Acquired: Traded from the Minnesota Lynx to Seattle with Sheri Sam on 4/15/04 in exchange for Amanda Lassiter and Seattle’s 2004 first-round draft pick
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx in the second round (28th pick overall) of the 2001 WNBA Draft…A member of the 2004 WNBA Champion Storm…2006: Averaged 11.1 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 0.93 bpg and 27.3 mpg in 27 games…Ranked sixth in the league in field-goal percentage (.511) and 11th in blocks (0.93 bpg)…Missed seven games due to a left shoulder injury (5/21-23 and 7/22-30)…Led the team in rebounding 13 times…Made her season debut at Phoenix on 5/25, scoring 14 points and grabbing six rebounds…Scored 23 points and grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds at Connecticut on 6/9…Also hit the first three-pointer of her career on 6/9…Scored a season-high 24 points on 9-for-11 shooting on 7/1 vs. Minnesota to surpass the 1,000-point mark for her career…Recorded a double-double in consecutive games for the first time in her career with 10 points and 13 rebounds vs. Connecticut on 7/16 after scoring 12 points and grabbing a career-high-tying 14 rebounds vs. New York on 7/14…2006 Playoffs: Averaged 10.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 1.0 bpg and 27.3 mpg in three games…2005: Averaged 10.0 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 1.18 bpg and 25.3 mpg in 34 games…Runner-up for the league’s Most Improved Player award after nearly doubling her scoring and rebounding numbers from the previous season…Ranked fourth in the WNBA in field-goal percentage, ninth in blocks and 13th in rebounds…Recorded three double-doubles (vs. Indiana on 6/4, vs. New York on 7/19 and at Houston on 8/14)…Sank the game-winning basket at the buzzer in Charlotte on 6/12…Poured in a career-high 27 points vs. Charlotte on 7/29…Tied a Storm record with seven offensive rebounds on
WNBA CAREER STATISTICS Lg Tm G 2001 W Min 20 2002 W Min 31 2003 W Min 29 2004 W Sea 29 2005 W Sea 34 2006 W Sea 27 2007 W Sea 29 Career Totals 199
GS Min FG FGA 0 169 16 48 2 344 31 83 14 438 76 155 0 514 51 119 34 859 127 243 27 741 113 221 29 709 93 209 106 3773 507 1078
PCT 3P 3PA PCT .333 0 1 .000 .373 0 1 .000 .490 0 2 .000 .429 0 0 .000 .523 0 0 .000 .511 1 1 1.000 .445 0 1 .000 .470 1 6 .167
FT FTA PCT 15 20 .750 21 36 .583 54 70 .771 39 67 .582 86 123 .699 73 109 .670 70 101 .693 358 526 .681
OR DR 23 19 29 31 40 68 51 45 81 118 63 115 67 87 354 483
Reb As 42 5 60 7 108 19 96 19 199 23 178 22 154 22 837 117
PF 20 60 81 84 139 91 86 561
St 2 7 13 23 19 17 13 94
TO Blk Pts 20 15 47 18 13 83 42 28 206 41 36 141 78 40 340 55 25 300 58 28 256 312 185 1373
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GS Min 3 42 0 109 3 90 3 81 9 322
FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT 6 18 .333 0 0 .000 12 27 .444 0 0 .000 11 18 .611 0 0 .000 10 26 .385 0 0 .000 39 89 .438 0 0 .000
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OR DR Reb 2 7 9 10 8 18 8 6 14 3 7 10 23 28 51
As 2 1 3 1 7
PF St TO Blk Pts 3 4 3 2 16 17 9 8 10 27 11 3 2 1 28 11 2 1 3 31 42 18 14 16 102
PERSONAL:
7/19 vs. New York…Named WNBA Player of the Week on 8/1…2005 Playoffs: Averaged 9.3 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.0 apg and 30.0 mpg in three games…2004: Averaged 4.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 0.7 apg, 1.24 bpg and 17.7 mpg in 29 games…Missed five games due to right hip bursitis… Scored in double figures in three games (12 vs. Los Angeles on 5/22, 12 at New York on 6/15 and 10 at Indiana on 9/13)…2004 Playoffs: Averaged 3.4 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 1.25 bpg and 13.6 mpg in eight games…2003: Posted then-career highs in scoring, rebounding and field-goal accuracy…Started the final 14 games of the season, averaging 11.9 ppg, 6.2 rpg and 1.64 bpg in 23.0 mpg as a starter…Reached double figures in scoring during 10 of her last 13 outings (11 times overall)… Recorded a club-record five blocks in a career-high 34 minutes on 7/26 at Indiana…Netted a then-career-high 21 points and had a career-high four steals on 7/25 vs. San Antonio…2003 Playoffs: Started in all three Lynx playoff games…Averaged 5.3 ppg and 3.0 rpg in 14.0 mpg…2002: Averaged 2.7 ppg and 1.9 rpg in 11.1 mpg…Appeared in 31 games (tied for a team high) and had two starts…2001: Averaged 2.4 ppg and 1.5 rpg in 8.4 mpg…Appeared in 20 games…Scored a season-high 12 points with a season-high six rebounds and a clubrecord-tying four blocks vs. Sacramento on 8/5…Became the second Tulane player to be drafted by Minnesota in as many years, following Grace Daley (first round, fifth pick overall) in 2000.
Parents are Jimmie and Esther Burse, and has a sister, DeAllen…Hobbies include styling hair, shopping and playing computer games…Has a pet dog named Ginger…Lists her favorite color as pink…Considers her parents to be her role models…Once had aspirations of becoming a nun…Lists her favorite movie as “What’s Love Got To Do With It?”…Wears a size-12 shoe… Says her pregame ritual is praying during the National Anthem…Lists Tina Thompson as the athlete she would most like to play one-on-one…Besides her home, Canal and Bourbon Streets are her favorite places to visit when in her home town of New Orleans…If given the opportunity, says she would love to have dinner with Oprah Winfrey to see if she would get a car at the end of the meal…Would love to have a shopping spree at Friedman’s Jewelers because diamonds really are a girl’s best friend…Lists the Bible as her favorite book and enjoys playing basketball overseas because it allows her to focus more on her spirituality.
COLLEGE:
Named to the All-Conference USA First Team in 2000 and 2001…Selected Conference USA’s Defensive Player of Pts Rebs Asts Stls Blks Min
2007 Season Highs Career Highs 21 19 4 2 3 39
Detroit, June 20, 2007 Phoenix, May 23, 2007 @ Chicago, June 12, 2007 @ Los Angeles, June 24, 2007 (2x) @ Chicago, June 12, 2007 (2x) @ Sacramento, August 3, 2007
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Charlotte, July 29, 2005 Phoenix, May 23, 2007 @ Chicago, June 12, 2007 (3x) @ Los Angeles, June 24, 2005 (2x) @ Chicago, June 12, 2007 @ Sacramento, August 3, 2007
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2008 WNBA REGULAR SEASON:
Averaged 11.3 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.9 apg and 29.9 mpg…Appeared in 31 games and started 28 times…Posted career-high 5 blocks vs. Houston on 6/14…Led team in scoring twice…Tallied season-high 19 points on 8-for-15 shooting vs. Phoenix on 5/22…Led team in assists once… Grabbed 11 rebounds vs. Minnesota on 7/22…Finished third on team in scoring per game (11.3), total points (351) and minutes per game (29.9)…Finished second on team in blocks (32)…2008 Playoffs: Averaged 2.7 ppg and 14.7 mpg in three games.
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Position: Forward Height: 6-1 Weight: 165 WNBA Years: Seven From: Connecticut ’02 Birthdate: September 22, 1979 Birthplace: McKeesport, Pa. Acquired: Traded from the Detroit Shock to Seattle on 2/19/08, in exchange for number four pick in 2008 WNBA Draft.
2007: Was the team’s leading scorer in three games, including a season-high 21 points vs. Washington on May 30…Was the team’s leading rebounder five times, including a season-high 13 rebounds on June 27 vs. Connecticut…Led the team in assists five times…Finished second on the team in season rebounding average (6.1)…Finished third on the team in assists per game (2.5)…Finished fifth on the team in scoring average (11.1)…Recorded a double-double 11 times…2007 Playoffs:…Started all 11 games during the playoffs for the Shock… Averaged 8.6 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game…Shot 45.1% from the field during the 2007 WNBA Playoffs…2006: Finished 19th in the WNBA in assists (3.1)…Posted her first 20+ point, 10+ rebound game since the 2002 WNBA Season on June 1 vs. New York with a season-high 20 points and 12 rebounds…Led or tied for the team lead in scoring on seven occasions, rebounding on one occasion and assists on nine occasions…2006 Playoffs: Was the team’s second leading rebounder in the postseason (6.1) and finished third on the team in assists (3.2)…Led the team in assists (3.6) in the WNBA Finals and finished second on the team in rebounds (5.8)…2005: Named to the Eastern Conference All-Star Team as a reserve…Missed the first 12 games of the season rehabbing her injured knee (Shock was 6-6 without her in the lineup)…Voted by the fans as a starter for the Eastern Conference All-Star Team…Recorded one double-double (11 points and a season-high 12 rebounds) vs. New York on August 7…Scored a season-high 12 points on August 21 vs. Washington…Handed out a season-high five assists at Sacramento on July 24…Recorded three double-digit scoring games…Led or tied for the team lead in rebounding once, and in assists on four occasions…2005 Playoffs: Started both games of Detroit’s first-round series loss to Connecticut…Struggled from the field connecting on just 30.8 percent of her field goal attempts, but tied for the team lead in assists and steals…
WNBA CAREER STATISTICS Lg Tm G 2002 W Det 32 2003 W Det 33 2004 W Det 32 2005 W Det 21 2006 W Det 34 2007 W Det 31 2008 W Sea 31 Totals 214
GS 32 33 32 21 34 31 28 211
Min 1079 1097 1105 458 991 959 927 6616
FG FGA PCT 144 353 .408 195 430 .453 180 384 .469 48 126 .381 124 323 .384 126 307 .410 114 293 .389 931 2216 .420
3P 3PA PCT 13 63 .206 12 40 .300 8 23 .348 2 10 .200 1 13 .077 0 3 .000 1 8 .125 37 160 .231
FT FTA PCT 173 227 .762 146 214 .682 158 219 .721 21 32 .656 109 143 .762 92 121 .760 122 158 .772 821 1114 .737
OR DR 77 145 65 128 78 130 42 46 63 105 54 135 46 121 425 810
Reb 222 193 208 88 168 189 167 1235
As 86 119 135 43 106 79 58 626
PF 85 76 84 44 85 70 72 516
St 37 43 44 12 20 19 21 196
TO Blk Pts 100 31 474 108 23 548 81 29 526 47 6 119 88 11 358 81 13 344 69 32 351 574 145 2720
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G 8 2 10 11 3 34
GS Min FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT 8 289 43 104 .413 2 10 .200 2 50 4 13 .308 0 1 .000 10 265 29 80 .363 0 3 .000 11 277 41 91 .451 0 3 .000 0 44 4 12 .333 0 1 .000 31 926 121 300 .403 2 18 .111
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FT FTA PCT 42 52 .808 8 11 .727 18 25 .720 13 23 .565 0 0 .000 81 111 .730
OR DR Reb 24 27 51 5 4 9 19 42 61 16 26 42 3 8 11 67 107 174
As 35 7 32 18 2 94
PF St TO Blk Pts 21 4 28 5 130 4 3 4 2 16 22 3 22 3 76 5 5 18 2 95 3 1 3 2 8 73 16 75 14 325
2004: Named Second Team All-WNBA…Won an Olympic Gold Medal as a member of the USA Women’s Senior National Team in Athens…In doing so, became one of only six women to have won an NCAA Championship, a WNBA Championship, and an Olympic gold medal… Led the WNBA in free throws made (158) and attempted (219)…Scored a career-high 29 points at Sacramento on June 19…Grabbed a season-high 14 rebounds vs. Charlotte on July 23…Tied a career-high with nine assists at Charlotte on Sept. 4…Picked up a career-high and Shock record six steals vs. Houston on July 6… Blocked a season-high four shots vs. San Antonio on July 18…Led team in scoring 14 times, assists 15 times and rebounds six times…Recorded three double-doubles on the season…Scored 20 or more points on nine occasions and 10 or more points on 27 occasions…Grabbed 10 or more rebounds on three occasions…2004 Playoffs: Missed the entire postseason after injuring her knee on September 11 at Phoenix (team was 1-2 without her in the lineup)…2003: Member of the 2003 WNBA Champion Detroit Shock…Named Second Team All-WNBA…Named to the Eastern Conference All-Star Team as a reserve… One of two players in the league to rank in Top-20 in points, rebounds and assists (Tamika Catchings, Ind.)… Led the league in free throws made (146) and attempted (214)…Scored a season-high 26 points vs. San Antonio on July 1…Grabbed a season high 10 rebounds vs. Charlotte on May 31…Handed out a season-high six assists on five occasions…Blocked a season-high two shots on four occasions…Picked up a season-high five steals vs. Indiana on June 24…Recorded her lone double-double of the year that same evening (16 points, 10 rebounds)…Scored 20 or more points on nine occasions and 10 or more points on 32 occasions…Led team in scoring 19 times, assists 12 times and rebounds three times…2003 Playoffs: Averaged team-best 16.3 points with 6.4 rebounds and 4.4 assists in 36.1 minutes while starting all eight playoff games…Scored 26 points in Game 1 of the First Round at Cleveland on August 29 and recorded two double-doubles - 20 points and 10 rebounds in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals vs. Connecticut on September 7; and 13 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists in Game 3 of the Finals vs. Los Angeles on September 16…2002: Finished third in WNBA Rookieof-the-Year voting…Honored in June with the WNBA’s Community Assist Award…Led the WNBA in free throws made (173) and attempted (227)…Led team in minutes played, field goals (144), field goal attempts (353), free Pts Rebs Asts Stls Blks Min
throws, free throw attempts, offensive rebounds (77), defensive rebounds (145), assists (2.7), steals (37), and scoring average…Scored a season-high 25 points at Utah on July 8…Grabbed a season-high 15 rebounds at Washington on July 18…Handed out a season-high five assists on three occasions – at Indiana on June 1, at Minnesota on July 1 and vs. Charlotte on August 6… Picked up a season-high three steals on five occasions… Blocked a season-high four shots vs. Seattle on July 28… Her 15 free throws and 21 free throw attempts on June 28 were the most ever by a Shock player…Led team in scoring 21 times, rebounds 17 times and assists four times…Scored 20 or more points on five occasions and 10 or more points on 23 occasions…Grabbed 10 or more rebounds on eight occasions…Recorded seven doubledoubles…
College:
As a senior averaged 14.9 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists…Earned 2002 Final Four Most Outstanding Player honors after leading the Huskies to an undefeated 39-0 season and second national title in three years…2002 Kodak All-America First Team and 2002 AP All-America Second Team…All-Big East First Team and WBCA All-Star Team selection…Improved her free throw shooting by over 10 percent from junior season (.592 to .700)…As a junior, became 20th player all-time at UCONN to score 1,000 career points, finishing with 1,583…Averaged 12.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists while leading UCONN to the 2001 Final Four and earning a spot on the 2001 All-Big East Second Team…As a sophomore, won her first career national title averaging 9.9 points and 5.3 rebounds and earning All-Big East Third Team honors…Started in 14 of 22 games as a freshman despite missing 12 games due to a stress fracture…Scored in double figures in twelve games in 1999 while averaging 9.5 points and 5.2 rebounds per game…Wore number 23 as a freshman before changing to 32 for her final three seasons…
Personal:
Born Swintayla Marie Cash on September 22, 1979… Member of Girl Scouts, Boys and Girls Club, YMCA/ YWCA and AAU growing up…Majored in Communication Science at UConn…Launched Cash for Kids, a charitable organization that raises money for children in need in 2005
2008 Season Highs Career Highs 19 11 6 2 5 38
Houston, June 1 (2x) @ Minnesota, July 22 Phoenix, July 10 @ Atlanta, Sept. 2 (5x) @ Houston, June 14 @ Minnesota, June 22
29 15 9 6 5 45
@ Sacramento, June 19, 2004 @ Washington, July 18, 2002 @ Charlotte, Sept. 4, 2004 (2x) Houston, July 6, 2004 @ Houston, June 14, 2008 @ Connecticut, June 25, 2004
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PERSONAL:
One of three players to appear in all 34 games for the Storm…Started three times…Averaged 5.0 ppg, 0.6 apg and 13.8 mpg…Scored career-high 20 points vs. Atlanta on 9/12…Tallied 10-plus points four times and grabbed five rebounds twice…Shot 5-for-10 from the field and 5-for-6 from behind the arc for 17 points vs. Sacramento on 9/9…2008 Playoffs: Scored six points in three games.
Full name is Kathryn Ann Gearlds…Has two older sisters, Shawn and Amy, and a younger brother, T.J, who also attends Purdue… Majored in sociology… Named MVP of 2002 AAU 17-and-under National Tournament after leading Indiana’s Finest Black Cats to the national
WNBA Career:
2007: Averaged 4.0 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 0.7 apg and 13.2 mpg…Saw action in 33 games during her rookie season, missing only the 7/29 game vs. San Antonio (DNP-CD)…Tallied 10-plus points five times and led the team in assists once…Scored her first WNBA point in her Storm debut against Houston on 5/19…Connected on her first field goal as a pro vs. Phoenix on 5/23…Tallied a career-high 17 points on 5-for-6 shooting, including 4-for-5 from behind the arc, at Chicago on 6/12… Shot 5-for-6 from the field and 3-for-3 from behind the arc for 13 points vs. Phoenix on 8/4…2007 Playoffs: Averaged 1.5 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 1.5 apg and 11.5 mpg in two games.
Katie Gearlds
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Position: Guard/Forward
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Height: 6-1 Weight: 184 WNBA Years: Two From: Purdue ’07 Birthdate: October 26, 1984 Birthplace: Beech Grove, Ind. Acquired: Selected by Seattle in the first round (seventh pick overall) of the 2007 WNBA Draft
2006-07: Named All-Big Ten First Team and Most Outstanding Player of the Big Tournament as Purdue defeated Penn State to win the conference title…Won the women’s title at the 19th Annual State Farm College Three-Point Championships during the 2007 NCAA Final Four and beat Oregon’s Aaron Brooks to win the overall title…Scored a school-record 41 points in Purdue’s win over Wisconsin on Feb. 18…2005-06: Named Honorable Mention AP All-American and First Team All-Big Ten…Matched her previous career high with 32 points vs. Indiana on Feb 19…Knocked down a career-high six threepointers on nine attempts vs. Valparaiso…Scored her 1,000th point vs. Illinois, becoming the 21st Boilermaker to join the 1,000-point club…Reached 1,000 points in 80 games, making her the seventh-fastest Purdue player to reach that plateau
WNBA CAREER STATISTICS Lg Tm 2007 W Sea 2008 W Sea Totals
G 33 34 67
GS Min FG FGA PCT 0 437 44 114 .386 3 468 59 158 .373 3 906 103 272 .379
3P 3PA PCT 22 64 .344 36 92 .391 58 156 .372
FT FTA PCT 22 25 .880 17 23 .739 39 48 .813
OR DR Reb 16 37 53 5 39 44 21 76 97
As 24 21 45
PF 22 28 50
St 12 11 23
TO Blk 20 6 15 3 35 9
Pts 132 171 303
FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 3 8 .333 2 5 .400 4 10 .375 3 6 .500
FT FTA PCT 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 2 .500
OR DR Reb 1 2 3 1 0 1 2 2 4
As PF St TO Blk Pts 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 3 0 0 6 5 5 4 1 0 9
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GS Min 0 23 0 21 0 44
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2004-05: Named Second Team All-Big Ten by coaches and Third team All-Big Ten by media…Scored a seasonhigh 24 points vs. South Dakota State…Shot a Purdue single-season record 89.0 percent from the free throw line (81-91)…Led the team in assists with 3.0 per game…2003-04: Named Big Ten Freshman of the Year and Honorable Mention All-Big Ten…Averaged 8.7 ppg in the NCAA Tournament and shot 56.5 percent from the floor (26-46) and 72.2 percent from three-point range (13-18) during postseason play…Scored a season-high 32 points at Iowa on Feb. 10 to tie for second on Purdue’s freshman single-game scoring list.
title…Member of the 2006 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Foreign Tour that competed in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden…Lists her favorite book as “Tuesdays with Morrie,” by Mitch Albom and ESPN.com as her favorite web site…Nickname is “KG” after her initials…Dreams of attending The Masters golf tournament…Drives a yellow 2002 Ford Mustang convertible after making a deal with her parents her freshman year in high school that if she was named Miss Basketball her senior year she could have the car of her dreams.
Pts Rebs Asts Stls Blks Min
2008 Season Highs Career Highs 20 5 3 2 2 38
Atlanta, Sept. 12 @ Sacramento, Sept. 9 (2x) @ San Antonio, May 24 Atlanta, Sept. 12 @ Minnesota, July 22 Atlanta, Sept. 12
20 6 3 2 3 38
Atlanta, Sept. 12, 2008 @ Chicago, June 12, 2007 @ San Antonio, May 24, 2008 (2x) Atlanta, Sept. 12, 2008 (3x) @ Chicago, June 12, 2007 Atlanta, Sept. 12, 2008
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Lauren Jackson
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Position: Forward/Center Height: 6-5 Weight: 187 WNBA Years: Eight From: Australia Birthdate: May 11, 1981 Birthplace: Albury, Australia Acquired: Selected by Seattle in the first round (first pick overall) of the 2001 WNBA Draft
2007 WNBA REGULAR SEASON: Averaged 23.8 ppg, 9.7 rpg, 1.3 apg, 1.0 spg, 2.0 bpg and 32.9 mpg…Led the league and posted career highs in scoring (23.8 ppg), rebounding (9.7 rpg) and double-doubles (17)…Named WNBA MVP for the second time in her career and earned WNBA Defensive Player of the Year honors for the first time… Ranked second in the WNBA in blocks (2.03 bpg), third in field-goal percentage (.519), fifth in free throw percentage (.883) and 13th in three-point percentage (.402)…Scored 30-plus points a WNBA-record nine times…Named Western Conference Player of the Week a WNBA-record five times…Missed three games during the season, one due to illness (6/7) and two for personal reasons (8/7-9), with the Storm going 0-3 in those games…Grabbed the 1,500th rebound of her career at Indiana on 6/13…Hit the 250th three-pointer of her career vs. Houston on 6/15… Made her sixth All-Star Game appearance on 7/15, tallying 14 points and five rebounds while shooting 4-of-7 from
WNBA CAREER STATISTICS Lg Tm G 2001 W Sea 29 2002 W Sea 28 2003 W Sea 33 2004 W Sea 31 2005 W Sea 34 2006 W Sea 30 2007 W Sea 31 2008 W Sea 21 Totals 237
GS 29 28 33 31 34 30 31 21 237
Min 1001 882 1109 1070 1176 853 1020 694 7804
FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT 149 406 .367 40 129 .310 104 143 .727 186 462 .403 42 120 .350 68 90 .756 254 526 .483 39 123 .317 151 183 .825 220 460 .478 52 115 .452 142 175 .811 206 450 .458 34 118 .288 151 181 .834 193 361 .535 29 77 .377 170 189 .899 258 497 .519 49 122 .402 174 197 .883 149 330 .452 28 95 .295 99 106 .934 1615 3492 .462 313 899 .348 1059 1264 .838
OR DR 57 136 66 124 82 225 64 143 96 217 70 160 80 220 39 108 554 1333
Reb As 193 44 190 41 307 62 207 51 313 57 230 48 300 40 147 26 1887 369
PF 97 95 106 93 100 90 93 67 275
St 54 30 38 31 36 24 31 31 275
TO Blk Pts 53 64 442 47 81 482 69 64 698 67 62 634 59 67 597 40 51 585 56 63 739 40 33 425 431 741 4602
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GS Min FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT 2 68 9 26 .346 0 6 .000 8 287 53 113 .469 16 22 .727 3 102 17 39 .436 4 13 .308 3 91 15 28 .536 2 7 .286 2 68 13 23 .565 3 10 .300 18 616 107 229 .467 25 58 .431
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Five-time All-WNBA First Team (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007)…2001 WNBA Rookie of the Year Runner-up…Member of the 2004 WNBA Champion Storm… Shares WNBA record for most points in a game (47 at Washington on 7/24/07) and minutes played in a game (55 vs. Washington on 7/3/01
Averaged 20.2 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 1.2 apg, 1.5 spg, 1.6 bpg and 33.0 mpg in 21 games…Named to the All-WNBA Second Team…Finished second in the WNBA in free throw percentage (0.934)…Missed five games to train with Australian National Team, then missed last eight games of regular season due to having arthroscopic surgery on her right ankle after the Olympics…Finished 10th in WNBA MVP voting…Scored 20-plus points nine times and 30-plus points three times…Finished first on team in scoring (20.2 ppg), rebounds (7.0 rpg) and blocks per game (1.57)…Recorded her only double-double of the season with 20 points and 14 rebounds vs. Phoenix on 6/11…Scored season-high 34 points on 15-for-22 shooting vs. Minnesota on 7/5…Blocked five shots vs. Los Angeles on 7/12.
FT FTA PCT 5 7 .714 35 39 .897 5 6 .833 22 24 .917 9 9 1.000 76 85 .894
OR DR Reb 5 5 10 20 40 60 4 20 24 4 20 24 4 19 23 37 104 141
As 3 11 2 2 1 19
PF St TO Blk Pts 9 3 4 6 23 23 8 16 9 157 11 4 8 4 43 8 2 5 7 54 9 2 5 3 38 60 19 38 29 315
behind the arc…Matched the WNBA record with a career-high 47 points at Washington on 7/24…Scored her 4,000th career point vs. Indiana on 7/27, becoming the fastest (209 games) and youngest (26 years old) player in league history to reach the milestone…Blocked seven shots vs. Sacramento on 7/31, the high game in the league this season…Played just 14 minutes at Sacramento on 8/3 after suffering a groin strain in the first half, ending her streak of consecutive games scoring in double figures at 30…2007 Playoffs: Averaged 19.0 ppg, 11.5 rpg, 1.5 bpg and 34.0 mpg in two games.
WNBA Career:
Selected as the first overall pick by the Storm in the 2001 WNBA Draft…Six-time WNBA All-Star (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007)…2003 and 2007 WNBA MVP…2007 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year…
– 4OT)…Ranks among WNBA’s career leaders in scoring (19.3 ppg, 4th), rebounding (8.1 rpg, 5th) and blocks (2.09 bpg, 3rd)…2006: Averaged 19.5 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 1.6 apg, 1.7 bpg and 28.3 mpg in 30 games…Posted career highs in field-goal percentage (.535, second in WNBA) and free throw percentage (.899, fourth in WNBA)… Finished first in the league in efficiency rating (23.7), third in blocks (1.70 bpg), fourth in scoring (19.4 ppg), fifth in rebounding (7.6 rpg) and fifth in double-doubles (eight)…Led the Storm in total points, rebounds and blocks…Scored a career-high and franchise-record 35 points at Phoenix on 5/25…Scored 19 points vs. Chicago on 6/7 to move past the 3,000-point mark for her career, becoming the youngest player (25 years, 27 days old) and the fastest player (162 career games) in league history to reach the milestone…Named to the WNBA’s All-Decade Team on 6/13…Named Player of the Week for the seventh time in her career on 7/5 after averaging 20.5 ppg and 11.0 rpg while shooting 77.8 percent from the field in games on 6/27 and 7/1…Made her fifth WNBA All-Star
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All-WNBA First Team for the first time…Led the WNBA in scoring and finished fourth in rebounding, sixth in field-goal percentage (.483), third in blocks and 10th in minutes…Recorded the fifth 20-20 game in WNBA history on 7/31 vs. Charlotte, scoring 23 points and grabbing a career-high and team-record 20 rebounds… Became the youngest player in WNBA history to reach the 1,000-point mark for career scoring vs. Phoenix on 6/7… Selected to her third straight WNBA All-Star Game (first time as a starter)…Named WNBA Player of the Week a league-record-tying three times (6/9, 7/28 and 8/11)… Made a WNBA-record 17 field goals vs. Los Angeles on 8/6…Made a franchise-record and WNBA-season-high 14 free throws vs. San Antonio on 8/12…Recorded 13 double-doubles, including a WNBA-record-tying seven consecutive games with double-doubles (7/258/12)…2002: Averaged 17.2 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 2.9 bpg, 1.1 spg, 1.5 apg and 31.5 mpg in 28 games…Selected as a reserve for the Western Conference squad at the WNBA All-Star Game for the second straight season…Ranked third in the WNBA in blocks, fourth in scoring and tied for 12th in rebounding…Scored in double-figures in appearance on 7/12, scoring seven points to go along with four rebounds and a game-high four steals…Scored the game winning basket with 10.2 seconds remaining in the Storm’s playoff-clinching win at Detroit on 8/8…2006 Playoffs: Averaged 18.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 2.3 bpg and 30.3 mpg in three games…2005: Averaged 17.6 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.1 spg and 1.97 bpg in 34.6 mpg… Named to her fourth WNBA All-Star Team…Named to the All-WNBA First Team for the third consecutive year… Started all 34 games (one of just four Storm players to appear in every game)…Led the WNBA in efficiency at 21.68…Finished second in the league in scoring, second in rebounding, fourth in blocks and fifth in minutes… Co-led the WNBA with 12 double-doubles…Named WNBA Player of the Week on 6/6…Scored a season-high 31 points in a win over Sacramento on 7/3…Grabbed her 1,000th career rebound on 6/22 vs. Connecticut… Hit her 1,000th career field goal on 8/20 at Sacramento, becoming the youngest player in WNBA history to reach the milestone…Received the ESPY Award for “Best WNBA Player of 2004” on 7/17…2005 PLAYOFFS: Started all three playoff games and averaged 14.3 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 0.7 apg, 1.33 spg and 1.33 bpg in 34.0 mpg…2004: Averaged 20.5 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.0 spg and 2.07 bpg in 34.5 mpg…Named to the All-WNBA First Team for her second straight year…Led the WNBA in scoring for the second consecutive year…Led the Storm in points, rebounds, three-point field-goal percentage and blocks… Finished 10th in the league in rebounding, third in blocks, third in three-point field-goal percentage (.491), seventh in field-goal percentage (.452) and tied for third in minutes…Scored in double-figures in all 31 games played to extend her streak to 84 consecutive games, the second-longest streak in WNBA history (92 - Cynthia Cooper)…Named WNBA Player of the Week two times
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(7/19 and 7/26)…Scored her 2,000th career point at Sacramento on 7/15 to become the youngest WNBA player ever to attain the milestone and the second-fastest to the feat at 109 games (90 - Cynthia Cooper)…Scored 20 or more points in a half in three games, including a team-record 23 points vs. Sacramento on 7/3…Missed three games (9/1-4) while on the injured list with a right mid-foot sprain (the Storm went 0-3 during her time on the injured list)…Received the ESPY Award for “Best WNBA Player of 2003” on 7/14…2004 PLAYOFFS: Started all eight playoff games and averaged 19.6 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 1.4 apg, 1.00 spg and 1.13 bpg in 35.9 mpg…2003: Averaged 21.2 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 1.9 apg, 1.15 spg, 1.94 bpg and 33.6 mpg in 33 games…Named 2003 WNBA MVP, becoming the first international player and youngest ever to garner the league’s highest honor…Selected to the
2002 PLAYOFFS: Started both First Round playoff games against Los Angeles and averaged 11.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.5 apg, 3.0 bpg and 34.0 mpg…2001: Averaged 15.2 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.86 spg, 2.21 bpg and 34.5 mpg in 29 games…Led all WNBA rookies in scoring, rebounding, steals, blocks and minutes…Named as a reserve on the Western Conference team at the 2001 WNBA All-Star Game in Orlando where she scored 11 points, grabbed three rebounds, handed out one assist and recorded three steals…Finished second behind Portland’s Jackie Stiles for the 2001 WNBA Rookie of the Year Award… Selected as a nominee for the 2001 Female Athlete of the Year Award at the 67th Annual Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sports Stars Banquet…Scored a season-high 26 points at L.A. on 8/4…Missed three games due to injury (mild concussion on 6/28 and a sore right shoulder on 8/11 and 8/14).
PERSONAL:
Full name is Lauren Elizabeth Jackson…Nicknames are “Loz,” “Jacko” and “LJ”…Began playing basketball at age 4…Her father Gary and her mother Maree each played for Australia’s national teams (Gary in 1975 and Maree from 1974 to 1982)…Won a gold medal with the Australian National Team at the 2006 FIBA World Championships in Brazil and silver medals at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, 2002 FIBA World Championships in China the 2000 Olympics in Sydney…Wears jersey number 15 in honor of her mother (Maree also wore 15 in her playing days)…Has been featured in various national and international sports publications…While at home in Australia, says she enjoys surfing and spending time at the beach…Listens to music such as Beck, Tim Freedman, The Whitlams (an Australian band), Nine Inch Nails and Guns ’N Roses…Lists her favorite Australian foods as Vegemite spread and Violet Crumble candy bars.
27 games, including 20 consecutive games to end the regular season (6/26-8/13)…Blocked a career-high and franchise-record eight shots (third-most in WNBA history) vs. Utah on 8/11…Missed four games due to a sprained right ankle (5/30-6/6)…
Pts Rebs Asts Stls Blks Min
2008 Season Highs Career Highs 34 14 5 4 5 39
Minnesota, July 5 Phoenix, June 11 Detroit, June 7 Connecticut, June 16 Los Angeles, July 12 Detroit, June 7
47 18 5 5 8 55
@ Washington, July 24, 2007 @ Washington, July 24, 2007 Detroit, June 7, 2008 (4x) Utah, August 3, 2001 Utah, August 11, 2002 Washington, July 3, 2001
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Shannon Johnson
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Position: Guard Height: 5-7 Weight: 152 WNBA Years: Ten From: South Carolina ’96 Birthdate: August 18, 1974 Birthplace: Hartsville, SC Acquired: Signed as a free agent on Feb. 23, 2009.
Started 32 games for the Houston Comets…Averaged 7.7 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 5.1 apg, 1.6 spg and 30.7 mpg…Matched career-high with 13 assists vs. Phoenix on 7/8…Scored 10-plus points 11 times… Scored season-high 17 points twice, including shooting 7-for-13 from the field vs. San Antonio on 6/26…Led team in assists 22 times…Finished first on team in assists (5.1 apg)…2007: Appeared in 33 games for the Detroit Shock and was in the starting lineup 8 times…Averaged 5.8 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 1.7 apg and 16.9 mpg…Scored season-high 23 points vs. Phoenix on 5/22…Finished second on team in three-point field goal percentage (.414) and third in free throw percentage (.820)…Scored 10-plus points 8 times…2007 Playoffs: Averaged 5.2 ppg and 2.5 apg in 11 games…Helped team reach WNBA Finals…2006: Ranked fifth in the league in steals per game (1.88), seventh in total steals (60), ninth in assists per game (3.7), and 11th in total assists (117)…Paced the team in assists and steals while finishing second in three-point field goal percentage (.352) and third in free throw percentage (.804), made free throws (78), free throw attempts (97), three-point field goals (32), and three-point field goal attempts (91)…Led the team in scoring five times, assists 16 time, steals 17 times and once in blocks…2005: Started in 33 of 34 games…averaged 9.3 points, 2.7 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.35 steals in 32.4 minutes per game…shot .365 (88-241) from the field, .311 (28-90) from beyond the arc and a career-high .831 (113-135) from the foul line…ranked fourth in the league in assists (4.6 apg), 12th in free throw percentage (.931/113-136) and 15th in steals (1.35 spg)…led the team in scoring five times, rebounding twice, assists 24 times and steals 14 times…scored in double figures in 13 games and handed out five or more assists in 16 games…scored her 2,500th career point on 7/14 at Sacramento…dished out her 1,000th career assist at Minnesota on 8/9, becoming the first player in league history to score more than 2,500 points and hand out 1,000 assists for her career…tallied her 300th career steal vs. Washington on 6/7…posted one double-double on the season with 14 points and a career-high 13 assists at Sacramento on 8/18…recorded 10 points and eight assists, as well as pulled down her 750th career rebound vs. Charlotte on 6/2…finished the season going 34 of 34 from the free throw line over the last 12 games, including a perfect 11 of 11 at Houston on 7/30…2004: Saw action in 31 games with 30 starts, averaging 9.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.55 steals in 30.8 minutes per
WNBA CAREER STATISTICS Lg Tm G 1999 W Orl 32 2000 W Orl 32 2001 W Orl 26 2002 W Orl 31 2003 W Con 34 2004 W San 31 2005 W San 34 2006 W San 32 2007 W Det 33 2008 W Hou 33 Totals 318
GS 32 32 22 31 34 30 33 32 8 32 286
Min 1147 1126 785 1110 1107 954 1104 875 559 1014 9781
FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT 151 338 .447 40 110 .364 122 309 .395 30 90 .333 90 245 .367 38 104 .365 157 389 .404 21 77 .273 138 319 .433 19 73 .260 89 234 .380 27 76 .355 88 241 .365 28 90 .311 104 256 .406 32 91 .352 57 166 .343 29 70 .414 80 211 .379 31 97 .320 1076 2708 .397 295 878 .336
FT FTA PCT 105 153 .686 107 144 .743 84 111 .757 164 214 .766 125 171 .731 82 107 .766 113 136 .831 78 97 .804 50 61 .820 62 83 .747 970 1277 .760
OR DR 44 106 53 102 15 62 49 80 39 95 14 68 17 74 31 64 18 43 31 76 311 770
Reb 150 155 77 129 134 82 91 95 61 107 1081
As 141 169 68 163 196 136 158 117 56 168 1372
OR DR Reb 4 17 21 3 9 12 8 17 25 15 43 58
As 14 19 28 61
PF 79 83 66 78 77 69 78 78 68 84 760
St 54 58 34 51 44 48 46 60 20 52 467
TO Blk Pts 121 12 447 102 7 381 54 6 302 98 7 499 107 3 420 99 4 287 113 5 317 75 5 318 40 2 193 78 9 253 887 60 3417
game…shot .380 (89-234) from the field, .355 (27-76) from beyond the arc and .766 (82-107) from the free throw line…ranked seventh in the WNBA in assists per game (4.4 apg), 10th in the league in steals per game (1.55 spg) and 15th in three-point field goal percentage (.355, 27-76)…scored in double figures 13 times, including two 20-point plus games…led the team in assists 23 times, steals in 10 games, scoring six times, rebounds once and blocks once…finished with a teamhigh 16 points to go along with 3 rebounds, a team-high 6 assists and 2 steals vs. Detroit on 5/22…tallied her first double-double of the season with 15 points and a career-high tying 12 assists (a Silver Stars record for assists in a game) to go along with 4 rebounds in 37
minutes vs. Sacramento on 5/28…recorded her second double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 assists in 37 minutes at Phoenix on 6/26…at the same time she recorded her 800th career-assist…finished with a season-high 25 points (7-12 FG, 3-4 3FG, 8-9 FT) to go along with 7 assists and 3 rebounds in 37 minutes at Detroit on 7/18…tallied 15 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists and a season-high 5 steals in 32 minutes against her former team, the Connecticut Sun on 7/24…set a Silver Stars record with 8 assists in the first half vs. Sacramento on 9/4…closed out the season by finishing with 16 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals vs. Charlotte on 9/17…missed three games with a bruised right knee (7/28-7/31).
WNBA CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS Tm 2000 Orl 2003 Con 2007 Det Totals
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G 3 4 11 18
GS Min 3 119 4 131 1 186 8 436
FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT 6 27 .222 2 13 .154 13 29 .448 5 10 .500 19 53 .358 9 26 .346 38 109 .349 16 49 .327
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FT FTA PCT 4 8 .500 14 18 .778 10 13 .769 28 39 .718
PF St TO Blk Pts 9 5 7 2 18 11 7 11 1 45 13 5 13 2 57 33 17 31 5 120
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2003: One of three Connecticut Sun players to start all 34 games, averaging 12.4, points, 3.9 rebounds, a career-best 5.8 assists and 1.29 steals in 32.6 minutes per game…shot .433 (138-319) from the field, .260 (19-73) from three-point range and .731 (125-171) from the foul line…named to the 2003 WNBA All-Star Eastern Conference Team for the fourth time in her career… finished the season ranked fourth in the WNBA in assists per game (5.8)…ranked seventh in the league in free throw attempts (171) and eighth in free throws made (125)…led the team in assists 31 times, scoring in 10 games and rebounds three times…scored in double figures 18 times, including six 20-plus point games… posted two double-doubles…became just the second player in league history to amass at least 2,000 points, 600 rebounds and 600 assists in a career with a 19-foot jumper vs. New York on 8/12…tallied her 700th career assist at Charlotte on 8/9 to become just the fifth player in WNBA history to reach 700 assists for their career… scored her 2,000th WNBA career point vs. New York on 8/12, becoming just the 24th player in WNBA history to reach the 2,000-point plateau…had the first field goal and first assist in Sun history…scored a season-high 31 points (9-16 FG, 2-4 3FG, 11-15 FT) to go along with 8 rebounds and 3 assists at Houston on 5/30…handed out 8 or more assists in 10 games, including a seasonhigh 11 assists at Minnesota on 7/10…started all four
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playoff games against Charlotte Sting and Detroit Shock, averaging 11.3 points, 4.8 assists and 3.0 rebounds in 32.8 minutes per game…tallied 15 points and 8 assists in the Sun’s series-clinching playoff game at Charlotte on 8/30…recorded a career playoff-high 16 points, 5 assists and 3 steals in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals at Detroit on 9/7…2002: Started 31 games, averaging a career-best 16.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.65 steals in 35.8 minutes per game… shot .404 (157-389) from the field, .273 (21-77) from three-point range and .766 (164-214) from the foul line…named to the 2002 All-WNBA Second Team for the third time in her career…was selected to the 2002 WNBA All-Star Eastern Conference Team for the third time… named WNBA Player of the Week on 6/10 becoming the first ever Miracle player to receive the award…finished the season ranked first in the WNBA in total assists (163) and fourth in assists per game (5.4 apg)…ranked second in the league in free throw attempts (214), sixth in minutes per game (35.8), ninth in scoring (16.1 ppg) and 11th in steals per game (1.65)…set or tied career highs in six statistical categories, including minutes, assists, points, field goal attempts, free throw attempts and free throws made…led the team in assists 26 times, scoring 16 times and rebounding 8 times…scored in double figures in 16 games, including one 30-plus point game and a team-high eight 20-plus point games… posted two double-doubles…tallied a career-high 35 points, scoring 11 in the third overtime period, while playing a career-high 51 minutes, the fourth most in WNBA history, in a triple overtime game vs. Cleveland on 6/8…finished with a game-high 21 points, a career-high 12 assists and 3 rebounds vs. Utah on 7/19…recorded 16 points and 10 assists vs. Sacramento on 8/8… missed one game due to personal reasons…2001: Appeared in 26 games, earning 22 starts…averaged 11.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.31 steals in 30.2 minutes per game…shot .367 (90-245) from the field, .365 (38-104) from three-point range and .757 (84-111) from the foul line…missed the first six games of the season (the first missed games of her WNBA career) due to surgery to repair her meniscus…led the team in assists eight times, scoring seven times and rebounding three times…scored in double figures in 18 games, including two 20-plus point games…eclipsed the 1,000 WNBA career point mark by tallying 14 points at Miami on 7/27…scored a season-high 25 points to go along with a season-high 6 assists and 5 rebounds vs. Phoenix on 8/5…tallied 21 points while connecting on a career-high 5 three-pointers at Indiana on 7/13… finished with 14 points, a season-high 9 rebounds and 5 assists vs. Portland on 8/1…2000: One of three Miracle players to start all 32 games, averaging 11.9 points, 4.8 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.81 steals in 35.2 minutes per game…shot .394 (122-309) from the field, .333 (30-90) from three-point range and .743 (107-144) from the foul line…named to the 2000 All-WNBA Second Team and
Eastern Conference All-Star Team for the second year in a row…ranked fourth in the WNBA in assists per game (5.3), fifth in minutes per game (35.2) and 11th in steals per game (1.81)…led the team in assists 24 times, rebounding seven times and scoring six times…scored in double figures 23 times, including two 20-plus point games…finished the season with four double-doubles… recorded a game-high 19 points and career-high 12 assists at Utah on 6/13…scored a season-high 23 points and grabbed a season-high 11 rebounds vs. New York on 7/1…nearly posted a triple-double with 8 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists at Sacramento on 7/27…hit the game-winning three-pointer with 1.5 seconds remaining at Charlotte on 6/10…started all three playoff games vs. Cleveland, averaging 6.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.8 assists…1999: Started all 32 games, averaging 14.0 points, 4.7 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.69 steals in 35.8 minutes per game…shot .447 (151-338) from the field, .364 (40-110) from three-point range and .686 (105-153) from the foul line…named to the 1999 AllWNBA Second Team and to the 1999 Eastern Conference All-Star Team…led the WNBA in minutes per game (35.8) and ranked seventh in assists per game (4.4)… led the team in assists 20 times, scoring nine times and rebounding five times…scored in double figures 21 games, including eight 20-plus point games…scored
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a career-high 31 points to go along with 9 rebounds in 5 assists at Sacramento on 7/24…finished with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists vs. New York on 7/29… posted back-to-back 20-plus point games to close out the season (20 at Minnesota on 8/20 and 22 at Detroit on 8/21).
COLLEGE:
Spent four years at the University of South Carolina… ranked second among NCAA Division I players in scoring averaging 24.7 points per game in 1996…was a Kodak Honorable Mention in 1996…named First Team All-SEC in 1994, 1995 and 1996…finished her collegiate career as the Gamecocks all-time leader in free throws made (478) and attempted (680)…ranks second in school history in scoring (2,230) and three-point field goal percentage (.387)…owns the Gamecocks record for most points in a game with 50 against Appalachian State on 1/31/96…has been inducted into the University of South Carolina Hall of Fame.
PERSONAL:
Full name is Shannon Regina Johnson…Second oldest of six children…Became interested in basketball in the seventh grade…Participated in T-Mac Bowl in 2002 which benefited the Special Olympics…Served on the Board of Directors for 2001 Osceola Wish Foundation… Considers Storm Head Coach Brian Agler to be an inspiration to her career…Has three sisters, Stacey, Shaquetta and Shquanda Bennett, and two brothers, Sanquan and Savion Bennett…Daughter of Jo-Ann Bennett…Enjoys playing PlayStation, cooking, playing pool, dancing and barbecuing on the grill in her spare time…Also enjoys playing volleyball and flag football… Favorite music is R&B…Collard greens and hog maws are her favorite foods…Has two dogs, Scottie and Misty…Nickname is “Pee Wee,” given to her in the sixth grade because she was smallest player on the volleyball team…Would like to own her own business, possibly a restaurant after her basketball career is over.
2008 Season Highs Career Highs 17 7 13 5 2 39
San Antonio, June 26 (2x) @ Phoenix, Sept. 7 (2x) @ Phoenix, July 8 Detroit, July 24 @ Sacramento, August 30 San Antonio, June 26
35 11 13 8 2 51
Cleveland, June 8, 2002 (2x) Atlanta, (2x) @ Los Angeles, July 3, 2006 @ Sacramento, August 30, 2008 (3x) Cleveland, June 8, 2002
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Averaged 12.2 ppg, 5.6 rpg in 13 starts for the Storm after being traded from Atlanta on June 22…In less than a full season in Seattle, Little established herself as one of the Storm's all-time biggest acquisitions…stepped into the starting lineup when Lauren Jackson missed the final 13 games of the season…As a starter averaged 12.2 points and 5.6 rebounds on 52.9 percent shooting, helping the Storm survive without Jackson…2007: Averaged 3.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg, and 20.9 mpg in her rookie season with the Silver Stars…Shot 41.2% from the field…Little first played under Storm Head Coach Brian Agler when he was an assistant in San Antonio during her rookie season, which resulted in her being named to the WNBA's All-Rookie Team.
Camille Little
COLLEGE: A four-time all-ACC selection, tallied more than 1,700
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Position: Forward Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 WNBA Years: Two From: North Carolina ’06 Birthdate: January 18, 1985 Birthplace: Winston-Salem, NC Acquired: Via trade with the Atlanta Dream on June 22, 2008 in exchange for second round pick in 2009 WNBA Draft.
points, 800 rebounds, 250 assists and 250 steals during her collegiate career…As a senior, averaged 13.7 points and 5.9 rebounds per game along with totaling 99 steals to help guide the Tar Heels to the Final Four…Ranked among the top 20 all-time at UNC in scoring…Named an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press following her junior year…Averaged 11.7 points and 5.5 rebound as a junior… As a sophomore, averaged 13.3 points and 8.0 rebounds in the ACC tournament, including a 23-point game against Duke in the finals… Named the 2004 ACC Rookie of the Year…Was the only freshman selected as a finalist for Kodak All-America honors…Became the first Tar Heel to be named first team All-ACC as a freshman… Started every game as a freshman, except Senior Day.
PERSONAL: Full name is Marissa Camille Little… Parents are Robert and Elaine Little…Has a sister, Brandi…Father played for the Harlem Globetrotters… Named Associated Press North Carolina Player of the Year as a high school senior…Two-time North Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year as a prep athlete…Led her high school to a state championship with a 30-0 record in 2001…Member of the National Honor Society… Voted Prom Queen as a high school senior…Majored in communication studies.
WNBA CAREER STATISTICS Lg Tm 2007 W San 2008 W Atl W Sea Totals
G 34 13 19 66
GS Min FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT 7 711 54 131 .412 3 11 .273 2 221 21 50 .420 4 10 .400 13 442 75 141 .532 5 15 .333 22 1374 150 322 .466 12 36 .333
FT FTA PCT 21 40 .525 16 27 .593 30 45 .667 67 112 .598
OR DR Reb 57 95 152 18 22 40 29 54 83 104 171 275
As 23 9 27 59
PF 70 34 52 156
St 30 10 18 58
TO Blk 40 11 18 7 42 6 100 24
Pts 132 62 185 379
FT FTA PCT 6 12 .500 15 18 .833 21 30 .700
OR DR Reb 4 7 11 4 6 10 8 13 21
As PF St TO Blk Pts 4 10 2 4 6 18 1 9 3 10 0 35 5 19 5 14 6 53
WNBA CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS Tm 2007 San 2008 Sea Totals
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G 5 3 8
GS Min 0 87 3 105 3 192
FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT 6 14 .429 0 0 .000 9 27 .333 2 4 .500 15 41 .366 2 4 .500
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2008 Season Highs Career Highs 21 12 4 3 1 34
Atlanta, Sept. 12 @ Washington, July 20 Atlanta, Sept. 12 @ Washington, July 20 Minnesota, Sept. 6 (12x) @ Phoenix, July 25
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Atlanta, Sept. 12, 2008 @ Washington, July 20, 2008 Atlanta, Sept. 12, 2008 (5x) @ Washington, July 20, 2008 (4x) Los Angeles, August 4, 2007 (2x) @ Los Angeles, August 14, 2007
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Averaged 0.9 ppg, 2.2 rpg and 10.0 mpg in 33 games for the Storm… Scored season-high 5 points and grabbed season-high 6 rebounds vs. Atlanta on 9/12…Played season-high 27 minutes vs. Los Angeles on 9/14…2008 Playoffs: Averaged 2.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg and 15.3 mpg in three games.
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Position: Center Height: 6-4 Weight: 180 WNBA Years: Five From: Tennessee ’04 Birthdate: August 12, 1982 Birthplace: Dallas, Texas Acquired: Traded from the Chicago Sky on June 29, 2006 in exchange for Cisti Greenwalt and a 2007 secondround draft pick.
Acquired by the Chicago Sky in the 2005 WNBA Expansion Draft… Selected by the Mercury in the second round (14th overall pick) of the 2004 WNBA Draft…2007: Appeared in 33 games for the Storm and was in the starting lineup five times…Ranked third on the team with 25 total blocks…Grabbed 10-plus rebounds twice and led the team in rebounding three times…Averaged 8.8 rpg over the final six games of the season…Grabbed a career-high-tying 13 rebounds at Detroit on 8/9…2006: Averaged 1.4 ppg, 2.7 rpg and 11.1 mpg in 29 games split between Chicago and Seattle…Traded to Seattle on 6/29… Appeared in 17 games for the Storm, averaging 1.2 ppg, 2.6 rpg and 11.6 mpg…Led the Storm in rebounding twice…Made her Storm debut vs. Minnesota on 7/1, grabbing two rebounds in four minutes of action…Scored her first points in a Storm uniform vs. New York on 7/14…Grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds vs. Detroit on 7/28…2006 Playoffs: Logged six minutes in two games for the Storm…2005: Averaged 3.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.0 bpg and 19.4 mpg…Was the only Mercury player to appear in all 34 games…Blocked a career-high five shots and grabbed a then-career-high nine rebounds at Houston on 6/4… Scored a career-high 10 points on 5/24 at Indiana…
2004: Averaged 0.9 ppg, 0.7 rpg and 6.8 mpg…Began the season on the injured list and appeared in just 19 games…Finished the season ranked third in the WNBA in blocks per 40 minutes (3.1) and ninth in steals per 40 minutes (2.46)…Played a season-high 17 minutes and had two steals on 7/7 at Los Angeles.
