Seattle Storm’s 3rd league championship
October 19, 2018
Seattle’s WNBA team, The Seattle Storm, won their 3rd league championship game against The Washington Mystics with the score of 98 to 82. The game took place in EagleBank, a college basketball arena in FairFax, Virginia, on Wednesday, September 12, 2018. One would say this game was anything but easy to win; there were many turn overs, shots blocked and also a lot of shots missed. But in the end, they managed to keep a 16-point lead, which means this team is very hard-working and willing to do whatever it takes to win.
Nothing has been easy for the Storm girls. For example, they have lost in the first round of playoffs for the past two years. The last championship they won was back in 2010. Forward player Breanna Stewart, was fed up with losing. So, this year she and her teammates decided to make a change and do something about it. To make that change they stayed true to their mantra: to not worry or think about what happened in the past of losing seven straight playoff games. They stayed focused on playing better as a team and winning the next game.
Meanwhile, the Storm’s forward and MVP (most valued player), Breanna Stewart, scored a total of 30 points and had eight rebounds in game 3 of the state finals. In a Seattle Times article titled “The champs are back! Seattle Storm wins the 2018 WNBA championship,” Stewart shared her feelings about this game, and winning.
“Way at the beginning, I said at the start, I’m tired of losing. So to end it this way, there’s nothing better. Best feeling in the world,” Stewart explained.
Breanna played a really big role this season. On Syracuse.com, Storm Coach Dan Hughes said kind things about his player.
“Stewie was just amazing, she truly was the MVP of this league. She truly was the MVP of these finals. God blessed me with an opportunity to coach her and I will forever be grateful,” Hughes shared.
The Storm’s point guard, Sue Bird, is the oldest player of the team. She is 37 years old and has played for the Seattle Storm for many years. Bird had a total of 10 points and 10 assists in the state finals. To play in games, Bird has to wear a mask over her broken nose due to an accident that occurred during one of her games. Bird is the holdover from the Storm’s championship teams in 2010 and 2004.
In The Seattle Times, Bird explained why the championship was important to her.
“It’s incredible to be sitting here right now. This is probably going to be one of the defining moments of my career. To have played however many years I’ve been playing, to have won in all these places, but then, to do it at the end in such a way that was different from all the others, it’s really incredible,” Bird said.
In closing, in the last couple of seconds of the game, the Washington Mystics had the final possession of the ball. When the clock wound down to 0, all of The Seattle Storm players joined each other in the middle of the court in excitement. There were tears, hugs, screaming and pictures.
Next came the championship trophy presentation, presented by YouTube TV. WBNA President Lisa Borders came to the microphone and thanked YouTube TV for presenting the finals and congratulated the Storm for winning the 2018 championship.
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