WNBA · Playoffs 2022updated 01:08 UTC

Seattle vs Washington

First round of the 2022 WNBA playoffs: the series, and each team's eight main players, how they are playing, against this opponent and in past playoffs.

First round · Best of 3 · first to 2 wins

Seattle Storm against Washington Mystics

Seed 4Seattle StormSeattle2 wins
Seed 5Washington MysticsWashington0 wins

Seattle won 2⁠–⁠0

Head to head

2022 regular season: Seattle 2, Washington 1 (games won)

Earlier playoff meetings

None since 2021.

The betting market before each game

Before game 1: Seattle 61⁠–⁠65% to win the series (15 betting sites)
Before game 2, Seattle leading 1⁠–⁠0: Seattle 78⁠–⁠81% to win the series (17 betting sites)

Each from that game's last prices before it started. The market's view, not our pick.

Our picks in this series

We did not publish WNBA picks before 2026.

The players

Each team's eight main players, by minutes played in this series; an injured regular keeps her place. Tap a player for her last ten games, her record against this opponent and her past playoff series.

Numbers are averages per game: Min = minutes played, Pts = points, Reb = rebounds, Ast = assists. The change row compares this series with her regular season; “same” means within about a tenth.

Seattle Storm

Breanna StewartPower forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries37.422.011.06.0Season30.921.87.62.9ChangeupsameupupPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Jewell LoydShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries34.517.53.02.0Season30.316.32.63.4ChangeupsamesamedownPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Gabby WilliamsSmall forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries26.713.04.03.0Season25.67.55.03.1ChangesameupdownsamePlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Tina CharlesMinPtsRebAstSeries22.410.56.01.5Season28.914.87.32.0ChangedowndowndownsameHer season includes 14 games for another team.Played 2 of 2 games in this series.
Ezi MagbegorForward/CenterMinPtsRebAstSeries20.37.03.01.5Season24.79.55.61.4ChangedowndowndownsamePlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Stephanie TalbotSmall forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries13.34.52.01.5Season16.15.03.11.3ChangedowndowndownsamePlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.

Washington Mystics

Natasha CloudPoint guardMinPtsRebAstSeries35.318.56.03.0Season31.310.73.67.0ChangeupupupdownPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Ariel AtkinsShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries33.215.51.55.5Season30.014.63.32.3ChangeupsamedownupPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Shakira AustinCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries27.07.07.51.0Season21.68.76.50.9ChangeupdownupsamePlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Alysha ClarkShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries25.56.03.53.0Season26.48.04.52.0ChangesamedowndownupPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Shatori Walker-KimbroughMinPtsRebAstSeries20.87.50.00.5Season20.16.91.81.5ChangesamesamedowndownPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Myisha Hines-AllenCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries14.55.03.52.0Season19.38.95.31.9ChangedowndowndownsamePlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Elizabeth WilliamsCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries5.82.51.00.0Season14.95.43.80.5ChangedowndowndownsamePlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.