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2003-04: Started all 35 games for the Lady Vols… Finished the season ranked third in the SEC in blocks per game (2.0)…Averaged 8.1 ppg, 6.4 rpg and 2.0 bpg…2002-03: Led the Lady Vols in blocks with 63 on the season…Averaged 5.8 ppg, 5.4 rpg and 1.7 bpg…2001-02: Averaged 4.7 ppg and 2.6 rpg… Underwent ACL surgery prior to the season…2000-01: Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team…Averaged 8.9 ppg, 5.3 rpg and 1.5 bpg.
PERSONAL:
Enjoys reading, watching TV and completing crossword puzzles…Wants to become a professional makeup artist once her playing days are over…Has been an active member of the community, especially with Race for the Cure and other breast cancer initiatives…Earned a degree in public relations with a minor in business for the University of Tennessee…If given the opportunity to have dinner with anyone she would choose Oprah Winfrey…Drives a 2005 Mustang…Lists her favorite book as “Change the Way you See Everything: Through Asset Based Thinking” by Kathryn D. Cramer and Hank Wasiak…Hired as the ambassador for the team’s 2007 “Stormin’ the Sound” off-season community initiative, where she participated in events with Sonics All-Star Ray Allen and Legend Spencer Haywood.
WNBA CAREER STATISTICS Lg Tm G 2004 W Pho 19 2005 W Pho 34 2006 W Chi/Sea 29 2007 W Sea 33 2008 W Sea 33 Totals 148
GS Min FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT 0 130 7 14 .500 0 1 .000 15 658 42 129 .326 0 1 .000 5 324 18 54 .333 1 2 .500 5 409 22 63 .349 0 1 .000 1 329 13 43 .302 0 0 --- 26 1850 102 303 .337 1 5 .200
FT FTA PCT 3 7 .429 19 38 .500 5 16 .313 4 15 .267 3 10 .300 34 86 .395
OR DR 4 9 48 70 34 44 30 70 29 43 145 236
Reb 13 118 78 100 72 381
FT FTA PCT 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 4 .250
OR DR Reb 0 0 0 4 12 16 5 7 12 9 19 28
As 2 31 13 14 12 72
PF 22 108 53 57 62 302
St 8 20 8 16 12 64
TO Blk Pts 4 10 17 38 34 103 22 16 42 26 25 48 28 20 29 118 105 239
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G 2 2 3 7
GS Min 0 5 2 52 1 46 3 103
FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 4 11 .364 0 0 .000 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 7 17 .412 0 0 .000
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2008 Season Highs Career Highs 5 6 3 2 2 26
Atlanta, Sept. 12 Atlanta, Sept. 12 @ Los Angeles, June 24 @ Houston, June 14 (2x) Atlanta, Sept. 12 (5x) @ Los Angeles, Sept. 14 (2x)
10 13 4 3 5 35
@ Indiana, May 24, 2005 @ Detroit, August 9, 2007 (2x) Minnesota, August 21, 2005 @ Washington, July 24, 2007 (2x) @ Houston, June 4, 2005 Sacramento, May 21, 2005
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2008-09: USCBWA All-America and an Associated Press Third-Team All-American…Second-leading scorer in program history with 2,142 career points…Golden Bears’ all-time leading rebounder with 1,117 boards in her 120 games in the blue and…Guided the Golden Bears to their first-ever Sweet 16 appearance in the 2009 NCAA Tournament… First-team All-Pac 10 member and All-Defensive Pac-10 honoree after leading the conference in scoring and ranking third in rebounding… Averaged 16.3 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game in four seasons at Cal 2007…2006-07: Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention…Timeout for HIV/AIDS Classic MVP…Contra Costa Times Classic MVP…Vanderbilt Thanksgiving All-Tournament Team…2005-06: Pac-10 All-Freshman Team
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PERSONAL:
Ashley Janeen Walker was born Feb. 24, 1987, in Stockton, California…Parents are Tiran and Jackie Walker…Has an older brother, Tiran, Jr., who is a professional basketball player in England…her relative, James Hardy, played for the Utah Jazz…Voted Miss Grace Davis in high school…Enjoys hanging out with friends and talking on the phone…Aspires to be a teacher… American studies major.
Position: Forward Height: 6-1 Weight: 200 WNBA Years: Rookie From: California ’09 Birthdate: February 24, 1987 Birthplace: Stockton, Calif. Acquired: Picked in the first round (#12 overall) in the 2009 WNBA Draft.
Collegiate CAREER STATISTICS Season 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Totals
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G FGM FGA 30 156 315 32 189 355 34 201 391 31 233 429 127 779 1490
PCT .495 .532 .514 .543 .523
FTM 85 174 118 122 499
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FTA 125 227 151 158 661
PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB AST STL BL PTS .680 1 4 .250 230 47 45 51 398 .767 0 4 .000 277 70 42 43 552 .781 0 1 .000 317 83 42 45 520 .772 10 27 .370 268 54 47 31 598 .755 11 36 .306 1092 254 176 170 2068
AVG 13.3 17.3 15.3 19.3 16.3
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Appeared in all 34 games and was in the starting lineup 14 times… Averaged 7.9 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.5 apg and 23.8 mpg…Tallied 10-plus points 14 times…Scored 17 points on 6-for-11 shooting vs. Minnesota on 9/6…Led team in assists four times…Second on the team in assists per game (2.5) and total assists (84)…2008 Playoffs: Averaged 13.7 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 2.7 apg, 2.0 spg and 34.3 mpg in three games…Scored 20 points on 8-for-15 shooting vs. Los Angeles on 9/23.
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Position: Guard Height: 5-11 Weight: 165 WNBA Years: Four From: Penn State ’05 Birthdate: November 29, 1983 Birthplace: West Mifflin, Pa. Acquired: Selected by Seattle in the first round (12th pick overall) of the 2005 WNBA Draft
2007: Averaged 4.1 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 2.0 apg and 16.1 mpg…One of four Storm players to appear in all 34 games…Posted career highs in scoring (4.1 ppg), assists (2.0 apg) and free throw percentage (.846)…Started five games in place of the injured Sue Bird (7/6-17) and averaged 9.0 ppg and 4.8 apg as a starter…Scored 10-plus points twice and surpassed 20 points once…Led the team in scoring once and in assists four times…Recorded her 100th career assist vs. San Antonio on 6/2…Scored the 100th field goal of her career vs. Chicago on 6/26…Scored a career-high 23 points in a career-high 38 minutes at San Antonio on 7/7…2007 Playoffs: Handed out one assist in 11 total minutes of action in two games…2006: Averaged 3.8 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 1.2 apg and 15.4 mpg in 33 games…Scored in double figures once and led the team in assists three times…Handed out a season-high four assists vs. San Antonio on 6/23, at Phoenix on 7/25 and at Minnesota on 8/1…Hit the first three-pointer of her WNBA career at Los Angeles on 6/28…Grabbed her 100th career rebound vs. Sacramento on 7/18… Scored a season-high 11 points vs. Sacramento on 7/18…2006 Playoffs: Handed out one assist in 11 total minutes of action in two games…
2005: Averaged 3.6 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 1.6 apg and 15.5 mpg in 34 games…One of just four Seattle players to appear in every game…Started eight games, averaging 6.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg and 3.0 apg in 27.8 mpg…Tallied at least five assists three times and led the Storm in assists four times…Scored five-plus points 10 times and 10-plus points three times, including a career-high 17 vs. Phoenix on 8/27…Reached the 100-point mark for her career at San Antonio on 8/23…2005 Playoffs: Averaged 3.0 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 2.3 apg ,1.0 spg and 12.7 mpg in three games.
COLLEGE:
WNBA CAREER STATISTICS Lg Tm G 2005 W Sea 34 2006 W Sea 33 2007 W Sea 34 2008 W Sea 34 Totals 135
GS Min FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT 8 528 49 106 .462 0 1 .000 0 507 42 119 .353 2 14 .143 5 547 50 125 .400 6 22 .273 14 808 108 250 .432 4 24 .167 27 2390 249 600 .415 12 61 .197
FT FTA PCT 24 36 .667 38 45 .844 33 39 .846 48 61 .787 143 181 .790
OR DR Reb As 20 37 57 53 19 41 60 41 17 26 43 69 32 84 116 84 88 188 276 247
PF 60 53 56 94 263
St 18 11 31 31 91
TO Blk 40 3 53 2 55 2 78 8 226 15
Pts 122 124 139 268 653
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GS Min 0 38 0 12 0 42 3 103 3 195
FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 7 15 .467 0 2 .000 14 34 .412 1 3 .500 22 57 .386 1 6 .200
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FT FTA PCT 7 7 1.000 0 0 .000 4 4 1.000 12 16 .750 23 27 .852
OR DR Reb 1 4 5 0 0 0 5 0 5 4 13 17 10 17 27
As PF St TO Blk Pts 7 6 3 2 0 9 1 1 0 2 0 0 5 6 1 6 1 18 8 10 6 11 0 41 21 23 10 21 1 68
2004-05: Selected three times as the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year (2003, 2004 and 2005)…Led the Big Ten in scoring with 19.3 points per game…Named a firstteam USBWA All-American, an Associated Press thirdteam All-American and a Kodak All-American honorable mention selection…2003-04: Won unprecedented backto-back Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year Awards… Also named First-Team All-Big Ten by both the coaches and the media…Recognized by the AP as Honorable Mention All-America…Named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week on 2/23…Was selected as the Junkanoo Jam Tourney MVP after scoring 39 points vs. George
Pts Rebs Asts Stls Blks Min
Washington and Kansas State… Won the Lady Lions’ Robin Lombard Award which recognizes a player who exemplifies the true Lady Lion spirit…Posted a season-high eight assists and hit two three-pointers vs. LSU… Scored a then-season high of 23 points vs. Kansas State… Tallied a season-high 24 points (10-of-17 from the field), six rebounds, three assists, two steals and a block at Iowa…Tied a career high with 28 points vs. Virginia Tech…2002-03: Tied a career high in rebounds with nine vs. Bucknell…Posted a career-best 28 points at Pitt… Scored 10 points vs. Holy Cross in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on 3/23…2001-02: Posted a season-best 19 points in a quarterfinal win over Ohio State…Registered a careerbest 26 points in the NCAA second round vs. Florida International.
PERSONAL:
In college, majored in elementary education with a minor in sociology…Enjoys watching Law & Order SVU as well as Will Smith movies…Has a superstition of wearing two pairs of socks during games…Lists winning the Big Ten Championship in consecutive seasons as her best basketball memories…Enjoys shopping in her spare time, especially for sneakers…Drives a 2002 Dodge Stratus named Ole’ Betty…Played in Israel this past offseason, and says the best part of playing basketball overseas is that it’s a great opportunity to learn about and experience different cultures…Lists Napoleon Dynamite as her favorite movie to quote, her favorite line being “Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills… You know, like nun chuck skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills…”
2008 Season Highs Career Highs 17 8 6 3 1 36
@ Sacramento, Sept. 9 (2x) @ Sacramento, Sept. 9 (2x) Minnesota, Sept. 6 (3x) Sacramento, July 27 (4x) @ Los Angeles, Sept. 14 (8x) Sacramento, July 27
23 8 7 3 1 38
@ San Antonio, July 7, 2007 @ Sacramento, Sept. 9, 2008 (2x) @ San Antonio, August 20, 2005 Sacramento, July 27, 2008 (5x) @ Los Angeles, Sept. 14, 2008 (8x) @ San Antonio, July 7, 2007
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2008 Miscellaneous Stats Storm vs. the WNBA in 2008
Overall EASTERN WESTERN
Record
Home
22-12 (.647) 9-5 (.642) 13-7 (.650)
Road
16-1 (.941) 6-1 (.857) 10-0 (1.00)
OT
6-11 (.353) 3-4 (.428) 3-7 (.300)
2008 Margins of Victory/Defeat Margins 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Won By: 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 2 Lost By: 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 Margins 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Won By: 1 Lost By: 1
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 1 1 1 1 40 41 42 43 44 45 46+
2008 Winning and Losing Streaks Long: Last:
Back Row (from left): Head Coach Brian Agler, Assistant Coach Nancy Darsch, Kristen O'Neill, Kelly Santos, Ashley Robinson, Shyra Ely, Katie Gearlds Camille Little, Assistant Coach Shelley Patterson
Front Row (from left): Tanisha Wright, Yolanda Griffith, Sheryl Swoopes, Lauren Jackson, Sue Bird, Swin Cash
2008 REGULAR SEASON STATS (22-12) PLAYER Jackson Bird Cash Wright Little (TOT) Little (SEA) Griffith Swoopes Gearlds Ely Santos Beck Robinson O'Neill Pascalau STORM OPPONENTS
G GS 21 21 33 33 31 28 34 14 32 15 19 13 30 30 29 25 34 3 34 1 22 1 17 0 33 1 11 0 3 0 34 34
MIN 694 1111 927 808 663 442 658 706 468 389 134 93 329 31 9 6800 6800
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG free throwS FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT 149 330 .452 28 95 .295 99 106 .934 172 390 .441 47 137 .343 74 85 .871 114 293 .389 1 8 .125 122 158 .772 108 250 .432 4 24 .167 48 61 .787 96 191 .503 9 25 .360 46 72 .639 75 141 .532 5 15 .333 30 45 .667 67 145 .462 0 0 --- 83 128 .648 75 192 .391 14 63 .222 41 59 .695 59 158 .373 36 92 .391 17 23 .739 47 115 .409 4 11 .364 15 24 .625 16 41 .390 0 0 --- 15 23 .652 4 9 .444 4 6 .667 5 6 .833 13 43 .302 0 0 --- 3 10 .300 0 4 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 --- 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 899 2112 .426 143 453 .316 552 728 .758 861 2164 .398 172 539 .319 512 680 .753
REBOUNDS OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ 39 108 147 26 67 0 14 70 84 169 61 0 46 121 167 58 72 0 32 84 116 84 94 1 47 76 123 36 86 2 29 54 83 27 52 2 77 112 189 45 110 1 26 100 126 60 44 0 5 39 44 21 28 0 30 60 90 16 56 0 10 18 28 5 26 0 2 10 12 6 7 0 29 43 72 12 62 0 0 3 3 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 340 822 1162 530 684 4 332 760 1092 498 674 7
STL 31 39 21 31 28 18 43 43 11 12 4 4 12 0 0 269 263
TO BLK 40 33 88 3 69 32 78 8 60 13 42 6 51 17 31 9 15 3 29 5 10 2 4 2 28 20 1 0 1 0 526 140 515 115
PTS 425 465 351 268 247 185 217 205 171 113 47 17 29 0 0 2493 2406
AVG 20.2 14.1 11.3 7.9 7.7 9.7 7.2 7.1 5.0 3.3 2.1 1.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 73.3 70.8
2008 STORM SEASON NOTES
Overall Loss - 1 Win - 7 Loss - 3 Win 09/12 vsATL 77-72 Loss 09/14 @ LA 48-65
WON LOST May 4 1 June 5 6 July 8 2 Aug. 1 1 At Start Of: 2nd- Ahead: Behind: Tied: 3rd- Ahead: Behind: Tied: 4th- Ahead: Behind: Tied:
OVERALL 13-4 8-8 1-0 15-1 6-11 1-0 16-1 5-11 1-0
Home Win - 10 Win - 10 Loss - 1 Win 09/12 vs ATL 77-72 Loss 06/16 vs CONN 67-74
Road Loss - 2 Win - 2 Loss - 6 Win 09/04 @ CHI 70-62 Loss 09/14 @ LA 48-65
OFFENSE VS. OPPONENT 70+ 17-4 .500+ 12-8 70< 5-8 .500< 9-4 DEFENSE 70+ 10-10 70< 12-2 HOME 11-1 4-0 1-0 12-0 3-1 1-0 13-0 3-1 0-0
ROAD 2-3 4-8 0-0 3-1 3-10 0-0 3-1 2-10 1-0
FG% -44% 45-49% 50-54% 55-59% +60%
OVERALL 11-9 6-3 4-0 1-0 0-0
HOME ATTENDANCE 17 Games 140,503 Total 8,265 Average 12,079 High
HOME 9-1 4-0 2-0 1-0 0-0
ROAD 2-8 2-3 2-0 0-0 0-0
The Storm completed its 2008 regular-season home schedule 16-1, tying the most home wins for a WNBA team. The Storm tied the franchise record for longest home winning streak with a pair of 10-game streaks, including the final 10 games at KeyArena from June 20-Sept. 12. The Storm’s 22-win season set a new franchise record. Seattle’s 3-0 start to the 2008 season was the first time in franchise history the team remained undefeated after its first three games. The Storm dropped to 1-5 all-time in First Round playoff series and was eliminated in the semifinals for the fourth consecutive season. Seattle fell to Los Angeles 1-2 in the First Round of the WNBA Playoffs. Sue Bird returned from the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics with a Gold Medal, while Storm teammate Lauren Jackson finished with a Silver Medal. Lauren Jackson was named to the 2008 WNBA All-Defensive Second Team. Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson were both named to the 2008 All-WNBA Second Team. The Storm's seven-game winning streak, from June 29 through July 18, was the longest in team history. Six of the seven wins came by double-figures.
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Date Opponent
Result
Record
1
5/17 CHICAGO
W 67- 61
2
5/20 SACRAMENTO
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2008 Game-by-Game Statistics High Scorer
High Rebounder
High Assists
Opp. High Scorer
Att.
1-0
Jackson-14
Cash-8
Bird-7
Date
Opponent
FG-FGA
PCT
3FG-A
PCT
FT-FTA
PCT
OR
DR
TR
A
PF
ST
TO
BS
PTS
Melvin-15
12,079
5/18
Chicago
26-71
0.336
3-15
0.200
12-15
0.800
12
22
34
14
19
7
9
3
W 74- 62
2-0
Cash-17
Swoopes-7
34
Bird-5
Brunson-15
6,871
5/21
Sacramento
23-60
0.383
6-15
0.400
22-23
0.957
9
21
30
16
17
12
14
7
5/22 at Phoenix
W 87- 83
3-0
Jackson-30
28
Jackson-9
Bird-6
Taurasi-23
7,059
5/23
at Phoenix
34-78
0.436
6-23
0.261
13-23
0.565
11
23
34
17
19
11
7
2
4
5/24 at San Antonio
L 72- 87
3-1
42
Cash-15
Jackson-7
Bird-7
Young-23
9,767
5/25
at San Antonio
30-64
0.469
5-14
0.357
7-10
0.700
8
17
25
23
20
8
15
1
5
5/30 SAN ANTONIO
W 78- 57
38
4-1
Jackson-28
Griffith-10
Bird-10
Young-14
6,810
5/31
San Antonio
30-62
0.484
3-12
0.250
15-18
0.833
12
26
38
19
23
9
15
5
6
6/1
HOUSTON
40
W 64- 63
5-1
Cash-19
Jackson-13
Bird-4
Johnson-17
6,116
6/2
Houston
19-57
0.333
0-9
0.000
26-38
0.684
14
22
36
12
25
11
14
7
7
6/3
18
at New York
L 63- 77
5-2
Jackson-19
Swoopes-9
Bird-4
Christon-25
6,928
6/4
at New York
20-51
0.392
5-13
0.385
18-24
0.750
9
22
31
9
17
7
22
1
8
20
6/4
at Detroit
L 67- 77
5-3
Jackson-27
Griffith-9
Bird-8
K. Smith-33
8,108
6/5
at Detroit
23-56
0.411
4-16
0.250
17-18
0.944
6
23
29
18
21
6
16
5
9
18
6/7
DETROIT
W 75- 67
6-3
Jackson-24
Griffith-8
Bird-8
K. Smith-18
7,105
6/8
Detroit
28-52
0.538
6-11
0.545
13-16
0.813
2
25
27
20
21
5
12
9
20
10 6/11 PHOENIX
W 83- 77
7-3
Jackson-20
Jackson-14
Bird-6
Taurasi-37
7,483
6/12
Phoenix
28-75
0.373
3-23
0.130
24-32
0.750
23
29
52
22
14
4
14
7
36
11 6/13 at San Antonio
L 69- 74
7-4
Bird-21
Griffith-10
Bird-7
Hammon-17
6,478
6/14
at San Antonio
28-66
0.424
7-21
0.333
11-15
0.733
8
27
35
16
21
7
8
6
22
12 6/14 at Houston
L 60- 68
7-5
Jackson-18
Jackson-9
Bird-3
Thompson-21
7,023
6/15
at Houston
20-61
0.328
3-11
0.273
17-24
0.708
7
23
30
10
21
8
11
6
22
13 6/16 CONNECTICUT
L 67- 74
7-6
Jackson-26
Swoopes-10
Bird-5
Jones-15
6,872
6/17
Connecticut
24-66
0.364
4-13
0.308
15-16
0.938
12
25
37
15
17
7
10
5
30
14 6/20 INDIANA
W 78- 70
8-6
Jackson-18
Cash-8
Bird-5
Sutton-Brown-14
7,393
6/21
Indiana
25-67
0.373
4-12
0.333
24-27
0.889
11
21
32
16
14
12
10
6
28
15 6/24 at Los Angeles
L 62- 76
8-7
Bird-11
Jackson-7
Bird-4
Parker-22
8,032
6/25
at Los Angeles
22-61
0.361
5-16
0.313
13-18
0.722
8
24
32
15
25
4
16
5
24
16 6/29 WASHINGTON
W 64- 49
9-7
Bird-14
Griffith-6
Bird-7
Beard-16
7,965
6/30
Washington
23-55
0.418
4-11
0.364
14-20
0.700
6
24
30
14
21
8
13
7
18
17 7/3
NEW YORK
W 84- 71
10-7
Jackson-33
Cash-10
Bird-6
Christon-19
6,973
7/4
New York
33-71
0.465
3-12
0.250
15-17
0.882
13
24
37
17
21
11
13
5
48
18 7/5
MINNESOTA
W 96- 71
11-7
Jackson-34
Jackson-7
Bird-11
Anosike-15
7,553
7/6
Minnesota
38-66
0.576
8-19
0.421
12-15
0.800
7
27
34
26
23
4
14
3
40
19 7/8
at Sacramento
W 79- 64
12-7
Jackson-17
Jackson-9
Bird-9
Kelly-12
5,724
7/9
at Sacramento
31-57
0.544
8-13
0.615
9-13
0.692
5
32
37
23
26
5
15
4
38
20 7/10 PHOENIX
W 89- 78
13-7
Jackson-25
Griffith-8
Cash-6
Pondexter-20
10,454
7/11
Phoenix
28-70
0.400
7-22
0.318
26-28
0.929
16
23
39
17
21
7
13
2
38
21 7/12 LOS ANGELES
W 70- 52
14-7
Bird-18
Griffith-12
Bird-3
Parker-14
10,833
7/13
Los Angeles
28-71
0.394
3-11
0.273
11-16
0.688
18
29
47
12
21
12
11
7
28
22 7/18
at Indiana
W 65- 59
15-7
Swoopes-15
Griffith-10
Bird-3
Sutton-Brown-12
7,450
7/19
at Indiana
21-58
0.362
4-11
0.364
19-27
0.704
11
30
41
10
17
6
14
3
20
23 7/20
at Washington
L 57- 89
15-8
Gearlds-13
Little-12
Little-3
McWilliams-Frank-22
8,543
7/21
at Washington
21-55
0.382
4-14
0.286
11-22
0.500
12
18
30
11
17
8
23
2
20
24 7/22 at Minnesota
W 76- 73
16-8
Bird-22
Cash-11
Cash-4
Houston-16
12,276
7/23
at Minnesota
28-61
0.459
4-10
0.400
16-19
0.842
10
29
39
13
18
7
19
5
36
25 7/25 at Phoenix
L 80- 94
16-9
Griffith-17
Wright-8
Bird-4
Taurasi-31
8,323
7/26
at Phoenix
26-70
0.371
2-14
0.143
26-36
0.722
14
23
37
13
23
4
9
6
40
26 7/27 SACRAMENTO
W 77- 71
17-9
Bird-24
Griffith-6
Wright-6
Robinson-13
8,651
7/28
Sacramento
27-59
0.458
5-15
0.333
18-25
0.720
6
21
27
15
23
11
16
2
34
27 8/28 HOUSTON
W 66- 49
18-9
Bird-22
Griffith-9
Wright-5
Hodges-10
8,320
8/29
Houston
25-64
0.391
4-14
0.286
12-17
0.706
11
30
41
11
29
9
14
2
30
28 8/31 at Connecticut
L 76- 80
18-10
Bird-24
Gearlds-5
Griffith-3
Jones-20
9,518
9/1
at Connecticut
28-62
0.452
4-9
0.444
16-21
0.762
7
23
30
14
20
8
12
1
32
29 9/2
at Atlanta
W 83- 69
19-10
Bird-21
Griffith-7
Bird-9
Lennox-25
7,390
9/3
at Atlanta
30-62
0.484
3-5
0.600
20-25
0.800
10
31
41
20
26
13
22
6
36
30 9/4
at Chicago
W 70- 62
20-10
Bird-19
Griffith-6
Bird-4
Perkins-22
3,829
9/5
at Chicago
28-51
0.549
3-8
0.375
11-15
0.733
7
20
27
10
15
8
24
3
34
31 9/6
MINNESOTA
W 96- 88
21-10
Bird-23
Cash-6
Wright-6
Augustus-26
9,339
9/7
Minnesota
30-57
0.526
3-8
0.375
33-43
0.767
8
21
29
19
18
10
12
4
42
32 9/9
at Sacramento
L 74- 77
21-11
Gearlds-17
Wright-8
Griffith-5
Powell-20
11,644
9/10
at Sacramento
28-59
0.475
5-12
0.417
13-16
0.813
5
26
31
18
27
7
24
1
34
33 9/12 ATLANTA
W 77- 72
22-11
Little-21
Ely-8
Little-4
Young-20
9,686
9/13
Atlanta
29-61
0.475
3-11
0.273
16-21
0.762
10
20
30
11
18
8
14
3
42
34 9/14 at Los Angeles
L 48- 65
22-12
Ely-16
Ely-8
Wright-4
Ferdinand-Harris-11
3,142
9/15
at Los Angeles
21-62
0.339
5-15
0.333
1-2
0.500
10
20
30
12
15
6
21
4
26
546-715
0.764
338
821
1159
528
693
270
496
145
1056
9.9
24.1
34.1
15.5
20.4
7.9
14.6
4.3
31.1
Reg. Season Totals:
903-2118 0.426 146-458 0.319
Reg. Season Averages: 26.6-62.3
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2008 Team Highs and Lows
Player Kimberly Beck Sue Bird Swin Cash Shyra Ely Katie Gearlds Yolanda Griffith Lauren Jackson Camille Little Kristen Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill Ashley Robinson Kelly Santos Sheryl Swoopes Tanisha Wright
Point Totals 10+ 20+ 30+ 0 0 0 18 8 0 19 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 9 0 0 11 6 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 19 0 0
10+ Reb 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
5+/10+ Ast 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Double-Doubles Pt/Reb Pt/Ast 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Game Leaders Pts Reb Ast 0 0 0 9 0 22 3 5 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 11 3 14 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 1 2 7
2008 Starting Lineups Forward Jackson Little Little Little Jackson Little Jackson Cash Jackson Cash Little
Forward Cash Cash Swoopes Cash Cash Gearlds Cash Swoopes Swoopes Swoopes Ely
Starters Records Bird Griffith Cash Swoopes Jackson Wright Little Gearlds Robinson Ely Santos
GS 33 30 28 25 21 14 13 3 1 1 1
W 21 18 19 16 14 9 8 1 0 1 1
Center Griffith Griffith Griffith Griffith Griffith Griffith Robinson Jackson Griffith Little Santos
Guard Bird Bird Bird Bird Bird Bird Bird Bird Bird Bird Wright
Guard Swoopes Wright Wright Swoopes Wright Wright Swoopes Wright Wright Wright Gearlds
L 12 12 9 9 7 5 5 2 1 0 0
2008 Games Lost Due to Injury/Illness Player Lauren Jackson Yolanda Griffith Ashley Robinson Sheryl Swoopes Swin Cash
Date(s) Injured/Ill August 28- September 14 June 14-16 July 22 July 5 July 25 September 2 September 9-14 September 9-14
Total games missed (5 players): 20
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Games Missed 8 2 1 1 1 1 3 3
Injury or Illness Ankle Surgery Strained Knee Migraine Sprained Ankle Strained Hamstring Plantar Fasciitis Concussion Back
GS 17 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
W 12 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1
L 5 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
Storm Team Highs
Storm Team Lows
Points 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter 1st Half 2nd Half Overtime FG Made FG Attempted FG Percentage 3P Made 3P Attempted 3P Percentage FT Made FT Attempted FT Percentage Off. Rebounds Def. Rebounds Tot. Rebounds Assists Steals Turnovers Blocks
(2) MR: 96 vs. Minnesota, 9/6 24 vs. Connecticut, 6/16 30 at New York, 6/3 33 vs. Minnesota, 9/6 35 vs. Sacramento, 5/20 51 vs. New York, 7/3 61 vs. Minnesota, 9/6 --- 38 vs. Minnesota, 7/5 78 at Phoenix, 5/22 .576 vs. Minnesota, 7/5 (2) MR: 8 at Sacramento, 7/8 23 vs. Phoenix, 6/11 .615 at Sacramento, 7/8 33 vs. Minnesota, 9/6 43 vs. Minnesota, 9/6 .957 vs. Sacramento, 5/20 23 vs. Phoenix, 6/11 32 at Sacramento, 7/8 52 vs. Phoenix, 6/11 26 vs. Minnesota, 7/5 13 at Atlanta, 9/2 24 at Sacramento, 9/9 9 vs. Detroit, 6/7
48 at Los Angeles, 9/14 (2) MR: 6 at Los Angeles, 9/14 8 at Washington, 7/20 (3) MR: 12 at Los Angeles, 9/14 10 vs. Sacramento, 7/27 18 at Los Angeles, 9/14 (2) MR: 27 at Washington, 7/20 --19 vs. Houston, 6/1 (2) MR: 51 at Chicago, 9/4 .328 at Houston, 6/14 0 vs. Houston, 6/1 8 at Chicago, 9/4 .000 vs. Houston, 6/1 1 at Los Angeles, 9/14 2 at Los Angeles, 9/14 (2) MR: .500 at L.A., 9/14 2 vs. Detroit, 6/7 17 at San Antonio, 5/24 25 at San Antonio, 5/24 9 at New York, 6/1 (3) MR: 4 at Phoenix, 7/25 8 at Phoenix, 5/22 (5) MR: 1 at Sacramento, 9/9
Opponent Team Highs
Opponent Team Lows
Points 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter 1st Half 2nd Half Overtime FG Made FG Attempted FG Percentage 3P Made 3P Attempted 3P Percentage FT Made FT Attempted FT Percentage Off. Rebounds Def. Rebounds Tot. Rebounds Assists Steals Turnovers Blocks
94 at Phoenix, 7/25 30 at San Antonio, 5/24 28 at Phoenix, 5/22 25 at Phoenix, 7/25 28 vs. Phoenix, 6/11 52 at Phoenix, 5/22 (2) MR: 47 at Phoenix, 7/25 --- 36 vs. Minnesota, 9/6 77 at Minnesota, 7/22 .548 at Washington, 7/20 (3) MR: 10 at Washington, 7/20 31 vs. Phoenix, 6/11 .600 vs. Minnesota, 7/5 27 at Phoenix, 7/25 32 at Sacramento 7/8 1.000 vs. Indiana, 6/20 17 at Los Angeles, 6/24 34 at Houston, 6/14 46 at Houston, 6/14 23 at Washington, 7/20 19 at Washington, 7/20 24 vs. Sacramento, 5/20 8 at Indiana, 7/18
(2) MR: 49 vs. Houston, 8/28 7 vs. San Antonio, 5/30 11 vs. Los Angeles, 7/12 (2) 10 vs. Houston, 8/28 9 vs. Los Angeles, 7/12 23 vs. San Antonio, 5/30 24 vs. Los Angeles, 7/12 --(2) 16 vs. Houston, 8/28 (2) MR: 53 vs. Los Angeles, 7/12 .276 vs. San Antonio, 5/30 0 vs. Houston, 8/28 5 at Chicago, 9/4 .000 vs. Houston, 8/28 7 vs. Sacramento, 5/20 (2) MR: 10 vs. Indiana, 6/20 .563 at Chicago, 9/4 4 at Sacramento, 7/8 10 at Chicago, 9/4 19 at Chicago, 9/4 6 vs. Houston, 6/1 3 vs. Washington, 6/29 (2) MR: 8 at San Antonio, 6/13 (3) MR: 0 vs. Detroit, 6/7
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2008 INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM SEASON HIGH GAMES
Storm Individual Highs Minutes FG Made FG Attempted 3P Made 3P Attempted FT Made FT Attempted Off. Rebounds Def. Rebounds Tot. Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Points
High 39:34 15 22 5 10 12 14 8 10 14 11 5 5 34
Player Bird Jackson Jackson Gearlds Bird Jackson Cash Jackson Jackson Jackson Bird Bird; Griffith (2) Cash, Jackson Jackson
Opponent Vs. Detroit Vs. Minnesota At DET; vs. MIN At Sacramento At Phoenix Vs. Phoenix Vs. Houston Vs. Phoenix Vs. Houston Vs. Phoenix Vs. Minnesota At ATL; At SAC at HOU; vs. LAS Vs. Minnesota
Date 6/7 7/5 6/4; 7/5 9/9 5/20 7/10 6/1 6/11 6/1 6/11 7/5 9/2; 9/9 6/14; 7/12 7/5
Storm Top Individual Performances Assists 11 – Bird, vs. MIN, 7/5 10 – Bird, vs. SAS, 5/30 9 – Bird, at SAC 7/8 9 – Bird, at ATL 9/2
Rebounds 14 – Jackson, vs. PHX, 6/11 13 – Jackson, vs. HOU, 6/1 12 – Griffith, vs. LAS, 7/12 12 – Little, at WAS, 7/20 11 – Cash, at MIN, 7/22
Points 34 – Jackson, vs. MIN, 7/5 33 – Jackson, vs. NYL, 7/3 30 – Jackson, at PHX, 5/22 28 – Jackson, vs. SAS, 5/30 27 – Jackson, at DET, 6/4
Opponent Individual Highs Minutes FG Made FG Attempted 3P Made 3P Attempted FT Made FT Attempted Off. Rebounds Def. Rebounds Tot. Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Points
High 40:00 13 22 7 12 10 12 6 12 16 10 5 5 37
Player Smith Taurasi (2) MR: Augustus Taurasi Taurasi Smith Young Raymond Snow Snow Harding (3) MR: Powell Pringle Taurasi
Opponent At Detroit Vs. Phoenix Vs. Minnesota Vs. Phoenix Vs. Phoenix At Detroit San Antonio Vs. Connecticut At Houston At Houston Vs. Minnesota At Sacramento Vs. Phoenix Vs. Phoenix
Date 6/4 6/11 9/6 6/11 6/11 6/4 5/30 6/16 6/14 6/14 9/6 9/9 6/11 6/11
Opponent Top Individual Performances Points 37 – Taurasi, vs. PHX, 6/11 33 – Smith, at DET, 6/4 31 – Taurasi, vs. PHX, 7/25 26 – Augustus, vs. MIN, 9/6 25 – Christon, at NYL, 6/3
Rebounds 16 – Snow, at HOU, 6/14 12 – Wauters, at SAS, 6/13 11 – Ford, at DET, 6/4 11 – Parker, at LAS, 6/24 11 – Leslie, vs. LAS, 7/12
Assists 10 – Harding, vs. MIN, 9/6 9 – Beard, at WAS, 7/20 8 – Nolan, at DET, 6/4 7 – Pondexter, vs. PHX, 6/11 7 – Miller, at PHX, 5/22
Player Min. KIMBERLY 24C BECK SEP. 14 at L.A.
Field Goals 2C SEP. 14 at L.A.
Free Throws 2C(2) SEP. 12 vs Atl.
Rebounds Off. Def. Total Assists Steals Turnovers 1C(2) 3C 4C 2C 2C 2C SEP. 14 SEP. 14 SEP. 14 SEP. 14 SEP. 14 MAY. 30 at L.A. at L.A. at L.A. at L.A. at L.A. vs S.A.
Blocked Shots 1C(2) SEP. 12 vs Atl.
Points 7C SEP. 14 at L.A.
SUE BIRD
40 JUN. 7 vs Det.
10 (2) AUG. 31 at Conn.
11T SEP. 6 vs Minn.
2 (3) 6 JUN. 11 JUN. 11 vs Phoe. vs Phoe.
8T JUN. 11 vs Phoe.
11 JUL. 5 vs Minn.
5 SEP. 2 at Atl.
6 JUN. 14 at Hou.
1 (3) JUN. 20 vs Ind.
24 (2) AUG. 31 at Conn.
SWIN CASH
38 JUL. 22 at Minn.
8 MAY. 22 at Phoe.
9 JUN. 1 vs Hou.
4 MAY. 17 vs Chi.
9 JUL. 22 at Minn.
11 JUL. 22 at Minn.
6 JUL. 10 vs Phoe.
2 (5) SEP. 2 at Atl.
7 JUL. 8 at Sac.
5C JUN. 14 at Hou.
19 (2) JUN. 1 vs Hou.
SHYRA ELY
32 SEP. 12 vs Atl.
7C SEP. 14 at L.A.
5T JUN. 11 vs Phoe.
4C JUN. 11 vs Phoe.
6T(2) SEP. 14 at L.A.
8T(2) SEP. 14 at L.A.
3T JUN. 13 at S.A.
2T(2) MAY. 30 vs S.A.
3 (3) SEP. 9 at Sac.
1T(5) AUG. 28 vs Hou.
16C SEP. 14 at L.A.
KATIE GEARLDS
38C SEP. 12 vs Atl.
6C(2) SEP. 12 vs Atl.
6C SEP. 12 vs Atl.
1 (5) SEP. 9 at Sac.
5C AUG. 31 at Conn.
5 (2) SEP. 9 at Sac.
3T MAY. 24 at S.A.
2T(2) SEP. 12 vs Atl.
4C JUL. 20 at Wash.
2 JUL. 22 at Minn.
20C SEP. 12 vs Atl.
YOLANDA GRIFFITH
32 SEP. 9 at Sac.
6 JUL. 25 at Phoe.
10 SEP. 2 at Atl.
6 (2) JUL. 18 at Ind.
7 (4) SEP. 9 at Sac.
12 JUL. 12 vs L.A.
5 SEP. 9 at Sac.
5 SEP. 9 at Sac.
7T JUN. 11 vs Phoe.
2 MAY. 20 vs Sac.
17 JUL. 25 at Phoe.
LAUREN JACKSON
39 JUN. 7 vs Det.
15 JUL. 5 vs Minn.
12 JUL. 10 vs Phoe.
8C JUN. 11 vs Phoe.
10 JUN. 1 vs Hou.
14 JUN. 11 vs Phoe.
5T JUN. 7 vs Det.
4 JUN. 16 vs Conn.
5 JUL. 10 vs Phoe.
5 JUL. 12 vs L.A.
34 JUL. 5 vs Minn.
CAMILLE LITTLE Atl.-Sea.
34 JUL. 25 at Phoe.
8C SEP. 12 vs Atl.
8C SEP. 6 vs Minn.
6C JUL. 20 at Wash.
6T(3) SEP. 2 at Atl.
12C JUL. 20 at Wash.
4T(2) SEP. 12 vs Atl.
3T(3) SEP. 4 at Chi.
5T SEP. 9 at Sac.
1 (13) SEP. 6 vs Minn.
21C SEP. 12 vs Atl.
CAMILLE LITTLE Sea.
34 JUL. 25 at Phoe.
8C SEP. 12 vs Atl.
8C SEP. 6 vs Minn.
6C JUL. 20 at Wash.
6T(3) SEP. 2 at Atl.
12C JUL. 20 at Wash.
4T SEP. 12 vs Atl.
3T(2) SEP. 4 at Chi.
5T SEP. 9 at Sac.
1 (6) SEP. 6 vs Minn.
21C SEP. 12 vs Atl.
KRISTEN O'NEILL
10C 0C 0C 0C JUL. 20 at Wash.
1C(3) SEP. 9 at Sac.
1C(3) SEP. 9 at Sac.
1C 0C JUL. 20 at Wash.
1C SEP. 12 vs Atl.
0C
0C
ASHLEY ROBINSON
27 SEP. 14 at L.A.
2 (3) SEP. 14 at L.A.
1 (3) SEP. 12 vs Atl.
4 JUL. 12 vs L.A.
4 (3) SEP. 12 vs Atl.
6 SEP. 12 vs Atl.
3 JUN. 24 at L.A.
2 (4) SEP. 2 at Atl.
4 (2) SEP. 14 at L.A.
2 (5) SEP. 12 vs Atl.
5 SEP. 12 vs Atl.
KELLY SANTOS
20 (2) SEP. 14 at L.A.
4T SEP. 12 vs Atl.
5C JUL. 20 at Wash.
2 (2) SEP. 14 at L.A.
3 (5) SEP. 14 at L.A.
5 (2) SEP. 14 at L.A.
2T JUL. 25 at Phoe.
2C SEP. 12 vs Atl.
2 (2) SEP. 14 at L.A.
1 (2) SEP. 14 at L.A.
8 SEP. 12 vs Atl.
SHERYL SWOOPES
33 (2) JUL. 18 at Ind.
6 (2) JUN. 11 vs Phoe.
6 JUL. 18 at Ind.
4 JUN. 16 vs Conn.
7 JUN. 3 at N.Y.
10 JUN. 16 vs Conn.
6 JUL. 3 vs N.Y.
4 JUL. 10 vs Phoe.
4 JUN. 4 at Det.
2 (3) JUN. 29 vs Wash.
17 JUN. 11 vs Phoe.
TANISHA WRIGHT
36 JUL. 27 vs Sac.
6 (5) SEP. 12 vs Atl.
6T JUL. 25 at Phoe.
4C JUL. 25 at Phoe.
5T(3) SEP. 9 at Sac.
8C(2) SEP. 9 at Sac.
6 (3) SEP. 6 vs Minn.
3T(4) JUL. 27 vs Sac.
8C SEP. 9 at Sac.
1T(8) SEP. 14 at L.A.
17 (2) SEP. 9 at Sac.
STORM High Games
200 (34) SEP. 14 at L.A.
38 JUL. 5 vs Minn.
33 SEP. 6 vs Minn.
23 JUN. 11 vs Phoe.
32 JUL. 8 at Sac.
52 JUN. 11 vs Phoe.
26 JUL. 5 vs Minn.
13 SEP. 2 at Atl.
24 (3) SEP. 9 at Sac.
9 JUN. 7 vs Det.
96 (2) SEP. 6 vs Minn.
STORM Low Games
200 (34) SEP. 14 at L.A.
19 JUN. 1 vs Hou.
1 SEP. 14 at L.A.
2 JUN. 7 vs Det.
17 MAY. 24 at S.A.
25 MAY. 24 at S.A.
9 JUN. 3 at N.Y.
4 (4) JUL. 25 at Phoe.
8 MAY. 22 at Phoe.
1 (5) SEP. 9 at Sac.
48 SEP. 14 at L.A.
OPPONENTS High Games
200 (34) SEP. 14 at L.A.
36 SEP. 6 vs Minn.
27 JUL. 25 at Phoe.
17 JUN. 24 at L.A.
34 JUN. 14 at Hou.
46 JUN. 14 at Hou.
23 JUL. 20 at Wash.
19 JUL. 20 at Wash.
24 MAY. 20 vs Sac.
8 JUL. 18 at Ind.
94 JUL. 25 at Phoe.
OPPONENTS Low Games
200 (34) SEP. 14 at L.A.
16 (2) AUG. 28 vs Hou.
7 MAY. 20 vs Sac.
3 JUL. 18 at Ind.
10 SEP. 4 at Chi.
19 SEP. 4 at Chi.
6 JUN. 1 vs Hou.
3 JUN. 29 vs Wash.
8 JUN. 7 vs Det.
0 (3) JUN. 7 vs Det.
49 (2) AUG. 28 vs Hou.
"C" indicates a new career-high, "T" a tied career-high. Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of games in which a player or team has reached a given total (if more than one).
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2008 Regular season review 2008 Transactions February 19:
Traded #4 pick in 2008 WNBA Draft to the Detroit Shock for Swin Cash
March 3:
Signed forward Sheryl Swoopes
March 6:
Re-signed forward Shyra Ely to training camp contract
March 14:
Re-signed guard Sue Bird
April 2:
Re-signed guard Doneeka Lewis and signed Dee Davis, Leah Rush and Kristen O’Neill to training camp contracts
April 8:
Signed forward/center Yolanda Griffith
April 9:
Selected guard Allie Quigley (#22) and guard Kimberly Beck (#36) in the 2008 WNBA Draft
April 10:
Signed guard Brandie Hoskins and signed Kelly Santos to a training camp contract
April 14:
Re-signed forward Janell Burse
April 21:
Re-signed forward Ashley Robinson
April 26:
Released guard Brandie Hoskins
May 2:
Released guard Dee Davis and forward Leah Rush
May 8:
Released forward Natalie Doma and guard Allie Quigley
May 13:
Released guard Daphanie Kennedy
May 14:
Released guard Roneeka Hodges
May 15:
Released guard Kristen O’Neill
May 16:
Released guard Doneeka Lewis
June 1:
Placed center Kelly Santos on suspended list
June 22:
Released center Florina Pascalau
June 22:
Traded second-round pick in 2009 WNBA Draft to Atlanta Dream in exchange for forward Camille Little
June 28:
Released guard Kimberly Beck
July 1:
Signed guard Kristen O’Neill to a seven-day contract
July 8:
Signed guard Kristen O’Neill to a second seven-day contract
July 15:
Signed guard Kristen O’Neill to a third seven-day contract
July 23:
Signed guard Kristen O’Neill to a fourth seven-day contract
August 28:
Signed guard Kristen O’Neill to a fifth seven-day contract
September 5:
Signed guard Kristen O’Neill to a sixth seven-day contract
September 11:
Signed guard Kimberly Beck for the remainder of the regular season
September 12:
Signed guard Kristen O’Neill for remainder of the regular season
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STORM ALL-TIME RECORDS Year-by-Year Record
On opening night
Season
Home
Road
Total
Home Openers (5-4) Road Openers (4-5)
2000
4-12
2-14
6-26 (.188)
Date
Opponent
Score Date
Opponent
Result
2001
5-11
5-11
10-22 (.313)
6/1/00
Houston
L
47-77
Sacramento
L
60-76
2002
10-6
7-9
17-15 (.531)
* 5/31/01
Phoenix
W
83-70 6/3/01
Washington
L
63-68
2003
13-4
5-12
18-16 (.529)
* 5/30/02
New York
L
Portland
W
57-47
2004
13-4
7-10
20-14 (.588)*
2005
14-3
6-11
20-14 (.588)
5/30/03
Los Angeles
L
Houston
L
64-75
2006
9-8
9-8
18-16 (.529)
* 5/20/04
Minnesota
W
88-85 5/28/04
Phoenix
L
76-84
2007
12-5
5-12
17-17 (.500)
* 5/21/05
Los Angeles
L
50-68 6/2/05
Phoenix
W
78-67
2008
16-1
6-11
22-12 (.647)
Totals
96-54
52-98
148-152 (.493)
*Won WNBA championship
Result
* 5/31/00
61-78 6/2/02 74-77 (OT)
* 5/22/03
Score
* 5/21/06
Los Angeles
W
90-67 5/25/06
Phoenix
W
94-81
* 5/19/07
Houston
W
82-69 5/25/07
San Antonio
L
71-82
* 5/17/08
Chicago
W
67-61 5/22/08
Phoenix
W
87-83
* Season Opening Games (5-4)
All-Time Overtime Results
Opening Night Starting Lineups
Date
Opponent
Result
6/13/00
Los Angeles
W, 69-59
8/6/00
Portland
W, 66-58
8/8/00
Los Angeles
L, 52-60
6/4/01
at Indiana
W, 74-71
7/3/01
Washington
L, 69-72 (4OT)
7/24/01
Detroit
W, 74-69
6/4/02
Minnesota
W, 78-68
7/7/02
at Miami
L, 61-65
5/30/03
Los Angeles
L, 74-77
8/20/03
at San Antonio
L, 70-78
7/17/04
Washington
W, 85-83
6/15/05
Minnesota
L, 81-86
7/24/07
at Washington
L, 96-97
Totals
13 Overtime Games
6-7 (.462)
(Home: 5-4; Road: 1-3)
The Storm celebrates the first WNBA championship in franchise history and the first major professional sports title in Seattle in 25 years.
