2004 Seattle Storm season

The 2004 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Seattle Storm. They captured their first title in franchise history, bringing a title back to Seattle for the first time since 1979 when the Seattle SuperSonics, the Storm's former sister team, brought a title to Seattle by beating the Washington Bullets.

2004 Seattle Storm season
Coach	Anne Donovan
Arena	KeyArena
Attendance	7,899 per game
Results
Record	20–14 (.588)
Place	2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	Won WNBA Finals (2-1) vs Connecticut Sun
Team Leaders
Points	Lauren Jackson 20.5 ppg
Rebounds	Lauren Jackson 6.7 rpg
Assists	Sue Bird 6.5 apg
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Offseason

WNBA draft

Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Club Team
19	Trina Frierson	United States	Louisiana Tech

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Los Angeles Sparks x	25	9	.735	–	15–2	10–7	16–6
Seattle Storm x	20	14	.588	5.0	13–4	7–10	13–9
Minnesota Lynx x	18	16	.529	7.0	11–6	7–10	12–10
Sacramento Monarchs x	18	16	.529	7.0	10–7	8–9	12–10
Phoenix Mercury o	17	17	.500	8.0	10–7	7–10	11–11
Houston Comets o	13	21	.382	12.0	9–8	4–13	7–15
San Antonio Silver Stars o	9	25	.265	16.0	6–11	3–14	6–16

Season Schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
May 20	Minnesota	88-85	Win	1-0
May 22	Los Angeles	93-67	Win	2-0
May 28	@ Phoenix	76-84	Loss	2-1
June 1	@ Los Angeles	70-73	Loss	2-2
June 3	Phoenix	72-45	Win	3-2
June 5	@ Sacramento	65-63	Win	4-2
June 11	Connecticut	68-63	Win	5-2
June 15	@ New York	86-62	Win	6-2
June 18	@ Houston	69-63	Win	7-2
June 19	@ San Antonio	74-61	Win	8-2
June 22	Houston	57-63	Loss	8-3
June 26	New York	62-67	Loss	8-4
July 1	San Antonio	76-52	Win	9-4
July 3	Sacramento	75-61	Win	10-4
July 7	@ Washington	69-72	Loss	10-5
July 8	@ Charlotte	67-70	Loss	10-6
July 10	@ Detroit	65-70	Loss	10-7
July 12	San Antonio	75-59	Win	11-7
July 15	@ Sacramento	66-63	Win	12-7
July 17	Washington	85-83	Win	13-7
July 22	Indiana	59-54	Win	14-7
July 24	Houston	67-63	Win	15-7
July 27	@ Houston	55-80	Loss	15-8
July 30	@ Minnesota	70-55	Win	16-8
August 1	Charlotte	87-55	Win	17-8
September 1	Sacramento	65-73	Loss	17-9
September 3	@ Los Angeles	81-82	Loss	17-10
September 4	@ Phoenix	55-63	Loss	17-11
September 8	Detroit	86-67	Win	18-11
September 10	@ Minnesota	61-64	Loss	18-12
September 12	@ Connecticut	64-71	Loss	18-13
September 13	@ Indiana	76-70	Win	19-13
September 15	Phoenix	73-58	Win	20-13
September 18	Los Angeles	80-83	Loss	20-14

Playoff Results

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
Western Conference Semifinals
1	September 25	@ Minnesota	70-58	Win	1-0
2	September 27	Minnesota	64-54	Win	2-0
Western Conference Finals
1	October 1	@ Sacramento	72-74 (OT)	Loss	2-1
2	October 3	Sacramento	66-54	Win	3-1
3	October 5	Sacramento	82-62	Win	4-1
WNBA Finals
1	October 8	@ Connecticut	64-68	Loss	2-2
2	October 10	Connecticut	67-65	Win	3-2
3	October 12	Connecticut	74-60	Win	4-2

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Lauren Jackson	31	207	51	31	62	634
Sue Bird	34	106	184	51	5	439
Betty Lennox	32	159	79	34	3	358
Sheri Sam	34	139	82	53	6	310
Kamila Vodichkova	34	168	55	32	12	273
Janell Burse	29	96	19	23	36	141
Tully Bevilaqua	34	26	29	38	2	79
Adia Barnes	34	63	31	23	2	67
Alicia Thompson	23	24	9	6	0	52
Simone Edwards	23	56	5	8	3	48
Michelle Greco	13	10	8	3	0	29
Trina Frierson	5	5	0	0	0	7

Playoffs

• Won WNBA Western Conference Semifinals (2-0) over Minnesota Lynx
• Won WNBA Western Conference Finals (2-1) over Sacramento Monarchs
• Won WNBA Finals (2-1) over Connecticut Sun

Awards and honors

• Betty Lennox, WNBA Finals MVP Award
• Lauren Jackson, WNBA Peak Performer
• Lauren Jackson, Best WNBA Player ESPY Award

External links

• Storm on Basketball Reference