It’s been a disappointing season for the Storm, who will miss the playoffs for the first time since 2003. The team couldn’t absorb a second consecutive year without Lauren Jackson, the best female basketball player in history, who missed the year after her knee and Achilles tendon surgery. But veteran Camille Little deserves a toast for doing her best to mimic Jackson’s box-score-filling ways—Little led the Storm in points and blocks, was second in rebounds, third in three-pointers made, and fourth in assists. wnba.com/storm

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