The two most important words from tonight’s game: register and vote. Each team took a 24-second shot clock violation to begin each quarter so that viewers could be made aware of the importance of filling out the census as part of an initiative to get people registered to vote.
Coming into this game, the Seattle Storm (now 14-3) were looking to lock up the No. 1 seed ahead of the playoffs. The last time these two teams met on July 30, the Mystics dominated play in what would end up being an 89–71 Washington win.
The first quarter opened with back-and-forth scoring but slowed down as the two teams went cold from the field.