2015 Chicago Sky season

Results
2015 Chicago Sky season
Head Coach	Pokey Chatman
Arena	Allstate Arena
Attendance	6,894 per game

Record	21–13 (.618)
Place	2nd (Eastern)
Playoff Finish	Semifinals
Team Leaders
Points	Elena Delle Donne (23.4)
Rebounds	Elena Delle Donne (8.4)
Assists	Courtney Vandersloot (5.8)
Media
Television	WMEU-CD ESPN ESPN2 NBA TV
Chicago Sky seasons
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The 2015 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 10th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).^[1]

Offseason

Draft picks

The Sky made the following selections in the 2015 WNBA draft:

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	5	Cheyenne Parker	United States	Middle Tennessee
2	17	Betnijah Laney	United States	Rutgers
2	22	Aleighsa Welch	United States	South Carolina

Trades

Date	Trade
February 16, 2015^[2]	To Chicago Sky	To New York Liberty
February 16, 2015^[2]	Cappie Pondexter	Epiphanny Prince

Preseason

2015 pre-season game log

May: 2–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 22 6:00 PM^{[lower-alpha 1]}	New York	W 55–83	Delle Donne (16)	Delle Donne/dos Santos (8)	Quigley (4)	Bob Carpenter Center 3,105	1–0
2	May 27 4:00 PM	Los Angeles	L 76–67	Vandersloot (15)	Young (6)	Pondexter (6)	Mohegan Sun Arena 3,947	1–1
3	May 28 4:00 PM	China	W 59–92	Delle Donne (18)	Parker (6)	Vandersloot/Gemelos (3)	Mohegan Sun Arena	2–1

2015 pre-season schedule

Regular season

Game log

2015 game log

June: 5–5 (Home: 2–1; Road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	June 5 6:30 PM^{[lower-alpha 1]}	New York	W 72–95	Delle Donne (31)	Breland (13)	Quigley (5)	Allstate Arena 8,123	1–0
2	June 6 7:00 PM	@ Tulsa	L 101–93	Delle Donne (40)	Delle Donne/Paris (9)	Diggins (8)	BOK Center 7,256	1–1
3	June 11 6:00 PM	@ Connecticut	L 65–67	Delle Donne (27)	Bone (12)	Thomas/Vandersloot (4)	Mohegan Sun Arena 4,523	1–2
4	June 14 12:00 PM	@ Indiana	W 98–72	Delle Donne (24)	Delle Donne (9)	Vandersloot/Pondexter/Johnson (4)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,433^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2–2
5	June 19 6:30 PM	@ Atlanta	L 74–73	Delle Donne (26)	de Souza (11)	McCoughtry (6)	Philips Arena 5,166	2–3
6	June 20 7:00 PM	@ San Antonio	W 95–87 OT	Delle Donne (28)	Delle Donne (13)	Vandersloot (8)	Freeman Coliseum 4,026^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3–3
7	June 24 11:30 AM	Atlanta	W 96–100 OT	Delle Donne (45)	Delle Donne (11)	Ajavon/McCoughtry (6)	Allstate Arena 9,893	4–3
8	June 26 6:00 PM	@ Indiana	W 83–77	Pondexter (23)	Delle Donne (14)	Vandersloot (7)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,889	5–3
9	June 28 3:00 PM	@ Washington	L 86–71	Delle Donne (26)	Dolson (10)	Dolson/Lawson/Latta (5)	Verizon Center 7,400	5–4
10	June 30 7:00 PM	New York	L 89–81	Delle Donne/Charles (26)	Delle Donne (13)	Vandersloot (10)	Allstate Arena 5,048^{[lower-alpha 2]}	5–5

July : 6–3 (Home: 5–1; Road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
11	July 2 6:00 PM^{[lower-alpha 1]}	@ Connecticut	W 77–74	Quigley (19)	Delle Donne (10)	Pondexter (4)	Mohegan Sun Arena 5,607	6–5
12	July 10 7:30 PM	Minnesota	W 83–90	Delle Donne/Pondexter (24)	Breland/Delle Donne (10)	Faulkner (6)	Allstate Arena 6,709	7–5
13	July 12 5:00 PM	Connecticut	W 76–96	Pondexter (29)	Delle Donne (8)	Pondexter (7)	Allstate Arena 5,051	8–5
14	July 15 11:30 AM	Washington	W 57–85	Quigley (15)	Delle Donne (10)	Faulkner (5)	Allstate Arena 16,304	9–5
15	July 17 7:00 PM	@ Minnesota	L 66–84	Breland (17)	dos Santos (13)	Vandersloot (5)	Target Center 9,033	9–6
16	July 19 5:00 PM	San Antonio Stars	W 93–82	Delle Donne (29)	Delle Donne (13)	Vandersloot (8)	Allstate Arena 5,011	10–6
17	July 21 7:00 PM	Atlanta	W 97–92	Delle Donne (27)	Delle Donne (8)	Vandersloot (4)	Allstate Arena 5,967	11–6
18	July 28 9:00 PM	@ Phoenix	L 87–89 OT	Delle Donne (32)	dos Santos (8)	Vandersloot (6)	US Airways Center 10,707^{[lower-alpha 2]}	11–7
19	July 31 7:30 PM	Los Angeles	L 88–77	Delle Donne (21)	Breland (7)	Vandersloot (13)	Allstate Arena 7,014	11–8

