The Seattle Storm (17-10) are back in action after a month-long break in the 2024 WNBA season, but not much has gone their way since they’ve returned to the court. The Storm blew a 14-point lead to the Atlanta Dream last Friday, ultimately losing on a last-second shot by Tina Charles. Two days later, they gave up a massive fourth quarter to the Indiana Fever in what ended up being a lopsided loss.
It’s just the third time this season Seattle has lost multiple games in a row. Both losses were lowlighted by second-half collapses and an uncharacteristic lack of intensity on defense; both Atlanta and Indiana scored over 50 second-half points against a typically stout Storm defense, something that Seattle head coach Noelle Quinn was quick to call out as unacceptable.
“We were on the road playing against a team that was very hungry,” Quinn told media after her team’s heartbreaking loss in Atlanta. “We can’t allow ourselves to not be locked in on the defensive side of the…
