{"id":276670,"date":"2025-05-18T03:09:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T03:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/18\/how-did-storm-rookie-perform-against-mercury-in-wnba-debut-may-17\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:08:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:08:25","slug":"how-did-storm-rookie-perform-against-mercury-in-wnba-debut-may-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/18\/how-did-storm-rookie-perform-against-mercury-in-wnba-debut-may-17\/","title":{"rendered":"How did Storm rookie perform against Mercury in WNBA debut? (May 17)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"4921371\" data-slug-id=\"2522537\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Seattle Storm selected<strong> Dominique Malonga <\/strong>with the No. 2 pick in the 2025 WNBA draft out of France. Malonga didn&#8217;t have a lot of fanfare, unlike Paige Bueckers. Nevertheless, she caught the eye of fans after Tony Parker described her as the &#8220;female version&#8221; of Victor Wembanyama.<\/p>\n<p>Standing at 6-foot-6, the 19-year-old went viral after dunking during the Storm&#8217;s training camp. She didn&#8217;t play in Seattle&#8217;s lone preseason game, so she officially made her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/wnba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">WNBA<\/a> debut on the road on Saturday night against the Phoenix Mercury. <\/p>\n<p>But how did the Storm rookie perform versus Alyssa Thomas, Satou Sabally and the rest of the Mercury?<\/p>\n<p><em>Here are Dominique Malonga&#8217;s stats at halftime: <\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/wnba\/table\">\n<table xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" dir=\"ltr\" border=\"1\" data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-baot=\"1\" id=\"save-dynamic-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td data-rowid=\"0\" data-columnid=\"0\"><b>Players<\/b><\/td>\n<td data-rowid=\"0\" data-columnid=\"1\"><b>PTS<\/b><\/td>\n<td data-rowid=\"0\" data-columnid=\"2\"><b>REB<\/b><\/td>\n<td data-rowid=\"0\" data-columnid=\"3\"><b>AST<\/b><\/td>\n<td data-rowid=\"0\" data-columnid=\"4\"><b>STL<\/b><\/td>\n<td data-rowid=\"0\" data-columnid=\"5\"><b>BLK<\/b><\/td>\n<td data-rowid=\"0\" data-columnid=\"6\"><b>TO<\/b><\/td>\n<td data-rowid=\"0\" data-columnid=\"7\"><b>PF<\/b><\/td>\n<td data-rowid=\"0\" data-columnid=\"8\"><b>MIN<\/b><\/td>\n<td data-rowid=\"0\" data-columnid=\"9\"><b>FG<\/b><\/td>\n<td data-rowid=\"0\" data-columnid=\"10\"><b>3PT<\/b><\/td>\n<td data-rowid=\"0\" data-columnid=\"11\"><b>FT<\/b><\/td>\n<td data-rowid=\"0\" data-columnid=\"12\"><b>+\/-<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-rowid=\"1\" data-columnid=\"0\">Dominique Malonga<\/td>\n<td data-rowid=\"1\" data-columnid=\"1\">2<\/td>\n<td data-rowid=\"1\" data-columnid=\"2\">0<\/td>\n<td data-rowid=\"1\" data-columnid=\"3\">0<\/td>\n<td data-rowid=\"1\" data-columnid=\"4\">0<\/td>\n<td data-rowid=\"1\" data-columnid=\"5\">0<\/td>\n<td data-rowid=\"1\" data-columnid=\"6\">0<\/td>\n<td data-rowid=\"1\" data-columnid=\"7\">0<\/td>\n<td data-rowid=\"1\" data-columnid=\"8\">5:35<\/td>\n<td data-rowid=\"1\" data-columnid=\"9\">1-2<\/td>\n<td data-rowid=\"1\" data-columnid=\"10\">0-0<\/td>\n<td data-rowid=\"1\" data-columnid=\"11\">0-0<\/td>\n<td data-rowid=\"1\" data-columnid=\"12\">-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em>Watch this space as the game continues. 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