The Storm won on Opening Night for the fifth consecutive season and improved to 7-4 all-time in both home openers and season openers. Trailing 62-59 with 8:05 to play, the Storm finished the game with a 22-5 run and outscored Los Angeles 24-9 in the fourth quarter. The Storm has won six straight regular-season home games against the Sparks. Los Angeles started the season 0-2 for the first time since 1997, the inaugural year of the WNBA. Lauren Jackson led the Storm with 23 points and 10 rebounds. Jackson had four double-doubles during the 2009 season. Candace Parker (10 points, 11 rebounds) recorded her second double-double in as many games but was held to 4-of-11 shooting. Tina Thompson led Los Angeles with 19 points, making all 10 free throw attempts. The Storm attempted 37 free throws. The team's 2009 season high for free throw attempts was 38. Seattle handed out just nine assists. The Storm was 2-1 in 2009 when failing to reach double figures in assists. The Sparks had just five offensive rebounds, grabbing 18.5 percent of available misses on the offensive end. The Storm's starting lineup combined to score 77 of the team's 81 points (95.1%). During reserve Ashley Robinson's 10 minutes of play, the Storm outscored Los Angeles by 10 points. The Storm played in front of a sellout crowd of 9,686. Seattle is now 2-2 in home openers against the Sparks, winning in 2006 but losing in 2005 and 2003. Two days into the season, the Storm and Phoenix are the lone remaining unbeaten teams in the Western Conference.
