Postgame Notes: Dream Beat Storm, 87-74


GAME HIGHLIGHTS
  • With tonight’s loss, Seattle’s record now stands at 18-7, still good for best in the WNBA.
  • Storm veteran Sue Bird played in her 500th-career game today, breaking DeLisha Milton-Jones’ previous record (499) for the most games played in WNBA history.
  • Despite the loss and the team’s road record falling to 8-3, Seattle is still pacing to set the franchise road wins record (currently 11, set in 2010, when the Storm went 11-6 on the road). The team has 6 of its remaining 9 regular-season games away from KeyArena.

KEY STATS OF THE GAME

  • The Storm was held to just 40.3 percent (29-for-72) shooting, its third-lowest shooting performance of the season.
  • Atlanta outrebounded Seattle, 42-35, and owned a plus-20 advantage in points in the paint.
STORM HIGHLIGHTS
  • WNBA MVP candidate Breanna Stewart, who entered tonight’s game leading the WNBA in scoring at 22.3 PPG, finished with 31 points. Tonight marks her fourth 30-plus point effort this season, including her third such effort in the team’s last four games.
  • Alysha Clark dished out four assists, tying her season-high, which she has now achieved four times.
  • Guard Sue Bird scored 12 points on 4-for-7 shooting, including a season-high-tying 4-for-6 from deep (4 vs. Washington on July 8). She also handed out six assists, giving her 165 on the season.
  • Jewell Loyd recorded double-figures with 11 points on 4-for-11 shooting.
  • Breanna Stewart pulled down her 800th-career rebound with 2:03 left to play in the first quarter.
  • Storm forward Crystal Langhorne snagged her 300th-career steal with 3:10 left to go in the second frame and finished with a season-high two takeaways.
  • Breanna Stewart needs to score 20 or more points in four more games to break her own single-season franchise record of 21, achieved in 2017.
  • Seattle dropped to 16-3 with the starting lineup of Sue Bird, Jewell Loyd, Breanna Stewart, Alysha Clark and Natasha Howard.
  • The Storm suffered its first road loss of July, falling to 4-1 this month on the road.
  • With tonight’s loss, Seattle drops the season series with the Dream, 1-2, with the team’s only win coming July 6, 2018, a 95-86 win in Atlanta.

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