2002 Seattle Storm season


The 2002 WNBA season was the third season for the Seattle Storm basketball team. They made to the playoffs for the first time, but losing to the Los Angeles Sparks in a sweep, who went on to win the WNBA Finals for the second year in a row. The Storm beat the Portland Fire by 1 game for the final spot, which the Fire would later cease operations.

Offseason

WNBA draft

Sue Bird was among four of the top six draft picks,, Asjha Jones and Tamika (Williams) Raymond that were from the same team, the 2002 NCAA Champion University of Connecticut.
PickPlayerNationalitySchool/Club team
1Sue BirdUniversity of Connecticut
19Lucienne Berthieu
28Felicia Ragland
35Takeisha Lewis

Regular season

Season Schedule

GameDateOpponentResultRecord
1August 15Los AngelesL 61–780–1
2August 17at Los AngelesL 59–690–2