2018 Chicago Sky season
CoachAmber Stocks
ArenaWintrust Arena
Attendance6,358 per game
Results
Record13–21 (.382)
Place4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsAllie Quigley – 15.4 ppg
ReboundsCheyenne Parker – 5.8 rpg
AssistsCourtney Vandersloot – 8.6 apg
Media
TelevisionWMEU-CD (The U Too)
ESPN
ESPN2
NBA TV

The 2018 Chicago Sky season is the franchise's 13th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season tipped off on May 6, and concludes on August 19.[1]

The Sky started the season off with wins over Indiana and New York and finished 2–2 in May. However, the team couldn't keep the momentum and lost 7 of their next 8 games. The Sky ended June on a 3 game win streak with a 4–7 overall record. The winning streak didn't last long, as the team went 4–8 in July. All 4 July wins came against eventual playoff teams, but the Sky also had 4 losses against teams that would not end up in the playoffs. A 3–4 August meant the Sky missed the playoffs for the second straight year. They were 2 wins behind the 8th seed Dallas Wings.

On August 31, 2018, the Sky relieved Amber Stocks as head coach and general manager.[2]

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2018 WNBA draft

The Sky made the following selections in the 2018 WNBA draft:

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 3 Diamond DeShields  United States Tennessee
1 4 Gabby Williams  United States UConn
3 28 Amarah Coleman  United States DePaul

Trades/Roster Changes

Date Trade
February 2, 2018 Re-Signed G Allie Quigley[3]
February 5, 2018 Re-Signed C Alaina Coates and F Jordan Hooper[3]
February 20, 2018 Re-Signed G Jamierra Faulkner and F/C Adut Bulgak[4]
February 23, 2018 Signed F/G Alex Montgomery[5]

Roster

Chicago Sky roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
C 41 United States Coates, Alaina 6' 4" (1.93m) 155 lb (70kg) (1995-04-07)April 7, 1995 South Carolina R
G/F 2 United States Copper, Kahleah 6' 1" (1.85m) 155 lb (70kg) (1994-08-28)August 28, 1994 Rutgers 2
G 0 United States DeShields, Diamond 6' 1" (1.85m) – (1995-03-05)March 5, 1995 Tennessee R
C 31 United States Dolson, Stefanie 6' 5" (1.96m) 214 lb (97kg) (1992-01-08)January 8, 1992 Connecticut 4
G 21 United States Faulkner, Jamierra Injured 5' 6" (1.68m) 141 lb (64kg) (1992-03-09)March 9, 1992 Southern Miss 3
G 23 United States Harper, Linnae 5' 8" (1.73m) 150 lb (68kg) (1995-01-31)January 31, 1995 Ohio State R
G/F 6 United States Montgomery, Alex 6' 1" (1.85m) 185 lb (84kg) (1988-11-12)November 12, 1988 Georgia Tech 7
C 45 Spain Ndour, Astou 6' 5" (1.96m) – (1994-08-22)August 22, 1994 Spain 2
F 32 United States Parker, Cheyenne 6' 4" (1.93m) 190 lb (86kg) (1992-08-22)August 22, 1992 Middle Tennessee 3
G 14 United States Quigley, Allie 5' 10" (1.78m) 140 lb (64kg) (1986-06-20)June 20, 1986 DePaul 9
G 22 United States Vandersloot, Courtney 5' 8" (1.73m) 145 lb (66kg) (1989-02-08)February 8, 1989 Gonzaga 7
F 15 United States Williams, Gabby 5' 11" (1.8m) 170 lb (77kg) (1996-09-09)September 9, 1996 Connecticut R
Head coach
United States Amber Stocks (Cincinnati)
Assistant coaches
United States Carla Morrow (Tulsa)
United States Awvee Storey (Arizona State)
Player development
United States Emre Vatansever
Athletic trainer
Jody Jenike
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Ann Crosby (Western Michigan)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Game log

