2020 Seattle Storm season

The 2020 Seattle Storm season will be the franchise's 21st season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season was originally scheduled to tip off at home versus the Dallas Wings on May 15, 2020. However the beginning of the 2020 WNBA schedule will be delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The shortened season will tip off on July 25, 2020 versus the New York Liberty.[1]

2020 Seattle Storm season
Coach	Dan Hughes
Arena	Originally: Alaska Airlines Arena Angel of the Winds Arena Rescheduled to: IMG Academy gymnasiums, Bradenton, Florida
Attendance	0 per game
Results
Record	10–1 (.909)
Place	1st (Western)
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Due to ongoing renovations at KeyArena the Storm will continue to split time between the Alaska Airlines Arena and the Angel of the Winds Arena.[2]

This WNBA season will feature an all-time high 36 regular-season games.[3] However, the plan for expanded games was put on hold on April 3, when the WNBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] Under a plan approved on June 15, the league is scheduled to hold a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present, starting on July 24.[5][6]

Transactions

WNBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	11	Kitija Laksa	Latvia	South Florida/TTT Riga (Latvia)
2	19	Joyner Holmes	United States	Texas
3	31	Haley Gorecki	United States	Duke

Trades and roster changes

Date	Details
February 10, 2020	Traded the 7th pick in the 2020 WNBA draft to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for the 11th pick in the 2020 WNBA draft and F Morgan Tuck.[7]
February 11, 2020	Re-signed F Breanna Stewart[8]
February 24, 2020	Acquired the Connecticut Sun's 2nd round pick in the 2021 WNBA draft in exchange for F Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis[9]
	Signed G Epiphanny Prince[10]
February 25, 2020	Re-signed G Sue Bird[11]

Roster

Seattle Storm roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 10 Bird, Sue 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 10-16-1980 Connecticut 16 G 21 Canada, Jordin 5' 6" (1.68m) 135 lb (61kg) 08-11-1995 UCLA 2 F 32 Clark, Alysha 5' 11" (1.8m) 167 lb (76kg) 07-07-1987 Middle Tennessee 8 F 6 Howard, Natasha 6' 2" (1.88m) 165 lb (75kg) 09-02-1991 Florida State 6 F/C 1 Langhorne, Crystal 6' 2" (1.88m) 185 lb (84kg) 10-27-1986 Maryland 12 G 24 Loyd, Jewell 5' 10" (1.78m) 148 lb (67kg) 10-05-1993 Notre Dame 5 F 0 Magbegor, Eziyoda 6' 4" (1.93m) 176 lb (80kg) 08-13-1999 Australia R G 11 Prince, Epiphanny 5' 9" (1.75m) 179 lb (81kg) 01-11-1988 Rutgers 10 C 2 Russell, Mercedes 6' 6" (1.98m) 195 lb (88kg) 07-27-1995 Tennessee 2 F 30 Stewart, Breanna 6' 4" (1.93m) 170 lb (77kg) 08-27-1994 Connecticut 3 F 3 Tuck, Morgan 6' 2" (1.88m) 207 lb (94kg) 04-30-1994 Connecticut 4 G 33 Whitcomb, Sami 5' 10" (1.78m) 145 lb (66kg) 07-20-1988 Washington 3	Head coach Dan Hughes (Muskingum) Assistant coaches Gary Kloppenburg (UC San Diego) Noelle Quinn (UCLA) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured   WNBA roster page
East ATL CHI CON IND NY WAS West DAL LV LA MIN PHO SEA

