The star power was aplenty in a WNBA playoffs first-round game that wouldn’t have been out of place in the Finals.
In Sue Bird’s final postseason, the No. 4 seed Seattle Storm rallied for a 86-83 win over the No. 5 Washington Mystics in Game 1 at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle on Thursday night.
Jewell Loyd didn’t hit a field goal until the fourth quarter, but she turned it on at the right time and scored 14 points in the second half. She finished with 16 points.