2004 Seattle Storm season explained

The 2004 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Seattle Storm. They captured their first title in franchise history, bringing a title back to Seattle for the first time since 1979 when the Seattle SuperSonics, the Storm's former sister team, brought a title to Seattle by beating the Washington Bullets.

Offseason

WNBA draft

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Regular season

Season Schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
May 20	Minnesota	88-85	Win	1-0
May 22	Los Angeles	93-67	Win	2-0
May 28	@ Phoenix	76-84	Loss	2-1
June 1	@ Los Angeles	70-73	Loss	2-2
June 3	Phoenix	72-45	Win	3-2
June 5	@ Sacramento	65-63	Win	4-2
June 11	Connecticut	68-63	Win	5-2
June 15	@ New York	86-62	Win	6-2
June 18	@ Houston	69-63	Win	7-2
June 19	@ San Antonio	74-61	Win	8-2
June 22	Houston	57-63	Loss	8-3
June 26	New York	62-67	Loss	8-4
July 1	San Antonio	76-52	Win	9-4
July 3	Sacramento	75-61	Win	10-4
July 7	@ Washington	69-72	Loss	10-5
July 8	@ Charlotte	67-70	Loss	10-6
July 10	@ Detroit	65-70	Loss	10-7
July 12	San Antonio	75-59	Win	11-7
July 15	@ Sacramento	66-63	Win	12-7
July 17	Washington	85-83	Win	13-7
July 22	Indiana	59-54	Win	14-7
July 24	Houston	67-63	Win	15-7
July 27	@ Houston	55-80	Loss	15-8
July 30	@ Minnesota	70-55	Win	16-8
August 1	Charlotte	87-55	Win	17-8
September 1	Sacramento	65-73	Loss	17-9
September 3	@ Los Angeles	81-82	Loss	17-10
September 4	@ Phoenix	55-63	Loss	17-11
September 8	Detroit	86-67	Win	18-11
September 10	@ Minnesota	61-64	Loss	18-12
September 12	@ Connecticut	64-71	Loss	18-13
September 13	@ Indiana	76-70	Win	19-13
September 15	Phoenix	73-58	Win	20-13
September 18	Los Angeles	80-83	Loss	20-14

Playoff Results

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
Western Conference Semifinals
1	September 25		70-58	Win	1-0
2	September 27		64-54	Win	2-0
Western Conference Finals
1	October 1		72-74 (OT)	Loss	2-1
2	October 3		66-54	Win	3-1
3	October 5		82-62	Win	4-1
WNBA Finals
1	October 8		64-68	Loss	2-2
2	October 10		67-65	Win	3-2
3	October 12		74-60	Win	4-2

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
	31	207	51	31	62	634
	34	106	184	51	5	439
	32	159	79	34	3	358
	34	139	82	53	6	310
	34	168	55	32	12	273
	29	96	19	23	36	141
	34	26	29	38	2	79
	34	63	31	23	2	67
	23	24	9	6	0	52
	23	56	5	8	3	48
	13	10	8	3	0	29
	5	5	0	0	0	7

Playoffs

• Won WNBA Western Conference Semifinals (2-0) over Minnesota Lynx
• Won WNBA Western Conference Finals (2-1) over Sacramento Monarchs
• Won WNBA Finals (2-1) over Connecticut Sun ^[2]

Awards and honors

• Betty Lennox, WNBA Finals MVP Award
• Lauren Jackson, WNBA Peak Performer
• Lauren Jackson, Best WNBA Player ESPY Award

External links

• Storm on Basketball Reference

Notes and References

1. Web site: Seattle Storm Draft History . WNBA.com . 2022-09-04.
2. Web site: 2004 Seattle Storm Stats.