Preseason

2018 pre-season game log
May: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 6
3:00 PM[a] 		Atlanta L 61–78 Parker (13) Parker (8) Alston (7) Wintrust Arena
 0–1
2 May 7
11:30 AM 		@ Indiana L 65-79 Cooper/Parker (10) Bulgak (8) Montgomery/Hopkins/Alston (2) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
 0–2
3 May 12 @ Minnesota L 58-87 Dolson (11) Dolson/Parker (5) Cooper/Quigley (4) Target Center
5,024 		0–3
2018 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2018 game log
Total: 13–21 (Home: 7–10; Road: 6–11)
May: 2–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 19 @ Indiana W 82–64 Quigley (19) Tied (8) Tied (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,565 		1–0
2 May 20 New York W 80–76 Quigley (22) Parker (8) Tied (5) Wintrust Arena
7,922 		2–0
3 May 23 Atlanta L 63–81 Quigley (13) Coates (8) 4 Tied (3) Wintrust Arena
6,147 		2–1
4 May 25 @ Seattle L 91–95 OT Quigley (23) Parker (8) Faulkner (9) KeyArena
5,866 		2–2
June : 4–7 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
5 June 1 Connecticut L 72–110 De Shields (15) Tied (5) Vandersloot (7) Wintrust Arena
4,131 		2–3
6 June 3 Las Vegas W 95–90 De Shields (25) Parker (13) Vandersloot (9) Wintrust Arena
5,052 		3–3
7 June 8 @ Phoenix L 79–96 Williams (26) De Shields (7) Vandersloot (6) Talking Stick Resort Arena
8,834 		3–4
8 June 10 @ Los Angeles L 59–77 Parker (17) Parker (12) Faulkner (6) Staples Center
8,239 		3–5
9 June 12 @ Seattle L 85–96 De Shields (22) Parker (10) Vandersloot (5) KeyArena
4,353 		3–6
10 June 17 Los Angeles L 72–81 Faulkner (19) Parker (10) Vandersloot (7) Wintrust Arena
5,584 		3–7
11 June 19 @ Washington L 60–88 Parker (18) Parker (9) Vandersloot (6) Capital One Arena
4,206 		3–8
12 June 22 Washington L 77–93 Quigley (21) Williams (8) Vandersloot (7) Wintrust Arena
5,831 		3–9
13 June 24 Phoenix W 97–88 Quigley (20) Williams (8) Vandersloot (12) Wintrust Arena
4,741 		4–9
14 June 27 Atlanta W 93-80 DeShields (23) DeShields (11) Vandersloot (11) Wintrust Arena
8,521 		5-9
15 June 29 @ New York W 103–99 DeShields (22) Dolson (6) Vandersloot (11) Westchester County Center
1,837 		6–9
July : 4–8 (Home: 2–4; Road: 2–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
16 July 1 New York L 94–97 OT Quigley (28) Dolson (10) Faulkner (8) Wintrust Arena
5,382 		6–10
17 July 3 @ Dallas L 85–108 DeShields (20) Dolson (5) Vandersloot (7) College Park Center
4,012 		6–11
18 July 5 @ Las Vegas L 80–84 Quigley (13) Parker (9) Vandersloot (9) Mandalay Bay Events Center
4,699 		6–12
19 July 7 Minnesota W 77–63 Quigley (15) Parker (8) Vandersloot (9) Wintrust Arena
6,139 		7–12
20 July 10 Las Vegas L 74–98 DeShields (15) Parker (8) Vandersloot (8) Wintrust Arena
7,696 		7–13
21 July 13 @ Washington L 72–88 Quigley (17) DeShields (6) Vandersloot (9) Capital One Arena
5,858 		7–14
22 July 15 @ New York L 84–107 Vandersloot (15) DeShields (4) Vandersloot (8) Madison Square Garden
2,073 		7–15
23 July 18 Seattle L 83–101 Quigley (18) Coates (6) Tied (6) Wintrust Arena
10,024 		7–16
24 July 20 Dallas W 114–99 Cooper (23) Vandersloot (10) Vandersloot (15) Wintrust Arena
4,962 		8–16
25 July 22 Los Angeles L 76-93 Dolson (20) 3 Tied (6) Vandersloot (10) Wintrust Arena
6,477 		8–17
26 July 25 @ Phoenix W 101–87 DeShields (25) Parker (8) Vandersloot (11) Talking Stick Resort Arena
10,338 		9–17
27 July 31 @ Dallas W 92–91 Quigley (22) Tied (6) Vandersloot (14) College Park Center
3,696 		10–17
August : 3–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
28 August 3 @ Atlanta L 74–89 Vandersloot (24) Coates (6) Vandersloot (7) McCamish Pavilion
5,120 		10–18
29 August 7 Minnesota L 64–85 Quigley (22) Williams (8) Vandersloot (7) Wintrust Arena
6,388 		10–19
30 August 10 Connecticut W 97–86 Vandersloot (20) Coates (10) Vandersloot (15) Wintrust Arena
5,976 		11–19
31 August 12 @ Connecticut L 75–82 Dolson (20) Dolson (8) Vandersloot (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,687 		11–20
32 August 14 @ Minnesota W 91–88 DeShields (28) Parker (6) Vandersloot (10) Target Center
9,730 		12–20
33 August 18 @ Indiana W 115–106 2OT Tied (24) Coates (10) Vandersloot (10) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
8,442 		13–20
34 August 19 Indiana L 92–97 DeShields (27) Dolson (6) Vandersloot (7) Wintrust Arena
7,118 		13–21
2018 season schedule

