2004 Seattle Storm season

2004 Seattle Storm season
Coach	Anne Donovan
Arena	KeyArena
Attendance	7,899 per game
Results
Record	20–14 (.588)
Place	2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	Won WNBA Finals (2-1) vs Connecticut Sun
Team Leaders
Points	Lauren Jackson 20.5 ppg
Rebounds	Lauren Jackson 6.7 rpg
Assists	Sue Bird 6.5 apg
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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

Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Club Team
19	Trina Frierson	United States	Louisiana Tech

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Los Angeles Sparks x	25	9	.735	–	15–2	10–7	16–6
Seattle Storm x	20	14	.588	5.0	13–4	7–10	13–9
Minnesota Lynx x	18	16	.529	7.0	11–6	7–10	12–10
Sacramento Monarchs x	18	16	.529	7.0	10–7	8–9	12–10
Phoenix Mercury o	17	17	.500	8.0	10–7	7–10	11–11
Houston Comets o	13	21	.382	12.0	9–8	4–13	7–15
San Antonio Silver Stars o	9	25	.265	16.0	6–11	3–14	6–16

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	@ Minnesota	70-58	Win	1-0
2	September 27	Minnesota	64-54	Win	2-0
Western Conference Finals
1	October 1	@ Sacramento	72-74 (OT)	Loss	2-1
2	October 3	Sacramento	66-54	Win	3-1
3	October 5	Sacramento	82-62	Win	4-1
WNBA Finals
1	October 8	@ Connecticut	64-68	Loss	2-2
2	October 10	Connecticut	67-65	Win	3-2
3	October 12	Connecticut	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
Lauren Jackson	31	207	51	31	62	634
Sue Bird	34	106	184	51	5	439
Betty Lennox	32	159	79	34	3	358
Sheri Sam	34	139	82	53	6	310
Kamila Vodichkova	34	168	55	32	12	273
Janell Burse	29	96	19	23	36	141
Tully Bevilaqua	34	26	29	38	2	79
Adia Barnes	34	63	31	23	2	67
Alicia Thompson	23	24	9	6	0	52
Simone Edwards	23	56	5	8	3	48
Michelle Greco	13	10	8	3	0	29
Trina Frierson	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

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