2017 Chicago Sky season

2017 Chicago Sky season
2017 Chicago Sky season
Coach	Amber Stocks
Arena	Allstate Arena
Attendance	6,853 per game
Results
Record	12–22 (.353)
Place	4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Allie Quigley (16.4) ppg
Rebounds	Jessica Breland (6.3) rpg
Assists	Courtney Vandersloot (8.1) apg
Media
Television	WMEU-CD; ESPN; ESPN2; NBA TV
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The 2017 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 12th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The Sky started the season slowly, posting a 1–5 record in May. This slow start continued into June where the team only won 2 of 9 games. The team showed improvement in July and August, posting a combined record of 9–8 in those months. An 0–2 September saw the Sky finish with an overall record of 12–22. The Sky finished in 4th place in the Eastern Conference, ahead of the Atlanta Dream via tiebreaker. The team did not qualify for the playoffs.

Transactions edit

WNBA draft edit

The Sky made the following selections in the 2017 WNBA draft:

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	2	Alaina Coates	United States	South Carolina
1	9	Tori Jankoska	United States	Michigan State
2	21	Chantel Osahor	United States	Washington
3	33	Makayla Epps	United States	Kentucky

Trades edit

Elena Delle Donne is traded to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Stefanie Dolson, Kahleah Copper and Washington’s first-round pick (second overall) in the 2017 WNBA draft.^[1]^[2]
Astou Ndour was acquired from the San Antonio Stars, in exchange for Clarissa Dos Santos.^[2]
Keisha Hampton was acquired from the Minnesota Lynx. in exchange for Chantel Osahor.^[3]

Roster edit

Chicago Sky roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
F	35	Hooper, Jordan	6' 2" (1.88m)	185 lb (84kg)	(1992-02-20)February 20, 1992	Nebraska	3
F	12	Graves, Bashaara	6' 2" (1.88m)	200 lb (91kg)	(1994-03-17)March 17, 1994	Tennessee	1
F	51	Breland, Jessica	6' 3" (1.91m)	170 lb (77kg)	(1988-02-23)February 23, 1988	North Carolina	5
G/F	2	Copper, Kahleah	6' 1" (1.85m)	155 lb (70kg)	(1994-08-28)August 28, 1994	Rutgers	1
C	31	Dolson, Stefanie	6' 5" (1.96m)	214 lb (97kg)	(1992-01-08)January 8, 1992	Connecticut	3
G	25	Epps, Makayla	5' 10" (1.78m)	–		Kentucky	R
C	3	Bulgak, Adut	6' 4" (1.93m)	156 lb (71kg)	(1992-12-20)December 20, 1992	Florida State	1
F	11	Harris, Amber	6' 5" (1.96m)	193 lb (88kg)	(1988-01-16)January 16, 1988	Xavier	3
F	24	Hampton, Keisha	6' 2" (1.88m)	171 lb (78kg)	(1990-02-22)February 22, 1990	DePaul
F	32	Parker, Cheyenne	6' 4" (1.93m)	190 lb (86kg)	(1992-08-22)August 22, 1992	Middle Tennessee	2
G	23	Pondexter, Cappie	5' 9" (1.75m)	160 lb (73kg)	(1983-01-07)January 7, 1983	Rutgers	11
G	14	Quigley, Allie	5' 10" (1.78m)	140 lb (64kg)	(1986-06-20)June 20, 1986	DePaul	8
G	22	Vandersloot, Courtney	5' 8" (1.73m)	145 lb (66kg)	(1989-02-08)February 8, 1989	Gonzaga	6

Head coach: Amber Stocks (Cincinnati)
Assistant coaches: Carlene Mitchell (Kansas State)
Carla Morrow (Tulsa)

Athletic trainer: Heidi Wlezien

Strength and conditioning coach: Ann Crosby (Western Michigan)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured

Preseason edit

2017 pre-season game log

May: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 2 6:00 PM^[a]	Connecticut	L 72-81	Hampton/Young (11)	Breland (8)	Epps (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 2782	0-1
2	May 3 4:00 PM	New York	W 86-75	Pondexter (15)	Parker (6)	Breland (3)	Mohegan Sun Arena	1-1