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2000
Sonja Henning Edna Campbell Quacy Barnes Katrina Hibbert Kamila Vodichkova
2003
Sue Bird Sandy Brondello Alisa Burras Adia Barnes Lauren Jackson
2006
Sue Bird Betty Lennox Wendy Palmer Iziane Castro Marques Lauren Jackson
2001
Sonja Henning Semeka Randall Simone Edwards Katy Steding Lauren Jackson
2004
Sue Bird Betty Lennox Kamila Vodichkova Sheri Sam Lauren Jackson
2007
Sue Bird Betty Lennox Janell Burse Iziane Castro Marques Lauren Jackson
2002
Sue Bird Semeka Randall Simone Edwards Adia Barnes Danielle McCulley
2005
Sue Bird Betty Lennox Janell Burse Mandisa Stevenson Lauren Jackson
2008
Sue Bird Sheryl Swoopes Yolanda Griffith Swin Cash Lauren Jackson
Storm Leaders for Most Starts on Opening Night Sue Bird
7
Simone Edwards
2
Lauren Jackson
7
Sonja Henning
2
Betty Lennox
4
Iziane Castro Marques
2
Adia Barnes
2
Semeka Randall
2
Janell Burse
2
Kamila Vodichkova
2
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STORM ALL-TIME RECORDS HIGH/LOW SCORING GAMES - WIN/LOSs STREAKS
WIN/LOSs STREAKS - Margins of Victory/defeat
Storm Highest Scoring Games
Opponents Highest Scoring Games
Points
Opponent Date
Result
Points
Opponent Date
Result
Streak Dates of Streak
End of Streak
Streak Ended By
Score
111 100 97 97 96 96 95 94 94
Phoenix Phoenix Phoenix Los Angeles Minnesota at Washington Connecticut Chicago at Phoenix
111-101 100-87 97-87 97-77 96-88 96-97 (OT) 95-86 94-76 94-81
101 97 97 95 95 94 92 92 90
Phoenix at Washington at Detroit at Minnesota Detroit at Phoenix San Antonio Connecticut at Indiana
111-101 96-97 (OT) 70-97 74-95 86-95 80-94 88-92 83-92 62-90
10* 8/4/07 to 6/11/08 10* 7/15/05 to 5/21/06 8 6/22/03 to 8/8/03 7 7/1/04 to 8/1/04 6* 8/23/03 to 6/11/04 * Streak over two seasons
6/16/08 5/23/06 8/12/03 9/1/04 6/22/04
Connecticut Houston San Antonio Sacramento Houston
67-74 59-84 77-87 65-73 57-63
Streak Dates of Streak
End of Streak
Streak Ended By
Score
10 5 4 4
8/10/06 7/7/04 8/4/02
at San Antonio at Washington at Minnesota
65-75 69-72 60-73
Streak Dates of Streak
End of Streak
Streak Ended By
Score
7 4 4
7/21/00 8/3/06 7/24/01
Minnesota Washington Detroit
67-61 86-78 74-69
Streak Dates of Streak
End of Streak
Streak Ended By
Score
10* 7/6/00 to 6/3/01 9* 7/18/03 to 6/1/04 8 7/7/01 to 8/11/01 5 6/24/05 to 7/6/05 * Streak over two seasons
6/4/01 6/5/04 6/2/02 7/16/05
at Indiana at Sacramento at Portland at Los Angeles
74-71 (OT) 65-63 57-47 78-70
8/4/07 5/23/07 6/2/06 8/17/07 9/6/08 7/24/07 6/22/05 6/26/07 5/25/06
8/4/07 7/24/07 8/9/07 8/7/07 8/17/03 7/25/08 7/29/07 7/16/06 6/13/07
Longest Home Winning Streaks
Storm Lowest Scoring Games
Opponents Lowest Scoring Games
Points
Points
Opponent Date
Result
45 47 47 47 48 48 49 49 51 51 51 51
Phoenix at Portland at Utah at Los Angeles Phoenix at Charlotte Washington Houston at San Antonio San Antonio Indiana Indiana
72-45 57-47 65-47 82-47 89-48 38-48 64-49 66-49 78-51 79-51 78-51 63-51
Opponent Date
Result
36 Cleveland 6/14/01 36-58 38 at Charlotte 7/7/01 38-48 42 at Miami 7/10/00 42-59 43 at Portland 6/19/01 43-58 45 at Indiana 7/14/00 45-64 46 at Sacramento 8/9/00 46-79 47 at Houston 8/19/03 47-52 47 Houston 6/1/00 47-77
6/3/04 6/2/02 6/25/01 7/10/07 7/19/02 7/7/01 6/29/08 8/28/08 8/23/05 5/29/05 6/10/03 6/21/02
Longest Winning Streaks Streak Dates of Streak
End of Streak
Streak Ended By
Score
7 6/29/08 to 7/18/08 6* 8/11/07 to 5/22/08 6 7/15/05 to 7/31/05 6 6/3/04 to 6/19/04 5 7/12/04 to 7/24/04 5 7/25/02 to 8/1/02 4 8/1/06 to 8/8/06 4* 8/23/05 to 5/21/06 4 5/27/05 to 6/4/05 4* 8/23/03 to 5/22/04 * Streak over two seasons
7/20/08 5/24/08 8/4/05 6/22/04 7/27/04 8/4/02 8/10/06 5/23/06 6/7/05 5/28/04
at Washington at San Antonio at Indiana Houston at Houston at Minnesota at San Antonio Houston at Connecticut at Phoenix
57-89 72-87 68-78 57-63 55-80 60-73 65-75 59-84 69-81 76-84
Longest Losing Streaks
Longest Road Winning Streaks
6/20/08 to Current 7/22/06 to 8/8/06 6/5/04 to 6/19/04 7/25/02 to 8/1/02
Longest Home Losing Streaks
6/15/00 to 7/19/00 7/16/06 to 7/30/06 6/30/01 to 7/20/01
Longest Road Losing Streaks
Largest Margins of Victory/Defeat Largest Margins of Victory Margin Opponent Date Score
Largest Margins of Defeat Margin Opponent Date
Score
41
Phoenix
7/19/02
89-48
33
at Sacramento
8/9/00
46-79
40
San Antonio
6/22/03
93-53
33
at Phoenix
6/7/00
49-82
37
at New York
7/22/06
91-54
32
at Washington
7/20/08
57-89
36
Los Angeles
8/6/03
92-56
30
at Houston
7/6/00
50-80
35
at Los Angeles
7/10/07
82-47
30
Houston
6/1/00
47-77
32
Charlotte
8/1/04
87-55
28
at Indiana
6/13/07
62-90
31
New York
7/1/07
84-53
27
at Detroit
8/9/07
70-97
30
San Antonio
6/23/06
87-57
26
at Houston
7/25/00
53-79
Streak Dates of Streak
End of Streak
Streak Ended By
Score
29
Phoenix
7/25/03
82-53
25
Houston
5/23/06
59-84
8 7 6 5
7/5/00 7/24/01 7/21/00 8/23/03
at Minnesota Detroit Minnesota Houston
67-60 74-69 67-61 71-64
28
San Antonio
5/29/05
79-51
25
at Houston
7/27/04
55-80
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STORM ALL-TIME RECORDS Team Records
Opponent Team Records
Most Points Scored Game: 111 Phoenix Half: 61 Minnesota 61 Phoenix
8/4/07 9/6/08 8/4/07
Fewest Points Scored Game: 36 Cleveland Half: 9 Cleveland
6/14/01 5/14/01
Field Goals Made Game: 39 at New York Low game: 13 Phoenix 13 at Miami Field Goals Attempted Game: 91 Washington 79 at Washington Low game: 42 at Charlotte Field Goal Percentage Highest: .587 at Sacramento (27-46) Lowest: .237 Los Angeles (18-76) Three-Point Field Goals Made Game: 13 at Los Angeles 13 Phoenix Low game: 0 Houston 0 at Charlotte Three-Point Field Goals Attempted Game: 32 Los Angeles Low game: 3 Connecticut Three-Point Field Goal Percentage Game: .750 New York (6-8) Low game: .000 Houston (0-9) .000 at Charlotte (0-6) Free Throws Made Game: 33 Minnesota Low game: 1 at Los Angeles Free Throws Attempted Game: 43 Minnesota Low Game: 2 at Los Angeles 2 at Phoenix
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Free Throw Percentage Game: 1.000 6 times, last at Phoenix (13-13) Low Game: .400 at Houston (4-10) Rebounds Game: Low game:
52 Phoenix 15 at Sacramento
7/22/06 7/27/01 7/10/00
Offensive Rebounds Game: 23 Phoenix Low game: 2 Detroit 2 at Los Angeles
7/3/01 (4OT) 7/24/07 (OT) 7/7/01
Defensive Rebounds Game: 38 New York Low game: 10 at Sacramento
6/05/04 5/21/05
7/11/02 8/4/07 6/1/08 6/12/05
5/21/05 9/12/04
7/23/03 6/1/08 6/12/05
9/6/08 9/14/08
9/6/08 9/14/08 7/6/05
Assists Game: Low game:
26 Minnesota 5 Phoenix 5 at Miami
7/17/07 8/19/03
6/11/08 8/9/00
6/11/08 6/7/08 7/27/00
7/14/06 8/9/00
7/5/08 7/27/01 7/10/00
Personal Fouls Game: 35 at Miami Low game: 6 Miami
7/10/00 7/30/00
Steals Game: Low game:
9/10/04 6/25/01 7/25/06 6/28/05 6/22/05
Turnovers Game: Low game:
16 16 1 1 1
at Minnesota at Utah at Phoenix at Houston Connecticut
28 Indiana 5 at Charlotte
7/9/06 6/30/03
Blocked Shots Game: 12 Utah 8/11/02 Low game: 0 8 times, last at Washington 7/24/07 (OT)
Most Points Scored Game: 101 Phoenix Half: 58 Detroit 58 Phoenix
8/4/07 8/17/03 8/4/07
Fewest Points Scored Game: 45 Phoenix Half: 15 at Washington
6/3/04 7/3/01
Field Goals Made Game: 37 at Washington 35 at Sacramento Low game: 10 at Miami
7/24/07 (OT) 5/31/06 7/10/00
Field Goals Attempted Game: 79 Charlotte Low game: 41 at Miami Field Goal Percentage Highest: .636 at Phoenix (28-44) Lowest: .244 at Miami (10-41) Three-Point Field Goals Made Game: 11 Phoenix 11 Phoenix Low game: 0 8 times, last, vs. Houston
8/5/06 7/10/00
8/3/00 7/10/00
6/21/06 5/23/07 8/28/08
Free Throw Percentage Game: 1.000 Indiana (10-10) 1.000 Miami (1-1) Low Game: .286 Indiana (2-7) Rebounds Game: 50 Washington 48 at Los Angeles Low game: 17 Phoenix Offensive Rebounds Game: 19 Phoenix 19 at Los Angeles Low game: 1 at San Antonio 1 at New York Defensive Rebounds Game: 36 Washington 33 at Los Angeles Low game: 11 Phoenix Assists Game: Low game:
29 at Minnesota 3 Minnesota
6/20/08 7/30/00 7/22/04
7/3/01 (4OT) 8/4/01 6/03/04
8/27/05 6/24/05 6/30/05 7/2/02
7/3/01 (4OT) 8/4/01 6/03/04
8/7/07 8/8/03
Personal Fouls Game: 31 Los Angeles Low game: 7 Houston
7/3/07 5/22/03
Steals Game: Low game:
19 at Washington 1 Connecticut
7/20/08 6/22/05
8/28/08
Turnovers Game: Low game:
26 6 6 6
6/18/00 8/23/05 6/22/05 8/7/07
Free Throws Made Game: 38 at Miami Low game: 1 Miami 1 at Houston
7/10/00 7/30/00 7/6/07
Blocked Shots Game: 12 at Phoenix Low game: 0 12 times, last vs. Detroit
Free Throws Attempted Game: 55 at Miami Low Game: 1 Miami
7/10/00 7/30/00
Three-Point Field Goals Attempted Game: 31 Phoenix Low game: 1 at San Antonio Three-Point Field Goal Percentage Game: 1.000 at Houston (3-3) 1.000 at San Antonio (1-1) Low Game: .000 8 times, last vs. Houston (0-11)
6/11/08 6/19/04
6/28/05 6/19/04
Utah at San Antonio Connecticut at Minnesota
7/6/05 6/7/08
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All-Time 30+ Points Performances High
Player
Opponent Date
Player
Opponent Date
Points
Minutes
55
Lauren Jackson
Washington
7/3/01 (4OT)
Lauren Jackson
at Washington
7/24/07
47 (OT)
42
Lauren Jackson
at Washington
7/24/07 (OT)
Lauren Jackson
at Los Angeles
6/24/07
35
40
5 times, last, Lauren Jackson
at Sacramento
8/20/05
Lauren Jackson
at Phoenix
5/25/06
35
7/24/07 (OT)
Points
47
Lauren Jackson
at Washington
35
Lauren Jackson
at Phoenix
5/25/06
Lauren Jackson
Minnesota
7/5/08
34
Betty Lennox
Washington
8/11/07
34
Rebounds
20
Lauren Jackson
Charlotte
7/31/03
Lauren Jackson
Los Angeles
8/6/03
34
Assists
14
Sue Bird
Minnesota
7/1/06
Lauren Jackson
New York
7/3/08
33
Steals
7
Sue Bird
Los Angeles
5/21/06
Lauren Jackson
Washington
Blocked Shots
8
Lauren Jackson
Utah
8/11/02
Sue Bird
Portland
7/17/04
33
8/9/02
33
Field Goals Made
18
Lauren Jackson
at Washington
7/24/07
Lauren Jackson
Chicago
6/26/07
33
Field Goals Attempted
29
Lauren Jackson
Washington
7/3/01 (4OT)
Lauren Jackson
at Phoenix
7/17/07
33
28
Lauren Jackson
at Washington
7/24/07 (OT)
Lauren Jackson
Los Angeles
8/17/07
32
Sue Bird
at Detroit
8/8/06
Lauren Jackson
Sacramento
7/3/04
32
Three-Point Field Goals Made Three-Point Field Goals Attempted
6 6
Sonja Henning
at Los Angeles
7/27/00
Lauren Jackson
San Antonio
8/12/03
32
13
Lauren Jackson
Los Angeles
5/21/05
Lauren Jackson
Phoenix
5/23/07
31
Free Throws Made
15
Lauren Jackson
Los Angeles
8/17/07
Lauren Jackson
Sacramento
Free Throws Attempted
16
Lauren Jackson
San Antonio
8/12/03
Lauren Jackson
at Sacramento
16
Lauren Jackson
Los Angeles
8/17/07
Opponent Individual Records
High
Player
Opponent Date
Minutes
55
Vicky Bullet
Washington
7/3/01 (4OT)
42
Monique Currie
at Washington
7/24/07 (OT)
42
DeLisha Milton-Jones
at Washington
7/24/07 (OT)
Points
37
Diana Taurasi
Phoenix
6/11/08
Rebounds
18
Cheryl Ford
Detroit
7/28/06
Assists
11
Temeka Johnson
Los Angeles
5/21/06
11
Nikki Teasley
Los Angeles
9/18/04
Steals
7
Tamika Catchings
at Indiana
8/4/05
Blocked Shots
6
Tangela Smith
Charlotte
7/29/05 7/11/02
6
Lisa Leslie
Los Angeles
6
Tangela Smith
at Sacramento
Field Goals Made
15
Sheryl Swoopes
Houston
Field Goals Attempted
26
Seimone Augustus
at Minnesota
Lauren Jackson
Minnesota
5/20/04
31
Lauren Jackson
at Phoenix
5/22/08
30
Lauren Jackson
at Minnesota
7/20/03
30
Lauren Jackson
Minnesota
6/9/07
30
Lauren Jackson
Houston
6/15/07
30
Lauren Jackson
Sacramento
6/31/07
30
Total: 23 * Playoffs Lauren Jackson matched the WNBA record with a career-high 47 points at Washington on 7/24
8/9/05 6/14/06
Three-Point Field Goals Made
7
Katie Smith
Minnesota
6/14/03
7
Diana Taurasi
Phoenix
6/11/08
Three-Point Field Goals Attempted
12
Diana Taurasi
Phoenix
6/11/08
Free Throws Made
13
Marlies Askamp
at Miami
7/10/00
Free Throws Attempted
18
Marlies Askamp
at Miami
7/10/00
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8/9/00
68
7/3/05 10/1/04
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STORM ALL-TIME RECORDS All-Time Double-Doubles
All-Time Double-Doubles
Player Date
Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Kamila Vodichkova Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Lauren Jackson Kamila Vodichkova Sue Bird Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Sue Bird Sue Bird Simone Edwards Sue Bird Sue Bird Kamila Vodichkova Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Betty Lennox Lauren Jackson Kamila Vodichkova Lauren Jackson Kamila Vodichkova Sheri Sam Lauren Jackson Sheri Sam Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Sheri Sam Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Janell Burse Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Betty Lennox Janell Burse Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Lauren Jackson Janell Burse Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Wendy Palmer
70
7/3/01 7/4/01 7/18/01 7/27/01 6/4/02 6/18/02 6/20/02 7/5/02 7/7/02 7/25/02 7/27/02 8/1/02 8/1/02 8/9/02 5/22/03 6/3/03 6/7/03 6/17/03 6/19/03 6/27/03 6/28/03 6/28/03 7/3/03 7/15/03 7/23/03 7/25/03 7/26/03 7/30/03 8/2/03 8/6/03 8/6/03 8/8/03 8/12/03 8/17/03 8/19/03 8/20/03 5/20/04 5/28/04 6/11/04 6/15/04 6/22/04 7/1/04 7/3/04 9/25/04 10/1/04 10/5/04 10/5/04 10/10/04 5/27/05 6/2/05 6/4/05 6/4/05 6/12/05 6/22/05 6/30/05 7/3/05 7/6/05 7/19/05 7/31/05 8/6/05 8/12/05 8/14/05 8/18/05 8/20/05 8/23/05 8/30/05 5/21/06
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Washington at Portland at Minnesota Phoenix Minnesota Los Angeles at Sacramento at Cleveland at Miami at Orlando at Washington at Los Angeles at Los Angeles Portland at Houston Sacramento Phoenix at Phoenix at Los Angeles at Cleveland at Indiana at Indiana Washington Houston New York Phoenix at Sacramento Charlotte at Minnesota Los Angeles Los Angeles Minnesota San Antonio Detroit at Houston at San Antonio Minnesota at Phoenix Connecticut at New York Houston San Antonio Sacramento at Minnesota* at Sacramento* Sacramento* Sacramento* Connecticut* Houston at Phoenix Indiana Indiana at Charlotte Connecticut San Antonio Sacramento at Phoenix Phoenix Los Angeles at New York at Minnesota at Houston Minnesota at Sacramento at San Antonio at Houston* Los Angeles
Pts
24 18 21 16 12 23 15 12 13 10 25 18 17 23 19 22 27 23 15 11 11 14 21 13 14 26 23 23 16 10 34 16 32 23 16 22 18 20 18 16 10 11 32 11 31 10 12 15 17 12 15 24 17 23 17 31 17 15 17 12 17 15 18 16 10 19 18
Reb
12 12 10 13 12 10 11 --- 11 --- 10 10 --- 13 --- 13 14 10 --- --- --- 11 --- --- 10 10 10 20 12 --- 13 11 18 13 15 14 10 11 10 12 12 10 12 10 13 --- 10 11 12 14 10 15 14 17 15 13 11 11 10 --- 10 11 11 15 11 13 13
Ast
--------------12 --11 ----10 --10 ------12 12 11 --10 10 ----------10 ------------------------------14 --------------------------10 ---------------
Player Date
Janell Burse 6/2/06 Janell Burse 6/9/06 Lauren Jackson 6/15/06 Lauren Jackson 6/21/06 Lauren Jackson 6/27/06 Sue Bird 7/1/06 Lauren Jackson 7/1/06 Janell Burse 7/14/06 Janell Burse 7/16/06 Lauren Jackson 7/16/06 Betty Lennox 7/20/06 Lauren Jackson 7/23/06 Lauren Jackson 7/25/06 Janell Burse 8/5/06 Lauren Jackson 8/5/06 Lauren Jackson 8/22/06 Lauren Jackson 5/19/07 Janell Burse 5/23/07 Lauren Jackson 5/25/07 Janell Burse 5/25/07 Lauren Jackson 6/2/07 Sue Bird 6/12/07 Lauren Jackson 6/22/07 Lauren Jackson 6/24/07 Lauren Jackson 6/26/07 Lauren Jackson 7/1/07 Sue Bird 7/3/07 Lauren Jackson 7/6/07 Lauren Jackson 7/7/07 Lauren Jackson 7/10/07 Lauren Jackson 7/17/07 Lauren Jackson 7/20/07 Lauren Jackson 7/22/07 Lauren Jackson 7/24/07 Lauren Jackson 7/27/07 Janell Burse 8/3/07 Lauren Jackson 8/4/07 Lauren Jackson 8/17/07 Lauren Jackson 8/26/07 Lauren Jackson 6/11/08 Sue Bird 7/5/08 Camille Little 7/20/08 Swin Cash 7/22/08 Total: 110 (Regular Season: 102; Playoffs: 8) * Playoffs
Opponent
Phoenix at Connecticut at Chicago Phoenix Sacramento Minnesota Minnesota New York Connecticut Connecticut at Charlotte at Washington at Phoenix Charlotte Charlotte at Los Angeles* Houston Phoenix at San Antonio at San Antonio San Antonio at Chicago at Minnesota at Los Angeles Chicago New York Los Angeles at Houston at San Antonio at Los Angeles at Phoenix at Connecticut at New York at Washington Indiana at Sacramento Phoenix Los Angeles Phoenix* Phoenix Minnesota Washington at Minnestoa
Pts
12 23 27 28 16 11 25 12 10 20 13 18 16 23 20 19 23 13 16 19 20 13 16 35 33 12 10 28 15 18 33 19 23 47 27 10 23 32 22 20 12 10 17
Reb
10 14 10 14 12 --- 10 14 13 11 10 11 12 12 11 10 10 19 11 11 14 --- 10 10 12 11 --- 13 13 13 11 14 17 14 10 11 12 15 14 14 --- 12 11
Ast
----------14 ------------------------------11 --------11 --------------------------11 -----
Storm Double-Double Leaders 68 (incl. 5 playoff games)
Lauren Jackson
16 (incl. 1 playoff game)
Sue Bird Janell Burse
11 5
Kamila Vodichkova
3
Betty Lennox Sheri Sam
3 (incl. 2 playoff games)
Swin Cash
1
Simone Edwards
1
Camille Little
1
Wendy Palmer
1 0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
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STORM ALL-TIME RECORDS Award Winners/All-Stars/League Leaders
Year-by-Year Statistical Leaders
WNBA Most Valuable Player
Scoring (Min. 200 Points)
2003 2007
Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson
Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player 2004
Betty Lennox
All-WNBA Team 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008
Sue Bird (First Team) Sue Bird (First Team) Lauren Jackson (First Team) Sue Bird (First Team) Lauren Jackson (First Team) Sue Bird (First Team) Lauren Jackson (First Team) Lauren Jackson (First Team) Lauren Jackson (First Team) Sue Bird (Second Team) Lauren Jackson (Second Team)
Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Lauren Jackson Sue Bird, Lauren Jackson Sue Bird, Lauren Jackson (No All-Star Game held due to Olympics) Sue Bird, Lauren Jackson Coaches: Anne Donovan, Jenny Boucek , Jessie Kenlaw Sue Bird, Lauren Jackson Sue Bird, Lauren Jackson (No All-Star Game held due to Olympics)
Player Year Category
2002 2003 2004 2005 2007 2007
PTS
222 442 482 698 634 597 585 739 465
13.9 15.2 17.2 21.2 20.5 17.6 19.5 23.8 14.1
G
REB
AVG
G
AST
AVG
FGA
PCT
16 29 28 33 31 34 30 31 33
AVG
Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Free Throw Pct. Scoring Scoring Assists Scoring Rebounding
Player
Simone Edwards Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Yolanda Griffith
Year
Avg/Pct
.911 21.2 20.5 5.9 23.8 9.7
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
29 29 28 33 31 34 30 31 30
107 193 190 307 207 313 227 300 189
Year
3.7 6.7 6.8 9.3 6.7 9.2 7.6 9.7 6.3
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Kamila Vodichkova Kamila Vodichkova Sue Bird Sue Bird Sue Bird Betty Lennox Lauren Jackson Betty Lennox Lauren Jackson
FT
FTA
PCT
60 38 102 61 73 76 170 110 99
78 44 112 69 85 87 189 121 106
.769 .864 .911 .884 .859 .874 .899 .909 .934
Player
Sonja Henning Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Sue Bird Sheri Sam Betty Lennox Sue Bird Sue Bird Griffith/Swoopes
G
STL
AVG
G
BS
G
MIN
32 29 32 34 34 28 34 29 30/29
61 1.91 54 1.86 55 1.72 48 1.41 53 1.56 35 1.25 61 1.79 43 1.48 43 1.43/1.48
Blocked Shots (Min. 30 Blocks)
Player
Sonja Henning Sonja Henning Sue Bird Sue Bird Sue Bird Sue Bird Sue Bird Sue Bird Sue Bird
32 32 32 34 34 30 34 29 33
79 93 191 221 184 176 162 143 169
Year
2.5 2.9 6.0 6.5 5.4 5.9 4.8 4.9 5.1
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Field Goal Percentage (Min. 75 FG Made) Year
Player
Steals (Min. 30 Steals)
Assists (Min. 75 Assists)
Storm League Leaders Sue Bird Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson
Edna Campbell Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Sue Bird
G
Rebounding (Min. 100 Rebounds)
Storm All-Star Game Participants 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Free Throw Percentage (Min. 30 FT Made)
Player
Player
FG
Simone Edwards Simone Edwards Simone Edwards Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Janell Burse Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Camille Little
Player
Adia Barnes Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson
31 29 28 33 31 34 30 31 21
33 64 81 64 62 67 51 63 33
AVG
1.06 2.21 2.89 1.94 2.00 1.97 1.70 2.03 1.57
Minutes Played (Min. 900 Minutes)
83 91 84 254 220 127 192 258 75
182 190 158 526 460 243 359 497 141
3FGM 109 128 182 166 167 142 160 224 143
3FGA 364 412 506 500 439 429 475 639 453
Year
.456 .479 .532 .483 .478 .523 .535 .519 .532
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Player
Sonja Henning Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Lauren Jackson Sue Bird
32 29 32 33 31 34 34 31 33
980 1001 1121 1109 1070 1176 1065 1020 1111
AVG
30.6 34.5 35.0 33.6 34.5 34.6 31.3 32.9 33.7
Year-by-Year Statistics Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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G 32 32 32 34 34 34 34 34 34
FGM 667 689 794 890 873 906 960 964 899
FGA 1741 1821 1948 2045 2025 2066 2122 2210 2112
PCT .383 .378 .408 .435 .431 .439 .452 .436 .426
PCT .299 .311 .360 .332 .380 .331 .337 .351 .316
FTM 376 415 418 442 524 544 562 582 552
FTA 561 606 543 567 676 688 712 715 728
PCT .676 .685 .770 .780 .775 .791 .789 .814 .758
REB 793 891 995 1074 1059 1099 1147 1164 1162
AST STL 390 255 412 273 514 282 548 232 552 302 520 201 514 232 533 620 530 684
TO 525 431 477 465 499 516 570 533 526
BS 93 127 151 138 131 158 127 151 140
PTS 1822 1921 2188 2388 2437 2498 2642 2734 2493
AVG 56.9 60.0 68.4 70.2 71.7 73.5 77.7 80.4 73.3
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STORM ALL-TIME RECORDS Storm All-Time Career Statistical Leaders Points
Blocked Shots
1. Lauren Jackson 2. Sue Bird 3. Betty Lennox 4. Kamila Vodichkova 5. Janell Burse
4,602 2,841 1,623 1,202 1,037
Rebounds 1. Lauren Jackson 2. Kamila Vodhickkova 3. Janell Burse 4. Simone Edwards 5. Sue Bird
1. Lauren Jackson 2. Janell Burse 3. Kamila Vodichkova 4. Simone Edwards 5. Ashley Robinson
485 129 70 56 53
Games Played 1,887 655 627 625 617
Assists
1. Lauren Jackson 2. Sue Bird 3. Simone Edwards 4. Kamila Vodichkova 5. Tanisha Wright
237 226 178 146 135
Minutes Played
1. Sue Bird 2. Lauren Jackson 3. Betty Lennox 4. Tanisha Wright 5. Iziane Castro Marques
1,246 369 301 247 191
Steals
1. Lauren Jackson 2. Sue Bird 3. Betty Lennox 4. Kamila Vodichkova 5. Simone Edwards
7,804 7,508 3,544 3,293 3,184
Personal Fouls
1. Sue Bird 2. Lauren Jackson 3. Betty Lennox 4. Sonja Henning 5. Kamila Vodichkova
326 275 141 122 117
1. Lauren Jackson 2. Kamila Vodichkova 3. Janell Burse 4. Sue Bird 5. Betty Lennox
741 426 400 356 338
WNBA ALL-Time Scoring Leaders
Lisa Leslie 5,909
Tina Thompson 5,424
Katie Smith 5,077
Sheryl Swoopes 4,604
Lauren Jackson 4,602
Yolanda Griffith 4,219
Tangela Smith 4,123
Vickie Johnson 4,039
Chamique Holdsclaw 3,975
Nykesha Sales 3,055
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Storm History Storm All-Time Attendance Year
Games
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
16 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17
Storm Draft History
Attendance
Average
Total Games
Total Attendance
Total Average
142,594 95,257 111,774 120,857 135,320 150,760 145,142 135,396 140,503
8,912 5,954 6,986 7,109 7,960 8,868 8,538 7,788 8,265
16 32 48 65 82 99 116 133 150
142,594 237,851 349,625 470,482 605,802 756,562 901,704 1,037,100 1,177,603
8,912 7,433 7,284 7,238 7,388 7,642 7,773 7,798 7,851
Storm Franchise Firsts
2000 WNBA Expansion Draft
2004 WNBA Dispersal Draft
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6
Round 1
Pick 2 7 10 15 18 23
Player Edna Campbell Sonja Henning Angela Aycock Nina Bjedov Toni Foster Charmin Smith
From Phoenix Mercury Houston Comets Minnesota Lynx Los Angeles Sparks Phoenix Mercury Minnesota Lynx
2000 WNBA Draft Round 1 2 3 4
Pick 9 25 41 57
Player Kamila Vodichkova Charisse Sampson Kirra Jordan Katrina Hibbert
at Sacramento, 5/31/00 (L, 60-76)
First Field Goal:
Katrina Hibbert (at 16:04 off own rebound), at Sacramento, 5/31/00
First Three-Pointer:
Edna Campbell (at 11:22 in first half to give Seattle a 15-8 lead), at Sacramento, 5/31/00
First Made Free Throw:
Edna Campbell (at 1:15 in first half to cut Sacramento’s lead to four), at Sacramento, 5/31/00
2001 WNBA Draft
First Blocked Shot:
Quacy Barnes (blocked Lady Hardmon’s attempt), at Sacramento, 5/31/00
First Rebound:
Quacy Barnes (off Tangela Smith miss), at Sacramento, 5/31/00
First Assist
Katrina Hibbert (to Kamila Vodichkova), at Sacramento, 5/31/00
Round 1 2 4
First Lead:
6-4 on Edna Campbell’s layup at 14:40 in the first half, at Sacramento, 5/31/00
First Win:
67-62, at Charlotte, 6/9/00
2002 WNBA Draft
First Home Win:
69-59, vs. Los Angeles, 6/13/00
First Road Win:
67-62, at Charlotte, 6/9/00
First Overtime Game:
69-59 (W), vs. Los Angeles, 6/13/00
First 20-Point Performance:
Edna Campbell (22 points), at Sacramento, 5/31/00
Round 1 2 2 3
First 30-Point Performance:
Sue Bird (33 points), vs. Portland, 8/9/02
First 40-Point Performance:
Lauren Jackson (47 points), at Washington, 7/24/07
2003 WNBA Dispersal Draft
First 10-Rebound Performance:
Simone Edwards (14 rebounds), vs. Orlando, 6/12/01
First 10-Assist Performance:
Sue Bird (12 assists), at Cleveland, 7/5/02
Round 1
First Double-Double:
Lauren Jackson (24 points and 12 rebounds), vs. Washington, 7/3/01
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Player Sue Bird Lucienne Berthieu Felicia Ragland Takeisha Lewis
Pick Player 9 Alisa Burras
Pick 8 22 37
Player Jung Sun-Min Suzy Batkovic Chrissy Floyd
2004 WNBA Draft Round 2
Pick Player 19 Trina Frierson
From Louisiana Tech
Round 1 2 3
Pick 12 25 38
Player From Tanisha Wright Penn State Ashley Battle Connecticut Steffanie Blackmon Baylor
2006 WNBA Draft From Australia Tennessee North Carolina
Round 1 2 3
Pick 11 25 39
Player Barbara Turner Dalila Eshe Erin Grant
From Connecticut Florida Texas Tech
2007 WNBA Dispersal Draft From Connecticut Old Dominion Oregon State Louisiana Tech
From Portland Fire
Round 1
From Korea Australia Clemson
Pick Player 7 Tye’sha Fluker
From Charlotte Sting
2007 WNBA Draft Round 1 3
Pick Player 7 Katie Gearlds 33 Brandie Hoskins
From Purdue Ohio State
2007 WNBA Draft Round 2 3
2003 WNBA Draft Round 1 2 3
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Pick 1 19 28 35
Player Lauren Jackson Semeka Randall Juana Brown
From Cleveland Rockers
2005 WNBA Draft From Czech Republic Kansas Rice Louisiana State
First Game:
Pick 1 17 49
Pick Player 6 Betty Lennox
Pick Player 22 Allie Quigley 36 Kimberly Beck
From DePaul George Washington
2008 WNBA Draft Round 1 3
Pick Player 12 Ashley Walker 38 Mara Freshour
From California Florida State
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Storm History ALL-time transactions 2000 May 15, 2000 May 24, 2000 May 26, 2000 May 27, 2000 May 28, 2000
June 5, 2000 June 8, 2000 June 10, 2000 June 11, 2000 June 28, 2000 July 3, 2000
July 8, 2000 July 19, 2000 Aug. 2, 2000
Waived Laura Baker, Toni Foster and Tomika Patterson. Acquired Roshonda Reed off waivers from Washington; acquired Darla Simpson off waivers from Detroit. Placed Nina Bjedov on the suspended list. Traded 2001 third round draft pick to Houston for Andrea Garner. Waived Kirra Jordan, Roshonda Reed, Darla Simpson and Dana Wynne; placed Tajama Abraham and Angela Aycock on the injured reserve list. Placed Robin Threatt on the injured reserve list; activated Angela Aycock. Waived Tajama Abraham and Angela Aycock; acquired free agent Stacey Lovelace. Placed Jamie Redd on the injured reserve list. Traded the rights of Nina Bjedov (suspended list) to the Cleveland Rockers for Michelle Edwards. Activated Jamie Redd and Robin Threatt; placed Simone Edwards and Charisse Sampson on the injured list. Activated Charisse Sampson and Simone Edwards; placed Edna Campbell and Kamila Vodichkova on the injured list. Activated Kamila Vodichkova; placed Michelle Edwards on the injured list. Activated Edna Campbell and Michelle Edwards; placed Stacey Lovelace and Robin Threatt on the injured list. Activated Katrina Hibbert and placed Edna Campbell on the injured list.
2001 April 20, 2001
April 24, 2001
April 30, 2001
April 26, 2001 May 4, 2001
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Selected Australian center Lauren Jackson with the first overall pick in the 2001 WNBA Draft, Tennessee guard Semeka Randall with the second round pick (17th overall) and North Carolina guard Juana Brown with the fourth round pick (49th overall). Acquired Katy Steding and a second round draft pick from the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for Edna Campbell and a fourth-round pick in the 2002 WNBA Draft. The WNBA allotted the Storm free agents Janice Felder, Amber Hall, Linda Miles and Alessandra Santos de Oliveira for training camp. Waived Charisse Sampson. Waived Janice Felder.
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May 11, 2001 May 25, 2001 May 27, 2001 June 6, 2001 June 8, 2001
June 19, 2001 June 28, 2001 July 7, 2001 July 13, 2001
Aug. 3, 2001 Aug. 10, 2001
Waived Amber Hall and Linda Miles and Robin Threatt-Elliott Waived Juana Brown and Andrea Garner. Placed Katrina Hibbert on the injured list and Alessandra Santos de Oliveira on the suspended list. Waived Katrina Hibbert Acquired Michelle Marciniak off waivers and added her to the active roster. Placed Michelle Edwards and Alessandra Santos de Oliveira on the injured list. Activated Alessandra Santos de Oliveira. Placed Quacy Barnes on the injured list. Activated Quacy Barnes. Placed Alessandra Santos de Oliveira on the injured list. Activated Michelle Edwards. Placed Katy Steding on the injured list. Activated Katy Steding and Alessandra Santos de Oliveira. Placed Michelle Edwards and Stacey Lovelace on the injured list. Activated Stacey Lovelace and placed Quacy Barnes on the injured list. Activated Quacy Barnes and placed Kamila Vodichkova on the injured list.
May 21, 2002 May 24, 2002 May 28, 2002 May 28, 2002 June 6, 2002 June 12, 2002
June 13, 2002 June 17, 2002
June 27, 2002 July 11, 2002 July 22, 2002 Sept. 3, 2002
2002 April 2, 2002 April 16, 2002 April 17, 2002 April 17, 2002 April 19, 2002
April 25, 2002
May 5, 2002 May 9, 2002 May 13, 2002 May 14, 2002
Announced the retirement of Katy Steding. Announced the hiring of assistant coach Carrie Graf. Announced the retirement of Michelle Edwards. Waived Stacey Lovelace. Selected guard Sue Bird with the first overall pick in the 2002 WNBA Draft. Selected forward/center Lucienne Berthieu (19th pick overall) in the second round, guard Felicia Ragland (28th pick overall) in the second round and Takeisha Lewis (35th pick overall ) in the third round of the 2002 WNBA Draft. The WNBA allocated free agents Adia Barnes, Katie Cronin, Crystal Givens, Danielle McCulley, Carla Morrow, Beth Record and Angelina Wolvert to the Storm’s training camp roster. Waived Katie Cronin and Carla Morrow. Waived Angelina Wolvert. Signed free agent Elizabeth Pickney. Waived Beth Record and Elizabeth Pickney. Claimed Kate Paye off waivers; waived Charmin Smith.
Dec. 18, 2002
Waived Quacy Barnes. Placed Jamie Redd on the injured list; placed Kamila Vodichkova on the suspended list. Waived Lucienne Berthieu; placed Michelle Marciniak on the injured list. Activated Kamila Vodichkova from the suspended list. Placed Takeisha Lewis on the injured list; activated Jamie Redd. The WNBA suspended Michelle Marciniak for one game for an altercation with Latasha Byears of Los Angeles Sparks on July 11. Placed Danielle McCulley on the injured list; activated Takeisha Lewis. Acquired Amanda Lassister from the Houston Comets in exchange for Sonja Henning; placed Adia Barnes on the injured list and activated Michelle Marciniak. Placed Takeisha Lewis on the injured list; activated Adia Barnes. Placed Jamie Redd on the injured list; activated Takeisha Lewis. Acquired Kate Starbird from the Utah Starzz in exchange for Semeka Randall. General Manager & Head Coach Lin Dunn resigned after three seasons leading the team. Sonics & Storm Executive Vice President Billy McKinney was named general manager. Announced the hiring of Anne Donovan as the Storm’s new head coach.
2003 Feb. 21, 2003 April 14, 2003 April 24, 2003 April 25, 2003
May 8, 2003 May 9, 2003 May 19, 2003 May 20, 2003
May 21, 2003
July 4, 2003 July 8, 2003 July 14, 2003 July 20, 2003 July 22, 2003 July 28, 2003 Aug. 4, 2003 Aug. 14, 2003
2004 Jan. 6, 2004 Feb. 10, 2004 Feb. 18, 2004 Feb. 25, 2004 March 4, 2004 March 31, 2004
Announced the hiring of Jenny Boucek and Jessie Kenlaw as assistant coaches. Announced the retirement of Michelle Marciniak. Selected forward Alisa Burras from Portland with the ninth pick in the WNBA Dispersal Draft. Selected forward Jung Sun-Min with the eighth overall pick in the first round of the 2003 WNBA Draft. Selected center Suzy Batkovic in the second round (22nd pick overall) and guard Chrissy Floyd in the third round (37th pick overall). Waived Takeisha Lewis. Waived Felicia Ragland and Jamie Redd. Waived Kate Paye. Waived Chrissy Floyd, Kate Starbird and Stacey Thomas.
Acquired Rita Williams from the Houston Comets in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2004 WNBA Draft; placed Danielle McCulley on the injured list and Suzy Batkovic on the draft reserve list. Activated Danielle McCulley and placed Alisa Burras on the injured list. Placed Adia Barnes on the injured list. Signed Mactabene Amachree to a seven-day contract. Signed Mactabene Amachree to a second seven-day contract. Activated Alisa Burras and placed Danielle McCulley on the injured list. Signed Tonya Massaline to a sevenday contract. Signed Tonya Massaline for the remainder of the season. Activated Danielle McCulley and placed Kamila Vodichkova on the injured list.
April 15, 2004
April 17, 2004 April 27, 2004 April 28, 2004 April 29, 2004 May 1, 2004 May 3, 2004
Acquire Betty Lennox in 2004 WNBA Dispersal Draft of the Cleveland Rockers. Signed free agent Alicia “Chelle” Thompson. Signed Tully Bevilaqua. Signed Danielle McCulley as a free agent. Signed Sue Bird to a three-year contract. Signed Maren Walseth as a free agent. The Storm traded its first round selection (6th overall) in the 2004 WNBA Draft and forward Amanda Lassiter to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for forward Sheri Sam and center Janell Burse. Selected Trina Frierson in the second round (19th overall pick) of the 2004 WNBA Draft. Signed Andrea Lalum and Stacy Clinesmith as free agents. Signed Lindsey Wilson and Michelle Greco as free agents. Trina Frierson underwent arthroscopic surgery (left knee). Waived Andrea Lalum and Lindsey Wilson from training camp. Waived Danielle McCulley and Stacey Clinesmith from training camp.
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Signed Andrea Gardner-Combs as a free agent. Waived Rita Williams and Tonya Massaline from training camp. Signed Shaquala Williams as a free agent. Waived Shaquala Williams, Andrea Gardner-Combs and Maren Walseth from training camp. Betty Lennox underwent nose realignment surgery. Placed Janell Burse on the injured list (right hip bursitis) and activated Trina Frierson. Activated Janell Burse and placed Lauren Jackson on the injured list (right mid-foot sprain). Activated Lauren Jackson and placed Trina Frierson on the injured list (chronic left knee effusion).
June 6, 2005 June 17, 2005 June 28, 2005 July 6, 2005
Feb. 23, 2005 March 2, 2005 March 3, 2005 March 15, 2005 April 6, 2005 April 16, 2005
April 19, 2005 April 20, 2005 April 25, 2005 April 28, 2005 April 29, 2005 May 3, 2005 May 9, 2005 May 12, 2005 May 17, 2005 May 18, 2005 May 20, 2005
Re-signed Lauren Jackson and Alicia Thompson. Re-signed Betty Lennox. Signed Jessica Bibby and Adrienne Johnson as free agents and re-signed Janell Burse. Signed Suzy Batkovic. Signed Eva Montesdeoca Lopez, Iziane Castro Marques, Natalia Vodopyanova and Shaquala Wiliams as free agents. Drafted Tanisha Wright in the first round (12th overall pick), Ashley Battle in the second round (25th overall pick) and Steffanie Blackmon in the third round (38th overall pick) of the 2005 WNBA Draft. Re-signed Michelle Greco. Signed Amy Taylor, Mandissa Stevenson and Dionne Brown as free agents. Re-signed Simone Edwards. Waived Steffanie Blackmon. Re-signed Adia Barnes. Waived Amy Taylor. Waived Eva Montesdeoca Lopez and Michelle Greco. Waived Trina Frierson and Dionne Brown. Signed Francesca Zara as a free agent. Waived Adia Barnes. Placed Natalia Vodopyanova on the Iinjured List and Suzy Batkovic on the Suspended List; waived Shaquala Williams.
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2006 Feb. 6, 2006 Feb. 17, 2006 Feb. 22, 2006 Feb. 23, 2006 Feb. 27, 2006 March 15, 2006
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July 25, 2006 July 31, 2006 Aug. 1, 2006
Named Heidi VanDerveer assistant coach. Re-signed Betty Lennox. Signed free agent Wendy Palmer. Signed free agents Tiffani Johnson and Toccara Williams. Re-signed assistant coach Jessie Kenlaw. Signed free agent Shaunzinski Gortman. Signed free agents Leah Metcalf and Lindsey Yamasaki. Selected Barbara Turner in the first round (11th pick overall), Dalila Eshe in the second round (25th pick overall) and Erin Grant in the third round (39th pick overall) of the 2006 WNBA Draft. Signed free agent Jordan Adams. Signed free agent Lindsay Taylor. Re-signed Lauren Jackson. Waived Jordan Adams and Leah Metcalf. Waived Erin Grant. Waived Lindsey Yamasaki. Waived Dalila Eshe and Toccara Williams. Waived Lindsay Taylor. Announced the retirement of center Simone Edwards. Signed free agent Kaayla Chones. Signed free agent Edwige LawsonWade. Waived Kaayla Chones. Signed free agent Cisti Greenwalt. Acquired Ashley Robinson from the Chicago Sky in exchange for Cisti Greenwalt and a 2007 second-round draft pick. Signed free agent Cisti Greenwalt to a seven-day contract. Signed free agent Willnett Crockett to a seven-day contract. Waived Willnett Crockett.
2007 Nov. 16, 2007 Jan. 8, 2007 Feb. 21, 2007 Feb. 23, 2007 March 8, 2007 March 13, 2007 March 15, 2007 March 29, 2007 April 4, 2007
April 11, 2007 April 17, 2007 April 19, 2007 April 20, 2007 April 23, 2007 April 24, 2007 April 25, 2007 April 26, 2007 April 28, 2007 May 1, 2007 May 12, 2007 May 13, 2007 May 16, 2007 July 1, 2007 July 5, 2007 July 16, 2007 July 23, 2007 July 30, 2007 Aug. 7, 2007 Aug. 14, 2007
2008 Re-signed Assistant Coach Heidi VanDerveer. Selected Tye’sha Fluker with the seventh pick in the 2007 WNBA Dispersal Draft. Named Shelley Patterson assistant coach. Re-signed Shaunzinski Gortman. Re-signed Janell Burse. Signed free agents Andrea Bills, Yolanda Paige, Brooke Queenan, Aya Traore and Shereka Wright. Signed free agent Chameka Scott. Re-signed Iziane Castro Marques. Selected Katie Gearlds in the first round (seventh overall pick) and Brandie Hoskins in the third round (33rd overall pick) of the 2007 WNBA Draft. Signed free agent Debbie Merrill. Signed free agents Alexis Kendrick, Victoria Lucas-Perry and Sarah McKay. Signed free agents Kerri Gardin and Cameo Hicks. Signed free agent Francesca Zara. Waived Shaunzinski Gortman and Debbie Merrill. Waived Andrea Bills, Cameo Hicks, Alexis Kendrick, Victoria Lucas-Perry, Chameka Scott and Shereka Wright. Signed free agent Shyra Ely; Waived Kerri Gardin. Waived Sarah McKay and Aya Traore. Waived Yolanda Paige. Waived Brooke Queenan. Re-signed Sue Bird. Placed Francesca Zara on the Suspended List. Waived Barbara Turner. Waived Tye’sha Fluker. Signed free agent Shona Thorburn to a seven-day contract. Signed free agent Doneeka Lewis to a seven-day contract. Re-signed Doneeka Lewis to a second seven-day contract. Re-signed Doneeka Lewis for the remainder of the season. Signed free agent Astou Ndiaye-Diatta to a seven-day contract. Signed free agent Astou Ndiaye-Diatta for the remainder of the season.
Feb. 19, 2008
Traded #4 pick in 2008 WNBA Draft to the Detroit Shock for Swin Cash March 3, 2008 Signed forward Sheryl Swoopes March 6, 2008 Re-signed forward Shyra Ely to training camp contract March 14, 2008 Re-signed guard Sue Bird April 2, 2008 Re-signed guard Doneeka Lewis and signed Dee Davis, Leah Rush and Kristen O’Neill to training camp contracts April 8, 2008 Signed forward/center Yolanda Griffith April 9, 2008 Selected guard Allie Quigley (#22) and guard Kimberly Beck (#36) in the 2008 WNBA Draft April 10, 2008 Signed guard Brandie Hoskins and signed Kelly Santos to a training camp contract April 14, 2008 Re-signed forward Janell Burse April 21, 2008 Re-signed forward Ashley Robinson April 26, 2008 Released guard Brandie Hoskins May 2, 2008 Released guard Dee Davis and forward Leah Rush May 8, 2008 Released forward Natalie Doma and guard Allie Quigley May 13, 2008 Released guard Daphanie Kennedy May 14, 2008 Released guard Roneeka Hodges May 14, 2008 Signed center Florina Pascalau May 15, 2008 Released guard Kristen O’Neill May 16, 2008 Released guard Doneeka Lewis June 1, 2008 Placed center Kelly Santos on suspended list June 22, 2008 Released center Florina Pascalau June 22, 2008 Traded second round pick in 2009 WNBA Draft to Atlanta Dream in exchange for forward Camille Little June 28, 2008 Released guard Kimberly Beck July 1, 2008 Signed guard Kristen O’Neill to a seven-day contract July 8, 2008 Signed guard Kristen O’Neill to a second seven-day contract July 15, 2008 Signed guard Kristen O’Neill to a third seven-day contract July 23, 2008 Signed guard Kristen O’Neill to a fourth seven-day contract August 28, 2008 Signed guard Kristen O’Neill to a fifth seven-day contract September 5, 2008 Signed guard Kristen O’Neill to a sixth seven-day contract September 11, 2008 Signed guard Kimberly Beck for the remainder of the regular season September 12, 2008 Signed guard Kristen O’Neill for remainder of the regular season
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2000 Game-by-Game Results (6-26)
BACK ROW (from left): Equipment Manager Andy Costabel, Assistant Equipment Manager Ryan Bragdon, General Manager and Head Coach Lin Dunn, Assistant Coach Missy Bequette, Assistant Coach Gary Kloppenburg, Stacey Lovelace, Quacy Barnes, Simone Edwards, Kamila Vodichkova, Andrea Garner, Assistant Coach Kathy Anderson, Strength and Conditioning Coach Daniel Shapiro, Senior Director of Storm Operations Karen Bryant, President John Dresel FRONT ROW (from left): Michelle Edwards, Charisse Sampson, Katrina Hibbert, Charmin Smith, Jamie Redd, Robin Threatt, Sonja Henning, Athletic Trainer Tamara Poole
2000 Regular Season Statistics (6-26) PLAYER G GS Campbell 16 16 Vodichkova 23 19 Threatt 20 7 S. Edwards 29 7 Barnes 31 23 M. Edwards (TOT) 23 13 M. Edwards (SEA) 20 13 Redd 26 8 Henning 32 32 Lovelace (TOT) 23 1 Lovelace (SEA) 23 1 Sampson 21 6 Garner (TOT) 32 19 Garner (SEA) 32 19 Hibbert 20 6 Smith 32 3 Aycock 1 0 STORM 32 6475 OPPONENTS 32 6475
FIELD GOALS MIN FG FGA PCT 510 84 215 .391 489 68 171 .398 377 60 158 .380 645 83 182 .456 705 89 213 .418 472 55 153 .359 455 51 143 .357 387 49 125 .392 980 53 151 .351 324 36 103 .350 324 36 103 .350 280 22 47 .468 560 37 115 .322 560 37 115 .322 240 19 59 .322 516 16 56 .286 7 0 3 .000 667 1741 .383 109 778 1721 .452 117
3-POINT FG free throwS FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT 13 49 .265 41 58 .707 4 20 .200 60 78 .769 12 37 .324 23 35 .657 0 0 --- 50 80 .625 1 9 .111 30 56 .536 6 35 .171 23 35 .657 6 32 .188 23 35 .657 18 52 .346 24 34 .706 25 66 .379 37 61 .607 2 9 .222 25 31 .806 2 9 .222 25 31 .806 9 23 .391 25 28 .893 1 2 .500 24 38 .632 1 2 .500 24 38 .632 8 31 .254 7 9 .778 10 32 .313 10 18 .556 0 2 .000 0 0 --- 364 .299 376 561 .676 256 334 .350 498 654 .761 288
REBOUNDS OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL 8 26 34 37 35 0 19 28 69 97 22 63 0 13 10 22 32 18 36 1 13 38 69 107 22 57 0 16 27 57 84 33 103 2 19 7 29 36 41 32 0 14 7 27 34 40 29 0 14 18 27 45 16 53 0 19 22 64 86 79 73 1 61 19 38 57 16 42 0 13 19 38 57 16 42 0 13 14 27 41 11 37 0 18 42 55 97 25 44 0 27 42 55 97 25 44 0 27 8 22 30 18 22 0 7 14 33 47 53 52 0 16 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 537 793 390 648 4 255 525 721 1009 506 618 9 284 529
2000 STORM SEASON NOTES
TO 40 57 30 45 62 42 38 35 54 35 35 14 43 43 17 32 0 93 123
BLK 4 12 3 10 33 5 5 1 3 2 2 6 10 10 1 3 0 1822 2171
PTS 222 200 155 216 209 139 131 140 168 99 99 78 99 99 53 52 0 56.9 67.8
AVG 13.9 8.7 7.8 7.4 6.7 6.0 6.6 5.4 5.3 4.3 4.3 3.7 3.1 3.1 2.7 1.6 0.0
G Date Opponent
Result
High Rebounder
High Assists
Opp. High Scorer
Att.
1
5/31
at Sacramento
L, 60-76
Record High Scorer
0-1
Campbell 22
Vodichkova 9
Hibbert 3
Byears 17
9,013
2
6/1
Houston
L, 47-77
0-2
Barnes 16
Vodichkova 7
Henning 3
Swoopes 20
10,840
3
6/3
Portland
L, 58-65
0-3
Campbell 18
Vodichkova 8
Smith 4
Crawley 18
10,182
4
6/7
at Phoenix
L, 49-82
0-4
Vodichkova 12
S. Edwards 8
Henning 2
Reed 24
9,509
5
6/9
at Charlotte
W, 67-62
1-4
Campbell 19
Lovelace 9
Campbell 5
Mapp 19
3,946
6
6/10
at Cleveland
L, 49-61
1-5
S. Edwards 17
3 players 4
Campbell 3
Wauters 12
5,830
7
6/13
Los Angeles
W, 69-59 (OT)
2-5
Campbell 22
S. Edwards 8
M. Edwards 4
Milton 13
7,700
8
6/15
Sacramento
L, 50-54
2-6
Campbell 17
Vodichkova 9
3 players 2
Griffith 13
7,656
9
6/18
Utah
L, 53-56
2-7
Campbell 21
S. Edwards 9
S. Edwards/Henning 2
Dydek 16
8,492
10 6/20
at Utah
L, 63-66
2-8
Campbell 17
M. Edwards 5
Henning 5
Goodson 23
5,376
11 6/23
at Portland
L, 61-72
2-9
Hibbert 17
Vodichkova 5
M. Edwards 5
Crawley 20
9,390
12 6/28
Detroit
L, 78-82
2-10
Vodichkova 22
Vodichkova/Henning 4
M.Edwards/Henning 5
Palmer 32
7,929
13 6/30
Minnesota
L, 53-65
2-11
Vodichkova 15
Garner 5
3 players 2
Smith 19
9,131
14 7/1
Utah
L, 60-81
2-12
Threatt 22
3 players 4
Smith 6
Williams 18
8,260
15 7/3
Washington
L, 55-60
2-13
S. Edwards 14
3 players 4
M. Edwards 5
Holdsclaw 21
8,446
16 7/5
at Minnesota
W, 67-60
3-13
Threatt 24
Garner 8
Henning 4
Dickerson/Folkl 15
17 7/6
at Houston
L, 50-80
3-14
Sampson 12
Garner/S. Edwards 5
Hibbert 3
Thompson 23
10,695
18 7/8
at Orlando
L, 53-64
3-15
S. Edwards 18
Sampson 7
Smith 5
A. Johnson 18
8,266
19 7/10
at Miami
L, 42-59
3-16
Lovelace 11
S. Edwards 5
Smith 2
Askamp 21
7,041
20 7/12
at Detroit
L, 56-61
3-17
Redd 17
Garner 7
Threatt 3
Canty 15
21 7/14
at Indiana
L, 45-64
3-18
Threatt 13
Henning 5
Henning/Sampson 2
McCarty 16
10,920
22 7/19
New York
L, 55-78
3-19
Barnes/Vodichkova 12
M. Edwards 4
Campbell/Smith 3
Johnson 18
9,395
23 7/21
Minnesota
W, 67-61
4-19
Campbell 17
Sampson 6
Henning 4
Smith 20
9,246
24 7/25
at Houston
L, 53-79
4-20
Henning 10
Vodichkova 6
Campbell 3
Cooper 28
11,539
25 7/27
at Los Angeles
L, 63-76
4-21
Henning 19
Vodichkova/Sampson 5
Campbell 6
Leslie 18
6,455
26 7/28
Phoenix
L, 55-65
4-22
Campbell 14
Garner 6
Smith 7
Reed 25
8,767
27 7/30
Miami
L, 51-64
4-23
Barnes 16
Henning 7
Henning 4
Sam 17
8,616
28 8/1
Indiana
W, 66-60
5-23
Redd 17
S. Edwards/Garner 5
Henning 6
3 players 15
8,670
29 8/3
at Phoenix
L, 63-85
5-24
Barnes 17
M. Edwards 5
M. Edwards 4
Harrison 15
9,439
30 8/6
Portland
W, 66-58 (OT)
6-24
Redd 14
Barnes 8
3 players 3
Nygaard 14
9,328
31 8/8
Los Angeles
L, 52-60 (OT)
6-25
M. Edwards 20
M. Edwards 6
Henning 4
Dixon 17
9,936
32 8/9
at Sacramento
L, 46-79
6-26
Redd 14
S. Edwards 4
Smith 4
Bolton-Holifield 17
7,156
6,264
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City of Seattle was awarded a WNBA franchise on June 7, 1999. Ginger Ackerley headed the first Storm ownership group. First head coach and general manager was Lin Dunn. The first player chosen in expansion draft was Edna Campbell from the Phoenix Mercury. The Storm played its inaugural regular-season game vs. the Sacramento Monarchs on May 31, 2000. The Storm finished eighth in the Western Conference, 22 games behind Los Angeles.
