Mercury to play host to versatile Storm team that is rolling

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The Seattle Storm have shown off their variety of weapons while rolling to eight victories in their last nine games. They’ll try to continue their hot streak when they visit the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday afternoon. The Storm’s bench had a significant role in the team’s most recent victory, a 92-84 road triumph against the Dallas Wings on Thursday night. Seattle (9-4) used just three reserves, but Jordan Horston, Sami Whitcomb and Mercedes Russell outscored

Surging Storm travel to Texas to battle Wings

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It took a few games for Seattle to meld as a team, but the Storm are hitting on all cylinders and carry plenty of momentum as they travel to play the struggling Dallas Wings on Thursday in Arlington, Texas. The Storm (8-4) have won seven of their past eight contests, including a dominating 95-79 victory at home against the Los Angeles Sparks on Tuesday. Nneka Ogwumike paced Seattle with 26 points, with Jewell Loyd hitting

Sparks hope to extend win streak vs. Storm

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The Los Angeles Sparks will attempt to extend their first winning streak of the season when they face the host Seattle Storm on Tuesday night in the opener of a seven-game road trip. Tuesday’s contest will be a Commissioner’s Cup game. After snapping a three-game skid with an 81-72 victory over the Dallas Wings on Friday, the Sparks (4-7) scored a 96-92 win over the Aces on Sunday. Los Angeles weathered 31 points from A’ja

Storm ride 6-game win streak into matchup with Lynx

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The Seattle Storm say they feel like a much different team than the one that opened the season with back-to-back losses against the Minnesota Lynx. Seattle (7-3) has won six games in a row going into Sunday night’s matchup with the Lynx (7-3) in Minneapolis. The Storm are coming off a 78-65 road win over the defending champion Las Vegas Aces on Friday. Seattle coach Noelle Quinn said her players deserved credit for coming together

Improved Storm to face significant test vs. Aces

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It will be an early showdown in the WNBA’s Western Conference on Friday night in Las Vegas. The Seattle Storm have been one of the league’s hottest teams and face the Las Vegas Aces, who have set the standard on what a top team looks like. The Aces (5-2) have won three of their last four games after Wednesday night’s 95-81 road victory against the Dallas Wings, with A’ja Wilson’s season-high 36 points leading the

Losing skid behind them, Mercury try to snap Storm’s winning streak

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The Phoenix Mercury, who snapped a four-game losing streak Sunday, will go on the road Tuesday to face a Seattle Storm team that has won its last four games. Phoenix’s four-game skid was capped by three consecutive losses on the road. The Mercury (4-5) had a triumphant return home Sunday with an 87-68 win over the Los Angeles Sparks. Diana Taurasi, 41, made seven 3-pointers and finished with 31 points. “We had lost four in

Surging Storm vist Caitlin Clark, fading Fever

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On Thursday, veteran guard Jewell Loyd and the Seattle Storm (4-3) will seek to extend a three-game winning streak — and continue a challenging rookie campaign for Caitlin Clark. Clark comes in off her best scoring game as a pro, but the Indiana Fever (1-7) are still reeling heading into this matchup in Indianapolis. When the two teams met May 22 in Seattle, the Storm needed Loyd’s 32 points to carry them to an 85-83

Storm look to keep rolling with game at Sky

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The Seattle Storm have heated up following a rough start. Meanwhile, the Chicago Sky need to take advantage of an extended stretch of home games. The Storm eye a third consecutive victory when they visit Chicago on Tuesday night. Seattle (3-3) lost three of its first four games but has since taken advantage of a favorable two-game stretch by beating Indiana and Washington — teams that are a combined 1-12. After squeaking by the Fever

Storm try to collect another win against struggling Mystics

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Less than a week after the Seattle Storm earned their first victory of the year in a road game against the Washington Mystics, they will try to repeat the feat when the teams meet again, this time in the Pacific Northwest on Saturday. The new-look Storm (2-3) lost their first two games before their 84-75 win over the Mystics on Sunday. Seattle finally showed the type of cohesion it was looking for as Jewell Loyd

Caitlin Clark, Fever seek to curb struggles in Seattle

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Still in search of a first victory, Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever take their attention-getting campaign to the Pacific Northwest for a matchup against the Seattle Storm. The Fever (0-4) start a West Coast swing against another struggling team in the 1-3 Storm. Clark and the Fever almost broke through Monday night in an 88-84 home loss to the Connecticut Sun. They led by four on two occasions in the fourth quarter but couldn’t