Tornado rides season-high 14 three-pointers to victory at homeEVERETT, Wash. -- The bench number came via big-time. However when it pertained to crisis time, it was Sue Bird and Jewell Loyd who brought it home for the Seattle 2 Olympians and WNBA All-Stars each scored 6 of Seattle's last 12 factors-- with the last 4 of those from Loyd inside 40 seconds to play-- and the reserves put a season-high 39 onto the board as the Tornado held on to defeat the Atlanta Dream inside Angel Of The Winds Field on Friday night, 91-88. The result, in front of a season-high 3,011 followers on the opening night that all seats were open, obtained Seattle back on the right track after it had actually shed two directly for the first time this completed with a team-high 15 factors, including a pair of 3-pointers late in the fourth quarter to aid maintain the Storm tallied 10 points, with the last 4 of them aiding to secure it for Seattle. She didn't even take her initial shot of the game till 3:01 continued to be-- a runner that entered and pushed the Tornado's cause 84-78 Storm Jersey. After that, with Seattle up just 87-86 inside the last minute, Loyd drove toward the hoop, yet her drifter missed out on. The round was knocked high into the air, and as it came back down, she got a hand to it and tipped it in for a three-point side with 37. 7 seconds Williams racked up the last of her 20 factors for the Dream on a jumper from the foul line with 29 seconds to go, again sufficing to one at 89-88. After a timeout, the Tornado inbounded ahead court on the left side. Loyd kept the sphere in a dribble between the circles, secured at a distance by Williams as the clock wound down. She after that drove toward the hoop and scooped up a left-handed shot from the left side of the edge that went down through 6. 1 seconds to go, making it 91-88. Williams got one last pursue Atlanta, a 3-pointer from the top of the trick. It jumped off the edge, and the Tornado's Mercedes Russell knocked it collar where Bird ordered it, listened to the horn sound and flung it high right into the Tornado led from the middle of the second quarter on, going in front for excellent with a 13-2 run that turned a 31-30 deficit into a 43-33 the Dream would certainly not be pressed away. They got within three by halftime at 50-47 and were down just one midway through the third quarter at 60-59 when Seattle called nine straight factors-- all from the books, the last five of which originated from Stephanie books likewise struck a pair of big hoops in the fourth quarter to keep the Tornado in advance. Ezi Magbegor, won a jump ball in front of the Atlanta basket, knocking it out to Jordan Canada, who streaked to the various other end for a lay-in and a 75-68 lead with 9:02 at the 6:26 mark, Kennedy Burke released a 3-pointer from the left corner that was in midflight when the shot clock buzzer seemed-- and it swished via to make it 78-72. Atlanta obtained within one three times in the last 2 1/2 minutes, but the Storm Mackenzie Holmes Jersey responded to every with Magbegor's 12 points off the bench, Talbot finished with 10. Seattle goes back to action on Sunday in Los Angeles versus the Stimulates. The video game pointers off at 6:00 p. m. Fans can see the video game locally on Antenna television or on NBA TV.