Seattle Storm at Washington Mystics

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Seattle Storm

23-8, 12-4 Away

Final
100 - 77

Washington Mystics

19-11, 10-5 Home

Mystics beat Storm 100-77 for 5th straight victory

Washington never trailed and led by as many as 27 points.

Despite the loss, Seattle clinched one of the top two seeds in the playoffs when Atlanta beat Los Angeles later Thursday. The Storm have a bye to the semifinals.

Natasha Cloud had 14 points and eight assists for Washington (19-11) and Ariel Atkins added 12 points. The Mystics are a game behind the second-place Atlanta Dream. Delle Donne was 11 of 16 from the field as the Mystics shot 57 percent, including 12 of 26 from 3-point range.

Natasha Howard and Jewell Loyd each scored 15 points for Seattle (23-8), which had its five-game winning streak snapped. Breanna Stewart was held to 10 points on 2-of-5 shooting and Sue Bird scored seven points in 18 minutes.

Seattle started the fourth quarter on an 11-0 run to pull to 83-67 and a Jordin Canada 3-pointer made it 89-75. But the Mystics scored the next nine points to secure it.

Regular Season Series

SEA wins series 2-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0	End of Game	77 - 100
4th 0.0	End of the 4th Quarter	77 - 100
4th 23.5	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 4-foot two point shot (Tierra Ruffin-Pratt assists)	77 - 100
4th 39.1	Sami Whitcomb makes free throw 2 of 2	77 - 98
4th 39.1	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough enters the game for Tianna Hawkins	76 - 98

Statistics

SEA		WSH
23-58	FG	38-66
40	Field Goal %	58
9-26	3PT	12-26
35	Three Point %	46
22-24	FT	12-14
92	Free Throw %	86
23	Rebounds	33
6	Offensive Rebounds	9
17	Defensive Rebounds	24
17	Assists	23
5	Steals	5
1	Blocks	1
9	Turnovers	9
1	Team Turnovers	0
10	Total Turnovers	9
0	Technical Fouls	0
0	Total Technical Fouls	0
0	Flagrant Fouls	0
12	Points Conceded Off Turnovers	4
2	Fast Break Points	0
24	Points in Paint	36
12	Fouls	17
0	Largest Lead	27

Game Information

Capital One Arena

Location: Washington, DC
Attendance: 6,808 · Capacity:

2025-26 Western Conference Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	-	7	W2	0.7941176	27
Golden State	3	9	W4	0.71875	23
Las Vegas	4	11	W1	0.6764706	23
Dallas	7.5	14	L3	0.57575756	19
Portland	13	19	W2	0.40625	13
Los Angeles	14	20	L2	0.375	12
Phoenix	14.5	22	W1	0.37142858	13
Seattle	20.5	28	W1	0.2	7

2025-26 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Indiana	-	12	W2	0.6363636	21
Atlanta	0.5	12	W1	0.625	20
Washington	1.5	13	L1	0.59375	19
New York	1.5	14	L1	0.5882353	20
Chicago	9	21	L2	0.36363637	12
Toronto	10.5	22	L9	0.3125	10
Connecticut	12	23	W1	0.2580645	8

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