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2001 Game-by-Game Results (10-22) G Date Opponent
Result
High Rebounder
High Assists
Opp. High Scorer
Att.
1
5/31
Phoenix
W, 83-70
1-0
Jackson 21
S. Edwards 8
Henning 5
Harrison/Edwards 14
7,567
2
6/03
at Washington
L, 63-68
1-1
Randall 16
S. Edwards/Jackson 7
Henning 6
Holdsclaw 18
3
6/04
at Indiana
W, 74-71 (OT)
2-1
Jackson 18
Steding 8
Henning 6
Scott-Richardson 18
7,021
4
6/07
Miami
L, 57-70
2-2
Jackson 16
Barnes 5
Henning 4
Brondello 23
6,430
5
6/09
at Utah
W, 73-65
3-2
Steding 16
S. Edwards 8
Henning 4
Ferdinand 17
6,323
6
6/12
Orlando
W, 70-63
4-2
Randall 28
S. Edwards 14
3 players 3
McWilliams-Franklin 14
3,873
7
6/14
Cleveland
L, 36-58
4-3
Jackson 12
Randall/Smith 5
Randall 3
Melvin 16
3,821
8
6/16
Los Angeles
L, 60-73
4-4
Jackson 19
Randall 7
Lovelace 3
Leslie 22
6,964
9
6/18
Charlotte
W, 60-52
5-4
Jackson 18
Jackson 9
Jackson 3
Stinson 13
4,016
10 6/19
at Portland
L, 43-58
5-5
Jackson 11
Jackson 8
Redd 2
Bevilaqua 12
8,151
11 6/22
at Phoenix
W, 58-55
6-5
Jackson 17
Jackson/S.Edwards 8
Henning/Vodichkova 3
Fallon 12
7,123
12 6/25
at Utah
W, 65-47
7-5
Jackson 14
Jackson 9
Jackson/Smith 3
Williams 14
5,833
13 6/28
at Minnesota
L, 59-68
7-6
Vodichkova 14
Vodichkova/S.Edwards 5
Henning 4
Smith 26
7,505
14 6/30
Sacramento
L, 59-65
7-7
Jackson 18
Jackson 5
Randall 6
Griffith 15
7,048
15 7/03
Washington
L, 69-72 (4OT)
7-8
Jackson 24
Jackson 12
3 players 4
McCray 20
4,312
16 7/04
at Portland
W, 61-56
8-8
Jackson/Redd 18
Jackson 12
Randall 4
Stiles 18
7,928
17 7/07
at Charlotte
L, 38-48
8-9
S. Edwards 14
S. Edwards/Randall 5
Henning 3
Staley 15
7,007
18 7/10
at Cleveland
L, 53-59
8-10
Jackson 17
Jackson 7
Henning 6
Brown 18
19 7/11
at New York
L, 53-67
8-11
S. Edwards 16
S. Edwards 7
Henning/Smith 3
Hammon 16
14,176
20 7/13
Houston
L, 55-58
8-12
S. Edwards 19
S. Edwards/Jackson 5
Henning 7
Thompson 22
5,026
21 7/18
at Minnesota
L, 58-68
8-13
Jackson 21
Jackson 10
3 players 3
Abrosimova 21
5,627
22 7/20
Portland
L, 49-56
8-14
Randall 14
Randall 6
Henning 5
Witherspoon 21
23 7/21
at Los Angeles
L, 79-85
8-15
Redd 24
Jackson 6
Marciniak 4
Leslie 19
24 7/24
Detroit
W, 74-69 (OT)
9-15
Jackson 25
Jackson 9
Henning 4
Ndiaye-Diatta 23
25 7/27
Phoenix
L, 54-56
9-16
Randall 19
Jackson 13
Jackson 2
Stepanova 11
26 7/30
at Houston
L, 51-55
9-17
Jackson 16
4 players 4
Vodichkova/Redd 2
Arcain 16
27 8/03
Utah
L, 61-64
9-18
Jackson 16
Jackson 6
4 players 2
Goodson/Ferdinand 15
5,873
28 8/04
at Los Angeles
L, 60-79
9-19
Jackson 26
Jackson 7
Marciniak 8
Leslie 22
9,493
29 8/08
Houston
W, 72-55
10-19
S. Edwards 17
Jackson/Marciniak 6
Redd/Marciniak 5
Arcain 24
6,003
2001 STORM SEASON NOTES
30 8/10
Minnesota
L, 51-65
10-20
Jackson 13
Barnes 6
Henning 4
Smith 22
7,823
The Storm finished eighth in the Western Conference, 18 games behind Los Angeles.
31 8/11
at Sacramento
L, 61-81
10-21
Redd 24
Barnes 8
Marciniak 5
Griffith 25
13,873
The teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 10-22 record was a four-game improvement over the inaugural season.
32 8/14
Sacramento
L, 62-72
10-22
Redd/Lovelace 14
Edwards 7
Marciniak 4
Griffith 19
7,668
BACK ROW (from left): Athletic Trainer Sheri Hedlund, General Manager and Head Coach Lin Dunn, Assistant Coach Kay James, Quacy Barnes, Alessanda Santos de Oliveira, Lauren Jackson, Kamila Vodichkova, Simone Edwards, Stacey Lovelace, Assistant Coach Gary Kloppenburg, Equipment Manager Ryan Bragdon, Player Development Coach Daniel Shapiro, Director of Basketball Operations Missy Bequette FRONT ROW (from left): Katy Steding, Semeka Randall, Charmin Smith, Sonja Henning, Jamie Redd, Michelle Marciniak, Michelle Edwards
2001 Regular Season Statistics (10-22) FIELD GOALS PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT Jackson 29 29 1001 149 406 .367 Randall 32 30 884 117 315 .371 S. Edwards 32 27 810 91 190 .479 Redd 32 6 659 82 216 .380 Vodichkova 29 4 405 51 122 .418 Marciniak 27 5 392 51 139 .367 Steding 26 17 393 35 94 .372 Lovelace 22 2 211 27 71 .380 Barnes 20 3 229 23 59 .390 Henning 32 28 902 41 129 .318 Smith 32 8 589 17 63 .270 M. Edwards 3 0 13 1 3 .333 Santos de Oliveira 10 1 62 4 14 .286 STORM 32 6550 689 1821 .378 128 OPPONENTS 32 6550 753 1750 .430 125
3-POINT FG free throwS FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT 40 129 .310 104 143 .727 0 4 .000 66 100 .660 0 0 --- 55 83 .663 22 77 .286 45 66 .682 10 25 .400 38 44 .864 10 33 .303 20 37 .541 16 35 .457 16 20 .800 10 26 .385 12 17 .706 1 1 1.000 21 27 .778 8 44 .182 18 35 .514 11 38 .289 13 21 .619 0 0 --- 2 2 1.000 0 0 --- 5 11 .455 412 .311 415 606 .685 306 325 .385 417 559 .746 296
REBOUNDS OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK 57 136 193 44 97 3 54 53 64 32 73 105 44 45 0 29 73 4 67 90 157 26 54 0 24 37 20 29 53 82 48 101 0 17 48 3 25 46 71 23 56 0 16 34 7 17 21 38 47 49 0 30 30 2 9 26 35 24 23 1 16 22 9 14 18 32 9 23 0 8 18 5 14 20 34 11 29 0 9 16 6 14 57 71 93 62 2 52 43 6 18 37 55 39 52 0 17 26 1 0 2 2 4 2 0 1 3 0 10 6 16 0 12 0 0 3 0 585 891 412 605 6 273 431 127 1921 756 1052 492 588 3 228 519 127 2048
PTS 442 300 237 231 150 132 102 76 68 108 58 4 13 60.0 64.0
AVG 15.2 9.4 7.4 7.2 5.2 4.9 3.9 3.5 3.4 3.4 1.8 1.3 1.3
Rookie forward Lauren Jackson, the first overall pick in the 2001 WNBA Draft, became the first Storm player to be named a WNBA All-Star and played in the 2001 WNBA All-Star Game.
Record High Scorer
17,310
7,018
9,232 11,519 4,323 5,278 12,573
Jackson led all WNBA rookies in scoring, rebounding, steals and blocked shots and was the WNBA Rookie of the Year runner-up. Rookie guard Semeka Randall scored a then-franchise-record 28 points vs. Orlando on June 12, 2001.
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BACK ROW (from left): Athletic Trainer Sheri Hedlund, Strength and Conditioning Coach Daniel Shapiro, Director of Basketball Operations Missy Bequette, Adia Barnes, Kate Starbird, Danielle McCulley, Simone Edwards, Kamila Vodichkova, Takeisha Lewis, Assistant Coach Gary Kloppenburg, General Manager and Head Coach Lin Dunn, Coordinator of Individual Player Development Chris Bown, Assistant Coach Carrie Graf FRONT ROW (from left): Amanda Lassiter, Lauren Jackson, Jamie Redd, Sue Bird, Michelle Marciniak, Felicia Ragland, Kate Paye
2002 Regular Season Statistics (17-15) PLAYER Jackson Bird Vodichkova Edwards Redd Ragland Lassiter (TOT) Lassiter (SEA) Barnes Starbird (TOT) Starbird (SEA) Marciniak Lewis Paye McCulley STORM OPPONENTS
G GS MIN 28 28 882 32 32 1121 32 30 817 32 5 694 10 0 112 31 3 432 30 22 600 24 22 554 26 17 493 24 0 274 9 0 186 23 1 280 14 0 57 19 0 114 4 1 43 32 6450 794 32 6450 783
FIELD GOALS FG FGA PCT 186 462 .403 151 375 .403 114 245 .465 84 158 .532 17 34 .500 48 125 .384 47 140 .336 47 130 .362 37 111 .333 30 69 .435 20 44 .455 24 68 .353 4 10 .400 7 19 .368 0 12 .000 1948 .408 182 1818 .431 102
3-POINT FG free throwS FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT 42 120 .350 68 90 .756 57 142 .401 102 112 .911 13 38 .342 54 67 .806 1 1 1.000 54 73 .740 9 18 .500 9 12 .750 22 55 .400 23 28 .821 20 71 .282 13 19 .684 20 66 .303 12 17 .706 1 4 .250 15 29 .517 7 19 .368 12 16 .750 5 11 .455 8 9 .889 2 8 .250 22 29 .759 0 1 .000 10 18 .556 6 16 .375 1 2 .500 0 3 .000 2 2 1.000 506 .360 418 543 .770 362 342 .298 435 587 .741 307
REBOUNDS OFF DEF TOT 66 124 190 17 66 83 61 115 176 46 95 141 8 5 13 27 21 48 24 45 69 23 40 63 45 57 102 3 23 26 3 16 19 8 20 28 7 17 24 2 5 7 3 4 7 633 995 514 662 969 488
AST PF DQ 41 95 1 191 48 0 47 96 1 19 66 0 7 17 0 23 44 0 57 62 1 55 58 1 28 64 1 19 35 0 12 19 0 38 33 0 3 12 0 5 18 1 1 5 0 623 5 282 563 5 254
STL TO BLK 30 47 81 55 109 3 36 55 18 21 44 12 2 7 0 27 29 1 29 51 21 27 49 19 32 25 9 15 13 8 6 11 4 11 25 2 2 7 0 3 8 0 1 2 0 477 151 2188 531 125 2103
PTS 482 461 295 223 52 141 127 126 90 79 53 72 18 21 2 68.4 65.7
AVG 17.2 14.4 9.2 7.0 5.2 4.5 4.2 5.3 3.5 3.3 5.9 3.1 1.3 1.1 0.5
2002 STORM SEASON NOTES The Storm finished fourth in the Western Conference with a 17-15 record. Seattle set franchise records with 17 wins, a five-game winning streak and four straight sellouts.
G Date Opponent
Result
High Rebounder
High Assists
Opp. High Scorer
Att.
1
5/30
New York
L, 61-78
0-1
Bird 18
Ragland 8
Bird 6
Robinson 17
7,842
2
6/2
at Portland
W, 57-47
1-1
Bird 14
Vodichkova 10
Bird 5
Crawley 16
8,627
3
6/4
Minnesota
W, 78-68 (OT)
2-1
Bird 27
Vodichkova 12
Bird 7
Abrosimova 16
4,318
4
6/6
Charlotte
W, 65-59
3-1
Bird 17
Henning 8
Bird 7
Sutton-Brown 11
3,927
5
6/9
Utah
L, 68-71
3-2
Randall 21
3 players 5
Bird/Randall 3
Dydek 22
5,139
6
6/11 Portland
L, 63-70
3-3
Bird 19
Vodichkova 9
Bird 3
Figgs 16
3,715
7
6/14
W, 90-82
4-3
Jackson 23
Vodichkova 9
Bird 8
Gillom 25
8,237
8
6/15 at Utah
L, 54-61
4-4
Bird 19
Jackson 13
Bird 4
Ferdinand 16
5,852
9
6/18
at Phoenix
Los Angeles
Record High Scorer
L, 68-80
4-5
Jackson 23
Jackson 10
Bird 5
Mabika 23
6,410
10 6/20 at Sacramento
L, 64-72
4-6
Jackson 15
Jackson/Vodichkova 11
Vodichkova 4
Smith 20
7,259
11 6/21
W, 63-51
5-6
Vodichkova 20
Jackson/Vodichkova 6
Jackson 5
Scott-Richard 12
5,232
12 6/23 Sacramento
Indiana
W, 86-60
6-6
Vodichkova 15
Vodichkova 8
Bird 7
Smith 14
6,138
13 6/26
L, 62-53
6-7
Jackson 13
Edwards 6
Bird 7
Harrison 22
7,836
14 6/27 Orlando
at Phoenix
W, 73-71
7-7
Marciniak 18
Vodichkova 5
Bird 7
Sales 15
4,718
15 7/2
at New York
L, 74-63
7-8
Jackson 17
Vodichkova 9
Bird 6
Phillips 19
14,401
16 7/5
at Cleveland
W, 73-65
8-8
Jackson 19
Randall 10
Bird 12
Taylor 16
11,114
17 7/7
at Miami
L, 61-65 (OT)
8-9
Jackson 13
Jackson 11
Bird 11
Lennox 19
18 7/9
at Houston
L, 59-67
8-10
Jackson 16
Vodichkova 8
Bird 5
Swoopes 24
19 7/11
Los Angeles
7,973 10,051
W, 79-60
9-10
Jackson 21
Barnes 8
Bird 5
Leslie 21
6,357
20 7/12 Cleveland
L, 58-62
9-11
Jackson 22
Jackson 7
Bird 7
Wauters 16
8,072
21 7/19
Phoenix
W, 89-48
10-11
Jackson 22
3 players 9
Marciniak 5
Williams 10
6,759
22 7/20 Houston
L, 54-56
10-12
Bird 21
Vodichkova 8
3 players 3
Thompson 18
9,686
23 7/23
L, 54-66
10-13
Bird 20
Barnes 6
Bird 7
Swoopes 19
24 7/25 at Orlando
at Houston
W, 79-76
11-13
Jackson 27
Edwards 9
Bird 11
Johnson 17
6,449
25 7/27
W, 80-71
12-13
Jackson 25
Jackson 10
Bird 5
Holdsclaw 32
18,311
26 7/28 at Detroit
W, 72-59
13-13
Bird 18
Starbird 7
Bird 5
Cash 15
27 7/31
Minnesota
W, 75-63
14-13
Bird 22
Jackson 7
Bird 4
Smith 13
9,686
28 8/1
at Los Angeles
W, 81-76
15-13
Jackson 19
Vodichkova 10
Bird 10
Leslie 30
11,915
29 8/4
at Minnesota
L, 60-73
15-14
Jackson 19
Vodichkova 6
Bird 5
Smith/Schweitzer 17
30 8/9
Portland
W, 83-74
16-14
Bird 33
Jackson 13
Lassiter 7
Stiles 18
31 8/11
Utah
W, 74-57
17-14
Jackson 27
Jackson 7
Bird 8
Azzi/Ferdinand 10
11,448
L, 59-51
17-15
Edwards 18
Jackson 9
4 players 2
Griffith 19
10,691
at Washington
32 8/13 at Sacramento
10.205
6,308
6,777 12,327
The Storm qualified for the WNBA Playoffs for the first time in franchise history, earning the fourth seed. Seattle fell to Los Angeles 2-0 in the first round of the 2002 WNBA Playoffs. No. 1 draft pick Sue Bird was named All-WNBA First Team, voted as a starter at the 2002 WNBA All-Star Game and selected as the runner-up for Rookie of the Year. Lauren Jackson was named to the WNBA All-Star Game for the second straight season. Bird scored a franchise-record 33 points vs. Portland on Aug. 9, 2002. Bird was second in the WNBA in assists per game (6.0 apg) and first in free throw percentage (91.1 percent). Jackson registered a franchise-record eight blocks vs. Utah on Aug. 11, 2002. Jackson finished fourth in the WNBA in scoring (17.2 ppg) and third in blocks (2.89 bpg). The teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original general manager and head coach Lin Dunn resigned on Sept. 3, 2002.
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2003 Game-by-Game Results (18-16) Result
High Scorer
High Rebounder
High Assists
Opp. High Scorer
Att.
1
5/22
L, 64-75
0-1
Bird 19
Barnes/Jackson 5
Bird 10
Swoopes 27
9,658
2
5/24 at San Antonio
L, 56-65
0-2
Jackson 15
Jackson 7
Bird 5
Ferdinand 20
3
5/30
Los Angeles
L, 74-77 (OT)
0-3
Bird 22
Jackson/Vodichkova 8
Bird 7
Leslie 20
9,686
4
6/3
Sacramento
W, 70-56
1-3
Jackson 22
Jackson 13
Bird 5
Smith 14
4,528
5
6/7
Phoenix
W, 66-57
2-3
Jackson 27
Jackson 14
Bird 10
DeForge 16
6,549
6
6/10 Indiana
W, 78 -51
3-3
Jackson 20
Edwards 7
Bird 8
Catchings/White 13
5,638
7
6/14
L, 72-77
3-4
Jackson 18
Vodichkova 7
Bird 4
Smith 32
6,486
8
6/17 at Phoenix
W, 61-60
4-4
Jackson 23
Jackson 10
Bird 5
DeForge 22
8,950
9
6/19
at Houston
Minnesota
Record
15,593
at Los Angeles
W, 69-67
5-4
Brondello 21
Jackson 9
Bird 12
Leslie 21
8,861
10 6/21 at Sacramento
L, 64-69
5-5
Jackson 19
Jackson 9
Bird 6
Griffith 22
9,269
11 6/22
W, 93-53
6-5
Jackson 24
Jackson 9
Bird 6
Goodson 15
6,395
12 6/27 at Cleveland
San Antonio
W, 71-59
7-5
Jackson 16
Bird 7
Bird 12
Melvin 15
6,065
13 6/28
L, 70-79
7-6
Brondello 19
Edwards 11
Bird 11
Catchings 20
7,890
14 6/30 at Charlotte
W, 83-71
8-6
Jackson 22
Burras 6
Bird 5
Feaster 18
5,003
Simone Edwards, Kamila Vodichkova, Alisa Burras, Lauren Jackson, Head Coach Anne Donovan
15 7/3
Washington
W, 76-72
9-6
Jackson 25
Vodichkova 9
Bird 10
Holdsclaw 21
7,042
FRONT ROW (from left): Rita Williams, Tully Bevilaqua, Jung Sun-Min, Amanda Lassiter,
16 7/5
at Los Angeles
L, 75-84
9-7
Bird 27
Barnes 9
Brondello 7
Leslie 23
9,820
17 7/15
Houston
BACK ROW (from left): Assistant Coach Jenny Boucek, Assistant Coach Jessie Kenlaw, Adia Barnes, Danielle McCulley,
Sue Bird, Sandy Brondello, Athletic Trainer Sheri Hedlund
2003 REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS (18-16) PLAYER Jackson Bird Vodichkova Brondello Barnes Lassiter Edwards Burras Williams Massaline (TOT) Massaline (SEA) Bevilaqua Jung McCulley STORM OPPONENTS
G Date Opponent
G GS MIN 33 33 1109 34 34 1136 28 27 709 34 34 975 16 16 396 32 18 733 34 6 577 27 2 270 32 0 381 24 0 222 11 0 121 31 0 252 17 0 118 7 0 26 34 6850 890 34 6850 844
FIELD GOALS FG FGA PCT 254 526 .483 155 368 .421 101 213 .474 117 282 .415 32 84 .381 60 156 .385 61 134 .455 35 75 .467 28 75 .373 20 63 .317 13 33 .394 17 51 .333 13 32 .406 1 6 .167 2045 .435 166 2039 .414 145
3-POINT FG free throwS FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT 39 123 .317 151 183 .825 49 140 .350 61 69 .884 0 5 .000 82 101 .812 21 48 .438 25 31 .806 12 31 .387 12 21 .571 24 73 .329 19 30 .633 0 0 --- 35 56 .625 0 0 --- 19 27 .704 11 43 .256 11 15 .733 6 20 .300 7 7 1.000 2 8 .250 5 5 1.000 8 21 .381 16 21 .762 0 7 .000 4 4 1.000 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 500 .332 442 567 .780 342 437 .332 441 591 .746 352
REBOUNDS OFF DEF TOT 82 225 307 22 91 113 55 88 143 19 37 56 26 39 65 33 79 112 54 79 133 27 34 61 3 19 22 12 9 21 7 4 11 9 17 26 1 9 10 0 1 1 732 1074 548 689 1041 456
AST PF DQ 62 106 1 221 47 0 31 101 4 69 58 0 23 36 1 42 92 2 16 55 0 5 58 0 41 34 0 8 12 0 5 8 0 32 30 0 1 13 0 0 3 0 644 8 232 570 9 245
STL TO BLK 38 69 64 48 110 1 20 53 21 31 37 2 11 18 7 27 42 26 10 31 9 5 25 5 14 27 0 5 10 0 4 5 0 14 20 1 5 5 0 0 4 0 465 138 2388 459 104 2274
PTS 698 420 284 280 88 163 157 89 78 53 33 58 30 2 70.2 66.9
AVG 21.2 12.4 10.1 8.2 5.5 5.1 4.6 3.3 2.4 2.2 3.0 1.9 1.8 0.3
at Indiana
W, 69-55
10-7
Jackson/Vodichkova 18
Bird 8
Bird 10
Swoopes 17
6,718
18 7/17 at Connecticut
W, 67-65
11-7
Jackson 20
Edwards 9
Bird 7
McWilliams-Franklin 9
9,341
19 7/18
L, 61-74
11-8
Jackson 23
Jackson 7
Jackson 4
Powell 16
6,923
20 7/20 at Minnesota
at Detroit
L, 58-69
11-9
Jackson 30
Vodichkova 6
Williams 5
Smith 19
6,992
21 7/23
New York
W, 75-65
12-9
Jackson 27
Vodichkova 10
Bird 8
Johnson 17
8,003
22 7/25 Phoenix
W, 82-53
13-9
Jackson 26
Jackson 10
Bird 6
Jackson 13
6,753
23 7/26
L, 63-76
13-10
Jackson 23
Jackson 10
Bird/Brondello 5
Walker 21
7,411
24 7/31 Charlotte
at Sacramento
W, 69-54
14-10
Jackson 23
Jackson 20
Bird 8
Staley 16
6,289
25 8/2
at Minnesota
L, 71-73
14-11
Bird 17
Jackson 12
Bird 4
Burse 20
6,555
26 8/6
Los Angeles
W, 92-56
15-11
Jackson 34
Jackson 13
Bird 10
Mabika/Teasley 15
8,305
27 8/8
Minnesota
W, 68-65
16-11
Jackson 16
Jackson 11
Bird 5
Smith 20
8,494
28 8/12 San Antonio
L, 77-87
16-12
Jackson 32
Jackson 18
Bird 8
Azzi/Ferdinand 18
7,300
29 8/15
L, 50-64
16-13
BirdJackson 14
Jackson/Lassiter 8
Brondello 4
Jackson 20
9,423
30 8/17 Detroit
L, 86-95
16-14
Jackson 23
Jackson 13
Bird 5
Nolan 18
7,590
Seattle set a franchise record with 18 wins.
31 8/19
L, 47-52
16-15
Jackson 16
Jackson 15
Bird 5
Swoopes 17
8,306
Sue Bird was named All-WNBA First Team and was voted a starter at the 2003 WNBA All-Star Game.
32 8/20 at San Antonio
L, 70-78 (OT)
16-16
Jackson 22
Jackson 14
Bird 5
Goodson 26
9,045
Lauren Jackson was named 2003 WNBA MVP, All-WNBA First Team and was voted to the 2003 Western Conference All-Star Team for the third straight season.
33 8/23
W, 71-64
17-16
Jackson 22
Jackson 8
Bird 5
Thompson 18
7,786
On June 7, Jackson became the youngest player in WNBA history to reach 1,000 career points at 22 years, 27 days old.
34 8/25 Sacramento
W, 70-57
18-16
Jackson 18
Jackson 9
Bird 8
Smith 13
7,295
2003 STORM SEASON NOTES The Storm finished fifth in the Western Conference with a 18-16 record.
at Phoenix
at Houston
Houston
Jackson recorded the fifth 20-20 game in WNBA history vs. Charlotte on July 31, 2003 finishing with 23 points and a team-record and career-high 20 rebounds. Jackson set a career-high and Storm record with 34 points on a WNBA-record 17 field goals on Aug. 6, 2003 vs. Los Angeles. Jackson finished first in the WNBA in scoring (21.2 ppg), third in blocks (1.94 bpg) and fourth in rebounds per game (9.3 rpg). Through the 2003 season, Jackson was the Stormâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all-time leading scorer (1,622 points) and rebounder (690 rebounds).
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2004 Game-by-Game Results (20-14) Result
1
W, 88-85
1-0
Jackson 31
5/20
Minnesota
Record High Scorer
High Rebounder
High Assists
Opp. High Scorer
Att.
Lennox 10
3 players 4
Edwards/Smith 17
6,624 9,686
2
5/22 Los Angeles
W, 93-67
2-0
Lennox 20
Jackson 7
Bird 5
Leslie 20
3
5/28
at Phoenix
L, 76-84
2-1
Bird 22
Jackson 11
Bird/Lennox 2
DeForge 24
5,368
4
6/1
at Los Angeles
L, 70-73
2-2
Jackson 17
Sam 9
Bird 5
Mabika 19
8,652
5
6/3
Phoenix
W, 72-45
3-2
Lennox 17
Lennox 7
Bird/Vodichkova 4
DeForge 12
7,668
6
6/5
at Sacramento
W, 65-63
4-2
Sam 17
Jackson 8
Sam 8
Griffith 20
7,094
7
6/11
Connecticut
W, 68-63
5-2
Jackson 22
Sam 12
Bird 6
Douglas/Derevjanik 13
7,012
8
6/15 at New York
W, 86-62
6-2
Jackson 16
Jackson 12
Bird/Lennox 5
Wauters 15
9,769
9
6/18
W, 69-63
7-2
Jackson 18
Jackson 6
Bird 6
Swoopes 33
7,409
10 6/19 at San Antonio
at Houston
W, 74-61
8-2
Jackson 27
Lennox 9
Bird 9
Thomas 16
8,558
11 6/22
L, 57-63
8-3
Jackson 16
Vodichkova 12
Bird 6
Swoopes 18
8,265
12 6/26 New York
L, 62-67
8-4
Vodichkova 15
Jackson 8
Bevilaqua 5
Hammon 15
4,527
13 7/1
San Antonio
W, 76-52
9-4
Jackson/Bird 20
Sam 10
Bird 7
Goodson 10
6,371
BACK ROW (from left): Janell Burse, Assistant Coach Jenny Boucek, Kamila Vodichkova, Simone Edwards,
14 7/3
Sacramento
W, 75-61
10-4
Jackson 32
Jackson 12
Bird 6
Maiga 17
7,467
Head Coach Anne Donovan, Lauren Jackson, Sheri Sam, Assistant Coach Jessie Kenlaw
15 7/7
at Washington
L, 69-72
10-5
Jackson 22
Jackson 7
Bird 6
Holdsclaw 23
FRONT ROW (from left): Adia Barnes, Betty Lennox, Tully Bevilaqua, Michelle Greco, Sue Bird, Trina Frierson, Alicia Thompson
16 7/8
at Charlotte
L, 67-70
10-6
Jackson 24
Jackson 8
Bird 9
Feaster/Lewis 19
17 7/10
at Detroit
L, 65-70
10-7
Bird 21
Vodichkova 9
Bird 6
Nolan 21
18 7/12 San Antonio
W, 75-59
11-7
Jackson 25
Bird 8
Bird 9
Dydek 15
6,800
19 7/15
W, 66-63
12-7
Jackson 18
Vodichkova 7
Lennox 6
Bolton 14
11,275 7,867
2004 REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS (20-14) PLAYER Jackson Bird Lennox Sam Vodichkova Burse Bevilaqua Thompson Greco Edwards Barnes Frierson STORM OPPONENTS
G Date Opponent
G GS MIN 31 31 1070 34 34 1136 32 32 920 34 32 1018 34 34 873 29 0 514 34 0 358 23 2 182 13 0 73 23 3 257 34 2 402 5 0 22 34 6825 873 34 6825 851
FIELD GOALS FG FGA PCT 220 460 .478 151 326 .463 139 330 .421 117 284 .412 94 241 .390 51 119 .429 24 60 .400 24 54 .444 10 18 .556 20 55 .364 21 69 .304 2 9 .222 2025 .431 167 1989 .428 139
3-POINT FG free throwS FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT 52 115 .452 142 175 .811 64 146 .438 73 85 .859 22 83 .265 58 68 .853 11 42 .262 65 76 .855 1 2 .500 84 108 .778 0 0 --- 39 67 .582 11 26 .423 20 29 .690 3 16 .188 1 2 .500 0 2 .000 9 13 .692 0 0 --- 8 19 .421 3 6 .500 22 31 .710 0 1 .000 3 3 1.000 439 .380 524 676 .775 350 391 .355 423 592 .715 303
REBOUNDS OFF DEF TOT 64 143 207 22 84 106 28 131 159 42 97 139 65 103 168 51 45 96 6 20 26 8 16 24 3 7 10 25 31 56 33 30 63 3 2 5 709 1059 552 679 982 507
AST PF DQ 51 93 0 184 48 0 79 89 0 82 108 1 55 110 5 19 84 2 29 48 0 9 9 0 8 6 0 5 25 0 31 38 0 0 7 0 665 8 302 678 4 252
STL 31 51 34 53 32 23 38 6 3 8 23 0 499 527
TO 67 87 77 63 73 41 26 7 8 13 24 1 131 137
BLK 62 5 3 6 12 36 2 0 0 3 2 0 2437 2264
PTS 634 439 358 310 273 141 79 52 29 48 67 7 71.7 66.6
AVG 20.5 12.9 11.2 9.1 8.0 4.9 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.4
Houston
at Sacramento
11,502 5,493 10,741
20 7/17 Washington
W, 85-83 (OT) 13-7
Jackson 33
Lennox 7
Bird/Lennox 5
Beard 18
21 7/22
Indiana
W, 59-54
14-7
Jackson 25
Vodichkova 10
Bird 4
Catchings/Miller 15
8,579
22 7/24 Houston
W, 67-63
15-7
Jackson 26
Jackson 9
Bird 4
Swoopes 23
8,107
23 7/27
L, 55-80
15-8
Jackson 14
Vodichkova 6
3 players 3
Thompson 22
6,663
24 7/30 at Minnesota
at Houston
W, 70-55
16-8
Lennox 23
Edwards 9
Bird 5
Hayden 12
8,788
25 8/1
Charlotte
W, 87-55
17-8
Jackson 25
Jackson/Edwards 8
Bird 5
Powell 14
8,338
26 9/1
Sacramento
L, 65-73
17-9
Lennox 19
Vodichkova 7
Barnes 4
Griffith 18
8,408
27 9/3
at Los Angeles
L, 81-82
17-10
Bird 25
Vodichkova 8
Bird/Thompson 5
Leslie 26
9,721
2004 STORM SEASON NOTES
28 9/4
at Phoenix
L, 55-63
17-11
Vodichkova/Bird 12
Vodichkova 8
Bird 3
Taurasi/Taylor 18
8,887
The Storm finished second in the Western Conference with a 20-14 record, setting the then franchise mark for regular-season wins.
29 9/8
Detroit
Seattle won its first WNBA Championship, the city’s first professional sports title in 25 years. Betty Lennox, who was selected by the Storm in the 2004 WNBA Dispersal Draft, was named the WNBA Finals MVP after leading all players in the championship series by scoring an average of 22.3 points per game. Lauren Jackson averaged 20.5 points per game to lead the WNBA in scoring for the second consecutive year. Sue Bird and Jackson were named to the All-WNBA First Team. It was Bird’s third year in a row and Jackson’s second straight year receiving the honor. Head Coach Anne Donovan became the first female coach to win the WNBA Championship. During the season, she also served as an assistant coach on the 2004 gold-medal winning U.S. Women’s Senior National Team at the Olympic Summer Games in Athens, Greece. Bird was also a member of the Olympic-champion U.S. squad.
W, 86-67
18-11
Bird 23
Jackson 7
Bird 8
Ford 16
30 9/10 at Minnesota
L, 61-64
18-12
Bird 15
Bird 7
Bird/Lenox 5
Edwards 18
31 9/12
at Connecticut
6,862 11,402
L, 64-71
18-13
Jackson 24
Jackson/Bird 5
Bird 7
Douglass 21
9,341
32 9/13 at Indiana
W, 76-70
19-13
Jackson 20
Jackson 9
Bird 7
Catchings 16
9,656
33 9/15
W, 73-58
20-13
Jackson 25
Lennox 8
Bird 8
Taurasi 20
7,855
L, 80-83
20-14
Jackson 22
Jackson 8
Bird/Lennox 6
Teasley 8
14,884
Phoenix
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Jackson won the silver medal, leading the Australian National Team to the Olympic final against the U.S.
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2005 Game-by-Game Results (20-14)
BACK ROW (from left): Equipment Manager Skyler Young, Head Coach Anne Donovan, Suzy Batkovic, Janell Burse, Lauren Jackson, Assistant Coach Jessie Kenlaw, Strength and Conditioning Coach Chattin Hill, Video Coordinator Ayana Clinton MIDDLE ROW (from left): Assistant Coach Jenny Boucek, Alicia Thompson, Natalia Vodopyanova,
Result
High Scorer
High Rebounder
High Assists
Opp. High Scorer
1
5/21
Los Angeles
L, 50-68
Record
0-1
Lennox 14
Burse 11
Bird 3
Leslie 23
11,726
2
5/27
Houston
W, 79-69
1-1
Lennox 24
Jackson 12
Bird 7
Snow 17
7,219
3
5/29
San Antonio
W, 79-51
2-1
Jackson 21
Jackson 7
Bird 5
Palmer-Daniel 9
6,910
4
6/2
at Phoenix
W, 78-67
3-1
Burse 21
Jackson 14
Bird 6
Taurasi 27
7,132
5
6/4
Indiana
W, 83-77
4-1
Jackson 24
Jackson 15
Bird 7
White 26
8,651
6
6/7
at Connecticut
L, 69-81
4-2
Jackson 20
Jackson 6
Bird 4
Douglas 20
7,080
7
6/8
at Detroit
W, 76-61
5-2
Burse 18
3 players 7
Lennox 4
Nolan 23
5,841
8
6/10
at Washington
L, 52-64
5-3
Jackson/Lennox 18
Jackson 9
Zara 4
Beard 16
10,024
9
6/12
at Charlotte
W, 62-60
6-3
Jackson 17
Jackson 14
Jackson 4
Sam 14
4,551
Minnesota
L, 81-86(OT)
6-4
Jackson 26
Castro Marques 9
Wright 6
Smith 21
7,789
11 6/22
Connecticut
W, 95-86
7-4
Lennox 29
Jackson 17
Bird 7
McWilliams-Franklin 21
8,120
12 6/24
at Los Angeles
L, 65-76
7-5
Jackson 21
Lennox 6
Bird 10
Holdsclaw 27
7,833
13 6/26
at Minnesota
L, 70-73
7-6
Batkovic 12
Jackson 13
Castro Marques 5
Smith 22
5,352
14 6/28
at Houston
L, 67-71
7-7
Batkovic 16
Jackson 7
Bird 7
Swoopes 21
5,610
15
6/30 at San Antonio
L, 69-81
7-8
Jackson 17
Jackson 15
Jackson 3
Johnson 18
7,451
16
7/3
Sacramento
W, 74-67
8-8
Jackson 31
Jackson 13
Bird 8
Walker 14
8,371
17 7/6
at Phoenix
L, 61-73
8-9
Lennox 17
Lennox 11
Bird 5
Taylor 17
FRONT ROW (from left): Assistant Athletic Trainer Kate Fitzmaurice, Tanisha Wright, Sue Bird, Betty Lennox,
18 7/13
Washington
L, 71-78
8-10
Castro Marques 19
Jackson 8
Bird 7
Beard/Milton-Jones 15
19 7/15
San Antonio
2005 REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS (20-14) G GS MIN 34 34 1176 28 26 800 30 30 1020 34 34 859 33 32 879 29 0 461 34 8 528 30 1 329 34 4 413 28 0 201 4 1 53 17 0 98 2 0 8 34 6825 906 34 6825 892
FIELD GOALS FG FGA PCT 206 450 .458 123 314 .392 130 294 .442 127 243 .523 93 242 .384 76 174 .437 49 106 .462 32 81 .395 34 85 .400 24 41 .585 3 12 .250 8 22 .364 1 2 .500 2066 .439 142 2163 .412 133
3-POINT FG free throwS FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT 34 118 .288 151 181 .834 24 78 .308 76 87 .874 45 103 .437 59 69 .855 0 0 --- 86 123 .699 24 72 .333 59 73 .808 2 7 .286 45 58 .776 0 1 .000 24 36 .667 7 22 .318 12 16 .750 5 22 .227 17 21 .810 0 0 --- 7 12 .583 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 1 5 .200 8 12 .667 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 429 .331 544 688 .791 323 419 .317 490 646 .759 334
REBOUNDS OFF DEF TOT 96 217 313 21 103 124 21 51 72 81 118 199 23 74 97 26 68 94 20 37 57 10 35 45 11 28 39 9 22 31 2 4 6 3 17 20 0 2 2 776 1099 520 686 1020 568
AST PF DQ 57 100 2 57 82 0 176 46 0 23 139 6 49 73 0 26 85 1 53 60 1 14 17 0 51 29 0 3 13 0 1 3 0 10 9 0 0 1 0 657 10 201 691 5 267
STL 36 35 29 19 18 17 18 4 16 4 2 3 0 516 438
TO 59 75 87 78 59 32 40 18 41 4 4 8 1 158 154
BLK 67 5 6 40 4 24 3 4 1 2 0 2 0 2498 2407
PTS 597 346 364 340 269 199 122 83 90 55 6 25 2 73.5 70.8
AVG 17.6 12.4 12.1 10.0 8.2 6.9 3.6 2.8 2.6 2.0 1.5 1.5 1.0
Att.
10 6/15
Simone Edwards, Iziane Castro Marques, Director of Basketball Operations Missy Bequette
Francesca Zara, Athletic Trainer Annmarie Henkel
PLAYER Jackson Lennox Bird Burse Castro Marques Batkovic Wright Thompson Zara Edwards Stevenson Vodopyanova Battle STORM OPPONENTS
G Date Opponent
6,919 11,080
W, 92-70
9-10
Jackson 27
Jackson 9
Bird 7
Feenstra/Ferdinand 17
20
7/16 at Los Angeles
W, 78-70
10-10
Jackson 20
Jackson 8
Bird 8
Leslie 19
7,447
21
7/19 New York
W, 87-78
11-10
Castro Marques 20
Burse 11
Bird 5
Hammon 18
7,361
22
7/23 Detroit
W, 74-71
12-10
Jackson 21
Jackson 7
Bird/Jackson 4
Nolan 22
8,819
10,151
23 7/29
Charlotte
W, 79-68
13-10
Burse 27
Burse 6
Bird 7
Perkins 21
8,213
24 7/31
Los Angeles
W, 77-72
14-10
Jackson/Lennox 17
Jackson 10
Bird 7
Leslie 18
10,097
25 8/4
at Indiana
L, 68-78
14-11
Jackson 14
Jackson 9
Bird 6
Catchings 24
26 8/6
at New, York
L, 67-79
14-12
Jackson 25
Jackson 7
Bird 10
Wauters 18
11,226
27
8/9
Houston
W, 71-68
15-12
Jackson 27
Jackson 9
3 players 3
Swoopes 34
9,470
28
8/12 at Minnesota
W, 72-66
16-12
Bird 20
Jackson 10
Bird 6
Jones 16
6,352
29
8/14 at Houston
L, 72-75
16-13
Jackson 18
Burse 11
Bird 4
Swoopes 23
7,992
30
8/18 Minnesota
W, 76-60
17-13
Jackson 18
Jackson 11
Bird 9
Ohlde 17
9,245
2005 STORM SEASON NOTES
31
8/20 at Sacramento
L, 65-75
17-14
Jackson 16
Jackson 15
Wright 7
Griffith 26
13,027
The Storm finished second in the Western Conference with a 20-14 record, matching the then franchise mark for regular-season wins.
32
8/23 at San Antonio
W, 78-51
18-14
Wright/Lennox 12
Jackson 11
Bird 7
Feenstra 14
5,508
Seattle made its third postseason appearance, falling 2-1 to Houston in the First Round.
33
8/25 Sacramento
W, 76-63
19-14
Burse 17
Castro Marques 8
3 players 5
Powell 17
9,686
The Storm set a club record by posting a 14-3 mark at KeyArena. The Storm finished the season with a nine-game home winning streak, the longest in team history.
34
8/27 Phoenix
W, 85-74
20-14
Bird 20
Batkovic 6
Bird 7
Taurasi 31
11,206
9,290
Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson were both named to the All-WNBA First Team. Bird received the honor for the fourth consecutive year and Jackson for her third straight year. Both Bird and Jackson were named as starters for the Western Conference in the 2005 WNBA All-Star Game. Anne Donovan became the first female coach in WNBA history to win 100 games when the Storm beat the Minnesota Lynx at KeyArena on Aug. 18. Donovan became the fourth coach overall to reach the 100-win plateau. Sue Bird won the WNBAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assist title after finishing second the previous three seasons. The Storm broke the 150,000 barrier in attendance as 150,760 fans attended games at KeyArena. Seattleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 11 percent increase over 2004 attendance was the largest in the league. On Aug. 27, Donovan signed a contract extension to remain head coach of the Storm.
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2006 Game-by-Game Results (18-16) G Date Opponent
Result Record High Scorer
High Rebounder
High Assists
Opp. High Scorer
Att.
1
5/21
Los Angeles
W, 90-67
1-0
Jackson 23
Palmer 13
Bird 9
Leslie 24
9,686
2
5/23
Houston
L, 59-84
1-1
Bird 12
Jackson 6
Bird 3
Canty/Thompson 19
3
5/25
at Phoenix
W, 94-81
2-1
Jackson 35
Jackson 9
Bird 6
Taurasi 28
10,401
4
5/31
at Sacramento
L, 66-87
2-2
Jackson 20
Jackson 8
Wright 2
Griffith 21
6,055
5
6/2
Phoenix
W, 97-87
3-2
Jackson 27
Burse 10
Lennox 6
Pondexter 30
7,753
6
6/4
San Antonio
L, 87-89
3-3
Jackson 21
Jackson/Burse 6
Bird/Jackson 5
Thomas/Wecker 15
7,746
7
6/7
Chicago
W, 86-73
4-3
Jackson 19
Burse 8
Bird 5
Dupree/Ngoyisa 16
5,741
8
6/9
at Connecticut
L, 81-85
4-4
Burse 23
Burse 14
Bird 10
Douglas 18
8,138
9
6/11
at Indiana
L, 62-69
4-5
Lennox 20
Bird/Jackson 8
Bird 5
Catchings 18
7,654
10 6/14
at Minnesota
W, 74-66
5-5
Lennox 15
Jackson/Lennox 7
Bird 8
Augustus 32
5,273
11 6/15
at Chicago
W, 74-61
6-5
Jackson 27
Jackson 10
Bird 5
Lovelace 15
2,956
12 6/17
at Sacramento
L, 74-76
6-6
Lennox 23
Jackson 9
Bird 4
Lawson 16
7,331
13 6/21
Phoenix
L, 80-87
6-7
Jackson 28
Jackson 14
Bird 8
Pondexter 27
7,536
14 6/23
San Antonio
W, 87-57
7-7
Jackson 27
Burse 9
3 players 4
Feenstra 12
8,555
Assistant Coach Jessie Kenlaw, Wendy Palmer, Janell Burse, Lauren Jackson, Ashley Robinson, Tiffani Johnson, Tanisha Wright, Player Development Specialist Talvin Skinner, Head Coach Anne Donovan, Strength and Conditioning Coach Chattin Hill
15 6/25
at Houston
L, 74-84
7-8
Lennox 29
Burse 8
Bird/Castro Marques 2
Thompson 21
7,557
16 6/27
Sacramento
W, 68-53
8-8
Bird 18
Jackson 12
Turner 7
Buescher 12
7,961
FRONT ROW (from left): Director of Basketball Operations Missy Bequette, Iziane Castro Marques, Betty Lennox,
17 6/28
at Los Angeles
W, 75-67
9-8
Lennox 27
Lennox 8
Bird 4
Moore 16
6,774
18 7/1
Minnesota
W, 92-75
10-8
Jackson 25
Jackson 10
Bird 14
Augustus 24
7,240
19 7/9
Indiana
L, 62-74
10-9
Jackson 19
Jackson 6
Bird 4
Catchings 20
8,222
20 7/14
New York
W, 86-66
11-9
Jackson 26
Burse 14
Bird 5
Christon 25
8,755
21 7/16
Connecticut
L, 83-92
11-10
Jackson 20
Burse 13
Bird 6
Douglas 26
8,952
22 7/18
Sacramento
L, 61-74
11-11
Lennox 16
3 players 6
Lawson 4
Brunson 15
11,221
23 7/20
at Charlotte
L, 72-86
11-12
Bird 19
Lennox 10
Bird 4
Sam 23
10,898
24 7/22
at New York
W, 91-54
12-12
Castro Marques 26
Jackson 9
Lawson-Wade 4
Thorn 19
9,172
25 7/23
at Washington
W, 73-71
13-12
Jackson 18
Jackson 11
Lennox 5
Beard 30
7,911
26 7/25
at Phoenix
W, 91-85
14-12
Bird 25
Jackson 12
Turner 5
Taurasi 27
7,164
27 7/28
Detroit
L, 67-77
14-13
Johnson 15
Robinson 13
Castro Marques/Robinson 2
Nolan 23
9,686
28 7/30
Los Angeles
L, 70-71
14-14
Jackson 27
Jackson 8
Bird 7
Leslie 31
9,686
29 8/1
at Minnesota
W, 77-75
15-14
Bird 21
Burse 7
Bird 7
Mann 19
4,704
2006 STORM SEASON NOTES
30 8/3
Washington
W, 86-78
16-14
Jackson 27
Bird 8
Bird 8
Beard 23
9,340
The Storm finished fourth in the Western Conference with a record of 18-16 and earned a playoff berth for the third consecutive season. Seattle’s nine road victories were a franchise record.
31 8/5
Charlotte
W, 87-81
17-14
Burse 23
Burse 12
3 players 3
McCarville 17
9,521
32 8/8
at Detroit
W, 81-79
18-14
Bird 24
3 players 5
Lennox 5
Smith 25
9,783
Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson were both named to the WNBA’s All-Decade Team.
33 8/10
at San Antonio
L, 65-75
18-15
Lennox 17
Burse/Castro Marques 8
Lennox/Wright 3
Thomas 16
9,082
Both Bird and Jackson were also named as starters for the Western Conference at the WNBA All-Star Game.
34 8/12
at Houston
L, 72-89
18-16
Lennox 16
Robinson 6
Bird 5
Thompson 31
6,579
BACK ROW (from left): Athletic Trainer Annmarie Henkel, Equipment Manager Andrew Starmer, Assistant Coach Heidi VanDerveer,
Edwige Lawson-Wade, Sue Bird, Barbara Turner, Shaunzinski Gortman, Video Coordinator Ayana Clinton
2006 Regular Season Statistics (18-16) PLAYER Jackson Lennox Bird Burse Palmer Castro Marques Turner Johnson Wright Gortman Lawson-Wade Robinson Greenwalt Chones STORM OPPONENTS
G GS MIN 30 30 848 34 34 891 34 34 1065 27 27 737 5 2 120 34 26 655 34 9 622 32 8 643 33 0 508 20 0 265 26 0 209 17 0 197 5 0 24 3 0 16 34 6800 961 34 6800 940
FIELD GOALS FG FGA PCT 193 361 .535 191 423 .452 137 333 .411 113 221 .511 16 33 .485 91 194 .469 71 159 .447 61 147 .415 42 119 .353 20 55 .364 17 45 .378 9 25 .360 0 7 .000 0 2 .000 2124 .452 160 2218 .424 164
3-POINT FG free throwS FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT 29 77 .377 170 189 .899 29 90 .322 54 71 .761 56 153 .366 59 68 .868 1 1 1.000 73 109 .670 1 3 .333 14 19 .737 25 65 .385 39 59 .661 10 40 .250 64 77 .831 0 0 --- 28 37 .757 2 14 .143 38 45 .844 2 12 .167 14 18 .778 5 19 .263 4 6 .667 0 1 .000 3 10 .300 0 0 --- 2 4 .500 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 475 .337 562 712 .789 327 484 .339 531 707 .751 322
REBOUNDS OFF DEF TOT 70 160 230 34 103 137 24 78 102 63 115 178 13 25 38 16 56 72 26 60 86 31 93 124 19 41 60 9 39 48 2 19 21 18 26 44 2 6 8 0 0 0 821 1148 514 709 1031 520
AST PF DQ 48 90 1 73 92 2 162 60 1 22 91 1 3 17 0 47 58 0 48 56 0 17 66 0 41 53 0 17 32 0 29 20 0 7 34 0 0 9 0 0 4 0 682 5 232 683 8 297
STL 24 36 61 17 5 23 13 10 11 11 15 6 0 0 570 485
Seattle fell to Los Angeles 2-1 in the First Round of the WNBA Playoffs.
TO 40 98 88 55 10 49 47 31 52 25 19 12 0 1 127 115
BLK 51 5 5 25 3 2 6 17 2 2 1 8 0 0 2644 2575
PTS 585 465 389 300 47 246 216 150 124 56 43 21 2 0 77.8 75.7
AVG 19.5 13.7 11.4 11.1 9.4 7.2 6.4 4.7 3.8 2.8 1.7 1.2 0.4 0.0
7,541
Jackson tallied her 3,000th career point on June 7 at Chicago, becoming the youngest (25 years, 33 days) and fastest (162 career games) player in WNBA history to reach the milestone. The victory over Charlotte on Aug. 5 was the 120th of Anne Donovan’s career, moving her past Michael Cooper and into third place on the league’s all-time wins list.
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2007 Game-by-Game Results G Date Opponent
Result Record High Scorer
High Rebounder
High Assists
Opp. High Scorer
Att.