August : 7–4 (Home: 4–2; Road: 3–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
20	August 2 5:00 PM^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Washington	W 69–68	Delle Donne (22)	de Souza (10)	Vandersloot (10)	Allstate Arena 4,141	12–8
21	August 4 7:00 PM	Indiana	W 106–82	Delle Donne (19)	Delle Donne/Pondexter/Young (6)	Vandersloot (7)	Allstate Arena 4,979	13–8
22	August 7 7:30 PM	New York	L 77–63	Delle Donne (17)	Delle Donne (6)	Vandersloot/Quigley (2)	Allstate Arena 5,992	13–9
23	August 9 1:00 PM	Phoenix	W 74–64	Delle Donne (33)	Breland (13)	Vandersloot (7)	Allstate Arena 7,181^{[lower-alpha 4]}	14–9
24	August 11 6:00 PM	@ New York	L 63–84	Pondexter (23)	Breland (7)	Vandersloot (9)	Madison Square Garden 9,987^{[lower-alpha 3]}	14–10
25	August 14 9:00 PM	@ Seattle	W 94–84	Delle Donne/Vandersloot (21)	Breland (11)	Vandersloot (8)	Key Arena 5,684	15–10
26	August 16 6:00 PM	@ Los Angeles	L 76–64	Delle Donne (23)	Delle Donne/de Souza (8)	Vandersloot (4)	Staples Center 7,110^{[lower-alpha 3]}	15–11
27	August 21 7:30 PM	Washington	W 87–85	Delle Donne (22)	Delle Donne/Vandersloot/dos Santos (8)	Vandersloot (10)	Allstate Arena 5,861	16–11
28	August 23 3:00 PM	@ Washington	W 66–64	Delle Donne (18)	Delle Donne (10)	Breland/Vandersloot (2)	Verizon Center 7,400	17–11
29	August 29 6:00 PM	@ Atlanta	W 98–96	Pondexter (22)	de Souza (7)	Vandersloot (7)	Philips Arena^{[lower-alpha 3]} 6,872	18–11
30	August 30 6:00 PM	Connecticut	L 72–68	Pondexter (18)	Breland (7)	Vandersloot (5)	Allstate Arena 5,969	18–12

September : 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
31	September 3 6:00 PM^{[lower-alpha 1]}	@ New York	W 82–60	Vandersloot (21)	Breland/de Souza (8)	Vandersloot (5)	Madison Square Garden 8,496^{[lower-alpha 3]}	19–12
32	September 6 5:00 PM	Seattle	W 65–93	Quigley (17)	de Souza (8)	Vandersloot/Faulkner (6)	Allstate Arena 6,205	20–12
33	September 11 7:30 PM	Tulsa	W 71–92	Delle Donne (21)	Young/Parker (5)	Vandersloot (9)	Allstate Arena 7,753	21–12
34	September 13 12:00 PM	@ Connecticut	L 75–86	Delle Donne (28)	de Souza (9)	Young (4)	Mohegan Sun Arena 8,049	21–13

2015 season schedule

Standings

Eastern Conference v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
z - New York Liberty	23	11	.676	–	12–5	11–6	13–9
x - Chicago Sky	21	13	.618	2	13–4	8–9	14–8
x - Indiana Fever	20	14	.588	3	11–6	9–8	13–9
x - Washington Mystics	18	16	.529	5	11–6	7–10	10–12
e - Atlanta Dream	15	19	.441	8	9–8	6–11	10–12
e - Connecticut Sun	15	19	.441	8	8–9	7–10	6–16

Notes

z – Clinched Conference

x – Clinched playoff spot

e – Eliminated from playoffs

Postseason

2015 playoff game log
Total: 1–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–1)

Conference Semifinals: 1–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	September 17 7:00PM^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Indiana	W 77–72	Vandersloot (17)	Delle Donne (11)	Quigley/Vandersloot (5)	UIC Pavilion 4,098^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1–0
2	September 19 6:00PM	Indiana	L 82–89	Vandersloot (19)	de Souza (8)	Vandersloot (6)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,124^{[lower-alpha 3]}	1–1
2	September 21 7:00PM	Indiana	L 100–89	Delle Donne (40)	Breland (8)	Vandersloot (14)	Allstate Arena 2,882^{[lower-alpha 3]}	1–2

