2018 Chicago Sky season

2018 Chicago Sky season
Coach	Amber Stocks
Arena	Wintrust Arena
Attendance	6,358 per game
Results
Record	13–21 (.382)
Place	4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Allie Quigley – 15.4 ppg
Rebounds	Cheyenne Parker – 5.8 rpg
Assists	Courtney Vandersloot – 8.6 apg
Media
Television	WMEU-CD (The U Too) ESPN ESPN2 NBA TV
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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

2018 Chicago Sky roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs C 41 Coates, Alaina 6' 4" (1.93m) 155 lb (70kg) (1995-04-07)April 7, 1995 South Carolina R G/F 2 Copper, Kahleah 6' 1" (1.85m) 155 lb (70kg) (1994-08-28)August 28, 1994 Rutgers 2 G 0 DeShields, Diamond 6' 1" (1.85m) (1995-03-05)March 5, 1995 Tennessee R C 31 Dolson, Stefanie 6' 5" (1.96m) 214 lb (97kg) (1992-01-08)January 8, 1992 Connecticut 4 G 21 Faulkner, Jamierra  5' 6" (1.68m) 141 lb (64kg) (1992-03-09)March 9, 1992 Southern Miss 3 G 23 Harper, Linnae 5' 8" (1.73m) 150 lb (68kg) (1995-01-31)January 31, 1995 Ohio State R G/F 6 Montgomery, Alex 6' 1" (1.85m) 185 lb (84kg) (1988-11-12)November 12, 1988 Georgia Tech 7 C 45 Ndour, Astou 6' 5" (1.96m) (1994-08-22)August 22, 1994 Spain 2 F 32 Parker, Cheyenne 6' 4" (1.93m) 190 lb (86kg) (1992-08-22)August 22, 1992 Middle Tennessee 3 G 14 Quigley, Allie 5' 10" (1.78m) 140 lb (64kg) (1986-06-20)June 20, 1986 DePaul 9 G 22 Vandersloot, Courtney 5' 8" (1.73m) 145 lb (66kg) (1989-02-08)February 8, 1989 Gonzaga 7 F 15 Williams, Gabby 5' 11" (1.8m) 170 lb (77kg) (1996-09-09)September 9, 1996 Connecticut R	Head coach Amber Stocks (Cincinnati) Assistant coaches Carla Morrow (Tulsa) Awvee Storey (Arizona State) Player development Emre Vatansever Athletic trainer Jody Jenike Strength and conditioning coach Ann Crosby (Western Michigan) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended 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 v t e	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. "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.