NBA

Washington Mystics at Seattle Storm

· Women's National Basketball Association
11-10, 4-7 Away
Final
69 - 74

13-9, 7-4 Home

Brittney Sykes scores 10 of her 19 in 4th, Mystics beat Storm 74-69

Mystics hold on to beat Storm

Kiki Iriafen finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds for Washington (11-10) and her six double-doubles this season are tied with Chamique Holdsclaw for franchise's single-season rookie record.

Ezi Magbegor scored a season-high 19 points, Nneka Ogwumike added 16 and Skylar Diggins had 10 for the Storm. Tiffany Mitchell, who was signed by Seattle on Thursday after the nine-year veteran was waived by Las Vegas on June 30, finished with 12 points.

Ogwumike made a layup to cut the deficit to 70-69 with 40.8 seconds to play but Sykes answered with a driving layup late in the shot clock before Diggins stepped out of bounds with 17 seconds remaining. Sykes made to free throws to cap the scoring.

Diggins finished with four assists and moved into a tie with New York's Natasha Cloud for eighth in WNBA history with 1,638 career assists.

The Mystics used a 15-4 run to take a 62-61 lead with 4:28 left in the game. Citron capped the spurt with a 3-pointer and then a driving layup.

The Storm's Gabby Williams limped off the court in the closing seconds. She finished with six points on 2-of-9 shooting, and had five rebounds and four assists.

Seattle shot just 36% (25 of 69) from the field.

The Mystics play Tuesday at Los Angeles. The Storm host Golden State on Wednesday.

Regular Season Series

WSH wins series 2-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 74 - 69
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 74 - 69
4th 5.1 Erica Wheeler bad pass (Shakira Austin steals) 74 - 69
4th 13.0 Brittney Sykes makes free throw 2 of 2 74 - 69
4th 13.0 Shakira Austin enters the game for Stefanie Dolson 73 - 69

Statistics

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28-63 FG 25-69
44 Field Goal % 36
3-14 3PT 7-19
21 Three Point % 37
15-22 FT 12-14
68 Free Throw % 86
36 Rebounds 29
9 Offensive Rebounds 9
27 Defensive Rebounds 20
19 Assists 13
6 Steals 5
2 Blocks 4
15 Turnovers 15
1 Team Turnovers 2
16 Total Turnovers 17
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
15 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 17
10 Fast Break Points 6
48 Points in Paint 30
20 Fouls 20
8 Largest Lead 10

Game Information

Climate Pledge Arena

Location: Seattle, WA
Attendance: 11,126 · Capacity:

2025-26 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Atlanta - 7 L3 0.6315789 12
New York 0.5 8 L2 0.6 12
Indiana 1 8 W1 0.57894737 11
Washington 2.5 9 W1 0.5 9
Toronto 3 10 L1 0.47368422 9
Chicago 6 13 L1 0.31578946 6
Connecticut 8 15 W2 0.21052632 4

2025-26 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Minnesota - 4 W2 0.7894737 15
Las Vegas 1 5 W2 0.7368421 14
Golden State 2.5 7 W3 0.65 13
Dallas 4 8 L2 0.57894737 11
Los Angeles 6.5 10 L2 0.44444445 8
Portland 7.5 12 L3 0.4 8
Phoenix 8.5 13 W2 0.35 7
Seattle 10.5 15 W2 0.25 5
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