Let’s remember when the Seattle Storm won their third WNBA championship, on this day in 2018 (September 12)
Last night, I was joyous watching, from a Sodo-area sports bar, the Seattle Storm defeat the Minnesota Lynx in the first round of the WNBA playoffs. I woke up to learn that while the Storm’s quest to repeat as champions can continue, it was exactly a year ago where they won the title in the first place.
Per HistoryLink’s Glenn Drosendahl:
On September 12, 2018, the Seattle Storm wins its third Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) championship by beating the Washington Mystics 98–82 to sweep the finals in three games. Forward Breanna Stewart (b. 1994) adds a finals Most Valuable Player award to her regular-season MVP honors, and veteran point guard Sue Bird (b. 1980) — the only player remaining from the Storm’s 2010 and 2004 championship teams — directs the three-game sweep while wearing a mask to protect her broken nose. With the victory, the Storm becomes the city’s first professional team to win three league championships. No other Seattle pro team has done it more than once.
Amazing.
