The Washington Mystics knew that coming into today’s two-game series against the Seattle Storm would have major playoff seeding implications. If they win today, they’ll have a shot to get home court advantage tomorrow with a win. If they lose, the Storm get the tiebreaker, and Washington’s chances of getting even a Top-4 seed would be much slimmer.
Unfortunately, the latter is what happened as the Mystics lost to the Storm, 82-77 on Saturday afternoon.
The beginning of the game at least showed that Washington started strong. Elena Delle Donne scored 12 of her 22 points in the first half, as the Mystics started the game with their trademark defense and held the Storm to just 28.