NBA

Washington Mystics at Seattle Storm

· Women's National Basketball Association
11-9, 5-5 Away
Final
85 - 71

11-6, 7-3 Home

Bird ties WNBA wins record, leads Storm past Mystics 85-71

Bird, playing at home for the first time since announcing last week that she'll retire at the end of the season, tied Minnesota star Lindsay Whalen for the most career wins with 323.

Jewell Loyd hit six 3-pointers and scored 22 points and Breanna Stewart had 19 points, nine rebounds and seven assists for Seattle.

Washington pulled within 69-67 after consecutive 3-pointers by Elena Delle Donne and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough before Seattle went on a decisive 14-2 run and restored a double-digit lead.

Ezi Magbegor scored 20 points and Bird added eight assists for Seattle (11-6). The Storm made 12 3-pointers and shot 45.6% overall.

Delle Donne led Washington (11-9) with 20 points in just 29 minutes. Myisha Hines-Allen had 12 points, and Ariel Atkins and Alysha Clark each scored 11. Clark moved past 2,000 career points.

Regular Season Series

SEA wins series 2-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 71 - 85
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 71 - 85
4th 10.5 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough out of bounds lost ball turnover 71 - 85
4th 19.1 Sue Bird makes 15-foot two point shot (Breanna Stewart assists) 71 - 85
4th 41.9 Breanna Stewart defensive rebound 71 - 83

Statistics

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26-70 FG 31-68
37 Field Goal % 46
9-30 3PT 12-26
30 Three Point % 46
10-12 FT 11-12
83 Free Throw % 92
43 Rebounds 36
11 Offensive Rebounds 5
32 Defensive Rebounds 31
19 Assists 25
4 Steals 5
2 Blocks 4
12 Turnovers 7
0 Team Turnovers 1
12 Total Turnovers 8
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 1
16 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 10
4 Fast Break Points 20
28 Points in Paint 28
12 Fouls 10
4 Largest Lead 14

Game Information

Climate Pledge Arena

Location: Seattle, WA
Attendance: 9,884 · Capacity:

2025-26 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Indiana - 0 W1 1 1
Atlanta 0.5 0 - 0 0
Connecticut 0.5 0 - 0 0
Toronto 0.5 0 - 0 0
Chicago 1 1 L1 0 0
Washington 1 1 L1 0 0
New York 1 1 L1 0 0

2025-26 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Golden State - 0 W1 1 1
Los Angeles - 0 W1 1 1
Minnesota - 0 W1 1 1
Phoenix - 0 W1 1 1
Dallas 0.5 0 - 0 0
Las Vegas 0.5 0 - 0 0
Portland 0.5 0 - 0 0
Seattle 1 1 L1 0 0
Full Standings

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