Will the Storm win another game this season?

Conventional wisdom says they should be able to find at least one win among their remaining 10 regular-season games, especially considering five of their next six matchups are at home against teams in the bottom half of the WNBA standings.

But then, Seattle hasn’t won a game since July 6 and is mired in another record-setting slump that appears to have no end in sight.

“I’m expecting us to turn a corner soon,” first-year coach Sonia Raman said. “We continue to show these glimpses of it, and the team that we are in moments and it’s really exceptional.”

Given a chance to prevail in a very winnable game against Northwest rival Portland Fire, who had dropped five of their previous six games and missing leading scorer Carla Leite in the final three quarters, the Storm lost 100-93 at Moda Center on Saturday afternoon.

It was the 11^th straight loss for Seattle (6-28), tying a franchise record that was set early this season.

The Storm also fell to 1-14 in clutch situations — games in which the point differential is five points or fewer in the final five minutes — which remains a problem.

However, the more immediate concern is rookie guard Flau’jae Johnson who apparently suffered a left ankle injury late in the game and did not return.

She appeared to initially tweak her ankle late in the third quarter and walked gingerly to the sideline with assistance. She came back in the fourth quarter, but stumbled once again and clutched her ankle while lying on the floor with 3:38 remaining.

Before departing, Johnson scored eight points on 3-for-10 shooting in 24½ minutes.

“No update yet on Flau,” Raman said. “She’s still being evaluated by our medical team.”

The Storm had an advantage inside with center Dominique Malonga, who tallied 31 points and 10 rebounds in her previous outing, but the Fire smothered her with constant double teams to dampen her effectiveness.

Still, Malonga finished with 21 points on 7-for-14 shooting and nine rebounds.

“They were swarming the paint, really making every catch difficult,” Raman said. “For her to even get the shots off that she did at the rim is remarkable. Just speaks volumes to the type of scorer she is because she sometimes was doing that on two players.”

Portland’s defensive schemes geared to slow down Malonga allowed for guard Jade Melbourne to score a career-high 23 points on 7-for-15 shooting, including four three-pointers.

“Every game plan is different,” Melbourne said. “I have to go out there and capitalize on that. When you’ve got Dom, Ezi (Magbegor) and Awa (Fam) in the paint, I’d be looking to double them. They’re the biggest threats, so I completely understand their game plan.

“I was able to capitalize on some tonight. Just making sure I shoot it with confidence and knock it down.”

If the Storm were jet-lagged at the end of a four-game road trip, it wasn’t apparent when they led 30-27 in the first quarter thanks in part to Jordan Horston, who scored eight of her season-high 17 points in the period.

It was the most points for Seattle in the first quarter this season.

The Fire took control for good and ran off 12 straight points to go up 39-30 before heading into halftime ahead 56-47.

The Storm trailed 66-52 midway in the third quarter before making a frenetic comeback attempt like they have in so many games this season.

Melbourne and reserve guard Zia Cooke led the charge at the end of the period and Seattle pulled to 77-75 early in the fourth quarter.

The Storm were down 82-78 in the final four minutes when the Fire put the game away with an 8-0 run to go up 91-78 with 3:38 left.

“Couple shots that we missed and a couple turnovers, and then on the other end, they were able to knock down some threes,” Raman said when asked about the late-game execution. “I liked the activity, the fight, the compete, and obviously some details that we need to continue to get better at.”

Bridget Carleton finished with a game-high 24 points, Nyadiew Puoch had 19, Megan DiLeo 11 and Emily Engstler 10 for the Fire (13-19).

The Storm have six games remaining before the WNBA takes a 17-day break for the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup that starts Sept. 4.

“There’s 10 games and there’s plenty of time to turn it around,” Melbourne said. “It only takes one to get on a roll and get that confidence back. So we go home now for a nice little stretch. Get our home fans involved.

“There’s 10 games, but they’re 10 important games. We want to finish this season on a high, and we want it to be a true reflection of this team and who we are.”

Seattle hosts the Chicago Sky (12-20) on Monday.

— Forward Katie Lou Samuelson missed Saturday’s game due to a right knee injury suffered on Wednesday.

— Fire guard Carla Leite left the game late in the first quarter because of a knee injury and did not return.

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