2003 Seattle Storm season

The 2003 WNBA season was the fourth for the Seattle Storm. The team almost made the playoffs, but they fell in a tiebreaker to the Minnesota Lynx.

2003 Seattle Storm season
Coach	Anne Donovan
Arena	KeyArena
Attendance	7,109 per game
Results
Record	18–16 (.529)
Place	5th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Lauren Jackson 21.2 ppg
Rebounds	Lauren Jackson 9.3 rpg
Assists	Sue Bird 7.8 apg
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Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Pick	Player	Nationality	Former Team
9	Alisa Burras (F)	United States	Portland Fire

WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/School/Team
1	8	Jung Sun-min (C)	South Korea	Gwangju Sinsegye Coolcats (WKBL)
2	22	Suzy Batkovic (C)	Australia	Valenciennes (France)
3	37	Chrissy Floyd (G)	United States	Clemson

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Los Angeles Sparks x	24	10	.706	–	11–6	13–4	17–7
Houston Comets x	20	14	.588	4.0	14–3	6–11	14–10
Sacramento Monarchs x	19	15	.559	5.0	12–5	7–10	13–11
Minnesota Lynx x	18	16	.529	6.0	11–6	7–10	14–10
Seattle Storm o	18	16	.529	6.0	13–4	5–12	11–13
San Antonio Silver Stars o	12	22	.353	12.0	9–8	3–14	10–14
Phoenix Mercury o	8	26	.235	16.0	6–11	2–15	5–19

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
May 22	@ Houston	64-75	Loss	0-1
May 24	@ San Antonio	56-65	Loss	0-2
May 30	Los Angeles	74-77 (OT)	Loss	0-3
June 3	Sacramento	70-56	Win	1-3
June 7	Phoenix	66-57	Win	2-3
June 10	Indiana	78-51	Win	3-3
June 14	Minnesota	72-77	Loss	3-4
June 17	@ Phoenix	61-60	Win	4-4
June 19	@ Los Angeles	69-67	Win	5-4
June 21	@ Sacramento	64-69	Loss	5-5
June 22	San Antonio	93-53	Win	6-5
June 27	@ Cleveland	71-59	Win	7-5
June 28	@ Indiana	70-79	Loss	7-6
June 30	@ Charlotte	83-71	Win	8-6
July 3	Washington	76-72	Win	9-6
July 5	@ Los Angeles	75-84	Loss	9-7
July 15	Houston	69-55	Win	10-7
July 17	@ Connecticut	67-65	Win	11-7
July 18	@ Detroit	61-74	Loss	11-8
July 20	@ Minnesota	58-69	Loss	11-9
July 23	New York	75-65	Win	12-9
July 25	Phoenix	82-53	Win	13-9
July 26	@ Sacramento	63-76	Loss	13-10
July 31	Charlotte	69-54	Win	14-10
August 2	@ Minnesota	71-73	Loss	14-11
August 6	Los Angeles	92-56	Win	15-11
August 8	Minnesota	68-65	Win	16-11
August 12	San Antonio	77-87	Loss	16-12
August 15	@ Phoenix	50-64	Loss	16-13
August 17	Detroit	86-95	Loss	16-14
August 19	@ Houston	47-52	Loss	16-15
August 20	@ San Antonio	70-78 (OT)	Loss	16-16
August 23	Houston	71-64	Win	17-16
August 25	Sacramento	70-57	Win	18-16

Player stats

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Lauren Jackson	33	307	62	38	64	698
Sue Bird	34	113	221	48	1	420
Kamila Vodičková	28	143	31	20	21	284
Sandy Brondello	34	56	69	31	2	280
Amanda Lassiter	32	112	42	27	26	163
Simone Edwards	34	133	16	10	9	157
Alisa Burras	27	61	5	5	5	89
Adia Barnes	16	65	23	11	7	88
Rita Williams	32	22	41	14	0	78
Tully Bevilaqua	31	26	32	14	1	58
Tonya Washington	11	11	5	4	0	33
Jung Sun-Min	17	10	1	5	0	30
Mactabene Amachree	7	14	0	5	2	8
Danielle McCulley	7	1	0	0	0	2

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