1
5/19
Houston
W, 82- 69
1-0
Castro Marques 25
Jackson 10
Lennox 4
Shields 19
9,686
2
5/23
Phoenix
W, 100- 87
2-0
Jackson 31
Burse 19
Bird/Lennox 5
Pondexter 31
6,833
3
5/25 At San Antonio
L, 71- 82
2-1
Burse 19
Burse/Jackson 11
Bird 6
Hammon 21
5,806
4
6/2
San Antonio
L, 68- 78
2-2
Jackson 20
Jackson 14
Bird/Gearlds 3
Crossley 14
7,035
5
6/7
At Sacramento
L, 72- 81
2-3
Bird 21
Palmer 13
Castro Marques 5
Lawson 16
6,600
6
6/9
Minnesota
W, 90- 76
3-3
Jackson 30
Jackson 9
Bird 8
Abrosimova 15
8,105
7
6/12 At Chicago
W, 81- 69
4-3
Jackson 19
Burse 9
Bird 11
Dupree 18
2,645
8
6/13
At Indiana
L, 62- 90
4-4
Burse 18
Jackson 7
Bird 4
White 23
5,838
9
6/15
Houston
W, 84- 71
5-4
Jackson 30
Burse/Jackson 7
Castro Marques 4
Maiga-Ba 18
7,756
10 6/20
Detroit
L, 71- 87
5-5
Burse 21
Jackson 7
Lennox 4
K. Smith 23
7,335
11 6/22
At Minnesota
L, 76- 78
5-6
Bird 25
Jackson 10
Bird 4
Augustus 23
6,482
12 6/24
At Los Angeles
W, 83- 71
6-6
Jackson 35
Jackson 10
Lennox 6
Baker/Spencer 15
8,127
13 6/26
Chicago
W, 94- 76
7-6
JackSon 33
Jackson 12
Bird 6
Perkins 19
6,752
14 6/28 At Houston
L, 76- 81
7-7
Jackson 25
Jackson 8
Castro Marques 4
Thompson 20
7,319
15 7/1
New York
W, 84- 53
8-7
Castro Marques 24
Jackson 11
Lennox 6
Moore 10
6,938
16 7/3
Los Angeles
W, 90- 71
9-7
Jackson 23
Palmer 11
Bird 11
Brown 16
7,140
17 7/6
At Houston
W, 71- 55
10-7
Jackson 28
Jackson 13
Castro Marques/Wright 5
Thompson 14
7,645
18 7/7
At San Antonio
L, 73- 80
10-8
Wright 23
Jackson 13
Lennox 5
Buescher 27
7,510
19 7/10
At Los Angeles
W, 82- 47
11-8
Castro Marques 19
Jackson 13
Lennox/Wright 5
Mcwilliams-Franklin 11
20 7/11
Connecticut
L, 63- 76
11-9
Jackson 24
Lennox 8
Wright 6
Douglas 17
21 7/17
At Phoenix
L, 79- 89
11-10
Jackson 33
Jackson 11
Castro Marques/Wright 4
Taylor 32
7,804
22 7/20
At Connecticut
L, 58- 76
11-11
Jackson 19
Jackson 14
Castro Marques 5
Whalen 19
9,003
23 7/22
At New York
W, 77- 75
12-11
Castro Marques 23
Jackson 17
Bird 5
Mccarville/Moore/Thorn 16 7,531
24 7/24
At Washington
L, 96- 97(Ot) 12-12
Jackson 47
Jackson 14
Bird 7
Beard 27
7,036
25 7/27
Indiana
W, 89- 75
13-12
Jackson 27
Jackson 10
Lennox 5
Deforge 12
8,052
26 7/29
San Antonio
L, 88- 92
13-13
Jackson 29
Lennox 7
Bird 5
Hammon 30
7,861
27 7/31
Sacramento
L, 74- 78
13-14
Jackson 30
Jackson 8
Castro Marques/Bird 6
Powell 28
7,568
28 8/3
At Sacramento
L, 76- 82
13-15
Lennox 18
Burse 11
Castro Marques 6
Brunson 14
8,013
29 8/4
Phoenix
W, 111-101 14-15
Lennox 25
Jackson 12
Lennox 5
Taurasi 28
7,759
30 8/7
At Minnesota
L, 74- 95
14-16
Lennox 16
Robinson 8
Bird 7
AUgustus 21
5,018
31 8/9
At Detroit
L, 70- 97
14-17
Castro Marques 24
Robinson 13
Wright 4
Nolan 18
9,355
Jackson was named the winner of the 2007 WNBA MVP Award for the second time in her career.
32 8/11
Washington
W, 91- 68
15-17
Lennox 34
Robinson 11
Castro Marques 3
Currie/Beard 13
8,443
Jackson was also named 2007 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year, while being named to the 2007 WNBA All-Defensive First Team.
33 8/14
Minnesota
W, 81- 67
16-17
Jackson 18
Jackson 9
Bird 7
Augustus 28
8,144
Jackson was also named a 2007 WNBA Peak Performer, while leading the league in scoring and rebounding, averaging 23.8 points per game and 9.7 rebounds per game.
34 8/17
Los Angeles
W, 97- 77
17-17
Jackson 32
Jackson 15
Bird 8
Spencer 25
9,255
BACK ROW (from left): Head Coach Anne Donovan, Wendy Palmer, Ashley Robinson, Lauren Jackson, Janell Burse, Iziane Castro Marques, Assistant Coach Shelley Patterson, Assistant Coach Heidi VanDerveer
FRONT ROW (from left): Shyra Ely, Katie Gearlds, Sue Bird, Betty Lennox, Tanisha Wright
2007 REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS (17-17) PLAYER Jackson Lennox Castro Marques Bird Burse Palmer Wright Gearlds Ndiaye-Diatta Ely Robinson Lewis Thorburn Fluker STORM OPPONENTS
G GS MIN 31 31 1020 34 34 937 34 34 963 29 29 919 29 29 709 34 3 474 34 5 547 33 0 437 4 0 58 29 0 282 33 5 409 7 0 33 2 0 8 9 0 31 34 6825 964 34 6825 987
FIELD GOALS FG FGA PCT 258 497 .519 155 362 .428 139 331 .420 118 276 .428 93 209 .445 55 132 .417 50 125 .400 44 114 .386 5 14 .357 20 62 .323 22 63 .349 4 13 .308 1 2 .500 0 10 .000 2210 .436 224 2321 .425 195
3-POINT FG FG FGA PCT 49 122 .402 34 99 .343 60 156 .385 45 133 .338 0 1 .000 3 21 .143 6 22 .273 22 64 .344 0 1 .000 5 15 .333 0 1 .000 0 3 .000 0 0 --- 0 1 .000 639 .351 582 528 .369 478
free throwS FT FTA PCT 174 197 .883 110 121 .909 81 101 .802 22 26 .846 70 101 .693 43 55 .782 33 39 .846 22 25 .880 0 0 --- 20 31 .645 4 15 .267 2 2 1.000 0 0 --- 1 2 .500 715 .814 344 586 .816 333
REBOUNDS OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL 80 220 300 40 93 1 31 47 113 160 92 75 0 36 19 77 96 95 70 0 35 8 49 57 143 46 0 43 67 87 154 22 86 0 13 44 101 145 17 75 0 15 17 26 43 69 56 0 31 16 37 53 24 22 0 12 4 3 7 0 6 0 1 10 29 39 11 28 0 8 30 70 100 14 57 0 16 0 2 2 6 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 7 0 4 0 0 820 1164 533 620 1 242 533 761 1094 591 642 6 272 495
TO 56 91 64 67 58 36 55 20 5 19 26 6 2 3 151 112
BLK 63 5 4 8 28 7 2 6 1 1 25 0 0 1 2734 2647
PTS 739 454 419 303 256 156 139 132 10 65 48 10 2 1 80.4 77.9
AVG 23.8 13.4 12.3 10.4 8.8 4.6 4.1 4.0 2.5 2.2 1.5 1.4 1.0 0.1
2007 STORM SEASON NOTES The Storm finished fourth in the Western Conference with a record of 17-17 and earned a playoff berth for the fourth consecutive season. Seattle finished the regular season with a three-game winning streak. Seattle fell to Phoenix 2-0 in the First Round of the WNBA Playoffs. Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson were both named as starters for the Western Conference at the WNBA All-Star Game.
3,092 10,891
Jackson was named to the 2007 All-WNBA First Team for the fifth consecutive season. Jackson scored a league record tying 47 points at Washington on July 24. Anne Donovan, who led the Storm to the playoffs four times and won a WNBA title in 2004, resigned.
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Mactabene Amachree
Angela Aycock
Adia Barnes
Quacy Barnes
Suzy Batkovic
Mactabene Amachree YR G GS MIN 2003 7 0 49 Total 7 0 49 Three-Point Field Goals: 2003: 0-0 (---)
PCT .300 .300
FT-FTA 2-4 2-4
PCT .500 .500
OFF DEF 4 10 4 10
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2000 1 0 7 0-3 Total 1 0 7 0-3 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: 0-2 (.000)
PCT .000 .000
FT-FTA 0-0 0-0
PCT --- ---
OFF DEF 1 1 1 1
Angela Aycock
Tully Bevilaqua
TOT 14 14
AST 0 0
PF-DQ 3-0 3-0
STL 5 5
BLK 2 2
PTS 8 8
AVG 1.1 1.1
Ht. 6-2, Wt. 161, Kansas, Born Feb. 28, 1972
Adia Barnes
TOT 2 2
AST 0 0
PF-DQ 2-0 2-0
STL 0 0
BLK 0 0
PTS 0 0
AVG 0.0 0.0
Ht. 5-11, Wt. 165, Arizona, Born Feb. 3, 1977
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF 2002 26 17 493 37-111 .333 15-29 .517 45 57 2003 16 16 396 32-84 .381 12-21 .571 26 39 2004 34 2 402 21-69 .304 22-31 .710 33 30 Total 76 35 1291 90-264 .341 49-81 .604 104 126 Three-Point Field Goals: 2002: 1-4 (.250); 2003: 12-31 (.387); 2004: 3-6 (.500); Totals: 16-41 (.390)
Quacy Barnes
TOT 102 65 63 230
AST 28 23 31 82
PF-DQ 64-1 36-1 38-0 138-2
STL 32 11 23 66
BLK 9 7 2 18
PTS 90 88 67 245
AVG 3.5 5.5 2.0 3.2
PCT .536 .778 .614
Suzy Batkovic
OFF DEF 27 57 14 20 41 77
TOT 84 34 118
AST 33 11 44
PF-DQ 103-2 29-0 132-2
STL 19 9 28
BLK 33 6 39
PTS 209 68 277
AVG 6.7 3.4 5.4
Ht. 6-4, Wt. 203, Australia, Born Dec. 17, 1980
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2005 29 0 461 76-174 Total 29 0 461 76-174 Three-Point Field Goals: 2005: 2-7 (.286)
PCT .437 .437
FT-FTA 45-58 45-58
PCT .776 .776
OFF DEF 26 68 41 68
FG-FGA 1-2 1-2
PCT .500 .500
FT-FTA 0-0 0-0
PCT --- ---
OFF DEF 0 2 0 2
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2008 17 0 93 4-9 Total 17 0 93 4-9 Three-Point Field Goals: 2008: 4-6 (.667)
PCT .444 .444
FT-FTA 5-6 5-6
PCT .833 .833
OFF DEF 2 10 2 10
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT 2003 31 0 252 17-51 .333 16-21 .762 2004 34 0 358 24-60 .400 20-29 .690 Total 65 0 610 41-111 .369 36-50 .720 Three-Point Field Goals: 2003: 8-21 (.381); 2004: 11-26 (.423); Totals: 19-47(.404)
OFF DEF 9 17 6 20 15 37
Ashley Battle
TOT 94 94
AST 26 26
PF-DQ 85-1 85-1
STL 17 17
BLK 24 24
PTS 199 199
AVG 6.9 6.9
Ht. 6-0, Wt. 183, Connecticut, Born May 31, 1982
Kimberly Beck
TOT 2 2
AST 0 0
PF-DQ 1-0 1-0
STL 0 0
BLK 0 0
PTS 2 2
AVG 1.0 1.0
Ht. 5-8. Wt. 125, George Washington, Born Dec 27, 1985
Tully Bevilaqua
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Sandy Brondello
Alisa Burras
Janell Burse
Edna Campbell
Sue Bird
TOT 12 12
AST 6 6
PF-DQ 7-0 7-0
STL 4 4
BLK 2 2
PTS 17 17
AVG 1 1
Ht. 5-7, Wt. 140, Australia, Born July 19, 1972 TOT 26 26 52
AST 32 29 61
PF-DQ 30-0 48-0 78-0
STL 14 38 52
BLK 1 2 3
PTS 58 79 137
AVG 1.9 2.3 2.1
Swin Cash
Iziane Castro Marques
Kaayla Chones
Ht. 5-9, Wt. 150, Connecticut, Born Oct. 10, 1980
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2002 32 32 1121 151-375 .403 102-112 .911 17 66 83 191 48-0 55 3 461 14.4 2003 34 34 1136 155-368 .421 61-69 .884 22 91 113 221 47-0 48 1 420 13.1 2004 34 34 1136 151-326 .463 73-85 .859 22 84 106 184 48-0 51 5 439 12.9 2005 30 30 1020 130-294 .442 59-69 .855 21 51 72 176 46-0 29 6 364 12.1 2006 34 34 1065 137-333 .411 59-68 .868 24 78 102 162 60-1 61 5 389 11.4 2007 29 29 919 118-276 .428 22-26 .846 8 49 57 143 46-0 43 8 303 10.4 2008 33 33 1111 172-390 .441 74-85 .871 14 70 84 169 31-0 39 3 465 14.1 Total 226 226 7508 1014-2362 .434 450-514 .874 128 489 617 1246 326-1 326 31 2841 13.2 Three-Point Field Goals: 2002: 57-142 (.401); 2003: 49-140 (.350); 2004: 64-146 (.438); 2005: 45-103 (.436); 2006: 56-153 (.366); 2007: 45-133 (.338); 2008: 47-137 (.343); Totals: 363-954 (.381)
Sandy Brondello
Ht. 5-7, Wt. 136, Australia, Born Aug. 20, 1968
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2003 34 34 975 117-282 Total 34 34 975 117-282 Three-Point Field Goals: 2003: 21-48 (.438)
PCT .415 .415
FT-FTA 25-31 25-31
PCT .806 .806
OFF DEF 19 37 19 37
PCT .467 .467
FT-FTA 19-27 19-27
PCT .704 .704
OFF DEF 27 34 27 34
Alisa Burras Ht. 6-5, Wt. 185, Indiana, Born Sept. 26, 1976
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA 2000 31 23 705 89-213 .418 30-56 2001 20 3 229 23-59 .390 21-27 Total 51 26 934 112-272 .412 51-83 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: 1-9 (.111); 2001: 1-1 (1.000); Totals: 2-9 (.222)
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Ht. 6-1, Wt. 175, Nigeria, Born June 30, 1978 FG-FGA 3-10 3-10
YR G GS MIN 2005 2 0 8 Total 2 0 8 Three-Point Field Goals: 2005: 0-0 (---)
Ashley Battle
YR G GS MIN 2003 27 2 270 Total 27 2 270 Three-Point Field Goals: 2003: 0-0 (---)
TOT 56 56
PF-DQ 58-0 58-0
STL 31 31
BLK 2 2
PTS 280 280
AVG 8.2 8.2
Ht. 6-3, Wt. 218, Louisiana Tech, Born June 23, 1975 FG-FGA 35-75 35-75
Janell Burse
TOT 61 61
Edna Campbell YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2000 16 16 510 84-215 Total 16 16 510 84-215 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: 13-67 (.265)
PF-DQ 58-0 58-0
STL 5 5
BLK 5 5
PTS 89 89
AVG 3.3 3.3
AST 19 23 22 22 86
PF-DQ 84-2 139-6 91-1 86-0 400-9
STL 23 19 17 13 72
BLK 36 40 25 28 129
PTS 141 340 300 256 1037
AVG 4.9 10.0 11.1 8.8 8.7
Ht. 5-8, Wt. 150, Texas, Born Nov. 26, 1968 PCT .391 .391
FT-FTA 41-58 41-58
PCT .707 .707
OFF DEF 8 26 8 26
PCT .389 .389
FT-FTA 112-158 112-158
PCT .772 .772
OFF DEF 46 121 46 121
Swin Cash YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2008 31 28 927 114-293 Total 31 28 927 114-293 Three-Point Field Goals: 2008: 1-8 (.125)
AST 5 5
Ht. 6-5, Wt. 199, Tulane University, Born May 19, 1979
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT 2004 29 0 514 51-119 .429 39-67 .582 51 45 96 2005 34 34 859 127-243 .523 86-123 .699 81 118 199 2006 27 27 737 113-221 .511 73-109 .670 63 115 178 2007 29 29 709 93-209 .445 70-101 .693 67 87 154 Total 119 90 2819 384-792 .485 268-400 .670 262 365 627 Three-Point Field Goals: 2004: 0-0 (---); 2005: 0-0 (---); 2006: 1-1 (1.000); 2007: 0-1 (.000); Totals: 1-2 (.500)
Iziane Castro Marques
AST 69 69
TOT 34 34
AST 37 37
PF-DQ 35-0 35-0
STL 19 19
BLK 4 4
PTS 222 222
AVG 13.9 13.9
Ht. 6-1, Wt. 162, Connecticut, Born Sep. 22, 1972 TOT 167 167
AST 58 58
PF-DQ 72-0 72-0
STL 21 21
BLK 32 32
PTS 351 351
AVG 11.3 11.3
Ht. 6-0, Wt. 140, Brazil, Born March 13, 1982
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT 2005 33 32 879 93-242 .384 59-73 .808 23 74 97 2006 34 26 655 91-194 .469 39-59 .661 16 56 72 2007 34 34 963 139-331 .420 81-101 .802 19 77 96 Total 101 92 2497 323-767 .421 179-233 .768 58 207 265 Three-Point Field Goals: 2005: 24-72 (.333); 2006: 25-65 (.385); 2007: 60-156 (.385); Totals: 109-293 (.372)
AST 49 47 95 191
PF-DQ 73-0 58-0 70-0 201-0
STL 18 23 35 76
BLK 4 2 4 10
PTS 269 246 419 934
AVG 8.2 7.2 12.3 9.3
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Michelle Edwards
Simone Edwards
Shyra Ely
Trina Frierson
Kaayla Chones YR G GS MIN 2006 3 0 16 Total 3 0 16 Three-Point Field Goals: 2006: 0-0 (---)
Andrea Garner
Katie Gearlds
Shaunzinski Gortman
Michelle Greco
Ht. 6-3, Wt. 180, North Carolina State, Born Jan. 11, 1981 FG-FGA 0-2 0-2
PCT .000 .000
FT-FTA 0-0 0-0
PCT --- ---
OFF DEF 0 0 0 0
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT 2000 20 13 455 51-143 .357 23-35 .657 2001 3 0 13 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000 Total 23 13 468 52-146 .356 25-37 .676 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: 6-32 (.188); 2001: 0-0 (---); Totals: 6-32 (.188)
OFF DEF 7 27 0 2 7 29
Michelle Edwards
Simone Edwards
TOT 0 0
AST 0 0
PF-DQ 4-0 4-0
STL 0 0
AVG 0.0 0.0
STL 14 1 15
BLK 5 0 5
PTS 131 4 135
AVG 6.6 1.3 5.9
BLK 10 20 12 9 3 2 56
PTS 216 237 223 157 48 55 936
AVG 7.4 7.4 7.0 4.6 2.1 2.0 5.3
FT-FTA 20-31 15-24 35-55
PCT .645 .625 .635
OFF DEF 10 29 30 60 40 89
PCT .222 .222
FT-FTA 3-3 3-3
PCT 1.000 1.000
OFF DEF 3 2 3 2
PCT .322 .322
FT-FTA 24-38 24-38
PCT .632 .632
OFF DEF 42 55 42 55
FT-FTA 22-25 17-23 39-48
PCT .880 .739 .809
OFF DEF 16 37 5 39 19 76
Trina Frierson
TOT 39 90 129
AST 11 16 27
PF-DQ 28-0 56-0 84-0
STL 8 12 20
BLK 1 5 6
PTS 65 113 178
AVG 2.2 3.3 2.8
Ht. 6-2, Wt. 186, Louisiana Tech, Born Oct. 13, 1980
Andrea Garner
TOT 5 5
AST 0 0
PF-DQ 7-0 7-0
STL 0 0
BLK 0 0
PTS 7 7
AVG 1.4 1.4
Ht. 6-3, Wt. 160, Penn State, Born Jan. 5, 1979
Katie Gearlds YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 2007 33 0 437 44-114 .386 2008 34 3 468 59-158 .373 Total 67 4 905 103-272 .380 Three-Point Field Goals: 2007: 22-64 (.344); 2008: 36-92 (.391)
TOT 97 97
AST 25 25
PF-DQ 44-0 44-0
STL 27 27
BLK 10 10
PTS 99 99
AVG 3.1 3.1
Ht. 6-1, Wt. 184, Purdue, Born Oct. 26, 1984 TOT 53 44 97
AST 24 21 45
PF-DQ 22-0 28-0 50-0
STL 12 11 23
BLK 6 3 9
PTS 132 171 303
AVG 4.0 5.0 4.5
Lauren Jackson
Tiffani Johnson
Jung Sun-Min
Amanda Lassiter
Ht. 5-10, Wt. 158, South Carolina, Born Dec. 7, 1979
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2006 20 0 265 20-55 Total 20 0 265 20-55 Thee-Point Field Goals: 2006: 2-12 (.167)
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2004 13 0 73 10-18 Total 13 0 73 10-18 Three-Point Field Goals: 2004: 0-2 (.000)
PF-DQ 29-0 2-0 31-0
Katrina Hibbert
Shaunzinski Gortman
Michelle Greco
AST 40 4 44
Ht. 6-2, Wt. 182, Tennessee, Born Aug. 9, 1983
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 2007 29 0 282 20-62 .323 2008 34 1 389 47-115 .409 Total 36 1 671 67-177 .366 Three-Point Field Goals: 2007: 5-15 (.333); 2008: 4-11 (.364)
Sonja Henning
TOT 34 2 36
Ht. 6-4, Wt. 164, Iowa, Born Nov. 17, 1973
Shyra Ely
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2000 32 19 560 37-115 Total 32 19 560 37-115 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: (1-2, .500)
PTS 0 0
Yolanda Griffith
Ht. 5-9, Wt. 150, Iowa, Born March 6, 1966
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL 2000 29 7 645 83-182 .456 50-80 .625 38 69 107 22 57-0 16 2001 32 27 810 91-190 .479 55-83 .663 67 90 157 26 54-0 24 2002 32 5 694 84-158 .532 54-73 .740 46 95 141 19 66-0 21 2003 34 6 577 61-134 .455 35-56 .625 54 79 133 16 55-0 10 2004 23 3 257 20-55 .364 8-19 .421 25 31 56 5 25-0 8 2005 28 0 201 24-41 .585 7-12 .583 9 22 31 3 13-0 4 Total 178 48 3184 363-760 .478 209-323 .647 239 386 625 91 270-0 83 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: 0-0 (---); 2001: 0-0 (---); 2002: 1-1 (1.000); 2003: 0-0 (---); 2004: 0-0 (---); 2005: 0-0 (---); Totals: 1-1 (1.000)
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2004 5 0 22 2-9 Total 5 0 22 2-9 Three-Point Field Goals: 2004: 0-1 (.000)
BLK 0 0
Cisti Greenwalt
PCT .364 .364
FT-FTA 14-18 14-18
PCT .778 .778
OFF DEF 9 39 9 39
TOT 48 48
PCT .556 .556
FT-FTA 9-13 9-13
PCT .692 .692
OFF DEF 3 7 3 7
TOT 10 10
PCT --- ---
FT-FTA 2-4 2-4
PCT .500 .500
OFF DEF 2 6 2 6
TOT 8 8
AST 17 17
PF-DQ 32-0 32-0
STL 11 11
BLK 2 2
PTS 56 56
AVG 2.8 2.8
Ht. 5-9, Wt. 145, UCLA, Born March 24, 1980
Cisti Greenwalt
AST 8 8
PF-DQ 6-0 6-0
STL 3 3
BLK 0 0
PTS 29 29
AVG 2.2 2.2
Ht. 6-5, Wt. 183, Texas Tech, April 4, 1983
YR G GS MIN 2006 5 0 24 Total 5 0 24 Three-Point Field Goals: 2006: 0-0 (---)
FG-FGA 0-7 0-7
Sonja Henning
AST 0 0
PF-DQ 9-0 9-0
STL 0 0
BLK 0 0
PTS 2 2
AVG 0.4 0.4
Ht. 5-7, Wt. 143, Stanford, Born Oct. 4, 1969
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF 2000 32 32 980 53-151 .351 37-61 .607 22 64 2001 32 28 902 41-129 .318 18-35 .514 14 57 2002 8 5 207 8-22 .364 2-4 .500 8 18 Total 72 65 2089 102-302 .338 57-100 .570 44 139 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: 25-66 (.379); 2001: 8-44 (.182); 2002: 0-4 (.000); Totals: 33-114 (.289)
Katrina Hibbert
TOT 86 71 26 183
AST 79 93 15 187
PF-DQ 73-1 62-2 15-0 150-3
STL 61 52 9 122
BLK 3 6 1 10
PTS 168 108 18 294
AVG 5.3 3.4 2.3 4.1
Ht. 5-10, Wt. 170, Louisiana State, Born Sept. 29, 1977
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2000 20 6 240 19-59 Total 20 6 240 19-59 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: 8-31 (.258)
PCT .322 .322
FT-FTA 7-9 7-9
PCT .778 .778
OFF DEF 8 22 8 22
Lauren Jackson
TOT 30 30
AST 18 18
PF-DQ 22-0 22-0
STL 7 7
BLK 1 1
PTS 53 53
AVG 2.7 2.7
Ht. 6-5, Wt. 187, Australia, Born May 11, 1981
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2001 29 29 1001 149-406 .367 104-143 .727 57 136 193 44 97-3 54 64 442 15.2 2002 28 28 882 186-462 .403 68-90 .756 66 124 190 41 95-1 30 81 482 17.2 2003 33 33 1109 254-526 .483 151-183 .825 82 225 307 62 106-1 38 64 698 21.2 2004 31 31 1070 220-460 .478 142-175 .811 64 143 207 51 93-0 31 62 634 20.5 2005 34 34 1176 206-450 .458 151-181 .834 96 217 313 57 100-2 36 67 597 17.6 2006 30 30 848 193-361 .535 170-189 .899 70 160 230 48 90-1 24 51 585 19.5 2007 31 31 1020 258-497 .519 174-197 .883 80 220 300 40 93-1 31 63 739 23.8 2008 21 21 694 149-330 .452 99-106 .934 39 108 147 26 67-0 31 33 425 20.2 Total 237 237 7800 1615-3492 .458 1059-1264 .882 554 1333 1887 369 741-9 275 485 4602 18.2 Three-Point Field Goals: 2001: 40-129 (.310); 2002: 42-120 (.350); 2003: 39-123 (.317); 2004: 52-115 (.452); 2005: 34-118 (.288); 2006: 29-77 (.377); 2007: 49-122 (.402); 2008: 28-95 (.294); Totals: 313-899 (.324)
Tiffani Johnson YR 2006
Total
G 32
32
GS 8
8
Ht. 6-4, Wt. 195, Tennessee, Born Dec. 27, 1975 MIN 643
643
FG-FGA 61-147
61-147
PCT .415
.415
FT-FTA 28-37
28-37
PCT .757
.757
OFF DEF 32 93
32
93
TOT 125
125
AST 17
17
PF-DQ 66-0
66-0
STL 10
10
BLK 17
17
PTS 150
150
AVG 4.7
4.7
Three-Point Field Goals: 2006: 0-0 (---)
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Edwige Lawson-Wade
Betty Lennox
Doneeka Lewis
Takeisha Lewis
Camille Little
Jung Sun-Min YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2003 17 0 118 13-32 Total 17 0 118 13-32 Three-Point Field Goals: 2003: 0-7 (.000)
PCT .406 .406
FT-FTA 4-4 4-4
PCT 1.000 1.000
OFF DEF 1 9 1 9
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT 2002 24 22 554 47-130 .362 12-17 .706 2003 32 18 733 60-156 .385 19-30 .633 Total 56 40 1287 107-286 .374 31-47 .656 Three-Point Field Goals: 2002: 20-66 (.303); 2003: 24-73 (.329); Totals: 44-139 (.317)
OFF DEF 23 40 33 79 56 119
Amanda Lassiter
Michelle Marciniak
FT-FTA 4-6 4-6
PCT .667 .667
OFF DEF 2 19 2 19
PCT 1.000 1.000
PCT .400 .400
FT-FTA 10-18 10-18
PCT .556 .556
OFF DEF 7 17 7 17
PTS 30 30
AVG 1.8 1.8
TOT 63 112 175
AST 55 42 97
PF-DQ 58-1 92-2 150-3
STL 27 27 54
BLK 19 26 45
PTS 126 163 289
AVG 5.3 5.1 5.2
TOT 21 21
AST 29 29
PF-DQ 20-0 20-0
STL 15 15
BLK 1 1
PTS 43 43
AVG 1.7 1.7
STL 34 35 36 36 141
BLK 3 5 5 5 18
PTS 358 346 465 454 1623
AVG 11.2 12.4 13.7 13.4 12.7
TOT 2 2
AST 6 6
PF-DQ 2-0 2-0
STL 1 1
BLK 0 0
PTS 10 10
AVG 1.4 1.4
OFF DEF 17 21 8 20 25 41
Tonya Massaline YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2003 11 0 121 13-33 Total 11 0 121 13-33 Three-Point Field Goals: 2003: 2-8 (.250)
TOT 24 24
AST 3 3
PF-DQ 12-0 12-0
STL 2 2
BLK 0 0
PTS 18 18
AVG 1.3 1.3
PCT .532 .532
FT-FTA 30-45 30-45
PCT .667 .667
OFF DEF 29 54 29 54
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT 2000 23 1 324 36-103 .350 25-31 .806 2001 22 2 211 27-71 .380 12-17 .706 Total 45 3 535 63-174 .362 37-48 .771 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: 2-9 (.222); 2001: 10-26 (.385); Totals: 12-35 (.343).
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TOT 83 83
AST 27 27
PF-DQ 52-0 52-0
STL 18 18
BLK 6 6
PTS 185 185
AVG 9.7 9.7
Ht. 6-4, Wt. 170, Purdue, Born Dec. 5, 1974 OFF DEF 19 38 14 18 33 56
TOT 57 32 89
AST 16 9 25
PF-DQ 42-0 23-0 65-0
STL 13 8 18
BLK 2 5 5
PTS 99 76 175
AVG 4.3 3.5 3.9
Kate Paye
Felicia Ragland
Semeka Randall
Ht. 5-10, Wt. 154, Tennessee, Born Oct. 29, 1973 TOT 38 28 66
AST 47 38 85
PF-DQ 49-0 33-0 82-0
STL 30 11 41
BLK 2 2 4
PTS 132 72 204
AVG 4.9 3.1 4.1
Ht. 5-11, Wt. 160, Florida, Born Dec. 30, 1977 PCT .394 .394
FT-FTA 5-5 5-5
PCT 1.000 1.000
OFF DEF 7 4 7 4
TOT 11 11
AST 5 5
PF-DQ 8-0 8-0
STL 4 4
BLK 0 0
PTS 33 33
AVG 2.2 2.2
Danielle McCulley
Ht. 6-3, Wt. 180, Western Kentucky, Born Jan. 18, 1975
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT 2002 4 1 43 0-12 .000 2-2 1.000 2003 7 0 26 1-6 .167 0-0 --- Total 11 1 69 1-18 .056 2-2 1.000 Three-Point Field Goals: 2002: 0-3 (.000); 2003: 0-1 (.000); Totals: 0-4 (.000)
OFF DEF 3 4 0 1 3 5
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2007 4 0 58 5-14 Total 4 0 58 5-14 Three-Point Field Goals: 2007: 0-1 (.000)
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2008 11 0 31 0-4 Total 11 0 31 0-4 Three-Point Field Goals: 2008: 0-2 (.000)
TOT 7 1 8
FT-FTA 0-0 0-0
PCT .000 .000
OFF DEF 4 3 4 3
PCT .000 .000
FT-FTA 0-0 0-0
PCT .000 .000
OFF DEF 0 3 0 3
TOT 7 7
PCT .737 .782 .770
OFF DEF 13 25 44 101 57 126
TOT 38 145 183
TOT 1 1
TOT 3 3
STL 1 0 1
BLK 0 0 0
PTS 2 2 4
AVG 0.5 0.3 0.4
AST 0 0
PF-DQ 6-0 6-0
STL 1 1
BLK 1 1
PTS 10 10
AVG 2.5 2.5
AST 1 1
PF-DQ 4-0 4-0
STL 0 0
BLK 0 0
PTS 0 0
AVG .00 .00
Ht. 6-2, Wt. 165, Virginia, Born Aug. 12, 1974
Florina Pascalau
AST 3 17 20
PF-DQ 17-0 75-0 92-0
STL 5 15 20
BLK 3 7 10
PTS 47 156 203
AVG 9.4 4.6 5.2
Ht. 6-4, Wt. 187, N/A, Born Jan 19, 1982 PCT .000 .000
FT-FTA 0 0
PCT .000 .000
OFF DEF 1 0 1 0
PCT .368 .368
FT-FTA 1-2 1-2
PCT .500 .500
OFF DEF 2 5 2 5
Kate Paye YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2002 19 0 114 7-19 Total 19 0 114 7-19 Three-Point Field Goals: 2002: 6-16 (.375)
PF-DQ 5-0 3-0 8-0
Ht. 6-1, Wt. 158, Washington, Born April 12, 1983
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA 2006 5 2 120 16-33 .485 14-19 2007 34 3 474 55-132 .417 43-55 Total 39 5 594 71-165 .430 57-74 Three-Point Field Goals: 2006: 1-3 (.333); 2007: 3-21 (.143); Totals: 4-24 (.167)
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2008 3 0 9 0-1 Total 3 0 9 0-1 Three-Point Field Goals: 2008: 0-0 (.000)
AST 1 0 1
Ht. 6-3, Wt. 182, Southern Nazarene, Born Nov. 5, 1973 PCT .357 .357
Kristen O’Neill
Ht. 6-2, Wt. 180, North Carolina, Born Jan. 18, 1985
Stacey Lovelace
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BLK 0 0
Ht. 6-0, Wt. 212, Louisiana Tech, Born July 10, 1979
Camille Little YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2008 19 13 442 75-141 Total 19 13 442 75-141 Three-Point Field Goals: 2008: 5-15 (.333)
STL 5 5
Florina Pascalau
Wendy Palmer
Takeisha Lewis YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2002 14 0 57 4-10 Total 14 0 57 4-10 Three-Point Field Goals: 2002: 0-1 (.000)
OFF DEF 0 2 0 2
Wendy Palmer
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT 2001 27 5 392 51-139 .367 20-37 .541 2002 23 1 280 24-68 .353 22-29 .759 Total 50 6 672 75-207 .362 42-66 .636 Three-Point Field Goals: 2001: 10-33 (.303); 2002: 2-8 (.250); Totals: 12-41 (.293)
PF-DQ 13-0 13-0
Ht. 5-9, Wt. 175, Louisiana State, Born July 19, 1982 FT-FTA 2-2 2-2
Kristen O’Neill
Michelle Marciniak
AST 1 1
Ht. 5-8, Wt. 143, Louisiana Tech, Born Dec. 4, 1976
PCT .308 .308
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta
Ht. 6-1, Wt. 168, Korea, Born Oct. 12, 1974
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ 2004 32 32 920 139-330 .421 58-68 .853 28 131 159 79 89-0 2005 28 26 800 123-314 .392 76-87 .874 21 103 124 57 82-0 2006 34 34 887 191-423 .452 54-71 .761 34 103 137 73 92-2 2007 34 34 937 155-362 .428 110-121 .909 47 113 160 92 75-0 Total 128 126 3544 608-1429 .425 298-347 .859 130 350 580 301 338-2 Three-Point Field Goals: 2004: 22-83 (.265); 2005: 24-78 (.308); 2006: 29-90 (.322); 2007: 34-99 (.343); Totals: 109-350 (.311)
Doneeka Hodges-Lewis
Danielle McCulley
TOT 10 10
Ht. 5-6, Wt. 130, France, Born May 14, 1979 PCT .378 .378
Betty Lennox
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2007 7 0 33 4-13 Total 7 0 33 4-13 Three-Point Field Goals: 2007: 0-3 (.000)
Tonya Massaline
Ht. 6-1, Wt. 143, Missouri, Born June 9, 1979
Edwige Lawson-Wade YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2006 26 0 209 17-45 Total 26 0 209 17-45 Three-Point Field Goals: 2006: 5-19 (.263)
Stacey Lovelace
AST 0 0
PF-DQ 1-0 1-0
STL 0 0
BLK 0 0
PTS 0 0
AVG 0 0
Ht. 5-8, Wt. 150, Stanford, Born March 6, 1974 TOT 7 7
AST 5 5
PF-DQ 18-1 18-1
STL 3 3
BLK 0 0
PTS 21 21
AVG 1.1 1.1
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Jamie Redd
Ashley Robinson
Sheri Sam
Charisse Sampson
Felicia Ragland
Kelly Santos
Alessandra Santos De Oliveira
PCT .384 .384
FT-FTA 23-28 23-28
PCT .821 .821
OFF DEF 27 21 27 21
PCT .660 .706 .675
OFF DEF 32 73 38 30 70 103
Semeka Randall
Jamie Redd
AST 23 23
PF-DQ 44-0 44-0
STL 27 27
BLK 1 1
PTS 141 141
AVG 4.5 4.5
TOT 105 68 173
AST 44 29 73
PF-DQ 45-0 33-0 78-0
STL 29 20 49
BLK 4 1 5
PTS 300 134 434
AVG 9.4 6.4 8.2
Ht. 5-10, Wt. 140, Washington, Born Nov. 5, 1977
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF 2000 26 8 387 49-125 .392 24-34 .706 18 27 2001 32 6 659 82-216 .380 45-66 .682 29 53 2002 10 0 112 17-34 .500 9-12 .750 8 5 Total 68 14 1158 148-375 .395 78-112 .696 55 85 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: 18-52 (.346); 2001: 22-77 (.286); 2002: 9-18 (.500); Totals: 49-147 (.333)
Ashley Robinson
TOT 45 82 13 140
AST 16 48 7 71
PF-DQ 53-0 101-0 17-0 171-0
STL 19 17 2 38
BLK 1 3 0 4
PTS 140 231 52 423
AVG 5.4 7.2 5.2 6.2
Ht. 6-4, Wt. 180, Tennessee, Born Aug. 12, 1982
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF 2006 17 0 197 9-25 .360 3-10 .300 18 27 2007 33 5 409 22-63 .349 4-15 .267 30 70 2008 33 1 329 13-43 .302 3-10 .300 29 43 Total 83 6 935 44-131 .327 10-35 .290 77 140 Three-Point Field Goals: 2006: 0-1 (.000); 2007: 0-1 (.000); 2008: 0-0 (.000); Totals: 0-2 (.000)
Sheri Sam
TOT 45 100 72 217
AST 7 14 12 33
PF-DQ 34-0 57-0 62-0 153-0
STL 6 16 12 34
BLK 8 25 20 53
PTS 21 48 29 98
AVG 1.2 1.5 0.8 1.1
Ht. 6-0, Wt. 160, Vanderbilt, Born May 5, 1974
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2004 34 32 1018 117-284 Total 34 32 1018 117-284 Three-Point Field Goals: 2004: 11-42 (.262)
PCT .412 .412
FT-FTA 65-76 65-76
PCT .855 .855
OFF DEF 42 97 42 97
Charisse Sampson
TOT 139 139
AST 82 82
PF-DQ 108-1 108-1
STL 53 53
BLK 6 6
PTS 310 310
AVG 9.1 9.1
Ht. 5-10, Wt. 175, Kansas, Born Sept. 1, 1974
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2000 21 6 280 22-47 Total 21 6 280 22-47 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: (9-23, .391)
PCT .468 .468
FT-FTA 25-28 25-28
PCT .893 .893
OFF DEF 14 27 14 27
TOT 41 41
AST 11 11
PF-DQ 37-0 37-0
STL 18 18
BLK 6 6
PTS 78 78
AVG 3.7 3.7
Ht. 6-3, Wt. 188, Brazil, Born Nov 10, 1979
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2008 22 1 134 16-41 Total 22 1 134 16-41 Three-Point Field Goals: 2008: 0-0 (.000)
PCT .390 .390
FT-FTA 15-23 15-23
PCT .652 .652
OFF DEF 10 18 10 18
MIN 62 62
FG-FGA 4-14 4-14
Mandisa Stevenson
Sheryl Swoopes
Alicia Thompson
Charmin Smith
Kate Starbird YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2002 9 0 186 20-44 Total 9 0 186 20-44 Three-Point Field Goals: 2002: 5-11 (.455)
TOT 28 28
AST 5 5
PF-DQ 26-0 26-0
STL 4 4
BLK 2 2
PTS 47 47
AVG 2.1 2.1
Ht. 6-5, Wt. 190, Brazil, Born Dec. 2, 1973 PCT .286 .286
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FT-FTA 5-11 5-11
PCT .455 .455
OFF DEF 10 6 10 6
TOT 16 16
AST 0 0
PF-DQ 12-0 12-0
STL 0 0
BLK 0 0
PTS 13 13
AVG 1.3 1.3
Robin Threatt
Barbara Turner
OFF DEF 14 33 18 37 32 70
FT-FTA 8-9 8-9
PCT .889 .889
OFF DEF 3 16 3 16
PCT .372 .372
FT-FTA 16-20 16-20
PCT .800 .800
OFF DEF 9 26 9 26
PCT .250 .250
FT-FTA 0-0 0-0
PCT --- ---
OFF DEF 2 4 2 4
PCT .391 .391
FT-FTA 37-127 37-127
PCT .695 .695
OFF DEF 26 100 26 100
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT 2004 23 2 182 24-54 .444 1-2 .500 2005 30 1 329 32-81 .395 12-16 .750 Total 53 3 511 56-135 .415 13-18 .722 Three-Point Field Goals: 2004: 3-16 (.188); 2005: 7-22 (.318); Totals: 10-38 (.263)
OFF DEF 8 16 10 35 18 51
Katy Steding
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2006 34 9 622 71-159 Total 34 9 622 71-159 Three-Point Field Goals: 2006: 10-40 (.250)
PF-DQ 52-0 52-0 104-0
STL 16 17 33
BLK 3 1 4
PTS 52 58 110
AVG 1.6 1.8 1.7
TOT 19 19
AST 12 12
PF-DQ 19-0 19-0
STL 6 6
BLK 4 4
PTS 53 53
AVG 5.9 5.9
TOT 35 35
AST 24 24
PF-DQ 23-1 23-1
STL 16 16
BLK 9 9
PTS 102 102
AVG 3.9 3.9
TOT 6 6
AST 1 1
PF-DQ 3-0 3-0
STL 2 6
BLK 0 0
PTS 6 6
AVG 1.5 1.5
Ht. 6-0, Wt. 145, Texas Tech, Born Mar. 25, 1971
Alicia Thompson
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2000 20 7 377 60-158 Total 20 7 377 60-158 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: 12-37 (.324)
AST 53 39 92
Ht. 6-3, Wt. 166, Auburn, Born Feb. 4, 1982
Sheryl Swoopes YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2008 29 25 706 75-192 Total 29 25 706 75-192 Three-Point Field Goals: 2008: 14-63 (.222)
TOT 47 55 102
Ht. 6-0, Wt. 160, Stanford, Born Dec. 11, 1967
Mandisa Stevenson YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2005 4 1 53 3-12 Total 4 1 53 3-12 Three-Point Field Goals: 2005: 0-1 (.000)
Natalia Vodopyanova
Ht. 6-1, Wt. 150, Stanford, Born July 30, 1975 PCT .455 .455
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2001 26 17 393 35-94 Total 26 17 393 35-94 Three-Point Field Goals: 2001: 16-35 (.457)
Kamila Vodichkova
Ht. 5-10, Wt. 145, Stanford, Born May 2, 1975
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT 2000 32 3 516 16-56 .286 10-18 .556 2001 32 8 589 17-63 .270 13-21 .619 Total 64 11 1105 33-119 .277 23-39 .590 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: 10-32 (.313); 2001: 11-38 (.289); Totals: 21-70 (.300)
TOT 126 126
AST 60 60
PF-DQ 44-0 44-0
STL 43 43
BLK 9 9
PTS 205 205
AVG 7.0 7.0
Ht. 6-1, Wt. 180, Texas Tech, Born June 30, 1976 TOT 24 45 69
AST 9 14 23
PF-DQ 9-0 17-0 26-0
STL 6 4 10
BLK 0 4 4
PTS 52 83 135
AVG 2.3 2.8 2.5
Ht. 5-7, Wt. 150, Wisconsin, Born July 1, 1970 PCT .380 .380
FT-FTA 23-35 23-35
PCT .657 .657
OFF DEF 10 22 10 22
PCT .447 .447
FT-FTA 64-77 64-77
PCT .831 .831
OFF DEF 26 60 26 60
Barbara Turner
Alessandra Santos De Oliveira GS 1 1
Katy Steding
Robin Threatt
Kelly Santos
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TOT 48 48
Ht. 5-10, Wt. 168, Tennessee, Born Feb. 7, 1979
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA 2001 32 30 994 116-315 .371 66-100 2002 21 16 458 47-133 .353 36-51 Total 53 46 1452 163-448 .364 102-151 Three-Point Field Goals: 2001: 0-4 (.000); 2002: 4-19 (.211); Totals: 4-23 (.174)
G 10 10
Kate Starbird
Ht. 5-8, Wt. 130, Oregon State, Born Feb. 3, 1980
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2002 31 3 432 48-125 Total 31 3 432 48-125 Three-Point Field Goals: 2002: 22-55 (.400)
YR 2001 Total
Charmin Smith
TOT 32 32
AST 18 18
PF-DQ 36-1 36-1
STL 13 13
BLK 3 3
PTS 155 155
AVG 7.8 7.8
Ht. 6-0, Wt. 172, Connecticut, Born June 8, 1984 TOT 86 86
AST 48 48
PF-DQ 56-0 56-0
STL 13 13
BLK 6 6
PTS 216 216
AVG 6.4 6.4
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Storm History Storm All-Time Jersey Numbers
Jersey numbers listed are through the 2008 season
0
Shyra Ely
Rita Williams
Tanisha Wright
Francesca Zara
2
Kamila Vodichkova
Ht. 6-4, Wt. 185, Czech Republic, Born Dec. 19, 1972
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ 2000 23 19 489 68-171 .398 60-78 .769 28 69 97 22 63-0 2001 29 4 405 51-122 .418 38-44 .864 25 46 71 23 56-0 2002 32 30 817 114-245 .465 54-67 .806 61 115 176 47 96-1 2003 28 27 709 101-213 .474 82-101 .812 55 88 143 31 101-4 2004 34 34 873 94-241 .390 84-108 .778 65 103 168 55 110-5 Total 146 114 3293 428-992 .431 318-398 .798 234 421 655 178 426-10 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: 4-20 (.200); 2001: 10-25 (.400); 2002: 13-38 (.342); 2003: 0-5 (.000); 2004: 1-2 (.500); Totals: 27-88
Natalia Vodopyanova YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2005 17 0 98 8-22 Total 17 0 98 8-22 Three-Point Field Goals: 2005: 1-5 (.200)
PCT .364 .364
FT-FTA 8-12 8-12
PCT .667 .667
PTS 200 150 295 284 273 1202
AVG 8.7 5.2 9.2 10.1 8.0 8.2
OFF DEF 3 17 3 17
TOT 20 20
AST 10 10
PF-DQ 9-0 9-0
FT-FTA 11-15 11-15
PCT .733 .733
OFF DEF 3 19 3 19
TOT 22 22
AST 41 41
PF-DQ 34-0 34-0
STL 3 3
BLK 2 2
PTS 25 25
AVG 1.5 1.5
STL 14 14
BLK 0 0
PTS 78 78
AVG 2.4 2.4
Ht. 5-11, Wt. 163, Penn State, Born Nov. 29, 1983
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST 2005 34 8 528 49-106 .462 24-36 .667 20 37 57 53 2006 33 0 508 42-119 .353 38-45 .844 19 41 60 41 2007 34 5 547 50-125 .400 33-39 .846 17 26 43 69 2008 34 14 808 108-250 .432 48-61 .787 32 84 116 84 Total 135 27 2391 249-600 .415 143-181 .790 88 188 276 247 Three-Point Field Goals: 2005: 0-1 (.000); 2006: 2-14 (.143); 2007: 6-22 (.273); 2008: 4-24 (.167); Totals: 12-61 (.197)
Francesca Zara
PF-DQ 60-1 53-0 56-0 94-0 263-1
STL 18 11 31 31 91
BLK 3 2 2 8 15
PTS 122 124 139 268 653
AVG 3.6 3.8 4.1 7.8 4.8
Ht. 5-10, Wt. 146, Italy, Born Dec. 8, 1976 PCT .400 .400
FT-FTA 17-22 17-22
PCT .810 .810
OFF DEF 11 28 11 28
TOT 39 39
AST 51 51
PF-DQ 29-0 29-0
3
Michelle Marciniak Wendy Palmer Charise Sampson
4
Ht. 5-6, Wt. 135, Connecticut, Born Jan. 14, 1976 PCT .373 .373
Tanisha Wright
YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2005 34 4 413 34-85 Total 34 4 413 34-85 Three-Point Field Goals: 2005: 5-22 (.227)
BLK 12 7 18 21 12 70
Ht. 6-3, Wt. 181, Russia, Born April 6, 1981
Rita Williams YR G GS MIN FG-FGA 2003 32 0 381 28-75 Total 32 0 381 28-75 Three-Point Field Goals: 2003: 11-43 (.256)
STL 13 16 36 20 32 117
Swin Cash
STL 16 16
BLK 1 1
PTS 90 90
AVG 2.6 2.6
Simone Edwards Katie Gearlds
5
Tiffani Johnson Danielle McCulley Robin Threatt
6
Sandy Brondello Doneeka Lewis Natalia Vodopyanova
7
Edwige Lawson-Wade Kamila Vodichkova Francesca Zara
15
Katrina Hibbert
Lauren Jackson
17
Jung Sun-Min
20
Michelle Greco Camille Little
21
Semeka Randall Charmin Smith
22
Betty Lennox Jamie Redd Sheryl Swoopes
23
9
Amanda Lassiter
10
Andrea Garner Kate Starbird Tanisha Wright
Suzy Batkovic Kelly Santos
11 12
Edna Campbell Tonya Massaline
34
Sonja Henning
8
Iziane Castro Marques Kimberly Beck
Jamie Redd Barbara Turner
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Janell Burse Felicia Ragland Yolanda Griffith
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta Kate Paye Shannon Johnson
Angela Aycock Katy Steding Rita Williams
Sue Bird
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Mactabene Amachree Alessanda Santos De Oliveira
24
40 41
Alisa Burras Takeisha Lewis
42
Quacy Barnes
43
Ashley Robinson Alicia Thompson
44
Tully Bevilaqua Michelle Edwards
45
Ashley Battle
50
Kaayla Chones Trina Frierson
54
Mandisa Stevenson
30
55
Sheri Sam Charmin Smith
31
Cisti Greenwalt
32
Adia Barnes Shaunzinski Gortman Stacey Lovelace Kristen Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill
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Storm History All-Time College Roster
Includes Storm players that have appeared on the regular season roster through 2008 Arizona (1)............................................... Adia Barnes Auburn (1)................................................ Mandisa Stevenson Connecticut (4)........................................ Ashley Battle, Sue Bird, Swin Cash, Barbara Turner, Rita Williams Florida (1)................................................ Tonya Massaline Florida Atlantic (1).................................. Yolanda Griffith George Washington (1)........................... Kimberly Beck Indiana (1)............................................... Quacy Barnes Iowa (2).................................................... Michelle Edwards, Simone Edwards Kansas (2)................................................ Angela Aycock, Charisse Sampson Louisiana State (2).................................. Katrina Hibbert, Doneeka Lewis Louisiana Tech (4)................................... Alisa Burras, Trina Frierson, Betty Lennox, Takeisha Lewis Missouri (1).............................................. Amanda Lassiter North Carolina (1)................................... Camille Little North Carolina State (1).......................... Kaayla Chones Oregon State (1)...................................... Felicia Ragland Penn State (2).......................................... Andrea Garner, Tanisha Wright Purdue (2)................................................ Katie Gearlds, Stacey Lovelace Stanford (5)............................................. Sonja Henning, Kate Paye, Charmin Smith, Kate Starbird, Katy Steding South Carolina (1)................................... Shaunzinski Gortman Southern Nazarene (1)............................ Astou Ndiaye-Diatta Tennessee (5).......................................... Shyra Ely, Tiffani Johnson, Michelle Marciniak, Semeka Randall, Ashley Robinson Texas (1).................................................. Edna Campbell Texas Tech (2).......................................... Cisti Greenwalt, Sheryl Swoopes, Alicia Thompson Tulane (1)................................................. Janell Burse UCLA (1)................................................... Michelle Greco Vanderbilt (1)........................................... Sheri Sam Virginia (1)............................................... Wendy Palmer Washington (2)........................................ Jamie Redd, Kristen Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill Western Kentucky (1).............................. Danielle McCulley Wisconsin (1)........................................... Robin Threatt Australia (4)............................................. Suzy Batkovic, Tully Bevilaqua, Sandy Brondello, Lauren Jackson Brazil (3).................................................. Iziane Castro Marques, Alessandra Santos De Oliveira, Kelly Santos Czech Republic (1).................................. Kamila Vodichkova France (1)................................................ Edwige Lawson-Wade Italy (1).................................................... Francesca Zara Korea (1).................................................. Jung Sun-Min Nigeria (1)................................................ Mactabene Amachree Romania (1)............................................. Florina Pascalau Russia (1)................................................. Natalia Vodopyanova
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STORM Playoff History
Storm Playoff History Year-BY-Year PLAYOFF Results Storm Game Date
Storm Opponent W/L
Storm Team Playoff Records Score
Home
Road Total
High Scorer
High Rebounder
Att.
