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Two-time WNBA MVP Lauren Jackson re-signed with the Seattle Storm in a multiyear contract, the team announced Thursday.
SEATTLE - Retirement will have to wait for another day for Lisa Leslie - or at least for another two games.
The Seattle Storm will try to advance in the WNBA playoffs for the first time since 2004 today when it faces the Los Angeles Sparks in the deciding game of their first-round series.
SEATTLE - Camille Little stole an inbounds pass and laid it in with 5 seconds left, helping the Seattle Storm stun the Los Angeles Sparks, 75-74, Friday night in KeyArena to even the best-of-three WNBA Western Conference semifinals at a game apiece.
LOS ANGELES - Tina Thompson hit a key 3-pointer with 5 minutes, 44 seconds remaining and the Los Angeles Sparks went on to a 70-63 victory over the Seattle Storm in Game 1 of their Western Conference playoff series Wednesday.
After winning the WNBA title in 2004, the Seattle Storm has failed to get out of the first-round of the playoffs every season since.
The WNBA completed its regular season Sunday, setting the playoffs, which will open at 7 p.m. Wednesday with West No. 2 seed Seattle visiting No. 3 L.A.
SAN ANTONIO – Shannon Johnson scored 16 points and Janell Burse added 15 to lead the Seattle Storm to a 64-55 win over the San Antonio Silver Stars on Saturday.
The Seattle Storm signed Sue Bird agreed to a multiyear contract extension Thursday, then lost to the Phoenix Mercury, 92-84, with the All-Star point guard sitting out with an injured neck.
Charde Houston scored 22 points, and the Minnesota Lynx rallied to beat the shorthanded Seattle Storm 76-68 on Saturday in Minneapolis.