SEATTLE (AP) — Breanna Stewart had 22 points and 15 rebounds and the Seattle
Storm beat the New York Liberty 85-77 on Friday night to secure the top seed in
the WNBA playoffs.
Seattle (25-8) has won 15 of its last 18 games and has home-court advantage
throughout the playoffs.
Sue Bird had 13 points and six assists for Seattle. The Storm set the WNBA
single-season record for 3-pointers with its 284th, passing Phoenix’s total from
2007. Stewart made a wide-open 3 in the first quarter to break Seattle’s
franchise record for field goals in a season, topping Lauren Jackson’s 258 in
2007.
Seattle opened the fourth quarter on a 16-5 spurt to take a 78-63 lead.
Tina Charles scored 21 points for New York (7-26), and Sugar Rodgers scored all
12 of her points in the fourth quarter. The Liberty have lost 12 straight. Kiah
Stokes moved into sixth on New York’s rebounding list, passing Teresa
Weatherspoon.
It was Seattle’s franchise-record fourth straight sellout.