2002 Los Angeles 2 – Seattle 0 Western Conference First Round 1 2
8/15/02 8/17/02
Los Angeles at Los Angeles
L L
61-78 59-69
0-1 0-1
0-0 0-1
0-1 0-2
Jackson 19 Bird/Vodichkova 17
3 players 5 4 players 5
9,685 8,187
1-0 2-0
Jackson 14 Jackson 18
Sam 10 Lennox 7
4,277 7,261
2-1 3-1 4-1
Jackson 31 Jackson 23 Jackson 27
Jackson 13 Jackson 9 Sam 10
2004 Seattle 2 – Minnesota 0 Western Conference First Round 1 2
9/25/04 9/27/04
at Minnesota Minnesota
W W
70-58 64-54
0-0 1-0
1-0 1-0
Seattle 2 – Sacramento 1 Western Conference Finals 3 4 5
10/1/04 10/3/04 10/5/04
at Sacramento Sacramento Sacramento
L 72-74 (OT) W 66-54 W 82-62
1-0 2-0 3-0
1-1 1-1 1-1
10,662 8,737 8,826
Seattle 2 – Connecticut 1 WNBA Finals 6 7 8
10/8/04 10/10/04 10/12/04
at Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut
L W W
64-68 67-65 74-60
3-0 4-0 5-0
1-2 1-2 1-2
4-2 5-2 6-2
Lennox 17 Lennox 27 Lennox 23
Edwards/Lennox 8 Jackson 11 Jackson 7
9,341 17,072 17,072
2005 Houston 2 – Seattle 1 Western Conference First Round 1 2 3
8/30/05 9/1/05 9/3/05
at Houston Houston Houston
W L L
75-67 64-67 58-75
0-0 0-1 0-2
1-0 1-0 1-0
1-0 1-1 1-2
Jackson 19 Lennox 16 Lennox 12
Jackson 13 Burse 8 3 players 4
5,055 8,466 8,415
2006 Los Angeles 2 – Seattle 1 Western Conference First Round 1 2 3
8/18/06 8/20/06 8/22/06
Los Angeles at Los Angeles at Los Angeles
W L L
84-72 70-78 63-68
1-0 1-0 1-0
0-0 0-1 0-2
1-0 1-1 1-2
Jackson 22 Lennox 19 Jackson 19
Jackson 9 Lennox 8 Jackson 10
9,481 6,304 8,259
2007 Phoenix 2 – Seattle 0 Western Conference First Round 1 2
8/24/07 8/26/07
Phoenix at Phoenix
L L
84-101 89-95
0-1 0-1
0-0 0-1
0-1 0-2
Lennox 23 Jackson 22
Jackson 9 Jackson 14
8,833 7,428
2008 Los Angeles 2 – Seattle 1 Western Conference First Round 1 2 3
9/19/08 9/21/08 9/23/08
at Los Angeles Los Angeles Los Angeles
L W L
66-77 64-50 64-71
0-0 1-0 1-1
0-1 0-1 0-1
0-1 1-1 1-2
Bird 23 Bird 20 Wright 20
Robinson/Griffith 6 Wright 7 Griffith 8
9,601 8,230 7,805
Most Points Scored Game: 89 at Phoenix Half: 49 Sacramento
8/26/07 10/5/04
Fewest Points Scored Game: 58 Houston Half: 25 at Los Angeles
9/3/05 8/17/02
Free Throw Percentage Game: 1.000 Phoenix (11-11) 1.000 Houston (5-5) Low Game: .600 at Minnesota (9-15)
Field Goals Made Game: 35 at Phoenix Low game: 19 Los Angeles
8/26/07 8/15/02
Rebounds Game: Low game:
42 at Connecticut 22 Houston
10/8/04 9/3/05
Field Goals Attempted Game: 75 at Phoenix Low game: 51 at Los Angeles
8/26/07 8/20/06
Offensive Rebounds Game: 20 at Connecticut Low game: 4 at Los Angeles
10/8/04 8/20/06
Defensive Rebounds Game: 30 at Phoenix Low game: 16 Houston
8/26/07 9/3/05
Assists Game: Low game:
10/5/04 8/20/06
Field Goal Percentage Highest: .547 Sacramento (29-53) Lowest: .299 at Los Angeles (20-67)
10/5/04 8/22/06
Three-Point Field Goals Made Game: 13 Phoenix Low game: 1 Connecticut
8/24/07 10/12/04
Three-Point Field Goals Attempted Game: 30 Phoenix Low game: 5 Connecticut
8/24/07 10/12/04
Three-Point Field Goal Percentage Game: .667 Sacramento (12-18) Low game: .158 Houston (3-19)
10/5/04 9/1/05
Free Throws Made Game: 26 Los Angeles 26 at Houston Low game: 5 Houston
8/18/06 8/30/05 9/1/05
Free Throws Attempted Game: 31 Los Angeles 31 at Houston Low Game: 5 Houston
8/18/06 8/30/05 9/1/05
24 Sacramento 9 at Los Angeles
8/24/07 9/1/05 9/25/04
Personal Fouls Game: 30 at Phoenix Low game: 12 Los Angeles
8/26/07 8/18/06
Steals Game: Low game:
12 12 12 3 3
9/27/04 9/25/04 9/21/08 8/22/06 9/3/05
Turnovers Game: Low Game:
19 Sacramento 8 Los Angeles
Blocked Shots Game: Low game:
6 6 6 0
Minnesota at Minnesota Los Angeles at Los Angeles Houston
Phoenix at Los Angeles at Minnesota Los Angeles
10/3/04 8/18/06
8/24/07 8/20/06 9/25/04 9/21/08
Lauren Jackson and Tully Bevilaqua celebrate the first playoff victory in franchise history.
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Storm Playoff History Opponent Team Playoff Records Most Points Scored Game: 101 Phoenix Half: 56 Phoenix
8/24/07 8/24/07
Fewest Points Scored Game: 50 Los Angeles Half: 15 Los Angeles
9/21/08 9/21/08
Field Goals Made Game: 38 Phoenix Low game: 16 Los Angeles
8/24/07 9/21/08
Field Goals Attempted Game: 83 Phoenix Low game: 44 Houston
8/24/07 9/1/05
Field Goal Percentage Highest: .559 Los Angeles (33-59) Lowest: .328 Connecticut (20-61) Three-Point Field Goals Made Game: 14 Phoenix Low game: 0 Houston Three-Point Field Goals Attempted Game: 34 Phoenix Low game: 5 Houston Three-Point Field Goal Percentage Game: .667 Houston (4-6) Low Game: .000 Houston (0-5)
8/15/02 10/12/04
8/24/07 9/1/05
8/24/07 9/1/05
9/3/05 9/1/05
Free Throws Made Game: 28 at Phoenix Low game: 5 Sacramento
8/26/07 10/3/04
Free Throws Attempted Game: 33 at Phoenix Low Game: 6 Los Angeles
8/26/07 8/15/02
Free Throw Percentage Game: 1.000 Phoenix (11-11) 1.000 Los Angeles (6-6) Low Game: .500 at Connecticut (7-14)
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Rebounds Game: Low game:
Storm Individual Playoff Records 37 at Los Angeles 21 Sacramento 21 Sacramento
8/22/06 10/5/06 10/3/06
Offensive Rebounds Game: 17 Los Angeles Low game: 3 Houston 3 Los Angeles
8/18/06 9/1/05 8/15/02
Defensive Rebounds Game: 30 Los Angeles Low game: 13 Sacramento 13 Sacramento
8/15/02 10/5/06 10/3/06
Assists Game: Low game:
22 Phoenix 7 Connecticut
8/24/07 10/12/04
Personal Fouls Game: 27 Los Angeles Low game: 11 Phoenix
8/18/06 8/24/07
Steals Game: Low game:
15 at Connecticut 3 at Phoenix 3 Los Angeles
10/8/04 8/26/07 8/18/06
Turnovers Game: Low game:
20 20 20 8 8
Minnesota at Minnesota at Los Angeles Phoenix at Los Angeles
9/27/04 9/25/04 9/19/08 8/24/07 8/22/06
Blocked Shots Game: 10 at Sacramento 10 Los Angeles Low game: 0 Houston
10/1/04 9/21/08 9/1/05
Minutes Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocked Shots Field Goals Made Field Goals Attempted Three-Point Field Goals Made Three-Point Field Goals Attempted Free Throws Made Free Throws Attempted
High
41 (OT) 40 31 14 14 4 4 4 4 11 20 20 6 12 9 11
Player
Opponent Date
Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Tully Bevilaqua Sheryl Swoopes Yolanda Griffith Ashley Robinson Betty Lennox Betty Lennox Betty Lennox Lauren Jackson Iziane Castro Marque 3x, last, Betty Lennox Betty Lennox
at Sacramento at Connecticut at Sacramento at Phoenix Sacramento Minnesota Los Angeles Los Angeles Phoenix Connecticut Houston Phoenix Sacramento Phoenix at Houston Connecticut
10/1/04 10/8/04 10/1/04 8/26/07 10/5/04 9/27/04 9/21/08 9/21/08 8/24/07 10/10/04 9/1/05 8/24/07 10/5/04 8/24/07 8/30/05 10/12/04
Opponent Individual Playoff Records
Minutes Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocked Shots Field Goals Made Field Goals Attempted Three-Point Field Goals Made Three-Point Field Goals Attempted Free Throws Made Free Throws Attempted
High
40 32 11 11 10 10 10 10 4 5 5 (OT) 4 (OT) 14 22 4 4 4 12 10 10 10
Player
Opponent Date
4x, last, Lisa Leslie/Tamecka Dixon Nykesha Sales Lisa Leslie Lisa Leslie Tangela Smith Sheryl Swoopes DeLisha Milton Sheryl Swoopes 9x, last, Mwadi Mabika Lisa Leslie DeMya Walker Tangela Smith Nykesha Sales Nykesha Sales Diana Taurasi Diana Taurasi Nykesha Sales Diana Taurasi Cappie Pondexter Cappie Pondexter Lisa Leslie
at Los Angeles Connecticut at Los Angeles at Los Angeles Phoenix Houston at Los Angeles Houston at Los Angeles at Los Angeles at Sacramento at Sacramento Connecticut Connecticut at Phoenix Phoenix Connecticut Phoenix at Phoenix at Phoenix at Los Angeles
8/17/02 10/10/04 9/21/08 9/19/08 8/24/07 9/3/05 8/17/02 9/3/05 8/20/06 9/19/08 10/1/04 10/1/04 10/10/04 10/10/04 8/26/07 8/24/07 10/10/04 8/24/07 8/26/07 8/26/07 8/20/06
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Storm Playoff History YEAR-BY-YEAR PLAYOFF STATISTICS
2006 (1-2)
2002 (0-2) PLAYER Bird Vodichkova Jackson Barnes Lassiter Marciniak Ragland Starbird Edwards STORM OPPONENTS
G MIN 2 73 2 61 2 68 2 50 2 46 2 29 2 19 2 23 2 31 2 400 2 400
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG 9 22 .409 3 11 .273 7 7 1.000 0 0 0 12 6 0 5 5 0 28 14.0 7 16 .438 1 2 .500 10 11 .909 2 8 10 3 3 0 2 2 0 25 12.5 9 26 .346 0 6 .000 5 7 .714 5 5 10 3 9 0 3 4 6 23 11.5 4 9 .444 2 4 .500 0 0 --- 3 5 8 3 4 0 3 7 0 10 5.0 4 15 .267 2 9 .222 0 0 --- 0 7 7 4 4 0 3 5 1 10 5.0 1 5 .200 0 1 .000 6 6 1.000 0 2 2 1 3 0 3 4 0 8 4.0 3 9 .333 1 3 .333 0 0 --- 2 4 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 3.5 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 1 2 0 1 4 1 5 2.5 1 8 .125 0 0 --- 2 4 .500 2 1 3 0 4 0 0 2 0 4 2.0 39 112 .348 10 37 .270 32 37 .865 15 34 49 28 35 0 20 36 8 120 60.0 58 119 .487 8 23 .348 23 25 .920 11 53 64 38 41 1 23 33 5 147 73.5
2004 (6-2) PLAYER Jackson Lennox Bird Sam Vodichkova Thompson Burse Bevilaqua Edwards Barnes Greco TEAM OPPONENTS
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA 8 287 53 113 .469 16 22 8 251 44 97 .454 8 18 8 233 23 61 .377 6 20 8 248 25 76 .329 3 12 8 204 19 47 .404 0 0 8 83 15 33 .455 6 12 8 109 12 27 .444 0 0 8 111 8 17 .471 3 7 7 54 6 9 .667 0 0 6 39 3 11 .273 0 0 4 6 1 1 1.000 0 0 8 1625 209 492 .425 42 91 8 1625 190 463 .410 32 100
FG PCT .727 .444 .300 .250 --- .500 --- .429 --- --- --- .462 .320
FREE THROWS REBOUNDS FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST 35 39 .897 20 40 60 11 21 24 .875 4 25 29 21 16 21 .762 5 21 26 42 6 9 .667 13 31 44 28 11 18 .611 13 17 30 6 3 3 1.000 6 9 15 6 3 4 .750 10 8 18 1 3 4 .750 3 13 16 11 0 0 --- 7 7 14 1 1 4 .250 4 4 8 5 0 0 --- 0 0 0 1 99 126 .786 85 175 260 133 83 120 .692 69 150 219 104
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA 3 91 15 28 .536 2 7 3 105 13 36 .361 7 21 3 90 13 44 .295 5 19 3 82 10 26 .385 0 0 3 89 7 18 .389 2 9 3 63 6 12 .500 0 0 3 52 3 9 .333 1 3 3 11 1 4 .250 1 4 2 6 0 0 --- 0 0 2 11 0 3 .000 0 1 3 600 68 180 .378 18 64 3 600 81 209 .388 15 42
FG PCT .286 .333 .263 --- .222 --- .333 .250 --- .000 .281 .357
FREE THROWS REBOUNDS FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG 22 24 .917 4 20 24 2 8 0 2 5 7 54 18.0 5 8 .625 3 5 8 10 3 0 1 7 2 38 12.7 4 7 .571 2 15 17 15 4 0 5 8 0 35 11.7 11 13 .846 3 7 10 1 11 1 2 1 3 31 10.3 13 15 .867 3 5 8 8 10 0 2 6 1 29 9.7 7 7 1.000 4 9 13 5 8 0 1 3 1 19 6.3 0 0 --- 2 6 8 5 1 0 1 0 2 7 2.3 1 2 .500 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.3 0 2 --- 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0.0 63 78 .808 21 67 88 48 49 1 14 35 16 217 72.3 41 57 .719 38 70 108 56 68 1 17 32 10 218 72.7
2007 (0-2) PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG 23 0 8 16 9 157 19.6 21 0 8 23 1 117 14.6 13 0 12 16 0 68 8.5 21 0 10 25 0 59 7.4 16 0 7 13 7 49 6.1 6 0 2 7 1 39 4.9 17 0 9 8 10 27 3.4 12 0 8 9 1 22 2.8 5 0 0 2 1 12 1.7 10 0 3 1 1 7 1.2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.5 144 0 67 127 31 559 69.9 135 0 78 128 38 495 61.9
PLAYER Jackson Lennox Bird Castro Marques Wright Palmer Robinson Gearlds Ndiaye-Diatta TEAM OPPONENTS
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG 2 68 13 23 .565 3 10 .300 9 9 1.000 4 19 23 1 9 0 2 5 3 38 19.0 2 62 13 36 .361 5 13 .385 5 5 1.000 5 8 13 4 9 1 2 4 0 36 18.0 2 71 11 24 .458 7 12 .583 4 4 1.000 0 4 4 10 4 0 4 6 0 33 16.5 2 51 8 20 .400 4 13 .308 0 0 .000 0 4 4 4 6 0 0 4 1 20 10.0 2 42 7 15 .467 0 2 .000 4 4 1.000 5 0 5 5 6 0 1 6 1 18 9.0 2 27 8 16 .500 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 4 4 8 0 6 0 0 2 1 17 8.5 2 52 4 11 .364 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 4 12 16 6 4 0 2 3 5 8 4.0 2 23 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 3 1.5 1 4 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.0 2 400 65 148 .439 21 53 .396 22 23 .957 23 53 76 33 46 1 13 32 11 173 86.5 2 400 65 150 .433 27 65 .415 39 44 .886 21 48 69 43 23 0 14 18 7 196 98.0
2008 (1-2)
2005 (1-2) PLAYER Lennox Jackson Burse Bird Castro Marques Batkovic Zara Wright Thompson Edwards Vodopyanova STORM OPPONENTS
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PLAYER Jackson Bird Lennox Burse Castro Marques Johnson Turner Lawson-Wade Robinson Wright STORM OPPONENTS
G MIN 3 94 3 102 3 90 3 103 3 86 3 43 3 26 3 38 1 10 2 5 1 3 3 600 3 600
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG 15 38 .395 3 12 .250 13 14 .929 1 13 14 8 9 0 3 6 0 46 15.3 17 39 .436 4 13 .308 5 6 .833 4 20 24 2 11 0 4 8 4 43 14.3 11 18 .611 0 0 --- 6 6 1.000 8 6 14 3 11 0 3 2 1 28 9.3 9 33 .273 2 15 .133 7 8 .875 1 4 5 13 6 0 3 4 0 27 9.0 6 18 .333 1 6 .167 4 4 1.000 0 3 3 4 12 0 2 8 0 17 5.7 6 12 .500 0 0 --- 2 5 .400 2 8 10 0 8 0 0 5 2 14 4.7 4 6 .667 1 1 1.000 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 11 3.7 1 5 .200 0 0 --- 7 7 1.000 1 4 5 7 6 0 3 2 0 9 3.0 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 70 175 .400 11 48 .229 46 52 .885 17 62 79 40 63 0 18 40 7 197 65.7 73 159 .459 5 17 .294 58 70 .829 16 67 83 41 52 0 20 39 4 209 69.7
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PLAYER Bird Wright Little Swoopes Griffith Cash Robinson Gearlds Santos Beck Ely TEAM OPPONENTS
G MIN 3 111 3 104 3 105 3 72 3 88 3 44 3 46 3 22 2 1 2 5 2 2 3 600 3 600
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT 23 40 .575 5 17 .294 14 34 .412 1 2 .500 9 27 .333 2 4 .500 8 25 .320 2 10 .200 3 14 .214 0 0 .000 4 12 .333 0 1 .000 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 2 6 .333 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 67 167 .401 11 39 .282 72 179 .402 11 37 .297
FREE THROWS REBOUNDS FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG 8 8 1.000 0 7 7 9 3 0 4 6 0 59 19.7 12 16 .750 4 13 17 8 10 0 6 11 0 41 13.7 15 18 .833 4 6 10 1 8 0 3 10 0 35 11.6 8 9 .889 3 7 10 3 7 0 6 5 0 26 8.7 7 8 .875 6 13 19 5 16 0 1 5 4 13 4.3 0 0 .000 3 8 11 2 3 0 1 3 2 8 2.6 1 2 .500 5 7 12 2 9 0 1 2 2 7 2.3 1 2 .500 1 0 1 2 3 0 3 0 0 6 2.0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 52 63 .825 26 61 87 32 61 0 25 42 6 197 65.9 43 59 .729 28 68 96 46 63 0 16 55 21 198 66.0
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ATLANTA DREAM
2008 vs. Dream (2-0) Date Site W/L Score 9/2/08 Atlanta W 83-69 9/12/08 Seattle W 77-72
83 Walton Street NW, Suite 500 Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone: 404-604-2626 Fax: 404-589-7536 Ticket Information: 404-249-6400 www.atlantadream.net Marynell Meadors
(All times Pacific)
Saturday, August 15 Seattle at Atlanta 4 p.m. Saturday, August 29 Atlanta at Seattle 7 p.m.
Storm Dream Dream High Rebounder High Scorer High Rebounder Griffith/Little 7 Lennox 25 DeSouza 8 Ely 8 Young 20 Three with 5
Current Streaks vs. Dream Site In Seattle In Atlanta Overall
Last Win 9/12/08 9/2/08 9/12/08
Score 77-72 83-69 77-72
Last Loss --- --- ---
Score --- --- ---
Streak Win 1 Win 1 Win 2
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Directory
Year 2008 Totals
Owner_ __________________________________Ron Terwilliger President & COO____________________________Bill Bolen Head Coach & GM ___________________________Marynell Meadors Executive VP_______________________________Danielle Donehew Assistant Coach/ Director of Basketball Operations_ _______________Sue Panek Assistant Coach_ ___________________________Fred Williams Assistant Coach ____________________________Carol Ross Athletic Trainer _____________________________Kim Moseley Team Physicians____________________________Brandon Mines, M.D., John Xerogeanes, M.D. VP of Marketing_____________________________Paige Blankenship VP of Ticket Sales & Service_ ___________________Allison Fillmore VP of Media Relations_ _______________________Tonya Alleyne Community Relations Manager__________________Tameka Garrett Community & Media Relations Coordinator__________Sprague Paynter
2008 vs. Dream
Storm High Scorer Bird 21 Little 21
Home 1-0 1-0
Road 1-0 1-0
Total 2-0 2-0
Largest Winning Margin Seattle:
14
6/22/05
at Atlanta
83-69
General Information
Home Court _______________________________Philips Arena (11,186) Radio____________________________________1230 WFOM/1340 WALR; Art Eckman- Play-by-Play Television_________________________________Comcast Sports Southeast (CSS); Art Eckman Play-by-Play; Teresa Edwards- Analyst Colors ___________________________________Dream Blue, Dream Red, Dream Light Blue, Dream Navy
Background
DOPPLER’S FORECAST
Founded _ ________________________________2008 2008 Record_______________________________4-30 2008 Postseason____________________________DNQ All-Time Record_____________________________4-30 All-Time Postseason Record_ ___________________N/A
2008 SEASON SERIES (2-0) SEATTLE STORM VS. Atlanta Dream PLAYER Bird Little (TOT) Little (SEA) Griffith
G-GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL 1-1 36 8 14 .571 3 5 .600 2 2 1.000 1 4 5 9 1 0 5 2-2 63 15 27 .556 1 2 .500 6 8 .750 4 9 13 7 6 0 2 2-2 63 15 27 .556 1 2 .500 6 8 .750 4 9 13 7 6 0 2 1-1 27 3 7 .429 0 0 --- 10 10 1.000 1 6 7 3 2 0 2
Wright
2-2
Cash Gearlds Santos Ely Robinson Beck O'Neill STORM DREAM
1-1 24 2-1 50 2-1 30 2-1 47 2-0 39 1-0 16 2-0 3 2 400 2 400
65
11
24 .458
0
1
.000
3
3 5 .600 6 16 .375 6 13 .462 5 13 .385 2 4 .500 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 59 123 .480 49 134 .366
0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 10
0 8 0 0 0 0 0 16 37
--- .250 --- --- --- --- --- .375 .270
5 6 0 1 1 2 0 36 33
4
.750
2
8
10
8 .625 6 1.000 0 --- 4 .250 2 .500 2 1.000 0 --- 46 .783 41 .805
1 0 3 4 4 0 0 20 21
2 1 5 9 6 0 1 51 41
3 1 8 13 10 0 1 71 62
5 7 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 31 29
5 3 4 7 8 1 0 44 36
0
TO BLK PTS 3 0 21 5 1 37 5 1 37 2 1 16
2 6
AVG 21.0 18.5 18.5 16.0
1 25 12.5
0 2 6 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 21 36 9 0 18 31 11
11 20 12 11 5 2 0 160 141
11.0 10.0 6.0 5.5 2.5 2.0 0.0 80.0 70.5
TO BLK PTS 5 0 29 1 0 23 6 1 22 3 2 18 3 0 14 7 6 13 1 0 11 1 0 11 0 1 5 0 1 5 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 31 11 141 36 9 160
AVG 14.5 11.5 11.0 9.0 7.0 6.5 5.5 5.5 2.5 2.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 70.5 80.0
2008 SEASON SERIES (0-2) Atlanta Dream VS. SEATTLE PLAYER Lennox Young Castro Marques Feenstra Latta Desouza Terry (TOT) Terry (ATL) Bales (TOT) Bales (ATL) Haynie Lacy Strother DREAM STORM
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G-GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT 2-2 45 8 23 .348 2 9 .222 2-0 42 9 17 .529 2 5 .400 2-2 60 7 28 .250 4 10 .400 2-0 25 7 11 .636 0 0 --- 2-2 56 4 20 .200 2 8 .250 2-2 47 6 10 .600 0 0 --- 2-0 24 4 8 .500 0 0 --- 2-0 24 4 8 .500 0 0 --- 2-1 27 1 5 .200 0 0 --- 2-1 27 1 5 .200 0 0 --- 2-0 28 1 7 .143 0 4 .000 2-1 36 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 2-0 9 1 1 1.000 0 0 --- 2 400 49 134 .366 10 37 .270 2 400 59 123 .480 6 16 .375
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FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL 11 11 1.000 2 3 5 3 3 0 3 3 4 .750 2 1 3 3 2 0 2 4 6 .667 1 8 9 4 4 0 4 4 4 1.000 2 3 5 0 4 0 0 4 6 .667 0 2 2 8 4 0 0 1 2 .500 5 6 11 0 5 0 3 3 4 .750 3 5 8 4 4 0 0 3 4 .750 3 5 8 4 4 0 0 3 4 .750 1 3 4 0 2 0 1 3 4 .750 1 3 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 --- 2 5 7 3 2 0 3 0 0 --- 3 5 8 4 4 0 2 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 33 41 .805 21 41 62 29 36 0 18 36 46 .783 20 51 71 31 44 0 21
0
14
71
8
30
The number of games the Storm has lost to the Dream.
In their first meeting last season the Storm beat the Dream by 14 points.
The number of rebounds the Storm had in two games against the Dream.
The Storm won’t play Atlanta until the second to last month of the season (Aug.), playing two games against the Dream in the course of two weeks.
The Dream lost a WNBA-worst 30 games in 2008, the most ever by a WNBA franchise.
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Chicago Sky
2008 vs. Sky (2-0) Date Site W/L Score 5/17/08 Seattle W 67-61 9/4/08 Chicago W 70-62
20 W. Kinzie St. Suite 1010 Chicago, IL 60610 Phone: 312-828-9550 Fax: 312-828-9979 Ticket Information: 866-SKY-WNBA www.chicagosky.net Steven Key 2009 vs. Sky
(All times Pacific) Saturday, June 14 Seattle at Chicago 3 p.m. Sunday, July 12 Chicago at Seattle 6 p.m.
Storm High Scorer Jackson 14 Bird 19
Storm High Rebounder Cash 8 Griffith 6
Sky High Scorer Melvin 15 Perkins 22
Score 67-61 70-62 70-62
Last Loss --- --- ---
Score --- --- ---
Sky High Rebounder Dupree 10 Dupree 6
Current Streaks vs. Sky Site In Seattle In Chicago Overall
Last Win 5/17/08 9/4/08 9/4/08
Streak Won 3 Won 3 Won 6
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Year 2006 2007 2008 Totals
Owner_ __________________________________Michael Alter President/CEO _____________________________Margaret Stender COO____________________________________Adam Fox Head Coach/GM ____________________________Steven Key Assistant Coach_ ___________________________Stephanie White Assistant Coach_ ___________________________Michael Mitchell Strenght & Conditioning Coach__________________Ann Crosby Athletic Trainer, Director of Basketball Operations ________________Nick Rubel Assistant Athletic Trainer______________________Juliet Barnes Equipment Manager_ ________________________Tanisha Hawkins Team Physicians____________________________Dr. Mark Hutchinson, Dr. Sarah Kilpatrick, Dr. John Tulley VP of Marketing & Communications_______________Jo Gilley Community Relations Manager__________________Kristi Faulkner Public Relations Manager______________________Ronnie Ramirez
Home 1-0 1-0 1-0 3-0
Road 1-0 1-0 1-0 3-0
Total 2-0 2-0 2-0 6-0
Largest Winning Margin Seattle:
18
6/26/07
at Seattle
94-76
General Information
Home Court _______________________________UICPavilion (6,500) Radio____________________________________TBD Television_________________________________WTTW TV, WCIU TV Colors ___________________________________Sky Blue, Yellow
Background
DOPPLER’S FORECAST
Founded _ ________________________________2006 2008 Record_______________________________12-22 2008 Postseason____________________________DNQ All-Time Record_____________________________31-71 All-Time Postseason Record_ ___________________N/A
2008 SEASON SERIES (2-0) SEATTLE STORM VS. CHICAGO PLAYER Bird Jackson Cash Griffith Little (TOT) Little (SEA) Gearlds Wright Ely Swoopes Robinson Santos Beck STORM SKY
G-GS MIN 2-2 68 1-1 31 2-2 63 2-2 41 3-2 63 1-1 28 2-0 23 2-1 47 2-0 21 2-1 46 2-0 25 2-0 5 1-0 2 2 400 2 400
FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL 13 22 .591 4 8 .500 2 2 1.000 0 4 4 11 3 0 2 6 19 .316 1 6 .167 1 1 1.000 1 5 6 0 2 0 2 7 15 .467 0 1 .000 6 7 .857 4 6 10 3 5 0 0 7 13 .538 0 0 --- 4 6 .667 3 10 13 1 7 0 3 9 18 .500 1 2 .500 6 7 .857 5 8 13 3 7 0 3 6 9 .667 0 0 --- 1 1 1.000 2 3 5 2 2 0 3 3 10 .300 1 5 .200 5 7 .714 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 13 .231 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 2 2 4 3 5 0 1 4 6 .667 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 2 3 5 0 3 0 1 3 10 .300 0 2 .000 0 0 --- 1 3 4 3 1 0 3 2 5 .400 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 3 5 8 0 6 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 122 .443 6 23 .261 23 30 .767 19 42 61 24 34 0 15 46 108 .426 3 16 .188 28 41 .683 19 40 59 26 30 1 14
TO BLK PTS 4 0 32 2 1 14 6 1 20 4 2 18 7 1 25 3 0 13 1 0 12 6 0 9 1 0 8 0 0 6 2 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 34 6 137 36 9 123
AVG 16.0 14.0 10.0 9.0 8.3 13.0 6.0 4.5 4.0 3.0 2.0 0.5 0.0 68.5 61.5
TO BLK PTS 4 0 34 3 0 20 7 7 18 8 0 14 4 1 14 1 0 8 6 1 7 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 9 123 34 6 137
AVG 17.0 10.0 9.0 7.0 7.0 4.0 3.5 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 61.5 68.5
2008 SEASON SERIES (0-2) CHICAGO SKY VS. SEATTLE PLAYER Perkins Melvin Fowles Canty Dupree Wyckoff Price Fluker Sharp Chaney Joens Queenan SKY STORM
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G-GS MIN 2-2 60 2-0 41 2-2 44 2-2 50 2-2 59 2-1 39 2-1 42 1-0 6 2-0 30 2-0 15 1-0 6 1-0 5 2 400 2 400
FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT 14 24 .583 1 4 .250 5 7 .714 0 0 --- 9 18 .500 0 0 --- 5 10 .500 0 0 --- 5 20 .250 0 1 .000 3 7 .429 2 4 .500 1 6 .167 0 1 .000 1 4 .250 0 0 --- 2 4 .500 0 1 .000 1 7 .143 0 4 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 46 108 .426 3 16 .188 54 122 .443 6 23 .261
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FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL 5 5 1.000 2 3 5 6 4 0 2 10 14 .714 3 4 7 1 4 0 0 0 0 --- 2 9 11 0 7 1 2 4 8 .500 1 3 4 6 3 0 3 4 6 .667 7 9 16 5 2 0 2 0 0 --- 1 4 5 3 4 0 0 5 8 .625 3 3 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 --- 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 --- 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 28 41 .683 19 40 59 26 30 1 14 23 30 .767 19 42 61 24 34 0 15
6-0
76.7
7-19
4.5
33
The Storm is undefeated all-time against the Sky, since Chicago’s inaugural WNBA season in 2006.
The Storm shot 76.7 percent from the free throw line in the two matchups against the Sky in 2008.
The Storm was able to almost triple the amount of assists the Sky had in their second game of last season.
Chicago players blocked nine shots against the Storm and averaged 4.5 per game.
The Sky’s reserves scored a combined 33 points off the bench against the Storm.
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CONNECTICUT SUN
2008 vs. Sun (0-2) Date Site W/L Score 6/16/08 Seattle L 67-74 8/31/08 Connecticut L 76-80
1 Mohegan Sun Blvd. Uncasville, CT 06382 Phone: 860-862-4000 Fax: 860-862-4006/4010 Ticket Information: 877-786-8499 www.ConnecticutSun.com Mike Thibault 2008 vs. Sun
Thursday, August 13 Seattle at Connecticut 4 p.m. Thursday, August 27 Connecticut at Seattle 7 p.m.
Storm High Rebounder Swoopes 10 Two with 5
Score 95-86 67-65 95-86
Last Loss 6/18/08 8/31/08 8/31/08
Sun High Scorer Jones 15 Jones 20
Sun High Rebounder Raymond 9 Holt 5
Current Streaks vs. Sun Site In Seattle In Connecticut Overall
Last Win 6/22/05 7/17/03 6/22/05
Score 67-74 76-80 76-80
Streak Lost 3 Lost 5 Lost 6
Storm vs. Sun All-Time
Directory
(All times Pacific)
Storm High Scorer Jackson 26 Bird 24
Owner_ __________________________________The Mohegan Tribe Chief Executive Officer/Govenor__________________Mitchell Etess Chief Operating Officer/Alternative Govenor_ ________Jeffrey Hartmann President/Alternative Gevenor _ _________________Paul Munick General Manager____________________________Chris Sienko Head Coach _______________________________Michael Thibault Assistant Coaches___________________________Scott Hawk, Bernadette Mattox Head Athletic Trainer _________________________Jeremy Norman Strength & Conditioning Coach__________________Joanna Hopkins Equipment Manager/Travel Coordinator_ ___________Abby Gordon Video Coordinator_ __________________________Jon Whitkin Team Physicians____________________________Diana Heiman, MD, Ammar Anbari, MD Community Relations Manager__________________Dallas Pride Media Relations Manager______________________Bill Tavares
Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Totals
General Information
Largest Winning Margin
Home Court _______________________________Mohegan Sun Arena (9,518) Radio____________________________________WXLM 102.3 FM, Bob Heussler Television_________________________________MYTV9, Mike Gorman and Rebecca Lobo Colors ___________________________________Navy, Blue, Red, Gold and Orange
Home 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 4-3
Seattle: Connecticut:
9 18
Road 0-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 2-6
6/22/05 7/20/07
Total 0-1 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-1 1-1 0-2 0-2 0-2 6-9
at Seattle at Connecticut
95-86 58-76
Background
Founded _ ________________________________1999; Relocated from Orlando in 2003 2008 Record_______________________________21-13 2007 Postseason____________________________1-2 (Lost to New York in Eastern Conference Semifinals) All-Time Record _ ___________________________187-145 All-Time Postseason Record ____________________18-16
DOPPLERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FORECAST
2008 SEASON SERIES (0-2) SEATTLE STORM VS. CONNECTICUT PLAYER Jackson Bird Griffith Cash Little (TOT) Little (SEA) Wright Gearlds Swoopes Santos Ely Beck Pascalau Robinson STORM SUN
G-GS MIN 1-1 34 2-2 74 1-1 29 2-1 54 2-1 44 1-1 27 2-2 62 2-0 33 2-2 39 1-0 2 2-0 18 1-0 5 1-0 3 2-0 20 2 400 2 400
FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL 8 19 .421 2 6 .333 8 8 1.000 3 4 7 1 1 0 4 16 30 .533 2 3 .667 3 3 1.000 0 3 3 7 8 0 2 3 7 .429 0 0 --- 6 6 1.000 3 1 4 3 5 0 0 9 22 .409 1 1 1.000 4 5 .800 1 9 10 2 5 0 1 5 12 .417 1 2 .500 3 8 .375 0 5 5 3 6 0 1 2 7 .286 1 2 .500 2 4 .500 0 4 4 2 3 0 1 6 17 .353 0 2 .000 2 3 .667 4 7 11 7 7 0 3 4 8 .500 2 6 .333 0 0 --- 0 7 7 1 0 0 1 3 11 .273 0 2 .000 4 4 1.000 4 6 10 2 3 0 3 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 2 4 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .200 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 1 2 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 3 3 6 1 3 0 0 52 128 .406 8 22 .364 31 37 .838 19 48 67 29 37 0 15 57 134 .425 14 37 .378 26 34 .765 21 47 68 36 31 0 9
TO BLK PTS 0 2 26 6 0 37 1 1 12 2 2 23 4 1 14 2 0 7 9 0 14 0 0 10 0 1 10 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 6 143 24 2 154
AVG 26.0 18.5 12.0 11.5 7.0 7.0 7.0 5.0 5.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 71.5 77.0
TO BLK PTS 4 0 35 3 0 13 2 0 20 3 0 18 1 0 17 2 0 12 1 0 6 1 0 5 0 1 10 3 0 4 3 0 8 1 1 4 0 0 2 24 2 154 22 6 143
AVG 17.5 13.0 10.0 9.0 8.5 6.0 6.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 2.0 2.0 77.0 71.5
2008 SEASON SERIES (2-0) CONNECTICUT SUN VS. SEATTLE PLAYER Jones Whalen Whitmore Turner Holt Carey Phillips Anderson Gruda Abrosimova Gardin Raymond Swanier SUN STORM
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G-GS MIN 2-2 60 1-1 30 2-2 51 2-0 35 2-2 43 2-1 45 1-0 11 1-1 26 2-0 29 1-0 14 2-1 29 2-0 20 1-0 6 2 400 2 400
FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL 14 31 .452 0 0 --- 7 9 .778 5 4 9 4 4 0 3 4 11 .364 0 2 .000 5 6 .833 2 5 7 3 1 0 1 7 23 .304 2 5 .400 4 5 .800 1 8 9 6 5 0 1 6 12 .500 5 10 .500 1 3 .333 0 8 8 2 2 0 1 7 12 .583 1 4 .250 2 2 1.000 2 3 5 2 6 0 0 4 9 .444 2 4 .500 2 2 1.000 2 1 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 3 3 1.000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 9 .222 1 6 .167 0 0 --- 1 2 3 1 2 0 1 5 12 .417 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 2 3 5 5 3 0 0 2 3 .667 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 3 3 2 3 0 0 3 6 .500 2 3 .667 0 2 .000 0 4 4 5 4 0 1 1 1 1.000 0 0 --- 2 2 1.000 6 5 11 2 0 0 0 1 3 .333 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 57 134 .425 14 37 .378 26 34 .765 21 47 68 36 31 0 9 52 128 .406 8 22 .364 31 37 .838 19 48 67 29 37 0 15
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43.05
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Sun forward Asjha Jones scored 35 points and grabbed nine rebounds against the Storm last season.
Storm record against Sun since the Sun franchise moved to Connecticut after the 2002 season.
The Storm averaged just 71.5 points per game against Connecticut during the 2008 season.
The average shooting percentage for the Sun against the Storm.
The Storm averaged 83.7 percent from the foul line, scoring 31 points in two games.
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DETROIT SHOCK
2008 vs. Shock (1-1) Date Site W/L Score 6/04/08 Detroit L 77-67 6/07/08 Seattle W 75-67
Five Championship Dr. Auburn Hills, MI 48326 Phone: 248-377-0100 Fax: 248-377-3260 Ticket Information: 248-377-0100 www.detroitshock.com Bill Laimbeer 2008 vs. Shock (All times Pacific)
Wednesday, July 15 Detroit at Seattle 7 p.m. Tuesday, August 8 Seattle at Detroit 4:30 p.m.
Storm High Scorer Jackson 27 Jackson 24
Storm High Rebounder Griffith 9 Griffith 8
Shock High Scorer K. Smith 33 K. Smith 18
Shock High Rebounder Ford 11 Pierson 10
Current Streaks vs. Shock Site In Seattle In Detroit Overall
Last Win 6/07/08 8/8/06 6/07/08
Score 75-67 81-79 75-67
Last Loss 6/20/07 6/04/08 6/04/07
Score 71-87 77-67 77-67
Streak Win 1 Lost 2 Lost 1
Storm vs. Shock History
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Managing Partner___________________________The Estate of William Davidson President/CEO______________________________Tom Wilson Vice President of Brand Marketing/ Shock COO________________________________Craig Turnbull Head Coach_ ______________________________Bill Laimbeer Assistant Coaches___________________________Rick Mahorn, Cheryl Reeve Athletic Trainer_____________________________Laura Ramus Director, Business Operations & Brand Marketing_ _________________________Alicia Jeffreys Manager, Basketball Operations_ ________________Donease Smith Manager, Community Relations__________________Erika Swiley Public Relations Coordinator____________________Megan Heinemann Media Relations Assistant_ ____________________Desi Segundo
General Information
Home 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 4-4
Road 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 3-5
Total 0-2 1-0 1-0 0-2 1-1 2-0 1-1 0-2 1-1 7-9
Largest Winning Margin
Home Court_ ______________________________The Palace of Auburn Hills (11,268) Radio____________________________________TBD, Matt Shepard Television_________________________________TBD, Matt Shepard Colors_ __________________________________Red, Royal Blue and Navy Blue
Seattle: Detroit:
19 27
9/8/04 8/9/07
at Seattle at Detroit
86-67 70-97
Background
Founded__________________________________1998 2007 Record_______________________________22-12 2007 Postseason____________________________7-2 (Beat San Antonio 3-0 to win WNBA Finals) All-Time Record_____________________________192-170 All-Time Postseason Record_ ___________________21-15 (2003, 2006, 2008 WNBA Championships)
DOPPLERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FORECAST
2008 SEASON SERIES (1-1) SEATTLE STORM VS. DETROIT PLAYER Jackson Little (TOT) Bird Swoopes Cash Griffith Wright Ely Beck Robinson Gearlds STORM SHOCK
G-GS MIN 2-2 72 2-0 42 2-2 73 2-2 63 2-2 69 2-2 51 2-0 26 2-0 13 2-0 4 2-0 23 2-0 6 2 400 2 400
FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL 20 33 .606 3 10 .300 8 8 1.000 1 12 13 5 6 0 4 6 10 .600 1 2 .500 9 12 .750 7 6 13 0 5 0 4 6 22 .273 3 9 .333 6 6 1.000 0 4 4 16 2 0 2 6 13 .462 3 4 .750 4 4 1.000 2 5 7 6 5 0 3 6 20 .300 0 1 .000 6 8 .750 1 9 10 5 3 0 0 6 7 .857 0 0 --- 2 2 1.000 4 13 17 2 10 0 1 2 5 .400 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 0 1 1 4 6 0 0 3 4 .750 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 1 1 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .500 0 0 --- 1 2 .500 0 2 2 0 7 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 108 .472 10 27 .370 30 34 .882 8 48 56 38 42 0 11 52 141 .369 7 29 .241 33 42 .786 26 48 74 30 37 0 13
TO BLK PTS 5 6 51 3 0 22 4 0 21 4 2 19 5 2 18 3 2 14 4 0 7 1 0 6 0 0 3 1 2 3 1 0 0 29 14 142 17 4 144
AVG 25.5 11.0 10.5 9.5 9.0 7.0 3.5 3.0 1.5 1.5 0.0 71.0 72.0
2008 SEASON SERIES (1-1) DETROIT SHOCK VS. SEATTLE PLAYER G-GS MIN K. Smith 2-2 76 McWilliams-Frank 2-2 64 Nolan 2-2 70 Braxton 2-0 43 Pierson 2-0 50 Hornbuckle 2-0 45 Ford 2-2 51 Powell 2-2 33 Thomas 2-0 11 Sam 2-0 9 Humphrey 1-0 3 Sanni 2-2 10 Shields (TOT) 1-0 5 SHOCK 2 400 STORM 2 400
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FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT 16 38 .421 5 18 .278 13 22 .591 2 4 .500 7 29 .241 0 6 .000 5 14 .357 0 1 .000 6 16 .375 0 0 --- 5 13 .385 1 3 .333 4 15 .267 0 0 --- 3 5 .600 0 0 --- 3 5 .600 0 0 --- 2 3 .667 1 1 1.000 1 2 .500 0 0 --- 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 52 141 .369 7 29 .241 51 108 .472 10 27 .370
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FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG 14 14 1.000 1 9 10 5 2 0 2 3 0 51 25.5 1 1 1.000 1 3 4 3 1 0 4 5 1 29 14.5 5 7 .714 4 5 9 10 4 0 3 2 1 19 9.5 8 9 .889 2 4 6 1 4 0 0 2 0 18 9.0 4 6 .667 6 12 18 7 8 0 0 4 3 16 8.0 0 0 --- 4 6 10 3 7 0 6 2 0 11 5.5 2 6 .333 7 10 17 1 7 0 2 1 0 10 5.0 0 0 --- 2 0 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 6 3.0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 3.0 0 0 --- 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 2.5 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 0 0 --- 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.0 33 42 .786 26 48 74 30 37 0 13 17 4 144 72.0 30 34 .882 8 48 56 38 42 0 11 29 14 142 71.0
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During the 2007 offseason, the Storm traded for former Shock forward Swin Cash, who scored 18 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and dished out five assists in two games against her former team.
The Storm only managed 18 points off the bench against the Shock over two games.
Seven players had the chance at shooting free throws, in the two games vs. the Shock during the 2008 season. They shot 30of-34 or 88.32 percent from the line.
Seattle has played eight home games against the Shock since 2000 and has a record of 4-4.
The Shock dominated the inside game against the Storm, grabbing 74 rebounds in 2008 while the Storm pulled down 56 off the boards.
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INDIANA FEVER
2008 vs. Fever (2-0) Date Site W/L Score 6/20/08 Seattle W 78-70 7/18/08 Indiana W 65-59
125 S. Pennsylvania St. Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 317-917-2500 Fax: 317-917-2899 Ticket Information: 317-917-2500
2009 vs. Fever
(All times Pacific) Tuesday, June 9 Seattle at Indiana 4 p.m. Saturday, August 22 Indiana at Seattle 7 p.m.
Storm High Rebounder Cash 8 Griffith 10
Score 78-70 65-59 65-59
Last Loss 7/9/06 6/13/07 6/13/07
Fever High Scorer Sutton-Brown 14 Sutton-Brown 12
Fever High Rebounder Hoffman 10 Sutton-Brown 7
Current Streaks vs. Fever Site In Seattle In Indiana Overall
www.feverbasketball.com
Lin Dunn
Storm High Scorer Jackson 18 Swoopes 15
Last Win 6/20/08 7/18/08 7/18/08
Score 62-74 62-90 62-90
Streak Win 2 Win 1 Win 3
Storm vs. Fever History
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Pacers Sports & Entertainment Ownership_ _________Herb Simon, Melvin Simon Exec. VP/Exec. Director of Conseco Fieldhouse________Rick Fuson COO & GM, Fever____________________________Kelly Krauskopf Senior VP & CFO_ ___________________________Kevin Bower Senior VP, Marketing_ ________________________Larry Mago Senior VP, Basketball Operations_________________David Morway Head Coach_ ______________________________Lin Dunn Assistant Coaches___________________________Gary Kloppenburg, Jim Lewis Athletic Trainer_____________________________Craig Stull Strength Coach_____________________________Brandon Johnson Operations Coordinator_ ______________________Allison Hawkins Video Coordinator_ __________________________Hansen Wong Administrative Assistant_ _____________________Ashley Floyd Team Physicians____________________________David Harsha, M.D., Scott A. Lintner, M.D. Director of Media Relations_____________________Kevin Messenger Public Information Assistant____________________Tim Edwards
Home 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 7-1
Road 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-0 3-5
Total 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 0-2 1-1 2-0 10-6
Largest Winning Margin
General Information
Seattle: Indiana:
Home Court_ ______________________________Conseco Fieldhouse (9,643 WNBA) Radio____________________________________WFNI (1070 AM), Chris Denari, Kevin Lee (TV) Television_________________________________FS Indiana, Chris Denari (Play-By-Play) Debbie Antonelli (Color) Colors_ __________________________________Fever Red, Pacers Gold and Pacers Blue
27 28
Background
6/10/03 6/13/07
at Seattle at Indiana
78-51 62-90
DOPPLERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FORECAST
Founded__________________________________2000 2008 Record_______________________________17-17 2008 Postseason____________________________1-2 (Lost to Detroit in Eastern Conference Semifinals) All-Time Record_____________________________146-154 All-Time Postseason Record_ ___________________7-11
2008 SEASON SERIES (2-0) SEATTLE STORM VS. INDIANA PLAYER Jackson Bird Swoopes Cash Little (TOT) Little (SEA) Griffith Wright Santos Gearlds Beck Ely O'Neill Robinson STORM FEVER
G-GS MIN 1-1 34 2-2 73 2-2 65 2-2 67 2-1 29 1-1 22 2-2 46 2-0 42 1-0 5 2-0 19 1-0 1 2-0 13 1-0 1 2-0 13 2 400 2 400
FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT 5 13 .385 1 4 .250 11 30 .367 3 9 .333 9 21 .429 2 4 .500 7 21 .333 0 0 --- 6 9 .667 2 3 .667 5 8 .625 1 2 .500 2 9 .222 0 0 --- 4 11 .364 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 0 0 --- 1 5 .200 1 3 .333 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 3 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 2 .000 0 0 --- 46 125 .368 8 23 .348 47 121 .388 14 41 .341
FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL 7 7 1.000 0 5 5 3 4 0 1 3 4 .750 1 9 10 8 3 0 4 8 10 .800 1 11 12 6 3 0 4 6 6 1.000 4 9 13 6 2 0 2 3 7 .429 2 6 8 1 4 0 3 2 5 .400 1 6 7 1 3 0 2 10 14 .714 11 4 15 0 6 0 2 4 5 .800 2 2 4 1 4 0 1 1 1 1.000 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 --- 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 43 54 .796 22 51 73 26 31 0 18 21 27 .778 13 50 63 28 48 1 14
TO BLK PTS 1 2 18 3 1 28 1 1 28 3 1 20 6 2 17 4 1 13 3 1 14 6 1 12 1 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 25 9 143 33 13 129
AVG 18.0 14.0 14.0 10.0 8.5 13.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 71.5 64.5
TO BLK PTS 5 6 26 8 1 21 1 2 17 0 1 16 1 0 15 1 0 6 4 0 6 6 0 12 0 2 7 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 33 13 129 25 9 143
AVG 13.0 10.5 8.5 8.0 7.5 6.0 6.0 6.0 3.5 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 64.5 71.5
2008 SEASON SERIES (2-0) INDIANA FEVER VS. SEATTLE PLAYER Sutton-Brown Douglas Hoffman Bond Bevilaqua Baker Catchings White Feaster Whittington Mann (TOT) Mann (IND) Ngoyisa FEVER STORM
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G-GS MIN 2-2 60 2-2 60 2-2 60 2-0 34 2-2 45 1-0 14 1-0 17 2-2 62 2-0 20 1-0 16 1-0 3 1-0 3 2-0 9 2 400 2 400
FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL 10 16 .625 0 0 --- 6 8 .750 1 11 12 0 6 0 0 9 26 .346 2 7 .286 1 1 1.000 3 4 7 0 4 0 0 7 16 .438 0 3 .000 3 3 1.000 5 11 16 2 10 1 1 6 12 .500 4 7 .571 0 0 --- 0 1 1 5 5 0 0 5 9 .556 4 7 .571 1 2 .500 0 6 6 4 6 0 4 1 5 .200 0 0 --- 4 4 1.000 0 2 2 4 3 0 2 2 7 .286 1 1 1.000 1 1 1.000 1 6 7 4 3 0 2 4 21 .190 2 11 .182 2 2 1.000 1 3 4 5 6 0 4 2 6 .333 1 5 .200 2 2 1.000 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 1 2 .500 0 0 --- 1 4 .250 1 2 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 47 121 .388 14 41 .341 21 27 .778 13 50 63 28 48 1 14 46 125 .368 8 23 .348 43 54 .796 22 51 73 26 31 0 18
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Lauren Jackson scored her 4,000th point during a 89-75 win vs. Indiana on July 27, 2007, making her the youngest to reach that milestone in WNBA history.
Indiana had just 13 offensive rebounds against the Storm.
Seattle has pummeled Indiana at home in eight games since 2008, beating the Fever seven times.
The Fever made 876 of their 2,179 field goal attempts or only shot .402 on the season.
Sue Bird averaged 14 points per game against Indiana, scoring 28 in two games. She also hit 11-30 from field goal range.
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LOS ANGELES SPARKS
2008 vs. Sparks (1-2) Date Site W/L Score 6/24/08 Los Angeles L 62-76 7/12/08 Seattle W 70-52 7/10/07 Los Angeles L 48-65
888 S. Figueroa St. #2010 Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: 213-929-1300 Fax: 213-9291325 Ticket Information: 877-44-SPARKS
Site In Seattle In Los Angeles Overall
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2009 vs. Sparks (All times Pacific)
Friday, June 26 Los Angeles at Seattle 7 p.m. Sunday June 28 Seattle at Los Angeles 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 22 Los Angeles at Seattle 7 p.m. Thursday August 6 Seattle at Los Angeles 7:30 p.m.