Game log

Regular season

2020 game log Total: 10–1
July Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 July 25 New York Liberty W 87–71 Stewart (18) Stewart (8) Bird (5) IMG Academy 0 1–0 2 July 28 Minnesota Lynx W 90–66 Stewart (18) Stewart (10) Loyd (6) IMG Academy 0 2–0 3 July 30 Washington Mystics L 71–89 Stewart (15) Stewart (10) Clark (4) IMG Academy 0 2–1
August Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 August 1 Los Angeles Sparks W 81–75 Stewart (21) Stewart (9) Clark (6) IMG Academy 0 3–1 5 August 4 Connecticut Sun W 87–74 Stewart (22) Howard (6) Canada (6) IMG Academy 0 4–1 6 August 6 Atlanta Dream W 93–92 Stewart (27) Stewart (8) Canada (6) IMG Academy 0 5–1 7 August 8 Phoenix Mercury W 74–68 Loyd (20) Howard (10) Canada (10) IMG Academy 0 6–1 8 August 10 Chicago Sky W 89–71 Stewart (25) Howard (7) Stewart (7) IMG Academy 0 7–1 9 August 12 Atlanta Dream W 100–63 Tied (20) Stewart (9) Canada (10) IMG Academy 0 8–1 10 August 14 Dallas Wings W 83–65 Stewart (21) Howard (8) Bird (5) IMG Academy 0 9–1 11 August 16 Connecticut Sun W 95–72 Stewart (19) Howard (11) Loyd (5) IMG Academy 0 10–1 12 August 18 New York Liberty IMG Academy 0 0–0 13 August 20 Indiana Fever IMG Academy 0 0–0 14 August 22 Las Vegas Aces IMG Academy 0 0–0 15 August 25 Indiana Fever IMG Academy 0 0–0 16 August 27 Las Vegas Aces IMG Academy 0 0–0 17 August 29 Chicago Sky IMG Academy 0 0–0
September Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 18 September 2 Washington Mystics IMG Academy 0 0–0 19 September 4 Los Angeles Sparks IMG Academy 0 0–0 20 September 6 Minnesota Lynx IMG Academy 0 0–0 21 September 9 Dallas Wings IMG Academy 0 0–0 22 September 11 Phoenix Mercury IMG Academy 0 0–0
2020 season schedule

Standings

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.
1	Seattle Storm	10	1	.909	–	4–0
2	Las Vegas Aces	8	2	.800	1.5	3–1
3	Los Angeles Sparks	7	3	.700	2.5	2–2
3	Minnesota Lynx	7	3	.700	2.5	0–3
5	Chicago Sky	7	4	.636	3	3–1
6	Phoenix Mercury	6	5	.545	4	2–3
7	Indiana Fever	4	6	.400	5.5	3–1
8	Connecticut Sun	4	7	.364	6	2–2
8	Dallas Wings	4	7	.364	6	1–3
10	Washington Mystics	3	7	.300	6.5	2–3
11	Atlanta Dream	2	9	.182	8	1–3
12	New York Liberty	1	9	.100	8.5	1–2

Notes

(#) - League Standing

y- Clinched conference

x- Clinched playoff berth

e - Eliminated from playoffs

Home and Away records not shown, as all games played at a neutral location.

Updated to include results from August 16, 2020

Source

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Breanna Stewart	Western Conference Player of the Week	August 3, 2020	[12]

References

1. "2020 Seattle Storm Schedule". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
2. "Seattle Storm Unveils 2020 Schedule". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. January 16, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
3. "Atlanta Dream Announce 2020 Schedule - Atlanta Dream". dream.wnba.com. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
4. "WNBA Statement Regarding the Start of the 2020 Regular Season". 2020-04-03. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
5. "WNBA Announces Plan To Tip Off 2020 Season". WNBA. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
6. "WNBA announces plans for 2020 season to start late July in Florida". NBC Sports Washington. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
7. "Seattle Completes Trade With Connecticut, Acquires Morgan Tuck". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. February 10, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
8. "Seattle Storm Re-Signs Breanna Stewart". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. February 11, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
9. "Sun Acquire Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis from Seattle". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. February 24, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
10. "Seattle Storm Adds Epiphanny Prince in Free Agency". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. February 24, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
11. "Seattle Storm Re-Signs Three-Time WNBA Champion Sue Bird". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. February 25, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
12. "Stewart, Hines-Allen Earn First Players Of The Week Honors Of The Season". wnba.com. WNBA. August 3, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

External Links

• Official website of the Seattle Storm