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Dallas Wings at Seattle Storm

· Women's National Basketball Association
7-17, 3-10 Away
Final
63 - 87

14-10, 8-5 Home

Bueckers reaches double figures for 19th straight game as Wings beat short-handed Storm 87-63

Wings beat Storm 87-63 in Seattle showdown

Bueckers also had six assists to tie Caitlin Clark’s WNBA record for the fastest player to reach 300 points and 100 assists.

Skylar Diggins, Seattle’s leader with 17.5 points and 5.8 assists per game, did not play due to personal reasons.

Dallas trailed 36-26 with 1:33 left in the second quarter before scoring the final eight points of the half, capped by Ogunbowale’s 3-pointer with 0.2 seconds left. The Wings also started the third on a 9-0 run for a 43-36 lead following the 17-0 run around the halftime break.

Li Yueru, the former Seattle center, made a 3-pointer from the corner to extend Dallas' lead to 77-58 with 4:46 left. The Wings outscored the Storm 53-27 in the second half.

Luisa Geiselsoder added 13 points and Yueru had eight points and 10 rebounds for Dallas (7-17), which snapped a four-game losing streak. Ogunbowale made her first four 3-point attempts.

Seattle (14-10) was led by Nneka Ogwumike's 22 points. Gabby Williams had 14 points, six rebounds, eight assists and four steals. Ezi Magbegor had 12 points and nine rebounds.

Seattle's reserves were outscored for the 10th straight game.

Regular Season Series

SEA wins series 3-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 87 - 63
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 87 - 63
4th 19.2 Grace Berger defensive rebound 87 - 63
4th 24.1 Dominique Malonga misses two point shot 87 - 63
4th 36.1 Haley Jones makes two point shot (Aziaha James assists) 87 - 63

Statistics

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32-71 FG 23-75
45 Field Goal % 31
10-23 3PT 4-21
43 Three Point % 19
13-17 FT 13-14
76 Free Throw % 93
48 Rebounds 34
9 Offensive Rebounds 6
39 Defensive Rebounds 28
25 Assists 18
6 Steals 8
7 Blocks 5
15 Turnovers 9
1 Team Turnovers 2
16 Total Turnovers 11
1 Technical Fouls 1
1 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 1
16 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 14
21 Fast Break Points 15
40 Points in Paint 34
16 Fouls 17
24 Largest Lead 10

Game Information

Climate Pledge Arena

Location: Seattle, WA
Attendance: 12,500 · Capacity:

2024-25 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Minnesota - 10 W1 0.77272725 34
Las Vegas 4 14 W16 0.6818182 30
Phoenix 7 17 L3 0.6136364 27
Seattle 11 21 W1 0.52272725 23
Golden State 11 21 L3 0.52272725 23
Los Angeles 13 23 L1 0.47727272 21
Dallas 24 34 W1 0.22727273 10
Full Standings

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