Dallas Wings Team Notes

 The Wings played their second Sunday game of the season. They now stand at 1-1 when playing
that day.
 Overall the Wings are 6-6 and 4-3 in the month of June.
 The Wings grabbed 2 boards for the day
 Behind the charity strip the Wings shot 76 percent.
 The Wings caused the Storm to turnover the ball 15 times today, scoring 20 points. The Storm
came in averaging 13.8 turnovers a game.
 The Wings continue to dish out high numbers in assists. This afternoon the team recorded 18 to
keep their average up for the season.

Dallas Wings Player Notes

 Liz Cambage led all scorers for the day with 23 points. It marks as her seventh 20-point plus
game for the season. Her 20-point first half performance was the highest she has recorded in a
half this season. Cambage has scored double figures in every game played this season.
 Allisha Gray also recorded double figures for the fifth time this season with 12 points. Overall
she has scored double digits in five of seven.
 Skylar Diggins-Smith registered 10 points for the afternoon. She has scored double figures in 11
of the 12 games played this season.
 Off the bench the Wings recorded 17 points with Aerial Powers leading the reserves scoring nine
points.

Seattle Post Game Notes

 Breanna Stewart, who entered tonight’s game leading the WNBA in scoring with 21.5 points
per game, finished with 28 points and 12 rebounds, notching her 23rd double-double in her
career.
 Natasha Howard posted 13 points and 4 rebounds.
 Sue Bird posted her 24th career double-double, scoring 10 points and dishing out a seasonhigh
10 assists.
 Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis notched her third-straight start, and finished with 8 points and a
season-high 2 steals.
 Storm guard Noelle Quinn grabbed her 1,000th career rebound at the 8:12 mark in the
second quarter.
 Sami Whitcomb scored a season-high 12 points, connecting on 4-for-7 from deep, and tied
her career-high with 3 steals.
 Storm forward Crystal Langhorne, in her third game back from a right rib injury, collected a
season-high-tying 3 rebounds.
 Jordin Canada finished with 9 points, one shy of her career-high (10, vs. Chicago, 5/25/18).
She also dished out 3 dimes.
 The Storm played without Alysha Clark (right ankle) for the third-straight game.
 Storm head coach Dan Hughes improved to 4-1 on the road in his first season on the
sidelines with the franchise.
 Seattle is now 1-1 on the season vs. Dallas, and will face the team for the third and final time
in Seattle on July 14.

Head Coach Fred Williams

(On tonight’s game) “I thought Seattle played hard. They passed the ball. They average 27 assists per game and I let the team know that before the game. It was our transition defense tonight, we just didn’t get back fast enough. Our bigs and our guards didn’t protect back. I thought we left our minds a bit from the LA game and didn’t really show up. It was a lesson learned and we have to get ready to play on the road in a back-to back situation to get ourselves going again.”

(On tonight’s fourth quarter) “We came out empty on a lot of shots and Seattle is a good transition team to get the ball off and the rim and push it on you, especially Sue Bird. She is best in the business in picking you apart. With her and Jordin Canada now, they can get to the rim and cause a lot of trouble. That’s what happened when we tied the score and came up close. We came out empty on a few shots. They came up with some good plays. Stewart opened it up with some threes in the fourth quarter. We’ve just got to play harder.

“I’ll say it again, like Charles Barkley said, it’s either a good shot or it’s not. We’ve got to put the ball in the basket. They put the ball in the basket tonight. I thought Seattle had players come off the bench and put it up. For us, we just didn’t put it in. If you miss, they will run out on you.”

Wings Center Liz Cambage

(On tonight’s fourth quarter) “We just weren’t hungry enough to win the game.”

(On what to fix) “We need to come ready to play, we need to bring energy, and we need to be better.”

Wings forward Kayla Thornton
(On playing consistent) “I think we just have to come up more focused as a unit…we have to bring the same energy and the same intensity, and the same effort as if we won, or whatever it is.”

(On tonight’s fourth quarter) “We didn’t give the effort.”

Head Coach Dan Hughes

Thoughts on the game

“Well, it came down to about the last nine minutes, we were sitting there at 68-68, we had had runs, they
had had runs. I thought we just did a good job of being able to get some stops, and we scored really well.
(Sue) Bird did a great job of finding people, (Breanna) Stewart was excellent just in finishing in that stretch. It was just that combination to help us be able to separate down the stretch.”

On creating separation in the fourth quarter

“I think we were able to defend, rebound, and then play back at them. And that was a hard thing to do – (Liz) Cambage had periods where they do it, they attacked us, we played back and forth and back and forth. But we got a little foothold defensively late, and I thought that was the difference.”

On defensive approach

“Well, we had various things that we were trying to do, especially when you’re starting with Cambage and Skylar (Diggins-Smith). Like any situation, they’re not going to work the whole game. Lucky for us, it worked in the second half, and they worked late. It’s not like we did anything really different than we did in the first half, but sometimes you gain momentum when things aren’t going in the basket. I thought we gained a littlemomentum.”

On winning the transition game

“We shot it good. It’s one of those days where you’re making shots, so they’re having a hard time getting
that transition phase going because we’re scoring pretty regular.”

Forward, Breanna Stewart

On the game

“We knew it was going to be a battle. Last time we came here, we didn’t have (Crystal Langhorne) or Sue
(Bird), so to have them back was great. AC (Alysha Clarke) is out right now, and I think, down the stretch we just made more plays than them.”

On Second chance points

“Really, just crashing as much as possible. Natasha (Howard) does a great job getting in there, and getting her hands on balls, getting us a second opportunity to score. I think the last game, they out-rebounded us by a pretty big margin, and we want to be aggressive and kind of make them have to worry about us instead of us worrying about them crashing.”

On personal performance

“I mean, just doing what I do best. You know, trying to be the best, and obviously, I want to win. I’m here, I’m playing because I want to win this game, I’m just a competitive player. You know, there comes a time when you don’t worry about being tired – everybody’s tired. And you just do things to make better plays.”