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The Seattle Storm lost once again on Sunday, bringing their season record to a dreadful 8-35. Flau’jae Johnson as soon as again provided an excellent efficiency that fell brief of protecting the win. This time, nevertheless, the efficiency obliged the Storm to argue for Johnson winning an end-of-season award, and an NBA legend and a Toronto Tempo gamer appeared to concur.
Johnson, in the Storm’s 98-77 loss to the Las Vegas Aces, ended up with 29 points, 6 rebounds, 6 helps, 4 takes, and a block. That block originated from an A’ja Wilson shot, and she broke 4 different Seattle Storm franchise records.
As shared by the Seattle Storm’s Instagram page, she climaxed for many takes, basket, three-pointers, and 25+ point video games, going beyond WNBA legends Sue Bird, Lauren Jackson, and Breanna Stewart throughout all 4 records.
Of the numerous responses on Seattle Storm’s postthe most noteworthy ones originated from NBA legend Isaiah Thomas and Flau’jae Johnson’s previous LSU colleague and now a forward for the Tempo, Aneesah Morrow. They both liked the post, concurring with Johnson’s case from making the 2026 All-Rookie Team.
Particularly, Flau’jae Johnson’s 4 takes in the video game saw her relocation her overall for the season to 57 takes, taking her above Lauren Jackson’s previous record of 54. By sinking 5 three-pointers in the video game, she has actually now made 60 three-pointers this season, exceeding Sue Bird’s 2002 record of 57 three-pointers.
The other 2 records, her 213 basket and 25+ point video games, take her above Breanna Stewart. The New York Liberty forward, throughout her novice year with the Seattle Storm in 2016, made 202 basket and signed up 5 25+ point video games.
This is not the very first time that Flau’Jae Johnson will get herself into the very same discussions with these league legends and veterans this season.
Simply after her very first 2 regular-season video games with the franchise, her double-digit points (12) in the very first video game versus the Valkyries and 16 versus the Sun made it the 5th time a novice has actually scored double figures in points in her very first 2 regular-season video games with the franchise. Prior to that, just Lauren Jackson, Sue Bird, Breanna Stewart and Semeka Randall had actually attained the accomplishment.
Given that then, it’s safe to state that it has actually not been an excellent season for the Seattle Storm so far, as they presently sit last in the league standings with an 8-35 record. It has actually been rather a good project for Flau’jae Johnson, who is presently balancing 14.4 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.8 helps, and 1.3 takes per video game this season.
The Storm still have one video game staying versus the Dallas Wings. And even if that result follows a familiar pattern, it is another chance for Johnson to extend these records even more.
It is another opportunity for her and her young frontcourt partner Dominique Malonga, who is just 20 years old and likewise produced a 25-point, eight-rebound video game on Sunday, to establish the collaboration that numerous think might specify the Storm’s future.
Johnson resolved the collaboration in her postgame interview, comparing herself and Malonga to the Aces’ A’ja Wilson and Jackie Young.
“I believe we’re gon na develop into something excellent,” Johnson stated.
“I imply, you’re speaking about 2 of the very best gamers worldwide. That’s an incredible compliment. Simply seeing A’ja go to exercise there is much like, wow, like she’s not genuine. I do feel like Dom is that calibre gamer, and I feel like me simply being here, I’mixed martial arts press her, she going to press me.”
With her efficiency throughout this season, Malonga has actually certainly revealed why that belief is necessitated. Like Flau’jae Johnson, the young Dominique Malonga has actually likewise developed herself as a core frontcourt force for the Seattle Storm, balancing 16.8 points, 8.8 rebounds, 1.7 helps, 1.4 blocks, and 1.0 takes per video game, through 34 video games played in the 2026 WNBA routine season.
The Seattle Storm’s existing circumstance is unquestionably bleak on the surface area. With Flau’jae Johnson breaking franchise records set by Sue Bird, Lauren Jackson, and Breanna Stewart in her launching season, and Dominique Malonga developing herself as one of the most appealing young frontcourt gamers in the league, the future in Seattle is certainly substantially brighter than the 2026 standings recommend.
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