2005 Seattle Storm season

2005 Seattle Storm season
CoachAnne Donovan
ArenaKeyArena
Attendance8,891 per game
Results
Record20–14 (.588)
Place2nd (Western)
Playoff finishLost First Round (2-1) to Houston Comets
Team Leaders
PointsLauren Jackson 17.6 ppg
ReboundsLauren Jackson 9.2 rpg
AssistsSue Bird 6.9 apg

The 2005 WNBA season was the sixth season for the Seattle Storm. They were able to reach the playoffs, but were unable to defend their title from the year before.

Offseason

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team
1 12 Tanisha Wright (G)  United States Penn State
2 25 Ashley Battle (F)  United States Connecticut
3 38 Steffanie Blackmon (F)  United States Baylor

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Sacramento Monarchs x 25 9 .735 – 15–2 10–7 17–5
Seattle Storm x 20 14 .588 5.0 14–3 6–11 13–9
Houston Comets x 19 15 .559 6.0 11–6 8–9 11–11
Los Angeles Sparks x 17 17 .500 8.0 11–6 6–11 12–10
Phoenix Mercury o 16 18 .471 9.0 11–6 5–12 12–10
Minnesota Lynx o 14 20 .412 11.0 11–6 3–14 9–13
San Antonio Silver Stars o 7 27 .206 18.0 5–12 2–15 3–19

Season schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
May 21 Los Angeles 50-68 Loss 0-1
May 27 Houston 79-69 Win 1-1
May 29 San Antonio 79-51 Win 2-1
June 2 @ Phoenix 78-67 Win 3-1
June 4 Indiana 83-77 Win 4-1
June 7 @ Connecticut 69-81 Loss 4-2
June 8 @ Detroit 76-61 Win 5-2
June 10 @ Washington 52-64 Loss 5-3
June 12 @ Charlotte 62-60 Win 6-3
June 15 Minnesota 81-86 Loss 6-4
June 22 Connecticut 95-86 Win 7-4
June 24 @ Los Angeles 65-76 Loss 7-5
June 26 @ Minnesota 70-73 Loss 7-6
June 28 @ Houston 67-71 Loss 7-7
June 30 @ San Antonio 69-81 Loss 7-8
July 3 Sacramento 74-67 Win 8-8
July 6 @ Phoenix 61-73 Loss 8-9
July 13 Washington 71-78 Loss 8-10
July 15 San Antonio 92-70 Win 9-10
July 16 @ Los Angeles 78-70 Win 10-10
July 19 New York 87-78 Win 11-10
July 23 Detroit 74-71 Win 12-10
July 29 Charlotte 79-68 Win 13-10
July 31 Los Angeles 77-72 Win 14-10
August 4 @ Indiana 68-78 Loss 14-11
August 6 @ New York 67-79 Loss 14-12
August 9 Houston 71-68 Win 15-12
August 12 @ Minnesota 72-66 Win 16-12
August 14 @ Houston 72-75 Loss 16-13
August 18 Minnesota 76-60 Win 17-13
August 20 @ Sacramento 65-75 Loss 17-14
August 23 @ San Antonio 78-51 Win 18-14
August 25 Sacramento 76-63 Win 19-14
August 27 Phoenix 85-74 Win 20-14
August 30 (1st Round, G1) @ Houston 75-67 Win 1-0
September 1 (1st Round, G2) Houston 64-67 Loss 1-1
September 3 (1st Round, G3) Houston 58-75 Loss 1-2

Player stats

Player Minutes Field Goals Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Points
Lauren Jackson 1176 206 313 57 36 67 597
Sue Bird 1020 130 72 176 29 6 364
Betty Lennox 800 123 124 57 35 5 346
Janell Burse 859 127 199 23 19 40 340
Iziane Castro Marques 879 93 97 49 18 4 269
Suzy Batkovic 461 76 94 26 17 24 199
Tanisha Wright 528 49 57 53 18 3 122
Francesca Zara 413 34 39 51 16 1 90
Alicia Thompson 329 32 45 14 4 4 83
Simone Edwards 201 24 31 3 4 2 55
Natalia Vodopyanova 98 8 20 10 3 2 25
Mandisa Stevenson 53 3 6 1 2 0 6
Ashley Battle 8 1 2 0 0 0 2

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References

  1. ^ "2005 Seattle Storm Stats".