2015 playoff schedule

Roster

2015 Chicago Sky roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
F	51	Breland, Jessica	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	(1988-02-23)February 23, 1988 (aged 27)	North Carolina
F/C	41	de Souza, Érika	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	(1982-03-03)March 03, 1982 (aged 33)	Brazil
G/F	11	Delle Donne, Elena	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	(1989-09-05)September 05, 1989 (aged 25)	Delaware
C	8	dos Santos, Clarissa	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	(1988-03-10)March 10, 1988 (aged 27)	Brazil
G	21	Faulkner, Jamierra	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	141 lb (64 kg)	(1992-03-09)March 09, 1992 (aged 23)	Southern Mississippi
G	5	Gemelos, Jacki	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	(1988-11-22)November 22, 1988 (aged 26)	Southern California
C	45	Goodlett, Sasha	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	239 lb (108 kg)	(1990-08-09)August 9, 1990 (aged 24)	Georgia Tech
G/F	44	Laney, Betnijah	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	(1993-10-29)October 29, 1993 (aged 21)	Rutgers
C	25	Macaulay, Victoria	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	(1990-08-07)August 7, 1990 (aged 24)	Temple
F	32	Parker, Cheyenne	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	(1992-08-22)August 22, 1992 (aged 22)	Middle Tennessee
G	23	Pondexter, Cappie	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	(1983-01-07)January 07, 1983 (aged 32)	Rutgers
G	14	Quigley, Allie	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	140 lb (64 kg)	(1986-06-20)June 20, 1986 (aged 28)	DePaul
G	22	Vandersloot, Courtney	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	132 lb (60 kg)	(1989-02-08)February 08, 1989 (aged 26)	Gonzaga
F	1	Young, Tamera	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	(1986-10-30)October 30, 1986 (aged 28)	James Madison

Head coach: Pokey Chatman (LSU)
Assistant coaches: Tree Rollins (Clemson)
Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech)

Athletic trainer: Heidi Wlezien

Strength and conditioning coach: Ann Crosby (Western Michigan)

Legend

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

Notes

Age of player is as of the start of the regular season.

Player 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%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Jessica Breland	33	30	21.4	.471 ^{[lower-alpha 5]}	.000 ^{[lower-alpha 6]}	.774	5.9	1.3	0.7	1.1	6.7
Elena Delle Donne	31	31	33.3 ^{[lower-alpha 7]}	.460	.313	.950 ^{[lower-alpha 8]}	8.4 ^{[lower-alpha 9]}	1.4	1.1	2.1 ^{[lower-alpha 10]}	23.4 ^{[lower-alpha 11]}
Cappie Pondexter	29	29	30.2	.439	.381 ^{[lower-alpha 12]}	.824	3.8	2.1	1.0	0.2	15.0
Courtney Vandersloot	34	34	29.8	.463	.356	.901	3.4	5.8 ^{[lower-alpha 13]}	1.3 ^{[lower-alpha 14]}	0.5	11.4
Notes Reference: basketball-reference.com^[3] The WNBA maintains a list of qualifications for statistical leaders here.

Awards and honors

Eastern Conference Player of the Month – June – Elena Delle Donne

Eastern Conference Player of the Week – Elena Delle Donne (5 times), Cappie Pondexter (1 time), Courtney Vandersloot (1 time)

WNBA All-Stars – Elena Delle Donne (starter), Cappie Pondexter

WNBA Most Valuable Player – Elena Delle Donne

All-WNBA Team – Elena Delle Donne (first team), Courtney Vandersloot (second team)

WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year – Allie Quigley

WNBA Peak Performers – Elena Delle Donne (points), Courtney Vandersloot (assists)

References

Footnotes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 All times are specified under the Central Time Zone.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Televised on ESPN 2
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 Televised on NBA TV
↑ Televised on ESPN
↑ Meeting requirement of at least 100 field goals made during the season.
↑ No attempts taken.
↑ Meeting requirement of at least 70% of the season played, or 750 minutes.
↑ Meeting requirement of at least 50 free throws made during the season.
↑ Meeting requirement of at least 70% of the season played, or 240 total rebounds.
↑ Meeting requirement of at least 70% of the season played, or 35 blocks.
↑ Meeting requirement of at least 70% of the season played, or 480 points.
↑ Meeting requirement of at least 25 three-pointers made during the season.
↑ Meeting requirement of at least 70% of the season played, or 140 assists.
↑ Meeting requirement of at least 70% of the season played, or 50 steals.

Notes

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External links

THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE CHICAGO SKY

[time-3] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 All times are specified under the Central Time Zone.

[ESPN2-4] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Televised on ESPN 2

[NBATV-5] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 Televised on NBA TV

[ESPN-6] Televised on ESPN

[fgstat-7] Meeting requirement of at least 100 field goals made during the season.

[fn1-8] No attempts taken.

[mpgstat-9] Meeting requirement of at least 70% of the season played, or 750 minutes.

[ftstat-10] Meeting requirement of at least 50 free throws made during the season.

[rebstat-11] Meeting requirement of at least 70% of the season played, or 240 total rebounds.

[blockstat-12] Meeting requirement of at least 70% of the season played, or 35 blocks.

[ptstat-13] Meeting requirement of at least 70% of the season played, or 480 points.

[3stat-14] Meeting requirement of at least 25 three-pointers made during the season.

[asststat-15] Meeting requirement of at least 70% of the season played, or 140 assists.

[stealstat-16] Meeting requirement of at least 70% of the season played, or 50 steals.

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2015 Chicago Sky season

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Game log

Standings

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