Storm High Rebounder Jackson 7 Griffith 12 Ely 8
Sparks High Scorer Parker 22 Parker 14 Ferdinand-Harris 14
Sparks High Rebounder Parker 11 Leslie 11 Two with 6
Current Streaks vs. Sparks
www.lasparks.com
Michael Cooper
Storm High Scorer Bird 11 Bird 18 Ely 16
Last Win 7/12/08 7/10/07 7/12/08
Score 70-52 82-47 70-52
Last Loss 7/30/06 9/14/08 9/14/08
Score 70-71 48-65 78-65
Streak Won 3 Lost 2 Lost 1
Storm vs. Sparks History
Owners_ _________________________________Carla Christofferson, Katherine Goodman COO____________________________________Allison McGowen President_________________________________Kristin Bernert Vice President/General Manager_ ________________Penny Toler Head Coach_ ______________________________Michael Cooper Assistant Coach_ ___________________________Marianne Stanley Team Physicians____________________________Dr. John Moe, Dr. Stephen Lombardo Athletic Trainer_____________________________TBD Equipment Manager_ ________________________Thomas Archie Assistant Equipment Manager_ _________________Specelle Williams Strength & Conditioning Coach__________________TBD Video Coordinator_ __________________________Michael McIntyre Director of Public Relations_____________________Alayne Ingram
Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Totals
General Information
Home Court_ ______________________________STAPLES Center (13,141) Radio____________________________________Progressive Talk AM 1150, Larry Burnett Television_________________________________Fox Sports West, FSN Prime Ticket, Larry Burnett Colors_ __________________________________Sparks Purple, Teal and Gold
Home 1-1 0-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-0 9-7
Road 0-1 0-2 1-0 1-1 0-2 1-1 1-0 2-0 0-2 6-9
Total 1-2 0-3 2-1 2-2 1-3 2-2 2-1 4-0 1-2 13-16
Largest Winning Margin Seattle: Los Angeles:
Background
36 19
Founded__________________________________1997 2008 Record_______________________________20-14 2008 Postseason____________________________3-3 (Lost to Silver Stars in Western Conference Finals) All-Time Record_____________________________248-142 All-Time Postseason Record_ ___________________27-19 (2001, 2002 WNBA Championships)
8/6/03 8/4/01
at Seattle at Los Angeles
92-56 60-79
DOPPLER’S FORECAST
2008 SEASON SERIES (1-2) SEATTLE STORM VS. LOS ANGELES PLAYER Jackson Cash Bird Swoopes Wright Ely Beck Gearlds Griffith Little (TOT) Little (SEA) Robinson Santos O'Neill STORM SPARKS
G-GS MIN 2-2 56 2-2 57 3-3 64 2-2 52 3-1 71 3-0 43 2-0 33 3-1 58 3-3 47 3-1 49 2-1 33 3-0 55 3-0 29 1-0 2 3 600 3 600
FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL 7 23 .304 1 7 .143 9 10 .900 4 8 12 0 8 0 3 9 26 .346 0 0 --- 4 4 1.000 4 8 12 3 5 0 2 12 29 .414 3 9 .333 2 2 1.000 1 4 5 7 2 0 2 7 14 .500 0 3 .000 5 8 .625 2 9 11 6 6 0 1 9 35 .257 1 4 .250 4 6 .667 4 7 11 8 10 0 4 7 14 .500 2 4 .500 0 0 --- 2 8 10 0 3 0 0 3 4 .750 3 4 .750 1 2 .500 1 5 6 3 1 0 2 4 16 .250 3 10 .300 0 0 --- 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 5 9 .556 0 0 --- 0 4 .000 5 11 16 3 8 0 5 5 9 .556 0 1 .000 0 2 .000 4 3 7 1 7 0 1 4 7 .571 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 2 1 3 1 4 0 1 2 8 .250 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 8 5 13 5 5 0 0 2 9 .222 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 3 4 7 1 8 0 1 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 194 .366 13 42 .310 25 36 .694 36 73 109 39 61 0 22 74 192 .385 6 31 .194 39 55 .709 34 73 107 47 43 0 21
TO BLK PTS 3 5 24 3 3 22 6 0 29 3 1 19 4 2 23 4 1 16 2 0 10 2 0 11 4 1 10 4 1 10 4 0 8 5 2 4 3 1 4 0 0 0 49 16 180 47 17 193
AVG 12.0 11.0 9.7 9.5 7.7 5.3 5.0 3.7 3.3 3.3 4.0 1.3 1.3 0.0 60.0 64.3
TO BLK PTS 9 7 45 5 0 42 5 1 36 9 6 18 0 0 4 0 0 11 4 0 7 0 0 7 3 0 10 3 0 2 3 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 4 3 0 3 0 2 2 47 17 193 49 16 180
AVG 15.0 14.0 12.0 6.0 4.0 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.3 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 64.3 60.0
2008 SEASON SERIES (2-1) LOS ANGELES SPARKS VS. SEATTLE PLAYER G-GS MIN Parker 3-3 72 Milton-Jones 3-3 82 Ferdinand-Harris 3-2 77 Leslie 3-3 73 Dydek 1-0 12 Spencer 3-0 46 Johnson 2-0 30 Masciadri 2-0 25 Brown 3-2 44 Jacobs (TOT) 1-0 11 Jacobs (LA) 1-0 11 Moore 1-0 26 Page 2-0 31 Bobbitt 3-2 51 Thomas 2-0 20 SPARKS 3 600 STORM 3 600
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FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT 17 36 .472 1 2 .500 17 28 .607 2 5 .400 15 37 .405 1 3 .333 5 24 .208 0 1 .000 2 4 .500 0 0 --- 5 10 .500 1 4 .250 3 10 .300 0 2 .000 3 9 .333 0 4 .000 3 9 .333 0 1 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 --- 0 2 .000 0 0 --- 1 3 .333 0 0 --- 1 5 .200 0 0 --- 1 13 .077 1 9 .111 1 2 .500 0 0 --- 74 192 .385 6 31 .194 71 194 .366 13 42 .310
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FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL 10 14 .714 9 11 20 7 4 0 7 6 7 .857 7 10 17 3 9 0 4 5 6 .833 4 7 11 3 7 0 2 8 16 .500 5 17 22 6 5 0 2 0 0 --- 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0 1 1 3 3 0 1 1 2 .500 1 4 5 5 1 0 1 1 2 .500 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 4 1.000 1 3 4 4 3 0 0 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 --- 0 6 6 3 1 0 0 2 2 1.000 2 4 6 2 2 0 2 0 0 --- 1 4 5 8 3 0 2 0 0 --- 1 4 5 1 3 0 0 39 55 .709 34 73 107 47 43 0 21 25 36 .694 36 73 109 39 61 0 22
13-16
15-6.6
43-45
17.5
1-2
Los Angeles holds the series advantage all-time, but in the last five seasons Seattle is 10-8 and swept the 2007 fourgame series.
Candace Parker averaged 15 points per game and 6.6 rebounds per game against the Storm in three games.
Seattle had two less turnovers than the Sparks in their threegame series.
The Sparks signed ex-Storm guard and 2004 WNBA Finals MVP Betty Lennox during the 2008-09 offseason. Lennox averaged 17.5 points per game in 2008 for the Atlanta Dream.
Both Seattle’s regular and post season records against the Sparks in 2008 .
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MINNESOTA LYNX
2008 vs. Lynx (3-0) Date Site W/L Score 7/5/08 Seattle W 96-71 7/22/08 Minnesota W 76-73 9/6/08 Minnesota W 96-88
Target Center 600 First Ave. North Minneapolis, MN 55403
Storm High Scorer Jackson 34 Bird 22 Bird 23
Storm High Rebounder Jackson 7 Cash 11 Cash/Wright 6
Lynx High Scorer Anosike 15 Houston 16 Augustus 26
Lynx High Rebounder Anosike 5 Wiggins 6 Anosike 7
Current Streaks vs. Lynx
Phone: 612-673-1600 Fax: 612-673-8407 Ticket Information: 612-673-8400 www.LynxBasketball.com
Site In Seattle In Minnesota Overall
Last Win 7/5/08 9/6/08 9/6/08
Score 96-71 96-88 96-88
Last Loss 6/15/05 8/7/07 8/7/07
Score 81-86 (OT) 74-95 74-95
Streak Won 5 Lost 2 Won 4
Storm vs. Lynx History
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2009 vs. Lynx
(All times Pacific) Friday, June 12 Seattle at Minnesota 5 p.m. Sunday, July 19 Minnesota at Seattle 5 p.m. Saturday, September 5 Seattle at Minnesota 5 p.m.
Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Totals
Owner_ __________________________________Glen Taylor CEO_____________________________________Rob Moor President_________________________________Chris Wright Executive Vice President_______________________Roger Griffith COO____________________________________Conrad Smith CMO_ ___________________________________Ted Johnson Senior VP of Corporate Sales & Services____________Ethan Casson Senior VP or Ticket Sales & Premium Seating_________Ryan Tanke VP of Lynx Business Operations__________________Angela Taylor VP of Client Development______________________Jeff Munreke VP, Team Medical Services_ ____________________Dr. Sheldon Burns Head Coach_ ______________________________Don Zierden Assistant Coach_ ___________________________Jim Petersen, Jennifer Gillom, Ed Prohofsky Strength & Conditioning Coach__________________Tom Conroy Manager of Basketball Operations and Video_ _______Katie Alsdurf Athletic Trainer_____________________________Chuck Barta Public Relations Coordinator____________________Aaron Seehusen
Home 1-1 0-1 2-0 1-1 1-0 1-1 1-0 2-0 1-0 10-4
Road 1-0 0-2 0-1 0-2 1-1 1-1 2-0 0-2 2-0 7-9
Total 2-1 0-3 2-1 1-3 2-1 2-2 3-0 2-2 3-0 17-13
Largest Winning Margin Seattle: Minnesota: Minnesota:
General Information
25 21 21
7/5/08 8/7/07 8/7/07
at Seattle at Minnesota at Minnesota
96-71 74-95 74-95
Home Court_ ______________________________Target Center (11,800) Radio ___________________________________TBD; Alan Horton, Lea B. Olsen Television_________________________________Fox Sports North; TBD Colors_ __________________________________Green, Blue and Silver
Background
DOPPLER’S FORECAST
Founded__________________________________1999 2008 Record_______________________________16-18 2008 Postseason____________________________DNQ All-Time Record_____________________________138-194 All-Time Postseason Record_ ___________________1-4
2008 SEASON SERIES (3-0) SEATTLE STORM VS. MINNESOTA PLAYER Jackson Bird Cash Wright Little (TOT) Little (SEA) Gearlds Griffith Swoopes Ely Santos O'Neill Robinson STORM LYNX
G-GS MIN 1-1 26 3-3 102 3-3 92 3-2 93 4-3 98 3-2 77 3-0 41 2-2 43 3-2 50 3-0 33 3-0 20 1-0 8 2-0 18 3 600 3 600
FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT 15 22 .682 2 7 .286 18 37 .486 5 11 .455 12 29 .414 0 1 .000 17 25 .680 0 1 .000 15 30 .500 1 3 .333 12 23 .522 1 2 .500 8 18 .444 5 11 .455 5 5 1.000 0 0 --- 4 9 .444 2 4 .500 3 9 .333 0 0 --- 2 5 .400 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 2 .000 0 0 --- 96 184 .522 15 37 .405 86 203 .424 12 25 .480
FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL 2 2 1.000 2 5 7 0 2 0 0 16 17 .941 0 1 1 19 4 0 3 18 23 .783 3 18 21 8 9 0 2 6 8 .750 5 10 15 14 13 0 5 14 18 .778 7 11 18 8 6 0 3 14 18 .778 6 10 16 6 5 0 2 1 2 .500 1 6 7 2 2 0 2 1 2 .500 1 6 7 2 6 0 3 1 2 .500 2 8 10 4 2 0 2 0 0 --- 1 6 7 1 6 0 1 2 3 .667 1 3 4 2 5 0 0 0 0 --- 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 --- 3 3 6 0 4 0 1 61 77 .792 25 77 102 58 59 0 21 48 65 .738 28 57 85 56 67 1 28
TO BLK PTS 2 0 34 11 0 57 7 3 42 9 1 40 4 3 45 2 2 39 1 3 22 1 0 11 5 0 11 4 1 6 2 1 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 47 12 268 41 8 232
AVG 34.0 19.0 14.0 13.3 11.3 13.0 7.3 5.5 3.7 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 89.3 77.3
TO BLK PTS 3 1 50 8 0 44 3 4 29 3 0 23 6 0 20 5 1 18 4 1 16 3 0 9 1 0 11 1 0 5 2 1 10 0 0 3 1 0 5 41 8 232 47 12 268
AVG 16.7 14.7 9.7 7.7 6.7 6.0 5.3 4.5 3.7 5.0 3.3 3.0 1.7 77.3 89.3
2008 SEASON SERIES (0-3) MINNESOTA LYNX VS. SEATTLE PLAYER Augustus Wiggins Anosike DeForge Harding Houston Ohlde Quinn Thomas (TOT) Thomas (MIN) Hayden Moore Rasmussen LYNX STORM
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G-GS MIN 3-3 96 3-0 82 3-3 78 3-3 60 3-1 74 3-0 53 3-3 55 2-2 33 3-0 25 1-0 14 3-0 32 1-0 0 3-0 22 3 600 3 600
FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT 21 48 .438 4 4 1.000 13 31 .419 0 6 .000 8 18 .444 0 0 --- 9 20 .450 5 8 .625 7 20 .350 0 2 .000 9 22 .409 0 0 --- 7 14 .500 0 0 --- 3 5 .600 1 2 .500 5 9 .556 0 0 --- 2 4 .500 0 0 --- 4 15 .267 0 0 --- 1 1 1.000 1 1 1.000 2 5 .400 1 2 .500 86 203 .424 12 25 .480 96 184 .522 15 37 .405
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FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL 4 4 1.000 3 9 12 6 5 0 1 18 22 .818 5 4 9 9 10 0 5 13 16 .813 7 11 18 7 11 0 4 0 0 --- 0 3 3 7 6 0 1 6 11 .545 1 7 8 14 9 1 5 0 0 --- 4 6 10 3 7 0 1 2 4 .500 2 3 5 6 5 0 4 2 2 1.000 0 4 4 3 1 0 1 1 2 .500 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 .500 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 4 .500 5 6 11 1 8 0 4 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 --- 0 2 2 0 3 0 2 48 65 .738 28 57 85 56 67 1 28 61 77 .792 25 77 102 58 59 0 21
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In Seattle’s 76-73 win over Minnesota on July 22, 2008, Seattle only managed six points off the bench. The Lynx had more than half their points (33) come off their bench.
At least four players for the Storm scored in double figures during Seattle’s threegame sweep of the Lynx in 2008.
Minnesota only made 12 out of 25 attempted three-point shots while Seattle hit 27 of its 46 attempts.
Seattle scored 96 points twice in the three-game series against Minnesota and averaged 55.1 percent shooting.
Sue Bird averaged 19 points a game. Bird scored 22, 12 and 23 points in each contest.
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NEW YORK LIBERTY
2008 vs. Liberty (1-1) Date Site W/L Score 6/3/08 New York L 63-77 7/3/08 Seattle W 84-71
Madison Square Garden Two Pennsylvania Plaza New York, NY 10121
Site In Seattle In New York Overall
www.nyliberty.com
(All times Pacific)
Saturday, August 8 New York at Seattle 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 1 Seattle at New York 4:30 p.m.
Liberty High Scorer Christon 25 Christon 19
Liberty High Rebounder Kraayeveld/Moore 9 T. Jackson 9
Last Win 7/3/08 7/22/07 7/3/08
Score 84-71 77-75 84-71
Last Loss 6/26/04 6/3/08 6/3/08
Score 62-67 63-77 63-77
Streak Won 4 Lost 1 Won 1
Storm vs. Liberty All-Time Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Totals
Directory
2009 vs. Liberty
Storm High Rebounder Swoops 9 Cash 10
Current Streaks vs. Liberty
Phone: 212-465-6256 Fax: 212-465-6250 Ticket Information: 212-564-WNBA Pat Coyle
Storm High Scorer Jackson 19 Jackson 33
Owner_ __________________________________Cablevision Systems Corporation President & CEO Cablevision Systems Corporation; Chairman, Madison Square Garden_______________James L. Dolan Vice Chairman, Cablevision Systems Corporation; Vice Chairman, Madison Square Garden____________Hank J. Ratner President, MSG Sports________________________Scott O’Neil President & GM, New York Liberty_________________Carol Blazejowski VP, Marketing & Communications_ _______________Amy Scheer Coordinator, Communications___________________Casey Sherman Head Coach_ ______________________________Pat Coyle Assistant Coaches___________________________Nick DiPillo, Anne Donovan Manager, Scouting & Video Operations_____________Catherine Proto Athletic Trainer/Manager of Basketball Operations_____Lisa White Equipment Manager_ ________________________Rob Mangan Team Physician_____________________________Dr. Jo A. Hannafin
Home 0-1 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 5-3
Road 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 3-4
Total 0-1 0-1 0-2 1-0 1-1 1-1 2-0 2-0 1-1 8-7
Largest Winning Margin Seattle: New York:
General Information
37 23
7/22/06 7/19/00
at New York at Seattle
91-54 55-78
Home Court_ ______________________________Madison Square Garden (19,763) Television_________________________________MSG Network (Cable), Mike Crispino (Play-By-Play), Mary Murphy (Color Analyst), Kenny Albert (Play-By-Play) Team Colors_______________________________Blue, Seafoam Green, Orange and Black
Background
DOPPLER’S FORECAST
Founded__________________________________1997 2008 Record_______________________________19-15 2008 Postseason____________________________3-3 (Lost to Detroit in Eastern Conference Semifinals) All-Time Record_____________________________210-180 All-Time Postseason Record_ ___________________21-24
2008 SEASON SERIES (1-1) SEATTLE STORM VS. NEW YORK PLAYER Jackson Bird Swoopes Cash Wright Ely Griffith Gearlds Little (TOT) Little (SEA) Robinson Beck O'Neill Pascalau STORM LIBERTY
G-GS MIN 2-2 66 2-2 71 2-2 62 2-2 66 2-0 37 2-0 11 2-2 44 2-0 12 2-0 38 1-0 11 2-0 15 1-0 3 1-0 3 1-0 1 2 400 2 400
FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT 18 38 .474 4 12 .333 14 22 .636 1 5 .200 9 15 .600 2 6 .333 4 18 .222 0 0 --- 3 8 .375 0 1 .000 1 3 .333 0 0 --- 1 8 .125 0 0 --- 1 4 .250 1 1 1.000 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 1 3 .333 0 0 --- 1 2 .500 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 53 122 .434 8 25 .320 51 120 .425 17 41 .415
FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL 12 14 .857 2 8 10 2 7 0 1 4 5 .800 2 2 4 10 5 0 0 4 6 .667 3 13 16 7 4 0 5 7 8 .875 3 12 15 1 3 0 3 2 2 1.000 2 3 5 1 1 0 1 2 2 1.000 1 1 2 1 4 0 0 2 4 .500 8 5 13 2 8 0 5 0 0 --- 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 2 1 3 5 7 0 1 0 0 --- 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 --- 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 41 .805 22 46 68 26 38 0 18 29 36 .806 16 43 59 33 43 0 20
TO BLK PTS 5 3 52 5 0 33 4 0 24 5 0 15 3 1 8 1 0 4 8 0 4 1 0 3 4 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 6 147 37 8 148
AVG 26.0 16.5 12.0 7.5 4.0 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 73.5 74.0
TO BLK PTS 4 2 44 5 1 20 7 1 16 2 2 14 4 1 14 2 0 14 1 1 12 9 0 11 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 8 148 38 6 147
AVG 22.0 10.0 8.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 6.0 5.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 74.0 73.5
2008 SEASON SERIES (1-1) NEW YORK LIBERTY VS. SEATTLE PLAYER Christon Carson Jackson Kraayeveld Larkins Willis McCarville Moore Battle Mitchell Thorn LIBERTY STORM
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G-GS MIN 2-2 63 2-2 57 2-0 39 2-2 55 2-0 32 2-0 23 2-2 34 2-2 55 2-0 11 2-0 25 2-0 6 2 400 2 400
FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL 15 27 .556 8 13 .615 6 8 .750 0 5 5 2 8 0 2 9 21 .429 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 0 4 4 3 3 0 4 5 12 .417 0 0 --- 6 6 1.000 3 9 12 3 3 0 1 5 13 .385 3 7 .429 1 2 .500 3 7 10 2 8 0 2 5 8 .625 0 0 --- 4 4 1.000 4 2 6 3 7 0 3 5 10 .500 4 6 .667 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 8 .500 0 1 .000 4 6 .667 2 4 6 2 3 0 1 3 11 .273 2 7 .286 3 4 .750 3 6 9 10 8 0 5 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 0 3 .000 0 0 --- 1 4 5 8 1 0 1 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 51 120 .425 17 41 .415 29 36 .806 16 43 59 33 43 0 20 53 122 .434 8 25 .320 33 41 .805 22 46 68 26 38 0 18
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4
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In just over 66 minutes of play, Seattle forward Swin Cash got 15 points in the two games against New York. Cash averaged 11.3 points per game on the season.
New York only managed an average of 8 offensive rebounds against Seattle in two contests in 2008.
The Storm has won its last four home games against the Liberty and is now 5-3 all-time.
Seattle couldn’t seem to get a three to drop against New York, going 8-for-25.
Using tough defensive pressure, the Storm held the Liberty to 51-of-120 shooting in two games in 2008.
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PHOENIX MERCURY
2008 vs. Mercury (3-1) Date Site W/L Score 5/22/08 Phoenix W 87-83 6/11/08 Seattle W 83-77 7/10/08 Seattle W 89-78 7/25/08 Phoenix L 80-94
US Airways Center 201 E. Jefferson St., Phoenix, AZ 85004
Phone: 602-514-8333 Fax: 602-379-7540 Ticket Information: 602-514-8333
Current Streaks vs. Mercury
Directory
Storm vs. Mercury All-Time
Site In Seattle In Phoenix Overall
www.phoenixmercury.com
Corey Gaines 2009 vs. Mercury (All times Pacific)
Saturday, May 30 Seattle at Phoenix (Preseason) 7 p.m.
Managing Partner___________________________Robert Sarver President & COO____________________________Jay Parry General Manager____________________________Ann Meyers Drysdale Sr. VP, Marketing Partnerships___________________Lynn Agnello Director, Marketing & Promotions_________________Amber Cox Head Coach_ ______________________________Corey Gaines Assistant Coaches___________________________Julie Brase-Hairgrove, Bridget Pettis Athletic Trainer_____________________________Tamara Poole Communications Manager_ ____________________Eric Barkyoumb Public & Community Relations Manager____________Lesley Factor
Sunday, June 21 Seattle at Phoenix 4 p.m.
Information
Wednesday, July 1 Seattle at Phoenix 7 p.m.
Background
Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Totals
Home Court_ ______________________________US Airways Center (9,473) Television_________________________________Fox Sports Arizona Colors_ __________________________________Chartreuse, Red, Purple, Silver and Black
Home 0-1 1-1 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-1 2-0 2-0 12-3
Storm High Rebounder Jackson 9 Jackson 14 Griffith 8 Wright 8
Score 89-78 87-83 89-78
Last Loss 6/21/06 7/25/08 7/25/08
Road 0-2 1-0 1-1 1-1 0-2 1-1 2-0 0-1 1-1 7-9
Mercury High Scorer Taurasi 23 Taurasi 37 Pondexter 20 Taurasi 31
Score 80-87 80-94 80-94
Mercury High Rebounder Willingham/Smith 8 Pringle 7 Willingham 7 Taurasi 9
Streak Won 3 Lost 1 Lost 1
Total 0-3 2-1 2-1 3-1 2-2 2-1 3-1 2-1 3-1 19-12
Largest Winning Margin Seattle: Phoenix:
Founded__________________________________1997 2008 Record_______________________________16-18 2008 Postseason____________________________Did Not Make Playoffs All-Time Record_____________________________192-198 All-Time Postseason Record_ ___________________10-8 (2007 WNBA Champions)
Tuesday, August 4 Phoenix at Seattle 7 p.m.
Last Win 7/10/08 5/22/08 7/10/08
Storm High Scorer Jackson 30 Jackson 20 Jackson 25 Griffith 17
41 33
7/19/02 6/7/00
at Seattle at Phoenix
89-48 49-82
DOPPLER’S FORECAST
Thursday, September 10 Phoenix at Seattle 7 p.m.
2008 SEASON SERIES (3-1) SEATTLE STORM VS. PHOENIX PLAYER Jackson Cash Griffith Bird Swoopes Little (TOT) Little (SEA) Wright Ely Gearlds Santos Robinson Beck O'Neill STORM MERCURY
G-GS MIN 3-3 107 4-4 120 4-4 99 4-4 143 3-3 76 2-1 45 2-1 45 4-1 73 4-0 47 4-0 58 2-0 6 4-0 20 2-0 4 2-0 2 4 800 4 800
FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT 23 55 .418 4 16 .250 21 51 .412 0 2 .000 14 31 .452 0 0 --- 11 48 .229 5 29 .172 10 23 .435 2 12 .167 8 16 .500 0 2 .000 8 16 .500 0 2 .000 13 23 .565 1 4 .250 7 18 .389 1 4 .250 7 20 .350 5 13 .385 1 3 .333 0 0 --- 1 5 .200 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 116 293 .396 18 82 .220 118 276 .428 32 94 .340
FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL 25 26 .962 15 15 30 6 7 0 4 16 19 .842 7 17 24 11 10 0 1 15 28 .536 18 11 29 11 15 0 3 10 14 .714 4 12 16 20 4 0 5 5 6 .833 3 13 16 4 5 0 6 1 4 .250 4 5 9 1 5 0 0 1 4 .250 4 5 9 1 5 0 0 7 8 .875 4 11 15 8 13 0 4 8 10 .800 6 2 8 0 7 0 2 0 0 --- 0 6 6 4 5 0 1 2 2 1.000 1 3 4 2 1 0 0 0 2 .000 2 2 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 --- 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 119 .748 64 98 162 69 77 0 26 64 77 .831 37 99 136 61 93 2 21
TO BLK PTS 9 6 75 6 4 58 10 2 43 7 1 37 2 0 27 6 1 17 6 1 17 1 0 34 2 0 23 0 0 19 0 0 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 17 339 54 16 332
AVG 25.0 14.5 10.8 9.3 9.0 8.5 8.5 8.5 5.8 4.8 2.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 84.8 83.0
TO BLK PTS 8 6 107 19 0 71 10 0 43 6 1 38 1 8 23 1 0 23 3 1 11 2 0 7 2 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 16 332 47 17 339
AVG 26.8 17.8 10.8 9.5 7.7 7.7 2.8 2.3 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 83.0 84.8
2008 SEASON SERIES (1-3) PHOENIX MERCURY VS. SEATTLE PLAYER Taurasi Pondexter K. Miller Willingham Pringle T. Smith Farris Oga Mazzante Crockett Derevjanik Quigley B. Smith MERCURY STORM
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G-GS MIN 4-4 132 4-4 119 4-4 121 4-4 110 3-0 54 3-3 76 4-1 73 3-0 20 4-0 69 1-0 7 2-0 13 3-0 6 1-0 1 4 800 4 800
FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT 35 72 .486 14 31 .452 28 73 .384 7 26 .269 18 34 .529 5 7 .714 16 24 .667 1 3 .333 4 11 .364 0 0 --- 9 26 .346 3 6 .500 4 9 .444 0 0 --- 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 3 20 .150 2 18 .111 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 118 276 .428 32 94 .340 116 293 .396 18 82 .220
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FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL 23 26 .885 5 14 19 8 18 0 6 8 10 .800 1 10 11 20 10 0 2 2 2 1.000 3 16 19 15 8 0 1 5 8 .625 12 14 26 6 17 1 3 15 16 .938 6 11 17 1 8 0 1 2 2 1.000 2 12 14 4 15 1 2 3 5 .600 4 6 10 1 8 0 6 5 6 .833 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 2 11 13 3 4 0 0 1 2 .500 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 --- 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 77 .831 37 99 136 61 93 2 21 89 119 .748 64 98 162 69 77 0 26
12-3
21.3
339-332
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The Storm has dominated the Mercury at home, winning 12 of 15 contests. Seattle also has a three-game win streak at home.
Seattle struggled from three-point range against the Mercury in 2008 with a 21.3 percent average. In 2007, the Storm shot 48.6 percent from the perimeter.
In four games against the Mercury, both teams’ offenses shined but Seattle scored seven more points — enough for the Storm to notch three wins.
Seattle will need to find a way to stop Diana Taurasi if it wants to continue to win. Taurasi averaged 27 points per game against the Storm in 2008.
Phoenix acquired veteran point guard Temeka Johnson from Detroit for their first-round draft pick in 2010. Johnson averaged 3.1 apg.
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SACRAMENTO MONARCHS
2008 vs. Monarchs (3-1) Date Site W/L Score 5/20/08 Seattle W 74-62 7/08/08 Sacramento W 79-64 7/27/08 Seattle W 77-71 9/09/08 Sacramento L 74-77
ARCO Arena One Sports Parkway Sacramento, CA 95834
Phone: 916-928-0000 Fax: 916-928-0727 Ticket Information: 916-419-WNBA
Current Streaks vs. Monarchs
Directory
Storm vs. Monarchs All-Time
Site In Seattle In Sacramento Overall
www.SacramentoMonarchs.com
Jenny Boucek 2009 vs. Monarchs (All times Pacific)
Thursday, May 21 Sacramento at Seattle (Preseason) 7 p.m. Saturday, June 6 Seattle at Sacramento 1 p.m. Sunday, June 7 Sacramento at Seattle 6 p.m. Thursday, July 9 Sacramento at Seattle 6 p.m. Sunday, July 17 Seattle at Sacramento 7 p.m.
Storm Storm High Scorer High Rebounder 3 With 17 Swoopes 7 Jackson 17 Jackson 9 Bird 24 Griffith/Little 6 Gearlds/Wright 17 Wright 8
Ownership_ _______________________________Maloof Family President_________________________________John Thomas GM_ ____________________________________John Whisenant Head Coach_ ______________________________Jenny Boucek Assistant Coaches___________________________Tom Abatemarco, Monique Ambers Assistant Coach/Videographer_ _________________Steve Shuman Manager, Basketball Operations_ ________________Jill Culbertson Video Coordinator_ __________________________Jason Hagan Head Athletic Trainer_________________________Kyla McDaniel Strength and Conditioning Coach_ _______________James Duba Media Relations Manager______________________Rebecca Brutlag Media Relations & Marketing Coordinator___________Rachel Askin Radio/Television Play-by-Play___________________TBD Radio/Television Analyst_______________________Krista Blunk Radio Pre-Halftime-Post Game Host_______________Jason Ross
Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Totals
General Information
Seattle: Sacramento:
Last Win 7/27/08 7/08/08 7/27/08 Home 0-1 0-2 1-0 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 0-1 2-0 9-6
Score 77-71 79-64 77-71
Last Loss 7/31/07 09/09/08 09/09/08
Road 0-2 0-1 0-2 0-2 2-0 0-1 0-2 0-2 1-1 3-13
Monarchs High Scorer Brunson 15 Kelly 12 Robinson 13 Brunson 15 Score 74-78 74-77 74-77
Monarchs High Rebounder Brunson/Powell 6 Brunson 5 Kelly 7 Brunson/Powell 6 Streak Win 2 Lost 1 Lost 1
Total 0-3 0-3 1-2 2-2 3-1 2-1 1-3 0-3 3-1 12-19
Largest Winning Margin
Home Court_ ______________________________ARCO Arena (17,317) Radio____________________________________Sports 1140 AM KHTK, Jim Kozimor and Krista Blunk Television_________________________________KXTV (News10), CSNCA (Comcast SportsNet – California) Colors_ __________________________________Purple, Black and Red
26 33
6/23/02 8/9/00
at Seattle at Sacramento
86-60 46-79
Background
Founded__________________________________1997 2008 Record_______________________________18-16 2007 Postseason____________________________1-2 (Lost to San Antonio in Western Conference Semifinals) All-Time Record_____________________________212-178 All-Time Postseason Record_ ___________________24-19 (2005 WNBA Championship)
DOPPLER’S FORECAST
2008 SEASON SERIES (3-1) SEATTLE STORM VS. SACRAMENTO PLAYER Jackson Bird Cash Gearlds Little (TOT) Little (SEA) Wright Griffith Swoopes Beck Ely Robinson O'Neill Santos STORM MONARCHS
G-GS MIN 2-2 61 4-4 139 3-2 85 4-1 80 3-2 82 3-2 82 4-4 113 4-4 96 3-1 56 1-0 6 4-0 38 4-0 31 2-0 4 3-0 9 4 800 4 800
FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT 13 27 .481 3 7 .429 21 46 .457 7 17 .412 14 29 .483 0 1 .000 14 27 .519 12 18 .667 14 22 .636 1 1 1.000 14 22 .636 1 1 1.000 16 35 .457 0 3 .000 9 20 .450 0 0 --- 4 20 .200 1 7 .143 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 2 6 .333 0 0 --- 2 2 1.000 0 0 --- 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 109 235 .464 24 55 .436 94 249 .378 16 52 .308
FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL 5 6 .833 1 11 12 2 8 0 3 14 14 1.000 3 13 16 21 12 0 6 16 22 .727 3 10 13 8 6 0 4 2 2 1.000 2 8 10 5 9 0 1 1 1 1.000 1 9 10 3 9 1 2 1 1 1.000 1 9 10 3 9 1 2 8 9 .889 4 12 16 16 13 1 4 11 14 .786 4 18 22 10 15 0 10 3 7 .429 3 10 13 6 3 0 3 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 3 8 11 1 6 0 2 0 0 --- 0 1 1 0 7 0 1 0 0 --- 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 62 77 .805 24 101 125 72 93 2 36 70 98 .714 39 84 123 46 89 1 41
TO BLK PTS 3 3 34 11 1 63 11 4 44 1 0 42 6 0 30 6 0 30 18 1 40 8 3 29 2 0 12 0 0 2 5 0 4 2 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 78 14 304 73 6 274
AVG 17.0 15.8 14.7 10.5 10.0 10.0 10.0 7.3 4.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 76.0 68.5
TO BLK PTS 11 0 53 5 1 41 7 4 40 7 0 23 6 0 29 7 0 23 3 0 18 6 0 16 6 1 14 2 0 6 3 0 9 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 73 6 274 78 14 304
AVG 13.3 10.3 10.0 7.7 7.3 5.8 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 3.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 68.5 76.0
2008 SEASON SERIES (1-3) SACRAMENTO MONARCHS VS. SEATTLE PLAYER Powell Lawson Brunson Robinson Kelly Penicheiro Franklin Williams-Strong Harper Newton Smith Atkinson Allen Walker MONARCHS STORM
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G-GS MIN 4-4 113 4-4 106 4-4 93 3-0 53 4-0 69 4-4 101 4-0 48 4-4 68 4-0 63 2-0 28 3-0 30 1-0 18 1-0 4 1-0 7 4 800 4 800
FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT 17 45 .378 8 20 .400 13 38 .342 4 16 .250 18 35 .514 0 0 --- 8 16 .500 1 1 1.000 8 15 .533 0 1 .000 7 27 .259 0 5 .000 7 18 .389 3 6 .500 7 23 .304 0 0 --- 4 11 .364 0 0 --- 1 5 .200 0 0 --- 3 10 .300 0 2 .000 1 5 .200 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 94 249 .378 16 52 .308 109 235 .464 24 55 .436
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FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL 11 11 1.000 4 17 21 8 14 1 9 11 11 1.000 1 14 15 5 5 0 5 4 11 .364 7 11 18 2 9 0 7 6 9 .667 2 4 6 1 6 0 2 13 16 .813 2 10 12 1 6 0 4 9 13 .692 1 9 10 12 8 0 4 1 1 1.000 2 4 6 7 6 0 1 2 4 .500 10 5 15 2 11 0 0 6 13 .462 4 5 9 0 13 0 3 4 5 .800 3 1 4 3 3 0 2 3 4 .750 2 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 --- 1 4 5 3 3 0 2 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 70 98 .714 39 84 123 46 89 1 41 62 77 .805 24 101 125 72 93 2 36
17 On May 20, three different Storm players all scored 17 points. (Sue Bird, Swin Cash and Lauren Jackson)
80.5 to 71.4 Sacramento went to the foul line 98 times, but only made 70 free throws or 71.4 percent, while Seattle converted 62-of-77 attempts or 80.5 percent in 2008.
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The Storm is just 3-13 all-time at Sacramento's ARCO Arena. The Storm did split two games at ARCO last season, snapping a five-game losing streak at Sacramento.
The Storm was only able to average six offensive boards against the Monarchs in their four-game series in 2008.
During the season series, Seattle showed tough defense, holding Sacramento to just 68.5 points per game.
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SAN ANTONIO SILVER STARS AT&T Center One AT&T Center San Antonio, TX 78219
Site In Seattle In San Antonio Overall
www.SASilverStars.com
(All times Pacific)
Tuesday, July 7 San Antonio at Seattle 12 p.m. Tuesday, July 28 Seattle at San Antonio 5 p.m. Saturday, August 1 San Antonio at Seattle 7 p.m. Saturday, September 12 Seattle at San Antonio 5 p.m.
Storm High Scorer Cash 15 Jackson 28 Bird 21
Storm High Rebounder Jackson 7 Griffith 10 Griffith 10
Silver Stars High Scorer Young 23 Young/Wauters 14 Hammon 17
Silver Stars High Rebounder Wauters 6 Young 6 Wauters 12
Last Win 5/30/08 8/23/05 5/30/08
Score 78-57 78-51 78-57
Last Loss 7/29/07 6/13/08 6/13/08
Score 88-92 69-74 88-92
Streak Win 1 Lost 5 Lost 1
Storm vs. Silver Stars History
Directory
2009 vs. Silver Stars
Date Site W/L Score 5/24/08 San Antonio L 82-87 5/30/08 Seattle W 78-57 6/13/08 San Antonio L 69-74
Current Streaks vs. Silver Stars
Phone: 210-444-5000 Fax: 210-444-5003 Ticket Information: 210-444-5090 Dan Hughes
2008 vs. Silver Stars (1-2)
Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Totals
Owner_ __________________________________Spurs Sports & Entertainment (SS&E) Chairman & CEO____________________________Peter Holt President Business Operations_ _________________Rick Pych President Sports Franchises/Spurs GM_____________R.C. Buford Executive VP/Corporate Partnership/Broadcasting_____Lawrence Payne Sr. VP/Marketing & Sales_ _____________________Frank Miceli Sr. VP/Finance & Corporate Administration__________Lori Warren VP/Communications & Corporate Development_ ______Leo Gomez Vice President/Ticket Sales and Services____________Joe Clark Vice President/Community Relations_ _____________Alison Fox Vice President and GM/AT&T Center_______________John Sparks Director of Business Operations, WNBA_____________Russell J. Warren Silver Stars Administrative Assistant______________Hannah Minard General Manager/Head Coach___________________Dan Hughes Assistant Coaches___________________________Sandy Brondello, Olaf Lange Head Athletic Trainer_________________________LaTonya Holley Team Physicians____________________________Richard Steffen, M.D., Paul Saenz, D.O., Timothy S. Palomera, M.D. Strength and Conditioning Coach_ _______________Mike Ekanem Equipment Manager_ ________________________Will Grove Media Services Manager_______________________Leigh Anne Gullett
Home 0-2 0-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 2-0 1-1 0-2 1-0 7-8
Road 0-1 2-0 0-1 0-2 1-0 1-1 0-1 0-2 0-2 4-8
Total 0-3 2-1 1-2 1-3 3-0 3-1 1-2 0-4 1-2 12-18
Largest Winning Margin Seattle: San Antonio:
40 21
6/22/03 7/1/00
at Seattle at Seattle
93-53 60-81
General Information
Home Court_ ______________________________AT&T Center (18,797) Radio____________________________________KTKR Ticket 760 AM, Andrew Monaco, Andy Everett TV______________________________________KMYS (My35), Andrew Monaco, Marsha Sharp Colors_ __________________________________Silver and Black
DOPPLER’S FORECAST
Background
Founded__________________________________1997; Relocated from Utah to San Antonio in 2003 2008 Record_______________________________24-10 2008 Postseason____________________________4-5 (Lost to Detroit in WNBA Finals) All-Time Record_____________________________172-218 All-Time Postseason Record_ ___________________8-13
2008 SEASON SERIES (1-2) SEATTLE STORM VS. SAN ANTONIO PLAYER Jackson Cash Bird Little (TOT) Swoopes Wright Griffith Ely Santos Gearlds Robinson Beck STORM SILVER STARS
G-GS MIN 3-3 101 3-3 98 3-3 103 1-0 23 3-3 75 3-0 53 3-3 54 3-0 52 2-0 5 3-0 31 3-0 15 3-0 13 3 600 3 600
FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT 23 46 .500 4 13 .308 12 24 .500 0 1 .000 13 32 .406 5 14 .357 4 10 .400 1 1 1.000 9 26 .346 1 9 .111 9 16 .563 1 1 1.000 5 15 .333 0 0 --- 7 13 .538 1 1 1.000 2 4 .500 0 0 --- 2 6 .333 0 2 .000 2 3 .667 0 0 --- 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 84 186 .452 12 42 .286 75 187 .401 19 64 .297
FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL 10 12 .833 5 13 18 4 10 0 3 12 15 .800 4 12 16 3 5 0 0 3 4 .750 1 6 7 24 6 0 3 0 1 .000 3 1 4 0 2 0 1 3 6 .500 2 5 7 5 4 0 6 0 0 --- 0 6 6 7 6 0 2 8 14 .571 10 14 24 6 11 1 3 1 2 .500 5 7 12 5 5 0 2 2 2 1.000 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 1 2 3 4 2 0 1 0 0 --- 1 3 4 1 3 0 2 0 0 --- 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 39 56 .696 31 70 101 60 55 1 22 49 67 .731 32 61 93 45 50 0 22
TO BLK PTS 6 2 60 5 3 36 8 0 34 3 1 9 5 0 22 5 0 19 2 1 18 4 0 16 0 0 6 1 0 4 3 0 4 2 1 0 45 7 219 40 10 218
AVG 20.0 12.0 11.3 9.0 7.3 6.3 6.0 5.3 3.0 1.3 1.3 0.0 73.0 72.7
TO BLK PTS 4 2 52 8 1 40 4 2 32 2 0 25 1 3 21 7 0 19 4 2 10 0 0 7 3 0 7 1 0 5 40 10 218 45 7 219
AVG 17.3 13.3 10.7 8.3 7.0 6.3 5.0 3.5 2.3 1.7 72.7 73.0
2008 SEASON SERIES (2-1) SAN ANTONIO SILVER STARS VS. SEATTLE PLAYER Young Hammon Wauters Johnson Buescher Darling Riley Irvin Atunrase Lawson-Wade SILVER STARS STORM
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G-GS MIN 3-3 95 3-3 94 3-2 82 3-3 75 3-1 89 3-2 73 2-1 27 2-0 17 3-0 32 3-0 16 3 600 3 600
FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT 17 30 .567 0 1 .000 12 33 .364 7 23 .304 14 27 .519 0 0 --- 9 30 .300 3 8 .375 7 17 .412 3 7 .429 7 21 .333 3 13 .231 5 10 .500 0 1 .000 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 2 9 .222 1 6 .167 1 6 .167 1 3 .333 75 187 .401 19 64 .297 84 186 .452 12 42 .286
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Seattle and San Antonio will play each other three times in the span of 25 days.
While shooting a respectable 75.9 percent from the free throw line, the Storm shot a total of 14 more free throws than the Silver Stars in the season series in 2007.
In Seattle’s sole victory over San Antonio in 2008, the Storm held the Silver Stars to 27.6 percent shooting or 16-of-58.
The Storm committed 13.6 turnovers per game, or a total of 41, in the 2008 series against the Silver Stars.
The last time Seattle won in San Antonio, 78-57.
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2008 vs. Mystics (1-1) Date Site W/L Score 6/29/08 Seattle W 64-49 7/20/08 Washington L 89-57
Verizon Center 601 F Street NW Washington, DC 20004
Site In Seattle In Washington Overall
www.washingtonmystics.com
(All times Pacific)
Tuesday, August 25 Washington at Seattle 4 p.m. Thursday, September 3 Seattle at Washington 7 p.m.
Score 64-49 73-71 64-49
Last Loss 7/13/05 7/20/08 7/20/08
Mystics High Scorer Beard 16 McWilliams 22
Mystics High Rebounder Currie 6 Mosby 7
Last Win 6/29/08 7/23/06 6/29/08
Score 71-78 89-57 89-57
Streak Won 3 Lost 2 Lost 1
Storm vs. Mystics History Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Totals
Directory
2009 vs. Mystics
Storm High Rebounder Griffith 6 Little 12
Current Streaks vs. Mystics
Phone: 202-527-7540 Fax: 202-527-7539 Ticket Information: 877-DC-HOOP1 Julie Plank
Storm High Scorer Bird 14 Gearlds 13
Owner_ __________________________________Lincoln Holdings LLC Chairman_________________________________Ted Leonsis President_________________________________Sheila C. Johnson COO____________________________________Greg Bibb GM & VP__________________________________Angela Taylor Head Coach_ ______________________________Julie Plank Assistant Coaches___________________________Lubomyr “Luby” Lichonczak, Trudi Lacey, Vicky Bullett Head Trainer_______________________________Navin Hettiarachchi Strength & Conditioning Coach__________________Lisa Ciaravella Manager, Team Operations_____________________Mikhail Ovechkin Equipment Manager/Video Coordinator_____________Caussaundra Lockett VP, Communications_ ________________________Ketsia Colimon Director, Community Relations_ _________________Nicole Boden
Home 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 5-3
Road 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 2-5
Total 0-1 0-2 1-0 1-0 1-1 0-2 2-0 1-1 1-1 7-8
Largest Winning Margin Seattle: Washington:
General Information
Home Court_ ______________________________Verizon Center (10,152; 20,173 with balcony) Radio____________________________________washingtonmystics.com TV______________________________________Comcast SportsNet Colors_ __________________________________Blue, Gold and White
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Background
Founded__________________________________1998 2008 Record_______________________________10-24 2008 Postseason____________________________DNQ All-Time Record_____________________________142-220 All-Time Postseason Record_ ___________________4-9
DOPPLER’S FORECAST
2008 SEASON SERIES (1-1) SEATTLE STORM VS. WASHINGTON PLAYER Jackson Bird Griffith Cash Gearlds Swoopes Santos Little (TOT) Little (SEA) Wright Ely O'Neill Robinson STORM MYSTICS
G-GS MIN 1-1 31 2-2 54 2-2 43 2-2 46 2-0 25 2-2 45 2-0 21 4-1 54 2-1 36 2-0 43 2-0 20 1-0 10 2-0 25 2 400 2 400
FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL 4 11 .364 1 2 .500 4 4 1.000 1 4 5 0 4 0 2 11 18 .611 3 8 .375 0 1 .000 0 5 5 9 3 0 2 4 7 .571 0 0 --- 7 12 .583 3 5 8 1 7 0 3 4 13 .308 0 0 --- 5 8 .625 3 1 4 2 3 0 1 5 11 .455 3 7 .429 0 0 --- 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 6 11 .545 1 3 .333 0 0 --- 0 6 6 6 2 0 0 1 5 .200 0 0 --- 5 9 .556 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 5 15 .333 0 3 .000 2 2 1.000 6 9 15 3 12 0 5 5 12 .417 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 6 6 12 3 6 0 4 2 11 .182 0 1 .000 2 4 .500 1 4 5 2 3 0 0 2 5 .400 0 1 .000 0 2 .000 3 2 5 1 3 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 1 4 5 0 3 0 1 44 110 .400 8 25 .320 25 42 .595 18 42 60 25 38 0 16 53 118 .449 13 29 .448 19 26 .731 11 45 56 31 38 0 22
TO BLK PTS 1 2 13 7 0 25 3 2 15 5 1 13 4 0 13 2 2 13 1 0 7 6 1 12 6 0 12 3 0 6 2 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 37 9 121 35 3 138
AVG 13.0 12.5 7.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 3.5 3.0 6.0 3.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 60.5 69.0
TO BLK PTS 5 1 29 7 1 25 1 0 16 4 0 14 4 0 14 2 0 11 1 1 11 0 0 9 6 0 9 1 0 8 2 0 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 35 3 138 37 9 121
AVG 14.5 12.5 8.0 7.0 7.0 5.5 5.5 4.5 4.5 4.0 3.0 2.0 0.0 69.0 60.5
2008 SEASON SERIES (1-1) WASHINGTON MYSTICS VS. SEATTLE PLAYER G-GS MIN McWilliams-Frank 2-2 64 Beard 2-2 63 Currie 2-2 49 Smith (TOT) 2-0 30 Smith (WAS) 2-0 30 Blue 2-2 34 Sanford 2-1 33 Koehn 2-0 12 Miller 2-0 42 Mosby 2-0 20 Langhorne 2-1 42 Humphrey (TOT) 1-0 3 Wecker 2-0 10 MYSTICS 2 400 STORM 2 400
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FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL 13 22 .591 2 4 .500 1 1 1.000 1 3 4 3 1 0 4 10 32 .313 3 10 .300 2 2 1.000 0 8 8 12 6 0 7 4 14 .286 0 2 .000 8 8 1.000 2 10 12 3 6 0 3 5 8 .625 1 2 .500 3 4 .750 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 5 8 .625 1 2 .500 3 4 .750 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 4 6 .667 3 4 .750 0 0 --- 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 4 7 .571 0 0 --- 3 8 .375 0 4 4 2 8 0 0 3 5 .600 3 4 .750 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 .333 1 2 .500 2 3 .667 2 3 5 3 3 0 2 4 7 .571 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 2 9 11 1 4 0 1 3 4 .750 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 2 4 6 2 2 0 3 1 2 .500 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 1 2 3 2 2 0 1 53 118 .449 13 29 .448 19 26 .731 11 45 56 31 38 0 22 44 110 .400 8 25 .320 25 42 .595 18 42 60 25 38 0 16
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In two games the Mystics forced 44 turnovers against the Storm.
Seattle split the series with Washington, but managed a 50-point differential. When Seattle won, it scored 89 points but put up just 49 points when it lost.
Seattle went to the line 22 times in its loss against the Mystics and made just 11 free throws at 50 percent.
The Mystics grabbed 28 boards in each of the two games in the 2008 series split.
Washington averaged just 5.5 offensive rebounds per game against the Storm.
