Seattle Storm at Dallas Wings
· Women's National Basketball AssociationLoyd, Howard help Storm beat Wings 78-64, clinch No. 6 seed
The Storm, the defending champions, will host No. 7 seed Minnesota in a single-elimination first-round game on Wednesday. The Lynx lost at Los Angeles and the Storm have the tiebreaker between the two teams.
Seattle has won three in a row overall, and four straight at home, against the Lynx.
Howard had 16 of her 22 points in the first half and and Loyd had 14 of her 16 before the break.
Seattle (18-16) shot 53.1% (17 of 32) from the field in the first half while limiting the Wings to 8-of-29 (28.6%) percent and forcing 10 Wings turnovers to take a 44-26 lead into the break and Dallas trailed by at least 14 the rest of the way.
Arike Ogunbowale led the Wings (10-24) with 25 points to finish the season with 630, the third-highest rookie scoring total in WNBA history.
Regular Season Series
SEA wins series 3-0
Recent Plays
| 4th 0.0 |  |
End of Game | 78 - 64 |
| 4th 0.0 | |
End of the 4th Quarter | 78 - 64 |
| 4th 19.9 |  |
Arike Ogunbowale makes free throw 1 of 1 | 78 - 64 |
| 4th 19.9 |  |
Blake Dietrick shooting foul | 78 - 63 |
| 4th 19.9 | |
Arike Ogunbowale makes layup | 78 - 63 |
Statistics
 SEA |
 DAL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 29-63 | FG | 23-67 |
| 46 | Field Goal % | 34 |
| 8-22 | 3PT | 5-17 |
| 36 | Three Point % | 29 |
| 12-15 | FT | 13-16 |
| 80 | Free Throw % | 81 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 7 | Offensive Rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Defensive Rebounds | 21 |
| 19 | Assists | 11 |
| 9 | Steals | 13 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 18 | Total Turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 2 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 2 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 18 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 14 |
| 19 | Fast Break Points | 20 |
| 38 | Points in Paint | 28 |
| 18 | Fouls | 15 |
| 23 | Largest Lead | 5 |
Game Information
Location: Arlington, TX
Attendance: 5,910 · Capacity:
2025-26 Western Conference Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Minnesota |
- | 6 | W9 | 0.8 | 24 |
 Las Vegas |
3 | 8 | W2 | 0.71428573 | 20 |
 Golden State |
4 | 9 | L2 | 0.6785714 | 19 |
 Dallas |
5 | 10 | L1 | 0.64285713 | 18 |
 Portland |
12 | 17 | L3 | 0.39285713 | 11 |
 Phoenix |
12.5 | 18 | W3 | 0.37931034 | 11 |
 Los Angeles |
12.5 | 17 | L6 | 0.37037036 | 10 |
 Seattle |
18 | 24 | L7 | 0.2 | 6 |
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