Wings fall in regular season finale, will play Mercury in first round of playoffs
SEATTLE (AP) - Breanna Stewart and Crystal Langhorne had 15 points each to help the Seattle Storm beat the Dallas Wings 84-68 in the regular-season finale for both teams Sunday.
Sue Bird sat out the game and Stewart played just 13 minutes in the game that had no effect on the Storm's No. 1 playoff seed.
Seattle (26-8) closed the season winning eight of the last nine and will begin the playoffs in the semifinals with byes through the first two single-elimination rounds and home-court advantage throughout.
The Storm pulled away in the second quarter with an 18-5 run to lead 41-24. Dallas (15-19) cut it to 61-50 early in the third quarter before Seattle built to its largest lead at 79-54 at the end of the period.
Glory Johnson led the Wings with 16 points. Liz Cambage added 11 points, and Azura Stevens had 10.
The Wings clinched the No. 8 seed in the playoffs this past Friday, when they topped the Las Vegas Aces 107-102. They'll play the Phoenix Mercury in a single-elimination game Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Arizona.