2012 Seattle Storm season

2012 Seattle Storm season

Head Coach

Arena

Results
Record	16–18 (.471)
Place	4th (Western)
Playoff Finish	Lost in Conference Semifinals



Media
Radio	KPTK
Television	KONG ESPN2, NBATV
Seattle Storm seasons
< 2011	2013 >

The 2012 WNBA season is the 13th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Transactions

WNBA Draft

The following are the Storm's selections in the 2012 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	2 (from Chi.)	Shekinna Stricklen	United States	Tennessee
2	22	Keisha Hampton	United States	DePaul

Transaction log

April 11, 2011: The Storm acquired a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft from the Indiana Fever as part of the Katie Smith trade. In addition, the Storm traded a third-round pick to Indiana and a first-round pick to the Washington Mystics.
January 2: The Storm acquired the second overall pick in the 2012 Draft from the Chicago Sky as part of the Swin Cash trade. The storm sent the 23rd overall pick to Chicago.
January 31: The Storm re-signed Allie Quigley.
February 6: The Storm signed Ann Wauters.
February 9: The Storm re-signed Sue Bird and Tanisha Wright.
February 14: The Storm traded Ashley Robinson to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Victoria Dunlap.
February 15: The Storm re-signed Ewelina Kobryn and Katie Smith.
February 27: The Seattle Storm signed Tina Thompson.
March 9: The Storm signed Rachel Allison and Alysha Clark.
April 6: The Storm signed Silvia Dominguez.
April 12: The Storm signed Lindsay Taylor.
April 26: The Storm signed Jacqua Williams, Ashley Corral, Dellena Criner, Ashley Gayle, and draft pick Shekinna Stricklen.
May 1: The Storm waived Rachel Allison, Dellena Criner, and Jacqua Williams.
May 14: The Storm waived Ashley Gayle and Lindsay Taylor.
May 16: The Storm waived Ashley Corral and Allie Quigley.
June 26: The Storm waived Victoria Dunlap.
June 29: The Storm signed Svetlana Abrosimova.

Trades

Date	Trade
January 2, 2012	To Seattle Storm	To Chicago Sky
January 2, 2012	Second pick in 2012 Draft	Swin Cash, Le'coe Willingham, and 23rd pick in 2012 Draft
February 14, 2012	To Seattle Storm	To Washington Mystics
February 14, 2012	Victoria Dunlap	Ashley Robinson

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Ann Wauters	February 6, 2012	free agent
Tina Thompson	February 22, 2012	Los Angeles Sparks
Alysha Clark	March 9, 2012	free agent
Shekinna Stricklen	April 16, 2012	draft pick
Svetlana Abrosimova	June 29, 2012	free agent

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Belinda Snell	2012	free agent
Swin Cash	January 2, 2012	Chicago Sky
Le'coe Willingham	January 2, 2012	Chicago Sky
Ashley Robinson	February 14, 2012	Washington Mystics
Allie Quigley	May 16, 2012	free agent

Roster

Seattle Storm roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
1.5 !G	10	USA !	Bird, Sue	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 69 !5' 9" (1.75m)	150 lb (68kg)	10-16-1980	Connecticut	6.5 !12
5.5 !F/C	–	AUS !	Bishop, Abby	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 75 !6' 3" (1.91m)	–	11-29-1988	Australia	1 !1
4.0 !F	32	USA !	Clark, Alysha	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 70 !5' 10" (1.78m)	167 lb (76kg)	07-07-1987	Middle Tennessee	2 !3
6.0 !C	–	USA !	Hollingsworth, Quanitra	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 77 !6' 5" (1.96m)	200 lb (91kg)	11-15-1988	Virginia Commonwealth	2.5 !4
1.5 !G	-	USA !	Loyd, Jewell	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 71 !5' 11" (1.8m)	150 lb (68kg)	10-05-1993	Notre Dame	0.5 !R
5.5 !F/C	1	USA !	Langhorne, Crystal	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 74 !6' 2" (1.88m)	185 lb (84kg)	10-27-1986	Maryland	4 !7
5.5 !F/C	15	AUS !	Jackson, Lauren	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 77 !6' 5" (1.96m)	187 lb (85kg)	05-11-1981	Australia	6 !11
1.5 !G	–	USA !	Montgomery, Renee	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 67 !5' 7" (1.7m)	143 lb (65kg)	12-02-1986	Connecticut	3.5 !6
1.5 !G	4	AUS !	O'Hea, Jenna	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 73 !6' 1" (1.85m)	174 lb (79kg)	06-06-1987	Australia	2.5 !4
4.0 !F	14	USA !	Powell, Nicole	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 74 !6' 2" (1.88m)	170 lb (77kg)	06-22-1982	Stanford	6 !11
4.0 !F	8	USA !	Robinson, Angel	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 77 !6' 5" (1.96m)	193 lb (88kg)	04-20-1987	Georgia	1 !1
6.0 !C	3	USA !	Rolle, Waltiea	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 78 !6' 6" (1.98m)	199 lb (90kg)	09-11-1990	North Carolina	1 !1
1.5 !G	–	USA !	Simmons, Meighan	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 69 !5' 9" (1.75m)	–	01-25-1992	Tennessee	0.5 !R

