Storm 64, Silver Stars 55

SAN ANTONIO -- Shannon Johnson scores 16 points and Janell Burse added 15 to lead the Seattle Storm to a 64-55 win over the San Antonio Silver Stars on Saturday night.

Suzy Batkovic-Brown and Ashley Walker each added 11 points as Seattle ended a three-game losing streak.

The Storm (20-14), locked into the second seed and scheduled to face third-seeded Los Angeles in the first round Wednesday, didn't play four players. Sue Bird (sore neck) was on the bench, while Lauren Jackson (back stress fracture), Katie Gearlds (injured left knee) and Swin Cash (personal reasons) didn't travel.

Shanna Crossely came off the bench to lead the Silver Stars (15-19) with 12 points.

The Silver Stars had already secured the fourth seed when Minnesota Lynx lost to the Los Angeles Sparks on Friday night. Headed for a matchup with top-seeded Phoenix scheduled for Thursday night, starters Becky Hammon and Sophia Young were not in uniform.

The Silver Stars opened the second half leading 27-26, but Seattle took a 38-31 lead with 5 minutes left in the third quarter behind Johnson's seven points in the period.

San Antonio came back to cut the lead to three on a three-point play by Erin Perperoglou with 3:47 to make it 54-51, but La'Tangela Atkinson's steal and layup with 2 minutes pushed the lead back up to 59-51.

Johnson sealed it with a 29-foot 3-pointer with 30 seconds left.

San Antonio struggled with turnovers all night, committing 20 of them that led to 23 Storm points.