NBA

Seattle Storm at Washington Mystics

· Women's National Basketball Association
18-10, 7-7 Away
Final
77 - 83

6-22, 3-11 Home

Ogwumike scores 24 and Magbegor has 14 rebounds as Storm hold off Mystics 83-77

Washington Mystics vs. Seattle Storm - Game Highlights

The Storm announced the return of free agent Gabby Williams, who starred for France in their near upset of Team USA in the Olympic final in Paris.

Meanwhile, the Mystics made two deals before the games. The picked up Shug Sutton and a third-round draft pick next year from Phoenix for the rights to Klara Lundquist. Earlier they got Sika Kone and Olivia Epoupa and a 2026 second-round pick from Minnesota for Myisha Hines-Allen. Washington then waived Epoupa and DiDi Richards.

Seattle led by as many as 14 points but a 3-pointer by Brittney Sykes had the Mystics within three points with 11 seconds left. Three free throws sealed it for the Storm.

Jewell Loyd had 18 points and Skylar Diggins-Smith 17 for Seattle (18-10), which had lost two coming out of the Olympic break, giving up more than 50 points in the second half of each loss.

Ariel Atkins had 25 points, hitting five 3s, to lead Washington (6-22) and Shakira Austin had 24. Sykes had 12 points. Washington scored 47 points in the second half but had 22 total turnovers that were turned into 29 points.

Ogwumike had 14 points in the first quarter when the Storm opened a 26-17 lead and Diggins-Smith had 11 by the half as the lead stretched to 44-30.

The Mystics were 2 of 15 on 3-pointers with 15 turnovers.

Regular Season Series

SEA wins series 3-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 83 - 77
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 83 - 77
4th 0.0 Mystics offensive team rebound 83 - 77
4th 0.0 Brittney Sykes misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot 83 - 77
4th 5.1 Jewell Loyd makes free throw 2 of 2 83 - 77

Statistics

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27-70 FG 28-72
39 Field Goal % 39
3-23 3PT 8-24
13 Three Point % 33
26-30 FT 13-19
87 Free Throw % 68
38 Rebounds 41
9 Offensive Rebounds 12
29 Defensive Rebounds 29
15 Assists 19
10 Steals 9
6 Blocks 3
16 Turnovers 22
0 Team Turnovers 0
16 Total Turnovers 22
0 Technical Fouls 1
0 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
11 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 29
7 Fast Break Points 2
38 Points in Paint 28
16 Fouls 25
14 Largest Lead 5

Game Information

CareFirst Arena

Location: Washington, DC
Attendance: 4,200 · Capacity:

2025-26 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Minnesota - 2 W8 0.8333333 10
Las Vegas 1 3 W5 0.75 9
Dallas 2 4 W1 0.6666667 8
Golden State 2.5 5 W2 0.61538464 8
Los Angeles 4 6 W2 0.5 6
Portland 5 8 L4 0.42857143 6
Phoenix 7 10 L2 0.2857143 4
Seattle 8.5 12 L8 0.2 3

2025-26 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
New York - 4 W6 0.6923077 9
Atlanta 0.5 4 L1 0.6666667 8
Indiana 1.5 5 W2 0.5833333 7
Toronto 2 6 L1 0.53846157 7
Washington 3 6 W1 0.45454547 5
Chicago 5 9 L3 0.30769232 4
Connecticut 7.5 12 L4 0.14285715 2
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