East: ATL • CHI • CON • IND • NY • WAS \| West: LA • MIN • PHO • SA • SEA • TUL

Head coach: Jenny Boucek (Virginia)
Assistant coaches: Rob Fodor (Hillsdale)
Ryan Webb (Seattle)

Athletic trainer: Tom Spencer (Central Washington)

Strength and conditioning coach: Melissa Hardin (Western Washington)

Legend

(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
Injured

WNBA roster page
Transactions

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Ann Wauters	Ewelina Kobryn Lauren Jackson
PF	Camille Little	Tina Thompson
SF	Katie Smith	Shekinna Stricklen Svetlana Abrosimova
SG	Tanisha Wright	Alysha Clark
PG	Sue Bird

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Minnesota Lynx ^z	27	7	.794	–	16–1	11–6	17–5
Los Angeles Sparks ^x	24	10	.706	3.0	16–1	8–9	15–7
San Antonio Silver Stars ^x	21	13	.618	6.0	12–5	9–8	14–8
Seattle Storm ^x	16	18	.471	11.0	10–7	6–11	11–11
Tulsa Shock ^o	9	25	.265	18.0	6–11	3–14	5–17
Phoenix Mercury ^o	7	27	.206	20.0	3–14	4–13	4–18

Schedule

Preseason

2012 Game Log: Preseason (May)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	Fri 11	12:30	@ Tulsa		60-86	Dunlap (13)	Thompson (6)	Smith (3)	BOK Center 5,297	0-1
2	Sun 13	5:00	Los Angeles		61-60	Stricklen (15)	Thompson (5)	Wright (8)	KeyArena 4,628	1-1

Regular season

2012 Game Log: Regular Season

All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

May (0–3)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	Fri 18	10:00	Los Angeles	NBATV KONG KDOC	66-72	Wauters (17)	Thompson (8)	Bird (6)	KeyArena 9,686	0-1
2	Tue 22	10:30	@ Los Angeles	KONG KDOC	61-74	Wauters (15)	Wauters (8)	Bird (5)	Staples Center 9,238	0-2
3	Sun 27	7:00	@ Minnesota		71-84	Wauters (13)	Wauters (9)	Bird (9)	Target Center 7,832	0-3

June (6–5)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
4	Fri 1	10:00	Tulsa		76-58	Bird (27)	Little (9)	Wright (4)	KeyArena 7,489	1-3
5	Sun 3	8:30	@ Los Angeles	KONG KDOC	65-67	Smith (19)	Wauters (7)	Bird (6)	Staples Center 12,639	1-4
6	Wed 6	8:00	@ Minnesota		55-79	Wright (14)	Dunlap Wauters (5)	Bird Wright (3)	Target Center 8,263	1-5
7	Sat 9	8:00	@ San Antonio	FS-SW	67-80	Stricklen (14)	Little Stricklen Wauters (8)	Wright (6)	AT&T Center 8,187	1-6
8	Wed 13	8:00	@ Chicago	CN100	58-74	Thompson (13)	Wauters (8)	Bird (10)	Allstate Arena 4,681	1-7
9	Fri 15	8:00	@ Tulsa		86-73	Bird (21)	Bird (7)	Wright (7)	BOK Center 5,100	2-7
10	Sun 17	9:00	Minnesota		65-62	Bird (21)	Smith Thompson (5)	Wright (8)	KeyArena 8,349	3-7
11	Fri 22	10:00	San Antonio		82-76	Wright (20)	Thompson (9)	Wright (7)	KeyArena 6,849	4-7
12	Sun 24	7:00	Washington		72-55	Bird Wauters (14)	Wauters (7)	Bird Wright (5)	KeyArena 6,979	5-7
13	Tue 26	7:00	@ Washington	ESPN2	79-71	Bird (25)	Wauters (7)	Bird Little (3)	Verizon Center 6,645	6-7
14	Sat 30	4:00	@ New York	NBATV	59-77	Thompson Wauters (10)	Little (7)	Bird (4)	Prudential Center 6,724	6-8

