Today’s attendance is 18,100, the largest crowd ever to watch a Storm game and the most fans to watch a sporting event at Climate Pledge Arena.
It is also the largest attendance for a WNBA game this season and the Storm’s second-straight sellout.
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Gabby Williams is the first player in WNBA history to record multiple steals, blocks, and assists in their team’s opening quarter of the season, per Elias Sports Bureau.
Breanna Stewart underwent successful surgery Wednesday for a minor repair and reinforcement of her left Achilles. The surgery was performed by Dr. Martin O’Malley. She is expected to make a full recovery and be available for the start of ’22 WNBA training camp.
GOAT NOTE:
Tomorrow, Lauren Jackson (@laurenej15) will become the first player from Australia—male or female—to be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame (@Hoophall).
LJ was a 3x scoring champ, 3x MVP and won 2 WNBA titles in 12 seasons in Seattle.
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GOAT NOTE:
Sue Bird (@S10Bird) has either scored or assisted on 27.7% of all baskets in Storm history. That number includes 4 seasons where she didn’t play (2000-01, 2013, 2019)!
When only including the seasons she has played, that number is 33.0%.
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Gabby Williams picked up her 5th steal of the game to join Teresa Weatherspoon and Tamika Catchings as the only players with at least 90 steals in a single season.