2017 pre-season schedule

Regular season edit

Game log edit

2017 game log
Total: 12-22 (Home: 4-13; Road: 8-9)

May: 1–5 (Home: 0–3; Road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 14 6:00 PM	Minnesota	L 61–70	Sylvia Fowles (26)	Sylvia Fowles (10)	Augustus, Whalen (5)	Xcel Energy Center 9,234	0–1
2	May 19 7:30 PM	Atlanta	L 83–91	Cappie Pondexter (22)	Jessica Breland (7)	Cappie Pondexter (7)	Allstate Arena 6,631	0–2
3	May 21 2:00 PM	Atlanta	W 75–71	Stefanie Dolson (23)	Jessica Breland (12)	Cappie Pondexter (11)	McCamish Pavilion 4,859	1–2
4	May 24 11:30 AM	Washington	L 82-67	Cappie Pondexter (17)	Stefanie Dolson (11)	Cappie Pondexter (10)	Allstate Arena 6,714	1-3
5	May 26 6:00 PM	Washington	L 88-79	Quigley (17)	Pondexter (6), Breland (6)	Pondexter (8)	Verizon Center 6,438	1-4
6	May 28 5:00 PM	Connecticut	L 97-79	Young (17)	Breland (11)	Pondexter (9)	Allstate Arena 4,498	1-5

June : 2–7 (Home: 0–4; Road: 2–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
7	June 1 7:00 PM^[a]	Phoenix	L 99-91	Dolson (21)	Boyette (9)	Pondexter (8)	Allstate Arena 4,634	1-6
8	June 6 9:30 PM	Los Angeles	L 79-70	Vandersloot (13)	Boyette (9)	Vandersloot; Quigley (5)	Staples Center 8,523	1-7
9	June 10 7:00 PM	San Antonio	W 85-81 (OT)	Dolson (25)	Dolson (9)	Pondexter (6)	AT&T Center 6,191	2-7
10	June 16 9:00 PM	Phoenix	L 86-78	Quigley (19)	Bpyette (10)	Quigley (6)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 10,249	2-8
11	June 18 5:00 PM	Indiana	L 91-79	Quigley (18)	Boyette (10)	Quigley (6)	Allstate Arena 4,551	2-9
12	June 23 6:30 PM	Atlanta	W 82-78	Quigley (22)	Dolson (8)	Pondexter (9)	McCamish Pavilion 4,237	3-9
13	June 25 5:00 PM	Washington	L 97-63	Quigley (18)	Young (5)	Vandersloot; Young (3)	Allstate Arena 5,344	3-10
14	June 28 11:30 AM	Indiana	L 82-75	Breland (22)	Boyette (10)	Vandersloot (8)	Allstate Arena 10,197	3-11
15	June 30 7:00 PM	San Antonio	L 89-82	Quigley (27)	Vandersloot; Boyette (4)	Vandersloot (9)	AT&T Center 4,942	3-12

July : 5–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
16	July 8 7:00 PM^[a]	Minnesota	W 100-76	Vandersloot (26)	Vandersloot (7)	Vandersloot (13)	Allstate Arena 6,942	4-12
17	July 12 11:30 AM	Dallas	W 90-84	Quigley (22)	Breland (12)	Vandersloot (12)	Allstate Arena 14,102	5-12
18	July 14 6:30 PM	New York	W 78-68	Dolson (23)	Young (7)	Vandersloot (9)	Madison Square Garden 9,341	6-12
19	July 16 3:30 PM	Dallas	L 112-106 (2OT)	Dolson (26)	Dolson (10)	Vandersloot (10)	College Park Center 3,693	6-13
20	July 18 8:00 PM	Seattle	W 94-83	Quigley (25)	Dolson (8)	Vandersloot (6)	KeyArena 8,358	7-13
21	July 20	Los Angeles	W 82-80	Dolson (15)	Young; Breland (7)	Vandersloot (14)	Staples Center 16,166	8-13
22	July 25	Connecticut	L 93-72	Quigley (20)	Dolson (7)	Young; Vandersloot (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 5,631	8-14
23	July 28	Phoenix	L 86-80	Dolson (29)	Breland (12)	Vandersloot (10)	Allstate Arena 6,088	8-15
24	July 30	New York	L 82-86	Quigley (22)	Breland (10)	Vandersloot (10)	Allstate Arena 5,834	8-16 ^[b]