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SACRAMENTO MONARCHS
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MINNESOTA LYNX
Target Center 600 First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55403 PR Contact: Aaron Seehusen Email: seehusen@lynxbasketball.com 612-673-1602 (office) 763-350-5550 (cell)
PR Contact: Bill Tavares Email: btavares@connecticutsun.com 860-862-4073 (office) 860-862-4010 (office fax) 860-961-0240 (cell) Additional PR Contact: Jen Hildebrand Email: jhildebrand@connecticutsun.com 860-862-4087 (office) 860-862-4010 (office fax) 860-961-2245 (cell)
DETROIT SHOCK
The Palace of Auburn Hills Five Championship Drive Auburn Hills, MI 48326
PHOENIX MERCURY WASHINGTON MYSTICS
US Airways Arena 201 E. Jefferson Phoenix, AZ 85004
PR Contact: Ketsia Colimon Email: Kcolimon@washmystics.com 202-527-7535 (office) 571-235-6305 (cell)
PR Contact: Eric Barkyoumb Email: ebarkyoumb@phoenixmercury.com 602-514-8344 (office) 602-379-7540 (office fax) 480-209-7993 (cell)
601 F Street NW â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3rd Floor Washington. DC, 20004
Additional PR Contact: Jonathan Akman Email: Jakman@washmystics.com TBD (office)
SAN ANTONIO SILVER STARS AT&T Center One AT&T Center San Antonio, TX 78219
PR Contact: Leigh Anne Gullett Email: lgullett@attcenter.com 210-444-5738 (office) 210-444-5737 (office fax) 210-259-7865 (cell)
SEATTLE STORM
490 Fifth Ave N Seattle, WA 98109
CONNECTICUT SUN
1 Mohegan Sun Boulevard Uncasville, CT 06382
ARCO Arena One Sports Parkway Sacramento, CA 95834
Additional PR Contact: Lesley Factor Email: lfactor@phoenixmercury.com 602-514-8370 (office) 602-379-7540 (office fax) 480-225-5335 (cell)
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COMMUNITY RELATIONS
DINA SKOKOS
NANCY LAROCHE
Email: dskokos@nba.com 212-407-8840 (office) 212-407-8044 (office fax) 917-733-8316 (cell)
Email: nlaroche@nba.com 212-407-8336 (office) 516-521-9969 (cell)
Director, WNBA Marketing Communications 645 Fifth Avenue, 14th Floor New York, NY 10022
RON HOWARD
Director, WNBA Communications 645 Fifth Avenue, 14th Floor New York, NY 10022 Email: rhoward@nba.com 212-407-8641 (office) 212-407-8044 (office fax) 917-574-7114 (cell)
Manager, WNBA Community Relations 645 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10022
WNBA.COM BRIAN MARTIN
Editor, WNBA.com 450 Harmon Meadow Boulevard Secaucus, NJ 07094 Email: bmartin@nba.com 201-974-6848 (office) 212-920-5129 (cell)
KAREN KASE
Senior Manager, WNBA Basketball Communications 645 Fifth Avenue, 14th Floor New York, NY 10022 Email: kkase@nba.com 212-407-8022 (office) 212-407-8044 (office fax) 704-756-9223 (cell)
SAMANTHA TAGER
Assistant, WNBA Basketball Communications 645 Fifth Avenue, 14th Floor New York, NY 10022 Email: stager@nba.com 212-407-8358 (office) 212-407-8044 (office fax) 914-882-1474 (cell)
PETER AXTMAN
Assistant, WNBA Basketball Communications 645 Fifth Avenue, 14th Floor New York, NY 10022 Email: paxtman@nba.com 212-407-8542 (office) 212-407-8044 (office fax) 781-454-6556 (cell)
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2008 WNBA REVIEW 2008 WNBA REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS
2008 WNBA Individual Statistical Leaders
WESTERN CONFERENCE TEAM W
San Antonio Seattle Los Angeles Sacramento Houston Minnesota Phoenix
L
24 22 20 18 17 16 16
10 12 14 16 17 18 18
PCT
GB
HOME
ROAD
LAST 10
STREAK
PCT
GB
HOME
ROAD
LAST 10
STREAK
.706 .647 .588 .529 .500 .471 .471
- 2 4 6 7 8 8
15-2 16-1 12-5 13-4 13- 4 9- 8 10- 7
9-8 6-11 8-9 5-12 4-13 7-10 6-11
8-2 6-4 6-4 5-5 5-5 4-6 5-5
Won 5 Lost 1 Won 1 Lost 2 Won 3 Won 1 Lost 1
EASTERN CONFERENCE TEAM W
Detroit Indiana Connecticut New York Washington Chicago
L
24 21 18 16 16 14
10 13 16 18 18 20
.706 .618 .529 .471 .471 .412
- 3 6 8 8 10
12-5 12-5 8-9 10-7 8-9 6-11
12-5 9- 8 10-7 6-11 8-9 8-9
6-4 5-5 6-4 6-4 6-4 3-7
Lost 4 Won 2 Lost 2 Won 3 Won 1 Lost 1
2008 WNBA HEAD-TO-HEAD Standings Eastern Conference
DET CT NY IND CHI WAS ATL
ATL CHI CT DET HOU IND LA MIN NY PHO SAC SA SEA WAS W
4 6 5 5 3 4 --
4 2 6 -- 5 1 5 2 -- 1 4 1 1 0
-- 1 1 0 2 0 0
1 1 2 1 0 2 0
3 1 1 -- 1 1 1
0 1 2 1 0 1 1
1 3 2 2 1 -- 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0
2 0 2 2 0 0 0
1 2 0 1 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 1 0 0 1 0
4 3 3 2 2 -- 0
22 21 19 17 12 10 4
Western Conference
SA SEA LA SAC HOU MIN PHO
ATL CHI CT DET HOU IND LA MIN NY PHO SAC SA SEA WAS W
4 4 3 3 4 2 4
4 4 3 3 4 2 4
2 0 1 0 1 0 2
2 1 2 1 1 1 0
0 2 2 2 -- 2 2
2 2 1 1 1 2 0
2 1 1 3 -- 2 1 2 1 2 1 -- 2 2
2 1 0 2 0 1 0
3 3 2 2 1 1 --
2 -- 3 1 2 2 -- 1 2 3 1 3 1 0
2 -- 2 1 1 0 1
2t 1 1 2 0 2 2
24 22 20 18 17 16 16
L PCT
12 13 15 17 22 24 30
.647 .618 .559 .500 .353 .294 .118
L PCT
10 12 14 16 17 18 18
.706 .647 .588 .529 .500 .471 .471
GB Last 10 Streak
- 1 3 5 10 12 18
6-4 7-3 5-5 6-4 4-6 1-9 1-9
GB Last 10 Streak
- 2 4 6 7 8 8
8-2 6-4 6-4 5-5 5-5 4-6 5-5
2008 WNBA Attendance TEAM G
Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Detroit Shock Houston Comets Indiana Fever Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx New York Liberty Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm Washington Mystics TOTALS
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141,829 62,146 129,951 162,669 111,951 130,941 161,639 119,972 153,772 144,867 139,066 136,501 140,503 154,637 1,890,444
8,343 3,656 7,644 9,569 6,585 7,702 9,508 7,057 9,045 8,522 8,180 8,029 8,265 9,096 7,943
17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 238
ROAD ATT
126,090 139,841 121,240 130,760 141,729 134,243 165,776 128,922 133,045 144,604 122,813 137,228 141,234 122,919 1,890,444
Won 5 Won 1 Lost 1 Won 2 Lost 2 Lost 9 Lost 1
AVG
7,417 8,226 7,132 7,692 8,337 7,897 9,752 7,584 7,826 8,506 7,224 8,072 8,308 7,231 7,943
Won 5 Lost 1 Won 1 Lost 2 Won 3 Won 1 Lost 1
SCORING AVERAGE Taurasi, Pho. Pondexter, Pho. Augustus, Min. Parker, L.A. Thompson, Hou. Hammon, S.A. Lennox, Atl. Young, S.A. Jones, Ct. Perkins, Chi. Dupree, Chi. Beard, Was. Nolan, Det. Christon, N.Y. Wiggins, Min. Douglas, Ind. Leslie, L.A. Wauters, S.A. K. Smith, Det. Bird, Sea.
G 34 32 31 33 30 33 34 33 33 34 34 33 34 31 30 33 33 32 34 33
FG 258 234 233 231 188 171 207 207 223 213 208 187 216 153 137 170 188 195 157 172
FT 215 170 105 137 110 163 118 162 110 106 138 107 63 111 161 119 117 70 110 74
PTS 820 679 591 61 542 582 595 576 561 577 555 532 538 488 472 516 497 471 500 465
AVG 24.1 21.2 19.1 18.5 18.1 17.6 17.5 17.5 17.0 17.0 16.3 16.1 15.8 15.7 15.7 15.6 15.1 14.7 14.7 14.1
REBOUNDS PER GAME Parker, L.A. Leslie, L.A. Dupree, Chi. Hoffman, Ind. Wauters, S.A. McWilliams-Frank, ALL Brunson, Sac. Thompson, Hou. Anosike, Min. Snow, Hou. Milton-Jones, L.A. Sutton-Brown, Ind. Griffith, Sea. Lyttle, Hou. Kraayeveld, N.Y. Jones, Ct. Willingham, Pho. Sanford, Was. Young, S.A. Whalen, Ct.
G 33 33 34 33 32 33 30 30 34 34 31 33 30 27 34 33 34 34 33 31
OFF DEF 84 229 84 209 77 193 94 164 47 192 76 162 87 126 48 160 78 153 75 155 64 132 63 145 77 112 49 119 50 159 73 128 86 116 77 116 52 134 33 141
TOT 313 293 270 258 239 238 213 208 231 230 196 208 189 168 209 201 202 193 186 174
AVG 9.5 8.9 7.9 7.8 7.5 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.6
ASSISTS PER GAME Whalen, Ct. Penicheiro, Sac. Bird, Sea. Johnson, Hou. Hammon, S.A. Moore, N.Y. Nolan, Det. Pondexter, Pho. Canty, Chi. K. Smith, Det. K. Miller, Pho. Latta, Atl. Johnson, S.A. Taurasi, Pho. Beard, Was. Bobbitt, L.A. Parker, L.A. Catchings, Ind. Douglas, Ind. Wiggins, Min.
G 31 33 33 33 33 29 34 32 28 34 34 34 32 34 33 26 33 25 33 30
AST 166 172 169 168 161 132 150 135 115 137 135 123 115 121 117 90 113 83 106 90
AVG 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.1 4.9 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.0
FIELD GOAL PCT. Willingham, Pho. McCarville, N.Y. Wauters, S.A. Snow, Hou. Parker, L.A. McWilliams-Frank, Was/Det Brunson, Sac. Sutton-Brown, Ind. Houston, Min. Jones, Ct.
FG 139 168 195 126 231 174 135 143 116 223
FGA 244 314 366 238 442 344 270 289 236 461
PCT .570 .535 .533 .529 .523 .506 .500 .495 .492 .484
3-PT FIELD GOAL PCT. 3FG 3GA Willis, N.Y. 44 94 Hoffman, Ind. 26 57 Catchings, Ind. 38 88 Lawson, Sac. 60 139 Buescher, S.A. 28 65 Powell, Sac. 78 190 Carey, Ct. 34 83 Christon, N.Y. 71 175 Thompson, Hou. 56 139 Gearlds, Sea. 36 92
PCT .468 .456 .432 .432 .431 .411 .410 .406 .403 .391
FREE THROW PCT. Hammon, S.A. Jackson, Sea. Lawson, Sac. White, Hou. Ferdinand-Harris, L.A. Perkins, Chi. Augustus, Min. K. Smith, Det. Bird, Sea. Taurasi, Pho.
FT 163 99 53 70 82 106 105 110 74 215
PCT .937 .934 .914 .897 .891 .891 .890 .887 .871 .870
STEALS PER GAME Hornbuckle, Det. Anosike, Min. Penicheiro, Sac. Bevilaqua, Ind. Catchings, Ind. Perkins, Chi. Wiggins, Min. Beard, Was. Douglas, Ind. Young, S.A.
G 34 34 33 30 25 34 30 33 33 33
STL AVG 79 2.32 75 2.21 67 2.03 59 1.97 49 1.96 64 1.88 54 1.80 55 1.67 53 1.61 53 1.61
BLOCKS PER GAME Leslie, L.A. Parker, L.A. Fowles, Chi. Sutton-Brown, Ind. Pringle, Pho. Bales, Ind.-Atl. Riley, S.A. Taurasi, Pho. Dupree, Chi. Anosike, Min.
G 33 33 17 33 29 31 30 34 34 34
BLK AVG 97 2.94 75 2.27 36 2.12 57 1.73 44 1.52 43 1.39 41 1.37 46 1.35 45 1.32 43 1.26
MINUTES PER GAME Thompson, Hou. Douglas, Ind. K. Smith, Det. Bird, Sea. Nolan, Det. Augustus, Min. Parker, L.A. Hammon, S.A. Beard, Was. Dupree, Chi.
G 30 33 34 33 34 31 33 33 33 34
MIN AVG 1074 35.8 1134 34.4 1152 33.9 1111 33.7 1144 33.6 1042 33.6 1109 33.6 1101 33.4 1092 33.1 1119 32.9
FTA 174 106 58 78 92 119 118 124 85 247
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G 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34
2008 WNBA Team Statistics, Rank Within League
FIELD GOALS 3-PT. F.G free throwS MADE ATT. PCT. MADE ATT. PCT. MADE ATT. PCT. 1069 2485 .430 230 701 .328 642 773 .831 991 2303 .430 133 413 .322 652 864 .755 965 2286 .422 221 669 .330 539 723 .746 974 2295 .424 168 476 .353 556 744 .747 954 2248 .424 151 485 .311 539 717 .752 912 2168 .421 259 706 .367 490 653 .750 923 2213 .417 152 481 .316 563 736 .765 901 2080 .433 183 539 .340 561 694 .808 883 2159 .409 168 438 .384 611 816 .749 895 2258 .396 202 598 .338 542 725 .748 899 2112 .426 143 453 .316 552 728 .758 876 2179 .402 226 662 .341 495 656 .755 899 2100 .428 110 341 .323 564 812 .695 885 2131 .415 163 460 .354 435 659 .660
REBOUNDS OFF. DEF. TOT. 375 851 1226 353 792 1145 370 869 1239 405 843 1248 386 896 1282 327 778 1105 376 803 1179 246 847 1093 388 721 1109 340 737 1077 340 822 1162 349 778 1127 357 770 1127 362 770 1132
AST 560 557 607 604 613 551 556 601 473 492 530 500 548 483
MISCELLANEOUS PF DQ STL TO BLK 794 11 232 489 156 751 12 309 472 131 629 3 211 487 97 724 6 278 496 118 713 4 251 608 216 655 4 290 547 117 728 7 295 599 120 602 5 272 525 150 690 3 319 586 77 796 8 285 593 142 684 4 269 526 140 727 6 324 585 165 639 4 269 525 149 757 8 241 637 93
SCORING PTS AVG. 3010 88.5 2767 81.4 2690 79.1 2672 78.6 2598 76.4 2573 75.7 2561 75.3 2546 74.9 2545 74.9 2534 74.5 2493 73.3 2473 72.7 2472 72.7 2368 69.6
CATEGORY ATL CHI CT DET Points/game 10 13 3 4 FG pct. 14 4 8 6 FT pct. 10 13 12 11 3-pt FG pct. 7 10 8 4 Off. Reb./gm 11t 8 6 1 Def. Reb./gm 13 11t 2 5 Rebounds/game 14 9t 3 2 Assists/game 12 9 2 3 Steals/game 6 9t 14 7 Turnovers/gm 11 5t 2 4 Blocks/gm 6 5 12 10 Pers.Fouls/gm 14 3 2 8 DQ/game 11t 3t 1t 8t
2008 WNBA OPPONENT STATISTICS TEAM MADE Sea. 861 S.A. 904 Ind. 891 Chi. 917 Det. 872 L.A. 888 N.Y. 924 Conn. 955 Sac. 958 Wash. 929 Hou. 903 Minn. 974 Atl. 1014 Phoe. 1036 AVG.'S 930 Total 13026
FIELD GOALS ATT. PCT. MADE 2164 .398 172 2271 .398 139 2127 .419 135 2203 .416 170 2151 .405 215 2310 .384 185 2163 .427 174 2284 .418 159 2128 .450 186 2096 .443 180 2186 .413 218 2220 .439 161 2254 .450 172 2460 .421 243 2216 .420 179 7422 — 7741
3-PT. F.G ATT. PCT. MADE 539 .319 512 483 .288 471 415 .325 540 508 .335 506 616 .349 563 547 .338 562 485 .359 516 496 .321 472 542 .343 469 528 .341 563 580 .376 582 486 .331 612 502 .343 679 695 .350 694 530 .338 553 11277 — 7675
HOU IND LA MIN NY PHO SAC SA SEA WAS 7 12 5 2 6 1 9 8 11 14 10 13 7 2 9 3 12 1 5 11 3 6 7 5 8 1 9 2 4 14 12 5 14 11 2 9 1 6 13 3 4 10 3 9 13 5 2 14 11t 7 7 9t 1 8 9t 3 14 4 6 11t 5 9t 1 7 12 4 11 13 6 8 7 11 1 6 8 5 14 4 10 13 4 1 11 3 5 13 2 8 9t 12 12 9 13 1 8 3 10 5t 7 14 9 2 1 8 11 3 14 4 7 13 10 9 7 11 4 13 6 1 5 12 10 8t 3t 14 3t 13 1t 7 3t 11t
2008 Opponent Statistics, Rank Within League free throwS REBOUNDS ATT. PCT. OFF. DEF. TOT. AST 680 .753 332 760 1092 498 634 .743 389 817 1206 500 706 .765 338 833 1171 477 655 .773 366 794 1160 531 740 .761 324 761 1085 520 751 .748 359 768 1127 513 674 .766 352 823 1175 496 638 .740 360 840 1200 554 622 .754 308 767 1075 581 760 .741 306 787 1093 542 781 .745 349 743 1092 542 809 .756 350 862 1212 587 918 .740 401 864 1265 684 932 .745 440 858 1298 650 736 .752 355 806 1161 548 85 — 7675 36302 31017 2509
MISCELLANEOUS PF DQ STL TO 674 7 263 515 666 9 278 528 659 2 294 608 681 7 255 522 762 8 229 572 717 7 303 523 625 3 285 559 703 9 252 499 759 7 267 624 708 5 314 530 744 9 313 555 748 8 248 579 726 2 310 561 717 2 234 500 706 6 275 548 10300 4974 16251 9889
BLK 115 109 130 124 119 141 109 104 206 146 165 140 134 129 134 3845
PTS 2406 2418 2457 2510 2522 2523 2538 2541 2571 2601 2606 2721 2879 3009 2593 1871
SCORING AVG. DIFF. 70.8 +2.6 71.1 +3.8 72.3 +0.5 73.8 -1.1 74.2 +4.4 74.2 +2.2 74.6 +1.0 74.7 +4.4 75.6 -0.8 76.5 -6.9 76.6 -1.3 80.0 +1.4 84.7 -10.1 88.5 +0.0 76.3 — — —
CATEGORY ATL CHI CT DET HOU IND Points/game 13 4 8 5 11 3 FG pct. 13 6 7 4 5 8 FT pct. 1 14 2 11 6 12 3-pt FG pct. 9 6 3 11 14 4 Off. Reb./gm 13 11 10 3 6 5 Def. Reb./gm 14 7 11 3 1 10 Rebounds/game 13 7 10 2 3t 8 Assists/game 14 7 10 6 8t 1 Steals/game 12 5 4 1 13 10 Turnovers/gm 5 11 14 4 7 2 Blocks/gm 9 6 1 5 13 8 Pers.Fouls/gm 5 10 9 1 4 13 DQ/game 12t 6t 1t 4t 1t 12t
LA MIN NY PHO SAC SA SEA WAS 6 12 7 14 9 2 1 10 1 11 10 9 14 3 2 12 7 10 13 5 9 4 8 3 7 5 13 12 10 1 2 8 9 7 8 14 2 12 4 1 5 13 9 12 4 8 2 6 6 12 9 14 1 11 3t 5 5 12 2 13 11 4 3 8t 11 3 9 2 7 8 6 14 10 3 6 13 1 9 12 8 11 10 2t 7 14 2t 4 12 6t 3 14 6t 2 12 11 8 6t 4t 11 12t 6t 1t 6t 10
2008 Combination Team/Opponent Statistics, Rank Within League 2008 WNBA Team Statistics (Per Game) TEAM Atl. Chi. Conn. Det. Hou. Ind. L.A. Minn. N.Y. Phoe. Sac. S.A. Sea. Wash.
G 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34
FIELD GOALS MADE ATT PCT 26.32 66.41 .396 26.44 61.76 .428 28.38 67.24 .422 28.65 67.50 .424 27.15 65.09 .417 25.76 64.09 .402 28.06 66.12 .424 29.15 67.74 .430 26.82 63.76 .421 31.44 73.09 .430 25.97 63.50 .409 26.50 61.18 .433 26.44 62.12 .426 26.03 62.68 .415
3-PT. F.G free MADE ATT PCT MADE 5.94 17.59 .338 15.94 3.24 10.03 .323 16.59 6.50 19.68 .330 15.85 4.94 14.00 .353 16.35 4.47 14.15 .316 16.56 6.65 19.47 .341 14.56 4.44 14.26 .311 15.85 3.91 12.15 .322 19.18 7.62 20.76 .367 14.41 6.76 20.62 .328 18.88 4.94 12.88 .384 17.97 5.38 15.85 .340 16.50 4.21 13.32 .316 16.24 4.79 13.53 .354 12.79
throwS ATT PCT 21.32 .748 23.88 .695 21.26 .746 21.88 .747 21.65 .765 19.29 .755 21.09 .752 25.41 .755 19.21 .750 22.74 .831 24.00 .749 20.41 .808 21.41 .758 19.38 .660
REBOUNDS OFF DEF TOT 10.00 21.68 31.68 10.50 22.65 33.15 10.88 25.56 36.44 11.91 24.79 36.71 11.06 23.62 34.68 10.26 22.88 33.15 11.35 26.35 37.71 10.38 23.29 33.68 9.62 22.88 32.50 11.03 25.03 36.06 11.41 21.21 32.62 7.24 24.91 32.15 10.00 24.18 34.18 10.65 22.65 33.29
AST 14.47 16.12 17.85 17.76 16.35 14.71 18.03 16.38 16.21 16.47 13.91 17.68 15.59 14.21
MISCELLANEOUS PF DQ STL TO 23.41 0.24 8.38 17.44 18.79 0.12 7.91 15.44 18.50 0.09 6.21 14.32 21.29 0.18 8.18 14.59 21.41 0.21 8.68 17.62 21.38 0.18 9.53 17.21 20.97 0.12 7.38 17.88 22.09 0.35 9.09 13.88 19.26 0.12 8.53 16.09 23.35 0.32 6.82 14.38 20.29 0.09 9.38 17.24 17.71 0.15 8.00 15.44 20.12 0.12 7.91 15.47 22.26 0.24 7.09 18.74
BLK 4.18 4.38 2.85 3.47 3.53 4.85 6.35 3.85 3.44 4.59 2.26 4.41 4.12 2.74
REBOUNDS OFF DEF TOT 11.79 25.41 37.21 10.76 23.35 34.12 10.59 24.71 35.29 9.53 22.38 31.91 10.26 21.85 32.12 9.94 24.50 34.44 10.56 22.59 33.15 10.29 25.35 35.65 10.35 24.21 34.56 12.94 25.24 38.18 9.06 22.56 31.62 11.44 24.03 35.47 9.76 22.35 32.12 9.00 23.15 32.15 10.45 23.69 34.14 20.90 47.38 68.28
AST 20.12 15.62 16.29 15.29 15.94 14.03 15.09 17.26 14.59 19.12 17.09 14.71 14.65 15.94 16.12 32.25
MISCELLANEOUS PF DQ STL TO 21.35 0.06 9.12 16.50 20.03 0.21 7.50 15.35 20.68 0.26 7.41 14.68 22.41 0.24 6.74 16.82 21.88 0.26 9.21 16.32 19.38 0.06 8.65 17.88 21.09 0.21 8.91 15.38 22.00 0.24 7.29 17.03 18.38 0.09 8.38 16.44 21.09 0.06 6.88 14.71 22.32 0.21 7.85 18.35 19.59 0.26 8.18 15.53 19.82 0.21 7.74 15.15 20.82 0.15 9.24 15.59 20.78 0.18 8.08 16.12 41.55 0.36 16.16 32.25
BLK PTS 3.94 84.7 3.65 73.8 3.06 74.7 3.50 74.2 4.85 76.6 3.82 72.3 4.15 74.2 4.12 80.0 3.21 74.6 3.79 88.5 6.06 75.6 3.21 71.1 3.38 70.8 4.29 76.5 3.93 76.3 7.86 152.5
PTS 74.5 72.7 79.1 78.6 75.3 72.7 76.4 81.4 75.7 88.5 74.9 74.9 73.3 69.6
2008 WNBA Opponent Statistics (Per Game) TEAM G Atl. 34 Chi. 34 Conn. 34 Det. 34 Hou. 34 Ind. 34 L.A. 34 Minn. 34 N.Y. 34 Phoe. 34 Sac. 34 S.A. 34 Sea. 34 Wash. 34 ONE TEAM BOTH TEAMS
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FIELD GOALS MADE ATT PCT 29.82 66.29 .450 26.97 64.79 .416 28.09 67.18 .418 25.65 63.26 .405 26.56 64.29 .413 26.21 62.56 .419 26.12 67.94 .384 28.65 65.29 .439 27.18 63.62 .427 30.47 72.35 .421 28.18 62.59 .450 26.59 66.79 .398 25.32 63.65 .398 27.32 61.65 .443 27.37 65.16 .420 54.73 130.32 .420
3-PT. F.G MADE ATT PCT 5.06 14.76 .343 5.00 14.94 .335 4.68 14.59 .321 6.32 18.12 .349 6.41 17.06 .376 3.97 12.21 .325 5.44 16.09 .338 4.74 14.29 .331 5.12 14.26 .359 7.15 20.44 .350 5.47 15.94 .343 4.09 14.21 .288 5.06 15.85 .319 5.29 15.53 .341 5.27 15.59 .338 10.54 31.18 .338
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free MADE 19.97 14.88 13.88 16.56 17.12 15.88 16.53 18.00 15.18 20.41 13.79 13.85 15.06 16.56 16.26 32.53
throwS ATT PCT 27.00 .740 19.26 .773 18.76 .740 21.76 .761 22.97 .745 20.76 .765 22.09 .748 23.79 .756 19.82 .766 27.41 .745 18.29 .754 18.65 .743 20.00 .753 22.35 .741 21.64 .752 43.28 .752
CATEGORY Pts/game/diff. Off. Reb. Pct. Def. Reb. Pct. Total Reb. Pct.
ATL CHI CT DET HOU IND LA MIN NY PHO SAC SA SEA WAS 14 11 2 1 12 8 5 6 7 9 10 3 4 13 13 6 8 1 2 10 4 11 12 9 3 14 7 5 14 12 5 1 8 7 3 9 10 13 6 11 4 2 13 9 7 1 4 8 2 10 11 12 3 14 6 5
2008 MISCELLANEOUS TEAM STATISTICS
DECIDED DECIDED POINTS FIELD GOAL TURNOVERS REBOUND BELOW OVERTIME 3 PTS. 10 PTS. PER GAME PERCENTAGE PER GAME PERCENTAGES 70 PTS. GAMES OR LESS OR MORE TEAM OWN OPP. OWN OPP. OWN OPP. OFF. DEF. TOT. OWN OPP. W L W L W L
Atlanta 74.5 84.7 Chicago 72.7 73.8 Connecticut 79.1 74.7 Detroit 78.6 74.2 Houston 75.3 76.6 Indiana 72.7 72.3 Los Angeles 76.4 74.2 Minnesota 81.4 80.0 New York 75.7 74.6 Phoenix 88.5* 88.5 Sacramento 74.9 75.6 San Antonio 74.9 71.1 Seattle 73.3 70.8* Washington 69.6 76.5 COMPOSITE; 238 games 76.3
.396 .450 .428 .416 .422 .418 .424 .405 .417 .413 .402 .419 .424 .384* .430 .439 .421 .427 .430 .421 .409 .450 .433* .398 .426 .398 .415 .443 .420
17.4 16.5 15.4 15.4 14.3 14.7 14.6 16.8 17.6 16.3 17.2 17.9 17.9 15.4 13.9* 17.0 16.1 16.4 14.4 14.7 17.2 18.4* 15.4 15.5 15.5 15.1 18.7 15.6 16.1
.282 .648 .465 9 1 .310 .678 .494 16 12 .306 .707 .506 5 13 .347* .722* .535* 8 13 .336 .697 .517 10 12 .295 .697 .496 13 13 .334 .714 .524 7 13 .291 .694 .492 5 3 .284 .688 .486 13 9 .304 .659 .482 1 1 .336 .701 .518 10 8 .231 .685 .458 8 14 .309 .712 .511 13 14 .315 .716 .515 18 10 .306 .694 136 136
0 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 4 3 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 17
0 0 2 3 2 0 2 3 5 3 0 1 1 4 0 4 3 1 0 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 3 1 25
1 17 6 5 10 3 14 6 3 7 8 7 11 7 11 2 9 8 7 10 4 8 11 5 10 7 2 15 107
* - League Leader REBOUND PERCENTAGES
OFF. - Percentage of a given team’s missed shots which that team rebounds. DEF. - Percentage of opponents’ missed shots which a given team rebounds. TOT. - Average of offensive and defensive rebound percentages.
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2008 WNBA REVIEW 2008 wnba PLAYOFFS WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
#1 San Antonio Silver Stars def. #4 Sacramento Monarchs 2-1 Game 1, San Antonio 85, Sacramento 78 Game 2, Sacramento 84, San Antonio 67 Game 3, San Antonio 86, Sacramento 81
#1 Detroit Shock def. #4 Indiana Fever 2-1 Game 1, Detroit 81, Indiana 72 Game 2, Indiana 89, Detroit 82 (OT) Game 3, Detroit 80, Indiana 61
#3 Los Angeles Sparks def. #2 Seattle Storm 2-1 Game 1, Los Angeles 77, Seattle 69 Game 2, Seattle 64, Los Angeles 50 Game 3, Los Angeles 71, Seattle 64
#3 New York Liberty def. #2 Connecticut Sun 2-1 Game 1, New York 72, Connecticut 63 Game 2, Connecticut 73, New York 70 Game 3, New York 66, Connecticut 62
WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS
EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS
#1 San Antonio Silver Stars def. #3 Los Angeles Sparks 2-1 Game 1, Los Angeles 85, San Antonio 70 Game 2, San Antonio 67, Los Angeles 66 Game 3, San Antonio 77, Los Angeles 72
#1 Detroit Shock def. #3 New York Liberty 2-1 Game 1, New York 60, Detroit 56 Game 2, Detroit 64, New York 55 Game 3, Detroit 75, New York 73
WNBA FINALS #1 Detroit Shock def. #1 San Antonio Silver Stars 3-0 Game 1, Detroit 77, San Antonio 69 Game 2, Detroit 69, San Antonio 61 Game 3, Detroit 76, San Antonio 60
2008 AWARD WINNERS All-WNBA First Team (selected by position) Forward Candace Parker Los Angeles Sparks Forward Sophia Young San Antonio Silver Stars Center Lisa Leslie Los Angeles Sparks Guard Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury Guard Lindsay Whalen Connecticut Sun All-WNBA Second Team (selected by position) Forward Asjha Jones Connecticut Sun Forward Deanna Nolan Detroit Shock Center Lauren Jackson Seattle Storm Guard Becky Hammon San Antonio Silver Stars Guard Sue Bird Seattle Storm WNBA Most Valuable Player presented by T-Mobile: Candace Parker (Los Angeles Sparks) Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award: Vickie Johnson (San Antonio Silver Stars) WNBA Coach of the Year presented by AOL.com: Mike Thibault (Connecticut Sun) WNBA Defensive Player of the Year: Lisa Leslie (Los Angeles Sparks) WNBA Rookie of the Year presented by HANNS-G: Candace Parker (Los Angeles Sparks) WNBA Most Improved: Ebony Hoffman (Indiana Fever)
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WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year: Candice Wiggins (Minnesota Lynx) Peak Performers: Scoring: Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury) Rebounding: Candace Parker (Los Angeles Sparks) Assists: Lindsay Whalen (Connecticut Sun) All-Defensive First Team (selected by position) Forward Tamika Catchings Indiana Fever Forward Sophia Young San Antonio Silver Stars Center Lisa Leslie Los Angeles Sparks Guard Tully Bevilaqua Indiana Fever Guard Ticha Penicheiro Sacramento Monarchs All-Defensive Second Team (selected by position) Forward Lauren Jackson Seattle Storm Forward Rebekkah Brunson Sacramento Monarchs Center Sylvia Fowles Chicago Sky Guard Katie Smith Detroit Shock Guard Deanna Nolan Detroit Shock All-Rookie Team presented by HANNS-G Forward Candace Parker Los Angeles Sparks Guard Candice Wiggins Minnesota Lynx Center Sylvia Fowles Chicago Sky Center Nicky Anosike Minnesota Lynx Guard Matee Ajavon Houston Comets Forward Amber Holt Connecticut Sun
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Media/WNBA Information GENERAL MEDiA INFORMATION
SEATTLE-area MEDIA OUTLETS
Welcome to the 2009 season and the Seattle Storm’s 10th year in the league.
Print Media
The following media guidelines have been established to assist you in your coverage of the Storm and to provide a professional, comfortable working environment for all members of the media.
PR HOTLINE 206-281-5847 If you have any questions or interview requests, please contact the Storm PR Hotline. KeyArena is located on the grounds of the Seattle Center. From I-5 (north or southbound) take the Mercer Street exit and follow the signs marked “Seattle Center.” The arena is approximately 25 minutes north of the airport. Media Entrance is located through Parking Lot 4 on the south side of KeyArena (corner of Warren Street and Thomas Street). Credentials may be requested by calling the public relations department 24 hours prior to the game. Credentials are issued to accredited members of the media who are on assignment to cover a specific game. Please confirm your credential request prior to arriving at the game. Credentials should be used for work at all times and are non-transferable. Unauthorized use of a credential may subject the bearer to ejection from the arena and forfeiture of the credential. Parking is available on a limited basis and may be arranged by phoning the public relations department. Telephones are provided in the media workroom and on a limited basis at courtside. If you need a dedicated phone line, call the public relations department to make arrangements. Seating is located at courtside, on the second level of the west side of the arena and in all media sections. Please do not switch seating without approval from a member of the public relations department. Seating charts can be found at the media entrance and in the media workroom. Photographers can find photo charts with their assigned spots at the media entrance, in the media workroom and on the basket stanchions. All lanes are assigned and photographers are asked to not switch lanes without approval from a member of the public relations department. Please be considerate of season-ticket holders seated directly behind you. For the safety of players and in accordance with league rules, photographers must remain at least four feet behind the baseline at all times. Remote cameras and tripods are not permitted. Use of a flash is prohibited. Rubber lens shades are required on all lenses for still photographers, broadcasters, news and entertainment video and film crews.
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The Media Room is located on the lower west concourse directly above the visitors’ locker room. The room opens two hours prior to each game and is equipped with telephones, outlets, a fax machine, Storm game notes, league statistics and scores from other WNBA games. Locker Rooms are located on the west side at court level. In accordance with WNBA policy, locker rooms will be open for a 30 minute period ending one hour before the start of a game. Locker rooms are reopened to the media after the game no later than 10 minutes following the game’s conclusion and remain open for a minimum of 30 minutes. Following the 30 minute media access period, locker rooms will be closed for a 20-30 minute period to allow players to shower and dress, and the locker rooms then may again be opened to the media. Interview Requests that require special accommodations should be made ahead of time by calling the PR Hotline at 206-281-5847. Game Notes and Statistics are available in the media room two hours before each game, during the game and postgame. Statistics are distributed to the media seating area after each quarter. Practice Times and Policies may be obtained by contacting the public relations department. The Storm practice at The Furtado Center (the Storm training facility) at 490 Fifth Ave. N., Seattle. Statisticians for radio and television broadcasts may be arranged by contacting the public relations department. Playoff Information may differ from the regular season due to increased media coverage. Should the Storm qualify for the postseason, information regarding the playoffs may be obtained by contacting the public relations department.
Associated Press 3131 Elliott Ave., Ste. 750 Seattle, WA 98121 (206) 682-1812
Sports Writer: Gregg Bell Sports Writer: Tim Booth Photographer: Elaine Thompson
SeattlePI.com 101 Elliott Ave. W. Seattle, WA 98119 (206) 448-8000
Sports Producer: Gerald Spratt Sports Writer: Greg Johns Photo Editor: Josh Trujillo
Seattle Times 1120 John St. Seattle, WA 98109 Seattle, WA 98109 (206) 464-2111
Editor: Don Shelton Asst. Editor: Bill Reader Beat Writer: Jayda Evans Columnist: Jerry Brewer Columnist: Steve Kelley Photo Editor: Kevin Fuji
The News Tribune 1950 South State St. Tacoma, WA 98411 (253) 597-8742
Team Leader: Paul Miller Team Leader: Darrin Beene Columnist: Dave Boling Columnist: John McGrath Photo Editor: Jeremy Harrison
The Kitsap Sun 545 Fifth St. Bremerton, WA 98337 (360) 792-9200
Edtior/Columnist: Chuck Stark Sports Writer: Annette Griffus
The Olympian P.O. Box 407 Olympia, WA 98507 (360) 754-5432
Editor: Jerry Wakefield Asst. Editor: Adam Thaler Columnist: Gail Wood Photo Editor: Steve Herppich
Radio Broadcast Media KKNW Radio (1150 AM) 3650 131st Ave SE, Suite 550 Bellevue, WA 98006 (425) 373-5536
Program Director: Eric Burris Producer: Gary Hill Jr. Operations Manager: Erik Krema Storm Talent: Adia Barnes Storm Talent: Dick Fain
KJR Radio (950 AM) 351 Elliott Ave. W. Ste. 300 Seattle, WA 98119 (206) 494-2000 KIRO Radio (97.3 FM) 1802 Eastlake Ave. E. Seattle, WA 98102 (206) 726-7000
Program Director: Rich Moore Sports Director: Jason Puckett Producer: Joshua Sabrowsky Producer: Matt Gaschk Talent: Ian Furness Talent: Mike Gastineau Talent: Dave Grosby Talent: Mitch Levy Talent: Dave Mahler Talent: Steve Sandmeyer Talent: Elise Woodward Talent: Bill Swartz Program Director: Rod Arquette
710 ESPN Seattle 1802 Eastlake Ave. E. Seattle, WA 98102 (206) 726-7000
Program Director: Rod Arquette Asst. Program Director: Owen Murphy Producer: Jessamyn McIntyre Producer: Colin Paisley Talent: Kevin Calabro Talent: Chris Cashman Talent: Shannon Drayer Talent: Brock Huard Talent: Matt Pitman Talent: Mike Salk
KOMO Radio (1000 AM) 140 4th Ave. W., 4th Floor Seattle, WA 98109 (206) 404-5666
Sports Director: Tom Glasgow Talent: Tom Hutyler Talent: Mark Aucutt Editor: Jeremy Grater Editor: Frank Lenzi
Television KING-TV (NBC Ch. 5) 333 Dexter Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98109 (206) 448-3850 KIRO-TV (CBS Ch. 7) 2807 Third Ave. Seattle, WA 98121 (206) 728-8307
Director/Talent: Paul Silvi Producer: Joel Knip Producer: Chris Swanson Producer: Tony White Talent: Chris Egan Talent: Lisa Gangel
KOMO-TV (ABC Ch. 4) 140 Fourth Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98109 (206) 404-4164
Producer/Talent: James Sido Producer/Talent: Mike Ferreri Talent: Eric Johnson
KCPQ-TV (Fox Ch. 13) 1813 Westlake Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98109 (206) 674-1305
Director/Talent: Dan Devine Producer: Aaron Levine
FSN Northwest 3626 156th Ave. S.E. Bellevue, WA 98006 (425) 641-0104
Coordinating Producer: Tim McQuillan Coordinating Producer: Todd Mossburg Producer: Jon Bradford Producer: Dan Kuehner Producer: Dave Rees Talent: Brad Adam Talent: Angie Mentink Talent: Nicole Zaloumis Talent: Jen Mueller Assign. Editors: Editor: Pike Parker Assign. Editors: Marcus Hoskin
Northwest Cable News 333 Dexter Ave. North Seattle, WA 98109 (206) 448-3616
Director/Talent: Paul Silvi Producer/Talent: Chris Egan
Producer/Talent: Gaard Swanson
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Media/WNBA Information STORM RADIO BROADCAST TEAM
History: On April 24, 1996, women’s basketball announced “We Got Next” as the NBA Board of Governors approved the concept of a Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) to begin play in June of 1997.
Dick Fain
Radio Play-By-Play Announcer
Since that day in 1996 there have been many firsts for the WNBA:
Dick Fain is entering his second year as the “Voice of the Storm.” Dick worked alongside David Locke and Elise Woodward and was the sideline reporter as well as fill-in play-by-play and color analyst from 2002-2006 and was part of the broadcast team during the WNBA championship run in 2004. Dick has spent 12 years at Sports Radio 950 KJR, where he has served as show host and Sports Director. He also serves as a play-by-play voice for the Seattle University men’s basketball team. Dick graduated from the University of Washington in 1996 with a degree in broadcast journalism after attending Mount Rainier High School in Des Moines, where he continues to serve as a Varsity Boys’ Basketball coach. Dick is a lifelong resident of the Seattle area. He and his wife Janna live in the Seattle suburb of Normandy Park.
Adia Barnes
Radio Color Analyst Former Storm player Adia Barnes is in her third season as the color analyst. She will team with Dick Fain for every game this season on the Storm’s radio partner, 1150 AM KKNW. The seven-year WNBA veteran spent the 2002-2004 seasons in Seattle. Drafted in 1998 by the Sacramento Monarchs, Barnes played with four different teams and finished her career averaging 3.8 points and 2.6 rebounds per game. In addition to her work for the Storm, Barnes has also appeared as a broadcaster on NBA TV.
Val Ackerman — the first president of the WNBA Sheryl Swoopes — the first player signed to the WNBA Cynthia Cooper — the league’s first Most Valuable Player Houston Comets — the first WNBA Champions Lisa Leslie — the first WNBA player to dunk (7/30/02 vs. Miami) Lauren Jackson – the first international player to win MVP (2007) Candace Parker – the first rookie to earn the league’s MVP honor (2008) Sylvia Fowles – the first goaltending call (vs. LA 6/3/2008) The inaugural WNBA season tipped off on June 21, 1997, with the New York Liberty taking on the Los Angeles Sparks at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California. A crowd of 14,284 watched as Sparks’ guard Penny Toler scored the first basket in WNBA history. The Liberty defeated the Sparks, 67-57. A Growing Game: The influence of the WNBA can be seen in the explosive growth of organized women’s basketball over the past twelve seasons. An estimated 100 million women play basketball worldwide, and our league reflects this trend, featuring 23 international players from 16 countries and territories at the end of the 2008 season. Female AAU youth basketball participation has increased +277% since 1990 (from 28,840 to 108,758 players). Female high school basketball participation has increased 18% since 1990 (from 387,802 to 456,967 players). And female NCAA basketball participation has increased 43% since 1990 (from 10,551 to 15,096 players). Key Rules: Ball size: 28.5” (high school and NCAA women’s) 3-point line: 20’6 1/4” (International) Several key rule changes have been implemented over the last few seasons: ••The format of WNBA games changed to four 10-minute quarters
Lauren Jackson, Sue Bird, Tully Bevilaqua, Adia Barnes and Head Coach Anne Donovan of the Seattle Storm pose with the championship trophy during the Seattle Storm victory parade on October 15, 2004
instead of the previous two 20-minute halves. ••In addition, the 24-second shot clock replaced the previous
30-second clock. It is now reset to 14 seconds when a defensive foul or other defensive violation occurs with less than 14 seconds remaining on the shot clock. It is left unchanged when a defensive violation occurs with 14 seconds or more remaining on the shot clock. ••The backcourt rule requires offensive teams to bring the ball
across the mid-court line within eight seconds rather than 10 seconds. ••The timeout rule requires officials to grant requests for a
timeout (full or 20-second) by a player in the game or the head coach. Previously, only players in the game were allowed to call timeouts. ••Team rosters now consist of 11 players.
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All-Star Game: The 2009 WNBA All-Star Game will be held at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT on Saturday, July 25. ABC will televise the game which tips off at 3:30 p.m. ET. In 2008, the WNBA did not hold an All-Star Game due to the month-long, mid-season break for Summer Olympics. The league did, however, conduct its annual All-Star Salute: Inspiring Women Luncheon in San Francisco on July 30. The luncheon, at which noted TV journalist Robin Roberts received the Inspiring Woman Award, also served as a send off for the U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball team. While the entire 12-member U.S. team was comprised of WNBA players, a total of 39 current and former WNBA players dotted the rosters of 10 of the 12 countries participating in the Olympics. The 2007 WNBA All-Star Game, the league’s eighth such contest, was played in front of a sellout audience on July 15 at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. A crowd of 19,487 fans witnessed the East defeat the West, 103-99 as Cheryl Ford of the Detroit Shock clinched the MVP honors. A key highlight of the All-Star festivities in 2007 was the second annual All-Star Salute: Inspiring Women Luncheon, featuring keynote speaker and Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice. Inspiring Women: The Inspiring Woman Award is an annual honor that celebrates an individual who, on a daily basis, demonstrates her ability to inspire others through her commitment, passion and dedication to work, family and community. Past honorees include Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the WNBA All-Decade Team. Marketing: The WNBA has garnered unprecedented marketing support for a women’s professional sport, and enjoys long-standing partnerships with major national and international brands such as adidas, Discover Card, Gatorade, Nike, and T-Mobile. New partners in 2008 included such major companies as McDonald's, Kia Motors, IHOP, Pitney Bowes and HP. Starwood Hotels and Resorts was announced as a partner in 2009. The WNBA’s marketing partners utilize the league to support women’s sports and reach its strong fan base of women, families and young girls through advertising in WNBA nationally-televised games, national promotions, player endorsements and special events. Through the WNBA’s extensive, highly integrated relationship with adidas, the sporting goods and apparel giant not only serves as the official outfitter of the WNBA – having unveiled new uniforms across the league in 2007 – but also as the presenter of the 2007, 2008 and 2009 WNBA Drafts and in 2008 became the first-ever presenting partner of the WNBA’s entire postseason, including both the Playoffs and Finals. The 2008 season also featured the first WNBA marketing partnership in China with Peak, China’s number one domestic basketball footwear brand, following the announcement in February. Attendance/TV Ratings: Fueled by incoming stars Candace Parker, Sylvia Fowles and Candice Wiggins, the 2008 Draft, the most anticipated in WNBA history, drew significantly higher TV and
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deciding Game 3 against the Houston Comets – as their favorite moment in the WNBA’s 10-year history. Prior to that, initial voting was conducted in four distinct categories as fans voted for winners of the all-time Greatest Shot (Weatherspoon), Greatest Pass (Sue Bird of the Storm leading a fast break during the 2003 All-Star Game), Greatest Milestone (Lisa Leslie of the Sparks throwing down the first dunk in WNBA history on July 30, 2002) and Greatest Inspirational Moment (Edna Campbell of the Monarchs making a triumphant return to the court on Aug. 13, 2002, after battling breast cancer). The winner from each comprised the final ballot. Key Highlights: Six WNBA teams now fall under the independent ownership model: the Atlanta Dream, Chicago Sky, Connecticut Sun, Los Angeles Sparks, Seattle Storm and Washington Mystics. Force 10 Hoops, L.L.C., the entity owned by Seattle businesswomen and civic leaders Anne Levinson, Ginny Gilder, Lisa Brummel and Dawn Trudeau, purchased the Seattle Storm on Feb. 28, 2008 while on Oct. 17, 2007, Atlanta businessman J. Ronald Terwilliger was awarded an expansion franchise, the Atlanta Dream. In addition, the Los Angeles Sparks opened the 2007 season with new ownership after Kathy Goodman and Carla Christofferson, two long-time season ticket holders, bought the Sparks on Dec. 7, 2006. They joined Sheila Johnson’s Washington Mystics, Michael Alter’s Chicago Sky and the Mohegan Tribe’s Connecticut Sun as independently-owned WNBA franchises. The 2008 WNBA Draft presented by adidas took place in Tampa, Florida on April 9, marking the third straight year the draft was held immediately following the NCAA Women’s Division I Championship Game and conducted in the same city as the Final Four. The Los Angeles Sparks made Candace Parker the top overall pick; Sylvia Fowles was selected second by the Chicago Sky and Candice Wiggins third by the Minnesota Lynx. For the first time in WNBA history, all five starters from one college team were selected in the draft as Parker, Alexis Hornbuckle, Shannon Bobbitt, Nicky Anosike and Alberta Auguste – teammates on the University of Tennessee’s national championship squad – were chosen. Parker would go on to be the first player to earn the WNBA’s MVP award in her rookie season. The Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award was announced in 2006 and is now presented annually to the player who best exemplifies the characteristics of a leader in the community and reflects Staley’s contagious leadership, spirit, charitable efforts and love for the game. Tamika Catchings of the Indiana Fever won the inaugural award for the 2007 season. A member of the WNBA’s All-Decade Team, Staley, who retired following the 2006 season, established herself as one of the greatest ambassadors in women’s basketball history while also demonstrating outstanding leadership qualities as a coach on the collegiate level and as a philanthropist and humanitarian. The WNBA All-Decade Team was selected in 2006 as part of a season-long celebration of the league’s 10th Anniversary. Chosen from among 30 nominees by fans, a panel of national and WNBAmarket media and the league’s current players and coaches, the team is comprised of the 10 best and most influential players from its first 10 years of play. Named to the team were legends and current players including, Sue Bird, Tamika Catchings, Cynthia Cooper, Yolanda Griffith, Lauren Jackson, Lisa Leslie,
Katie Smith, Dawn Staley, Sheryl Swoopes and Tina Thompson. Players earning honorable mention status were: Ruthie Bolton, Chamique Holdsclaw, Ticha Penicheiro, Diana Taurasi and Teresa Weatherspoon. Van Chancellor, who led the Houston Comets to consecutive WNBA championships in the league’s first four seasons, was named the WNBA’s Coach of Decade. Chancellor also was named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007. Seven women serve as owners of WNBA teams: Dr. Sheila Johnson (Washington Mystics), Kathy Goodman and Carla Christofferson (Los Angeles Sparks) and Anne Levinson, Ginny Gilder, Lisa Brummel and Dawn Trudeau (Seattle Storm). An eighth, musical artist Michelle Williams, formerly of “Destiny’s Child,” is a minority owner of the Chicago Sky. Johnson, a co-founder of Black Entertainment Television, became the WNBA’s first African-American female owner on May 24, 2005 when she joined Ted Leonsis’ Lincoln Holdings LLC, which in turn purchased the Washington Mystics from Washington Wizards’ owner Abe Pollin. Williams, also African-American and a former member of the group “Destiny’s Child,” became the first female musician to become part-owner of a professional sports team, joining the company of Jay-Z (NBA New Jersey Nets), Usher (NBA Cleveland Cavaliers), Nelly (NBA Charlotte Bobcats), Julio Inglesias (NBA Miami Heat) and Jon Bon Jovi (AFL Philadelphia Soul). In 2008, Candace Parker became the first WNBA player to win Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player of the Year in the same season. The first selection in the 2008 WNBA Draft, she earned both honors after leading the league in double-doubles and rebounds per game, while also ranking second in blocks per game and fourth in points per game. She also became just the second player joining Lisa Leslie, to dunk in a WNBA game. Also in 2008, the Detroit Shock became just the second WNBA team to win at least three titles, sweeping the San Antonio Silver Stars to win their third title in six seasons. The Houston Comets won the first four championships from 1997-2000. In 2007, the Detroit Shock and Phoenix Mercury combined to score the most points in a game in WNBA Finals history during Game 1 when Detroit edged out Phoenix 108-100. The Mercury matched the Shock’s output with 108 points of their own to tie the WNBA Finals record for points in a game. In 2007, the Mercury became the first team to win the WNBA Championship on the road as they defeated the Shock in the fifth and deciding game on September 16 at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Lisa Leslie of the Los Angeles Sparks was named MVP in 2006 for the third time in her career after having also earned the honor in 2001 and 2004. Leslie joined the Houston Comets’ Sheryl Swoopes as the only players in WNBA history to capture MVP honors three times. Two players have won the award twice in a career: Houston’s Cynthia Cooper (1997, 1998) and Seattle’s Lauren Jackson (2003, 2007). The others to capture MVP honors are Yolanda Griffith (then with Sacramento in 1999) and Los Angeles’ Candace Parker (2008, when she later became the first rookie in league history to earn the award).
fastest (209 games) to score her 4,000th career point. Three days earlier, she tied the league record for points in a game (Diana Taurasi) when she poured in 47 points at Washington. Diana Taurasi (Mercury) rewrote the WNBA scoring records in 2006 when she led the league with 25.3 points per contest, became the first WNBA player to top 800 points in a single season (860), and the single-season mark for three-point field-goals (121) and the single-game mark for points (47, a number later equaled by the Storm’s Lauren Jackson in 2007). Lisa Leslie of the Los Angeles Sparks became the first WNBA player to capture the regular-season, All-Star and Finals MVP awards during the 2001 season. Leslie also became the first WNBA player to top the 5,000-point mark when she surpassed that mark in 2006. Houston’s Tina Thompson and Detroit’s Katie Smith, respectively, became the second and third players to top the 5,000-point plateau for their WNBA career, each reaching the milestone in 2008. During the 2008 season, Tina Thompson (Houston) and Katie Smith (Detroit) both reached 5,000 points for their WNBA careers, joining Lisa Leslie as the only players to accomplish this feat. Katie Smith had previously become the first player in United States women’s professional basketball history to surpass the 5,000-point plateau on July 13, 2005. She has since recorded her 6,000th point on Aug. 16, 2007. Smith’s achievement includes her totals from three seasons in the ABL and her WNBA career. Also during the 2008 season, Ticha Penicheiro of the Sacramento Monarchs became the first player to ever hand out 2,000 career assists. Sheryl Swoopes, who earned MVP and Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2000 and 2002, made WNBA history with the league’s first triple-double (14 points, 15 rebounds, 10 assists) vs. the Detroit Shock on July 27, 1999. One current head coach also has played in the WNBA: Jenny Boucek (Monarchs). In 2007, when she took over the Monarchs, Boucek became the first woman to serve in the WNBA as a player, assistant coach and head coach. Three current head coaches have played in the NBA: Michael Cooper (Sparks), Bill Laimbeer (Shock), and Corey Gaines (Mercury). Three current head coaches have served as assistant coaches in the NBA, including Mike Thibault (Sun); Michael Cooper (Sparks) and Don Zierden (Lynx). WNBA Cares: Through the WNBA Cares initiative, the league is deeply committed to creating programs that improve the quality of life for all people, with a special emphasis on promoting a healthy lifestyle and positive body image, breast health awareness, youth and family development, and education. WNBA teams and players donate countless dollars and hours each year through league programs including Breast Health Awareness, WNBA Green Week and Go Red For Women, WNBA Fit, Read to Achieve and Jr. WNBA.
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