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Ariel Atkins scored 22 points and led four scorers in double figures as the Washington Mystics beat the Seattle Storm 89-71. Breanna Stewart finished with 15 points.

Breanna Stewart had 16 points and nine rebounds and the Seattle Storm beat the Minnesota Lynx 90-66 to spoil a record-breaking night by Sylvia Fowles.

The Seattle Storm are healthy with Breanna Stewart and Sue Bird back to begin the season and sit atop the preseason Associated Press WNBA poll.

Sue Bird of the Seattle Storm says the WNBA bubble is part summer camp, part Olympic village and part college campus. The league has all 12 of its teams at a the IMG Academy.

Dan Hughes will not coach the Seattle Storm during the 2020 season over concerns about his risk for severe illness if he were to contract COVID-19.

Ex-Seattle Storm Courtney Paris is returning to Oklahoma as an assistant women's basketball coach. She was the 2007 AP National Player of the Year as a sophomore.

Sue Bird is returning to the Seattle Storm for a 19th season after re-signing with the team. Bird missed last season after undergoing knee surgery.

Jordin Canada scored a career-high 26 points and the defending WNBA champion Seattle Storm eliminated the seventh-seeded Minnesota Lynx 84-74 in a winner-take-all playoff game.

Natasha Howard and Jewell Loyd combined to score 30 of their 38 points in the first half and the Seattle Storm beat the Dallas Wings 78-64, clinching the No. 6 seed.

Alyssa Thomas had 22 points and 11 rebounds for her seventh double-double, Courtney Williams scored 17 and the Connecticut Sun beat the Seattle Storm, 89-70.