Rookies Johnson, Fam lead Storm to 105-90 win over Dream
Flau'jae Johnson scored 24 points and Awa Fam added 21 as Seattle won its second straight.
Flau'jae Johnson of the Seattle Storm controls the ball a game on Jun 27, 2026. (Jack Compton/Getty Images)
(Jack Compton/Getty Images)
SEATTLE (AP) — Flau’jae Johnson had 24 points and 11 rebounds, fellow rookie Awa Fam scored 21 points and the Seattle Storm never trailed in a 105-90 victory over the Atlanta Dream on Saturday night.
Seattle Storm 105, Atlanta Dream 90: Box Score
Johnson made 9 of 12 shots with two 3-pointers for the Storm (5-15), who have won two straight following a franchise-record 11-game losing streak. Fam shot 8 for 9, including 5 for 6 from beyond the arc.
Natisha Hiedeman added 20 points and six assists for Seattle, while Dominique Malonga contributed 16 points and 11 rebounds. Jade Melbourne had 10 points and five assists as the starters accounted for all but 14 points.
Rhyne Howard sank four 3-pointers and scored 27 for the Dream (12-7), who have lost the first three of a four-game road trip. Angel Reese had 17 points and nine rebounds, while Allisha Gray scored 15 points. Jordin Canada had 10 assists to go with eight points.
Atlanta trailed 76-64 after three quarters, but Howard had two straight baskets to cut it to 91-84 with 4 1/2 minutes left. Johnson and Fam answered with back-to-back 3-pointers.
Fam, the No. 3 selection in this year’s draft, sank three 3-pointers to help Seattle score the first 12 points and the Storm never looked back.
Up next
Atlanta: At Washington Mystics on Thursday.
Seattle: At Phoenix Mercury on Thursday.
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Fun team to watch with great young talent. Malonga, who will be a top 5 WNBA player, is 20. Awa Fam, who will be a top 10 player, just turned 20. Flau’jai, who will probably be an all-star, is 22. Jade Melbourne is 23. Magbegor (who is injured) is 26. Heideman, 29, is a breakthrough veteran.
They have been scoring about 100 points a game the last three games, a Storm scoring record over 3 games and they’ve been looking great and might have turned into one of the better teams in the league.
This, however, is NOT what we want to see.
The Storm need to maximize their odds of drafting Juju Watkins out of USC, one of the best women’s college basketball players ever . Which means LAST PLACE IS THEIR BEST PLACE THIS SEASON.;
With their last two wins they have passed Connecticut out of last place in the league. (Storm now have 5 wins to Connecticut’s 4.)
Not good.
It’s fun winning a few more now but they are sacrificing probably several championships by not getting Juju, who could possibly be one of the greatest players ever, and the team could very well be the greatest WNBA team ever.
They should fire the coach and general manager if they don’t have the worst record in the league at the end of the season.