Standings

# Eastern Conference
W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
1 Atlanta Dream (2) 23 11 .676 – 13–4 10–7 12–4
2 Washington Mystics (3) 22 12 .647 1 12–5 10–7 12–4
3 Connecticut Sun (4) 21 13 .618 2 13–4 8–9 9–7
4 e – Chicago Sky 13 21 .382 10 7–10 6–11 6–10
5 e – New York Liberty 7 27 .206 16 4–13 3–14 6–10
6 e – Indiana Fever 6 28 .176 17 2–15 4–13 3–13

Notes

(#) – Conference Standing, Playoff Seeds shown to the right of team name
x – Clinched Playoff Berth
e – Eliminated from playoffs

Statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Allie Quigley 32 32 29.7 46.6 42.0 85.7 2.4 2.5 0.7 0.3 15.4
Diamond DeShields 34 33 28.4 42.5 32.8 83.6 4.9 2.2 1.1 0.3 14.4
Courtney Vandersloot 30 30 31.8 48.9 39.8 82.6 3.7 8.6 1.3 0.6 12.5
Cheyenne Parker 34 5 19.7 53.1 31.6 71.3 5.8 0.7 0.6 1.1 10.0
Stefanie Dolson 27 25 27.6 46.7 34.6 93.8 4.6 3.0 0.6 0.9 9.7
Jamierra Faulkner 17 0 21.2 34.3 30.2 75.0 1.4 3.9 0.5 0.1 7.6
Gabby Williams 34 30 23.0 43.2 26.9 78.3 4.3 1.6 1.6 0.2 7.3
Kahleah Copper 33 2 15.9 39.7 37.5 87.5 2.2 0.6 0.3 0.2 7.1
Astou Ndour 22 9 11.6 47.4 31.8 76.9 2.5 0.3 0.2 0.5 4.6
Alaina Coates 32 0 11.4 56.8 0.0 62.5 3.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 3.4
Linnae Harper 24 0 6.4 40.4 30.8 60.0 0.8 1.0 0.2 0.0 2.0
Alex Montgomery 19 0 6.4 26.3 33.3 100.0 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.8

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Allie Quigley WNBA All-Star Selection July 17, 2018 [6]
Allie Quigley WNBA All-Star Three Point Contest – Winner July 28, 2018 [7]
Courtney Vandersloot WNBA Peak Performer – Assists August 19, 2018 [8]

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ All times are specified as Central Time.

Notes

  1. ^ "Chicago Sky schedule". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  2. ^ "Chicago Sky Announce Change in Coaching Staff". OurSportsCentral.com. August 31, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Transactions". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  4. ^ "Faulkner, Bulgak Re-Sign With Chicago". sky.wnba.com. sky.wnba.com. February 20, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  5. ^ "Sky Sign Veteran Guard-Forward Alex Montgomery". sky.wnba.com. sky.wnba.com. February 23, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  6. ^ "2018 WNBA All-Stars Announced; Elena Delle Donne, Candace Parker To Serve As Player-Captains". wnba.com. WNBA. July 17, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  7. ^ "Quigley Wins 3-Point Contest For Her Dad". wnba.com. WNBA. July 29, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  8. ^ "Cambage, Fowles And Vandersloot Earn 2018 WNBA Peak Performer Awards". wnba.com. WNBA. August 20, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
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