2018 Chicago Sky season explained

Team:	Chicago Sky
Year:	2018
Attendance:	6,358
Wins:	13
Losses:	21
Conf:	Eastern
Conf Place:	4th
Coach:	Amber Stocks
Arena:	Wintrust Arena
Points:	Allie Quigley – 15.4 ppg
Rebounds:	Cheyenne Parker – 5.8 rpg
Assists:	Courtney Vandersloot – 8.6 apg
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Television:	WMEU-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		Tennessee
1	4	Gabby Williams		UConn
3	28	Amarah Coleman		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
February 20, 2018	Re-Signed G Jamierra Faulkner and F/C Adut Bulgak^[4]
February 23, 2018	Signed F/G Alex Montgomery^[5]

Game log

Preseason

|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 1| May 6
3:00 PM | Atlanta | L 61–78| Parker (13)| Parker (8)| Alston (7)| Wintrust Arena
| 0–1|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 2| May 7
11:30 AM | @ Indiana | L 65-79| Cooper/Parker (10)| Bulgak (8)| Montgomery/Hopkins/Alston (2)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
| 0–2|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 3| May 12| @ Minnesota | L 58-87| Dolson (11)| Dolson/Parker (5)| Cooper/Quigley (4)| Target Center
5,024| 0–3|-

Regular season

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

Standings

Statistics

Regular season

style= width="16%"	Player	style= width="6%"	GP	style= width="6%"	GS	style= width="6%"	MPG	style= width="6%"	FG%	style= width="6%"	3P%	style= width="6%"	FT%	style= width="6%"	RPG	style= width="5%"	APG	style= width="6%"	SPG	style= width="6%"	BPG	style= width="6%"	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

Notes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chicago Sky schedule. wnba.com. WNBA. April 2, 2018.
2. Web site: Chicago Sky Announce Change in Coaching Staff . OurSportsCentral.com . August 31, 2018.
3. Web site: Transactions. wnba.com. WNBA. March 27, 2018.
4. Web site: Faulkner, Bulgak Re-Sign With Chicago. 2018-02-20. 2018-03-26. sky.wnba.com. sky.wnba.com.
5. Web site: Sky Sign Veteran Guard-Forward Alex Montgomery. 2018-02-23. 2018-03-26. sky.wnba.com. sky.wnba.com.
6. Web site: 2018 WNBA All-Stars Announced; Elena Delle Donne, Candace Parker To Serve As Player-Captains. wnba.com. WNBA. July 17, 2018. July 18, 2018.
7. Web site: Quigley Wins 3-Point Contest For Her Dad. WNBA. wnba.com. July 29, 2018. July 30, 2018.
8. Web site: Cambage, Fowles And Vandersloot Earn 2018 WNBA Peak Performer Awards. WNBA. wnba.com. August 20, 2018. August 30, 2018.