Seattle Storm Win Streak — Season Turning Point? | Flau'jae & Awa Fam Are Built Different
Two in a row. The Seattle Storm are BACK. 🌩️⚡
After an 11-game losing streak that tested every Storm faithful, Seattle closed out Pride Weekend on a high — back-to-back wins over the New York Liberty and Atlanta Dream, and the rookies are LOUD.
Flau'jae Johnson dropped a career-high 28 against the Liberty and followed it up with 24 points and 11 boards against Atlanta. Awa Fam went 8-for-9 with 5 threes. Natisha Hiedeman crossed 2,000 career points.
And Dominique Malonga? Youngest player in WNBA history to reach 500 career points. In two games. Erica and Roberta are back live to break it all down.
0:00 - Ezi Magbegor Injury Update + What It Means for Phoenix
2:44 - Breaking: Ezi Upgraded to Probable for Tomorrow
8:35 - The Starting Five Debate: Who's In, Who's Out?
12:47 - Why Awa at the 4 & Dom at the 5 Is the Right Call
20:23 - Win Streak Is Real: They Beat the Liberty AND Atlanta
23:16 - Awa Fam Is the Reason This Team Is Winning
42:06 - 99 Problems and Awa Fam Ain't One 😤
42:58 - Rookie Stats Breakdown: Awa's Numbers Are Absurd
46:50 - Rookie of the Year Race — Is There Even a Debate?
50:43 - Two Top-5 Rookies. On the Same Team. In Seattle.
53:47 - Storm vs. Mercury Preview: 60-40 Mercury — But Here's Why Storm Can Win
1:05:14 - "Dom Is My X Factor" — And We All Know It
1:17:57 - How the Storm Beat Phoenix: Punch First
1:21:58 - Does Flau'jae Even Need All-Star to Prove Her Case?
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After an 11-game losing streak that tested every Storm faithful, Seattle closed out Pride Weekend on a high — back-to-back wins over the New York Liberty and Atlanta Dream, and the rookies are LOUD.
Flau'jae Johnson dropped a career-high 28 against the Liberty and followed it up with 24 points and 11 boards against Atlanta. Awa Fam went 8-for-9 with 5 threes. Natisha Hiedeman crossed 2,000 career points.
And Dominique Malonga? Youngest player in WNBA history to reach 500 career points. In two games. Erica and Roberta are back live to break it all down.
0:00 - Ezi Magbegor Injury Update + What It Means for Phoenix
2:44 - Breaking: Ezi Upgraded to Probable for Tomorrow
8:35 - The Starting Five Debate: Who's In, Who's Out?
12:47 - Why Awa at the 4 & Dom at the 5 Is the Right Call
20:23 - Win Streak Is Real: They Beat the Liberty AND Atlanta
23:16 - Awa Fam Is the Reason This Team Is Winning
42:06 - 99 Problems and Awa Fam Ain't One 😤
42:58 - Rookie Stats Breakdown: Awa's Numbers Are Absurd
46:50 - Rookie of the Year Race — Is There Even a Debate?
50:43 - Two Top-5 Rookies. On the Same Team. In Seattle.
53:47 - Storm vs. Mercury Preview: 60-40 Mercury — But Here's Why Storm Can Win
1:05:14 - "Dom Is My X Factor" — And We All Know It
1:17:57 - How the Storm Beat Phoenix: Punch First
1:21:58 - Does Flau'jae Even Need All-Star to Prove Her Case?
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Erica L. Ayala
Multimedia Sports Journalist | 🏀 #WNBA Awards & HoopHall Lieberman Award Voter | 🎙️ Podcast Host: 🐙Locked on Kraken, 🗽Gotta Get Up (NY Liberty) & 🌩️ Tempestade Talk (SEA Storm)BA, Elon U. | MPA, NYU Founder of 💪🏾 @blackrosiemedia.bsky.social
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Roberta Rodrigues
Brazilian-American. Multimedia women’s basketball journalist since 2008. Founder of the first WBB news portal in Latin America. Credenciada pela #WNBA.📍Seattle