August : 4–4 (Home: 2–3; Road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
25	August 4	Indiana	W 81-70	Vandersloot (5)	Breland (8)	Vandersloot (10)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,052	9-16
26	August 5	Atlanta	W 91-86	Vandersloot (26)	Vandersloot (7)	Vandersloot (10)	Allstate Arena 5,757	10-16
27	August 10	San Antonio	W 94-74	Vandersloot (21)	Breland (7)	Vandersloot (10)	Allstate Arena 4,686	11-16
28	August 18	Los Angeles	L 106-115	Quigley (26)	Dolson (10)	Vandersloot (12)	Allstate Arena 6,826	11-17
29	August 20	Seattle	L 66-103	Dolson (10)	Breland (9)	Vandersloot (6)	Allstate Arena 6,020	11-18
30	August 25	Connecticut	W 96-83	Breland (15)	Dolson (9)	Vandersloot (12)	Mohegan Sun Arena 7,761	12-18
31	August 27	New York	L 62-92	Dolson (22)	Bulgak (5)	Pondexter (6)	Madison Square Garden 9,317	12-19
32	August 30	Dallas	L 96-99	Quigley (25)	Breland (8)	Vandersloot (12)	Allstate Arena 5,896	12-20

September : 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
33	September 1	Minnesota	L 87-110	Copper (21)	Dolson (10)	Vandersloot (9)	Xcel Energy Center 9,709	12-21
34	September 3	Seattle	L 80-85	Copper (18)	Dolson (8)	Vandersloot (8)	Allstate Arena 7,199	12-22

2017 season schedule

Standings edit

#	Eastern Conference v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
1	New York Liberty - (3)	22	12	.647	-	13–4	9–8	10–6
2	Connecticut Sun - (4)	21	13	.636	1	12–5	9–6	10–6
3	Washington Mystics - (6)	18	16	.529	4	11–6	7–10	12-4
4	Chicago Sky - e	12	22	.353	10	4–13	8–9	6–10
5	Atlanta Dream - e	12	22	.353	10	9–8	3–14	5–11
6	Indiana Fever - e	9	25	.265	13	6–11	3–14	4–12

Notes

(#) – Conference Standing

Playoff Seeds shown next to team name

e – Eliminated from playoffs

Awards and honors edit

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Stefanie Dolson	Player of the Week	July 16, 2017	^[4]
Courtney Vandersloot	Player of the Week	August 7, 2017	^[5]

References edit

Footnotes edit

^ ^a ^b ^c All times are specified as Central Time.
^ Televised on ESPN 2.

Notes edit

^ "Mystics Acquire Elena Delle Donne". Mystics Today. February 2, 2017. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Transactions".
^ Thompson, Phil (April 14, 2017). "Sky trade Chantel Osahor for DePaul's Kiesha Hampton". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
^ "Chicago's Dolson, Seattle's Stewart Named WNBA Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. July 17, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
^ "Chicago's Vandersloot, Dallas' Johnson Named WNBA Players Of The Week". wnba.com. WNBA. August 7, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2017.

[time-4] All times are specified as Central Time.

[ESPN2-5] Televised on ESPN 2.

[1] "Mystics Acquire Elena Delle Donne". Mystics Today. February 2, 2017. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2017.

[transactions-2] "Transactions".

[3] Thompson, Phil (April 14, 2017). "Sky trade Chantel Osahor for DePaul's Kiesha Hampton". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 16, 2017.

[6] "Chicago's Dolson, Seattle's Stewart Named WNBA Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. July 17, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2017.

[7] "Chicago's Vandersloot, Dallas' Johnson Named WNBA Players Of The Week". wnba.com. WNBA. August 7, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2017.

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