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2012 Seattle Storm season

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2012 Seattle Storm season
CoachBrian Agler
ArenaKeyArena
Attendance7,489 per game
Results
Record16–18 (.471)
Place4th (Western)
Playoff finishLost in Conference Semifinals (2-1) to Minnesota Lynx
Team Leaders
PointsSue Bird 12.2 ppg
ReboundsAnn Wauters 5.8 rpg
AssistsSue Bird 6.9 apg
Media
RadioKPTK
TelevisionKONG
ESPN2, NBATV

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

Transactions

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WNBA draft

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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

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  • 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.[1]
  • February 9: The Storm re-signed Sue Bird and Tanisha Wright.[2]
  • February 14: The Storm traded Ashley Robinson to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Victoria Dunlap.[3]
  • February 15: The Storm re-signed Ewelina Kobryn and Katie Smith.
  • February 27: The Seattle Storm signed Tina Thompson.[4]
  • 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

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Date Trade
January 2, 2012 To Seattle Storm To Chicago Sky
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
Victoria Dunlap Ashley Robinson

Personnel changes

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Roster

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2012 Seattle Storm roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
F 25 Russia Abrosimova, Svetlana 6' 2" (1.88m) 169 lb (77kg) 07-09-1980 Connecticut 9
G 10 United States Bird, Sue 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 10-16-1980 Connecticut 10
F 32 United States Clark, Alysha 5' 10" (1.78m) 167 lb (76kg) 07-07-1987 Middle Tennessee R
F/C 15 Australia Jackson, Lauren 6' 5" (1.96m) 187 lb (85kg) 05-11-1981 Australia 11
F/C 11 Poland Kobryn, Ewelina 6' 3" (1.91m) 210 lb (95kg) 05-07-1982 Poland 1
F 20 United States Little, Camille 6' 2" (1.88m) 180 lb (82kg) 01-18-1985 North Carolina 5
G 14 United States Smith, Katie 5' 11" (1.8m) 175 lb (79kg) 06-04-1974 Ohio State 13
G/F 40 United States Stricklen, Shekinna 6' 2" (1.88m) 178 lb (81kg) 07-30-1990 Tennessee R
F 7 United States Thompson, Tina 6' 2" (1.88m) 178 lb (81kg) 02-10-1975 USC 15
C 12 Belgium Wauters, Ann 6' 4" (1.93m) 193 lb (88kg) 10-12-1980 Belgium 7
G 30 United States Wright, Tanisha 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 11-29-1983 Penn State 7
Head coach
United States Brian Agler (Wittenberg)
Assistant coaches
United States Jenny Boucek (Virginia)
United States Nancy Darsch (Springfield)
Athletic trainer
United States Tom Spencer (Central Washington)
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Melissa Hardin (Western Washington)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Depth

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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

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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

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Preseason

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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

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2012 Game Log: Regular Season
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
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Postseason

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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

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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 League leader

Regular season

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

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ "Seattle signs veteran C Ann Wauters". ESPN. February 6, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "Sue Bird, Tanisha Wright re-sign". ESPN. February 9, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  3. ^ Yanda, Steve (February 14, 2012). "Mystics trade Victoria Dunlap to Seattle for Ashley Robinson". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  4. ^ "Storm sign veteran Tina Thompson". ESPN. February 27, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
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