For the Seattle Storm, their season ended at the Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada in a 2-0 playoff series sweep by the Las Vegas Aces. It marked Noelle Quinn‘s third full season as the team’s head coach As the WNBA schedule is out for the 2025 season, the four-time WNBA champions are looking for playoff appearance No. 20 in franchise history. However, it will not be easy as the schedule is a gauntlet of sorts.
Storm Opens The 2025 WNBA Season With A Two-Game Road Trip
Here, Seattle faces a familiar foe in the Phoenix Mercury in the season opener. It is the first of four matchups between both teams in the upcoming season. The Storm won three of their four games versus the Mercury season, all by at least 15 points. Yet, it remains unknown if legendary guard Diana Taurasi will be in a Phoenix uniform for season No. 20 in the WNBA. Nonetheless, Seattle will look to go 1-0.
May thy knife chip and shatter ?️ pic.twitter.com/XDVwK3DcOi
— Seattle Storm (@seattlestorm) December 2, 2024
Next, the Storm heads east to face star guard Arike Ogunbowale and the Dallas Wings. What’s more, Seattle could likely face guard Paige Bueckers, the likely No. 1 overall pick in next April’s WNBA Draft. All things considered, fans in attendance might see a backcourt showdown with Bueckers and veteran Skylar-Diggins-Smith.
Seattle Gets the Aces and Lynx in Back-to-Back Games
The Storm will get their first opportunity to face the Aces at home, looking for a level of redemption after they eliminated them from the postseason. While last season’s unanimous WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson will be there for Las Vegas, one star’s future is uncertain.
On the silver screen ?️♦️ pic.twitter.com/tx83G9s8Ph
— Seattle Storm (@seattlestorm) December 2, 2024
Kelsey Plum is an unrestricted free agent who could spend her seventh season in the league with Las Vegas or elsewhere. Last season saw Las Vegas get the better of Seattle in five of the six games (including playoffs).
Two days later, Seattle will face the WNBA Finals runner-up, the Minnesota Lynx, at the Target Center. Without question, Minnesota was a problem for Seattle as they lost three of the four games against the Lynx. This also means the Storm needs to contain the reigning Defensive Player of the Year in Naphessa Collier and a talented Minnesota squad.
Seattle will face the WNBA’s newest franchise, the Golden State Valkyries, in a Commissioner’s Cup game on June 14.
New kids on the block ? pic.twitter.com/z495NCyTO6
— Seattle Storm (@seattlestorm) December 2, 2024
The Liberty and Fever Come To The Climate Pledge Arena
On June 22, the defending WNBA champion New York Liberty will be in town, marking another return for superstar Breanna Stewart to where it all began. Storm fans witnessed Stewart and the Liberty win all three head-to-head matchups last season. Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever head to the Pacific Northwest in the first of four meetings on June 24. Seattle won three of the four games against Indiana in the previous season.
You should be dancing ? ? pic.twitter.com/a4kGuf8xXF
— Seattle Storm (@seattlestorm) December 2, 2024
Other Key Games For Seattle In the 2025 WNBA Season
Seattle will face a potentially new-look Connecticut Sun team for the first time on June 27. Connecticut has multiple unrestricted free agents this offseason. This includes Alyssa Thomas, DeWanna Bonner, and Tiffany Mitchell. Also, last season’s Most Improved Player Award winner, DiJonni Carrington, is a restricted free agent.
The Storm will see the Los Angeles Sparks in the Commissioner’s Cup on May 4 as Seattle won the last three games versus Los Angeles last season by single digits. Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky come to the Emerald City in the first of the final four home games of the 2025 season on Aug 30. It is important to note that Seattle went 1-3 in the last four games of the 2024 season.
And all that jazz ?♀️ pic.twitter.com/5AZjpISXpE
— Seattle Storm (@seattlestorm) December 2, 2024
Under Quinn, Seattle won 25 games last season, which was the third-most in team history. Storm will see if this schedule can get them back to the WNBA Finals in 2025.
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