Originally published Monday, September 24, 2012 at 8:02 PM
Jayda Evans' WNBA power rankings
Minnesota, the Storm's playoff opponent, still on top of WNBA rankings.
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| Jayda Evans' WNBA power rankings | ||
| Final rankings of season. Last week's rankings in parentheses. | ||
| Team | W-L | Comment |
| 1. (1) Minnesota | 27-7 | Lost 99-84 Sunday to miss chance to tie all-time WNBA win record |
| 2. (3) Connecticut | 25-9 | Olympian Asjha Jones (Achilles) returned Wednesday after missing past 13 games. |
| 3. (2) Indiana | 22-12 | Lin Dunn hopeful Douglas (sick), January and Zellous (concussions) return. |
| 4. (5) Atlanta | 19-15 | Went 6-2 in September to start solid roll into third consecutive postseason appearance. |
| 5. (4) Los Angeles | 24-10 | Game 1 of first-round playoff series vs. San Antonio moved to USC's Galen Center. |
| 6. (8) Seattle | 16-18 | Little is Storm's most improved. Career-best 11.3 pts, 33.3 percent three-point shooting. |
| 7. (6) San Antonio | 21-13 | Red Hot Chili Peppers concert bumped Game 2 of playoffs to Freeman Coliseum. |
| 8. (7) New York | 15-19 | Gonzaga's Katelan Redmon signed deal to play in Italy beginning in October. |
| 9. (9) Chicago | 14-20 | Former Storm star Swin Cash cried when Sky lost chance to advance to postseason. |
| 10. (10) Tulsa | 9-25 | Won three of its final five games for team's best record since relocating from Detroit. |
| 11. (11) Phoenix | 7-27 | Finished with charter-team's all-time worst record, surpassing 8-26 set in 2003. |
| 12. (12) Washington | 5-29 | Fired second-year coach Trudi Lacey on Monday — team's 12th overall coach. |