July (3–2)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
15	Sun 1	5:00	@ Connecticut	CPTV-S	89-83 (OT)	Little (27)	Little (9)	Bird (8)	Mohegan Sun Arena 9,201	7-8
16	Sat 7	10:00	@ Los Angeles	ESPN2	59-83	Little (12)	Thompson (7)	Wright (8)	Staples Center 12,229	7-9
17	Sun 8	9:00	Phoenix		83-68	Bird (31)	Little (9)	Wright (5)	KeyArena 8,639	8-9
18	Wed 11	3:00	Atlanta		59-70	Stricklen (16)	Stricklen (9)	Bird (8)	KeyArena 9,686	8-10
19	Fri 13	10:00	@ Phoenix		83-64	Smith (19)	Stricklen (11)	Bird (9)	US Airways Center 7,647	9-10
Summer Olympic break

August (2–4)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
Summer Olympic break
20	Thu 16	10:00	Phoenix	KONG	72-58	Little (17)	Little (6)	Wright (8)	KeyArena 6,987	10-10
21	Sat 18	10:00	Los Angeles	NBATV KDOC	71-82	Wright (21)	Clark (6)	Wright (4)	KeyArena 9,127	10-11
22	Tue 21	10:00	Minnesota	ESPN2	73-86	Little (20)	Little Stricklen (5)	Bird (4)	KeyArena 6,169	10-12
23	Thu 23	10:00	Indiana		66-68	Little (15)	Little (8)	Wright (5)	KeyArena 5,819	10-13
24	Sun 26	9:00	New York		84-66	Bird (18)	Little (8)	Bird (10)	KeyArena 6,459	11-13
25	Thu 30	10:00	Phoenix	KONG	68-75	Little (11)	Wright (8)	Bird (8)	KeyArena 6,379	11-14

September (5–4)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
26	Thu 6	10:00	Tulsa		101-74	Jackson (23)	Stricklen (8)	Wright (8)	KeyArena 5,948	12-14
27	Sat 8	8:00	@ Tulsa		89-66	Little (28)	Little (9)	Wright (7)	BOK Center 7,415	13-14
28	Tue 11	7:00	@ Atlanta	NBATV FS-S	61-77	Jackson (14)	Jackson (9)	Bird (6)	Philips Arena 5,558	13-15
29	Wed 12	7:00	@ Indiana	NBATV	48-72	Abrosimova (11)	Jackson (10)	Smith (3)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,337	13-16
30	Fri 14	8:00	@ San Antonio	NBATV	66-90	Thompson Wauters (12)	Wauters (9)	4 players (4)	AT&T Center 7,109	13-17
31	Sun 16	9:00	Connecticut	KONG CPTV-S	58-60	Stricklen (12)	Smith (8)	Wright (8)	KeyArena 7,748	13-18
32	Tue 18	10:00	Chicago		75-60	Wauters (16)	Wauters Stricklen (8)	Bird (8)	KeyArena 6,459	14-18
33	Fri 21	10:00	San Antonio		84-75	Smith (16)	Wauters (13)	Smith (6)	KeyArena 8,494	15-18
34	Sun 23	3:00	@ Phoenix	ESPN2	71-57	Little (14)	Little (8)	Smith (5)	US Airways Center 7,576	16-18

Postseason

2012 Game Log: Postseason

Western Conference Semifinals

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Series
1	September 28	9:00	@ Minnesota	ESPN2	70-78	Stricklen (13)	Stricklen Thompson (7)	Wright (7)	Target Center 9,213	0-1
2	September 30	9:00	Minnesota	ESPN	86-79 (2OT)	Bird (22)	Jackson (14)	Bird Wright (7)	KeyArena 8,479	1-1
3	October 2	9:00	@ Minnesota	ESPN2	72-73	Bird (19)	Jackson (6)	Bird (11)	Target Center 8,023	1-2

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game
PPG	Points per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game	PF	Fouls per game		Team leader

Regular season

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

References

External links

Seattle Storm

Founded in 2000 Based in Seattle, Washington

The Franchise	Franchise Most recent season

Arenas	KeyArena

Head Coaches	Lin Dunn Anne Donovan Brian Agler Jenny Boucek

Administration	Owner: Force 10 Hoops LLC General Manager: Lin Dunn Billy McKinney Karen Bryant Brian Agler Alisha Valavanis

All-Stars	Sue Bird Swin Cash Lauren Jackson Tina Thompson

Seasons	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Playoff Appearances	2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Conference Titles	2004 2010

WNBA Titles	2004 2010

Rivals	Los Angeles Sparks Phoenix Mercury

Media	TV: KONG Radio: KFNQ (Progressive Talk 1090) Announcers: Adia Barnes, Dick Fain

2012 WNBA season by team

Draft Playoffs Finals

Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics

Western	Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm Tulsa Shock

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