2015 Chicago Sky season

2015 Chicago Sky season
2015 Chicago Sky season
Coach	Pokey Chatman
Arena	Allstate Arena
Attendance	6,894 per game
Results
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
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The 2015 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 10th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).^[1]

Transactions

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 and Roster Changes

Date	Transaction
January 6, 2015	Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Elena Delle Donne
January 6, 2015	Extended Qualifying Offers to Courtney Vandersloot, Jessica Breland, Sasha Goodlett, and Courtney Clements
January 12, 2015	Cored Sylvia Fowles
February 10, 2015	Signed Courtney Vandersloot^[2]
February 11, 2015	Signed Tamera Young^[3]
February 16, 2015	Traded Epiphanny Prince to the New York Liberty in exchange for Cappie Pondexter^[4]
February 19, 2015	Signed Jessica Breland
February 23, 2015	Signed Allie Quigley^[5]
March 5, 2015	Signed Jacki Gemelos and Clarissa dos Santos to training-camp contracts
March 18, 2015	Signed Sasha Goodlett and Courtney Clements to training-camp contracts
March 23, 2015	Signed Cappie Pondexter to a Contract Extension^[6]
April 1, 2015	Waived Gennifer Brandon
April 29, 2015	Signed Cheyenne Parker and Aleighsa Welch to rookie-scale contracts
May 4, 2015	Signed Betnijah Laney and Victoria Macaulay to rookie-scale contracts
May 20, 2015	Waived Aleighsa Welch^[7]
May 31, 2015	Waived Courtney Clements^[8]
June 4, 2015	Waived Markeisha Gatling and Jacki Gemelos^[9]
June 7, 2015	Temporarily Suspended Allie Quigley due to Overseas Commitments
June 17, 2015	Activate Allie Quigley from her Temporary Suspension^[10]
	Waived Victoria Macaulay
	Signed Jacki Gemelos^[11]
June 26, 2015	Waived Sasha Goodlett
June 26, 2015	Traded Sylvia Fowles and a Second Round Pick in the 2016 WNBA draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Erika de Souza from the Atlanta Dream as part of a 3-Team Trade^[12]

Roster

2015 Chicago Sky Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Ht.	Wt.	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 3, 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 5, 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 9, 1992 (aged 23)	Southern Miss
G	5	Gemelos, Jacki	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	(1988-11-22)November 22, 1988 (aged 26)	USC
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
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 7, 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 8, 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

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Erika de Souza	Clarissa dos Santos
PF	Jessica Breland	Cheyenne Parker
SF	Elena Delle Donne	Tamera Young Betnijah Laney
SG	Cappie Pondexter	Allie Quigley Jacki Gemelos
PG	Courtney Vandersloot	Jamierra Faulkner

Schedule

Preseason

2015 Preseason Schedule
Total: 2–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	May 22	New York	W 55–83	Elena Delle Donne (16)	Delle Donne dos Santos (8)	Allie Quigley (4)	Bob Carpenter Center 3,105	1–0
2	May 27	Los Angeles	L 76–67	Courtney Vandersloot (15)	Tamera Young (6)	Cappie Pondexter (6)	Mohegan Sun Arena 3,947	1–1
3	May 28	China	W 59–92	Elena Delle Donne (18)	Cheyenne Parker (6)	Vandersloot Gemelos (3)	Mohegan Sun Arena	2–1

2015 pre-season schedule

Regular Season

2015 Regular Season Schedule
Total: 21–13 (Home: 13–4; Road: 8–9)

June: 5–5 (Home: 2–1; Road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	June 5	New York	W 72–95	Elena Delle Donne (31)	Jessica Breland (13)	Allie Quigley (5)	Allstate Arena 8,123	1–0
2	June 6	@ Tulsa	L 101–93	Elena Delle Donne (40)	Delle Donne (9)	Courtney Vandersloot (6)	BOK Center 7,256	1–1
3	June 11	@ Connecticut	L 65–67	Elena Delle Donne (27)	Pondexter Laney (8)	Courtney Vandersloot (4)	Mohegan Sun Arena 4,523	1–2
4	June 14	@ Indiana	W 98–72	Elena Delle Donne (24)	Elena Delle Donne (9)	Vandersloot Pondexter (4)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,433	2–2
5	June 19	@ Atlanta	L 74–73	Elena Delle Donne (26)	Delle Donne dos Santos (10)	Elena Delle Donne (3)	Philips Arena 5,166	2–3
6	June 20	@ San Antonio	W 95–87 OT	Elena Delle Donne (28)	Elena Delle Donne (13)	Courtney Vandersloot (8)	Freeman Coliseum 4,026	3–3
7	June 24	Atlanta	W 96–100 OT	Elena Delle Donne (45)	Elena Delle Donne (11)	Courtney Vandersloot (5)	Allstate Arena 9,893	4–3
8	June 26	@ Indiana	W 83–77	Cappie Pondexter (23)	Elena Delle Donne (14)	Courtney Vandersloot (7)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,889	5–3
9	June 28	@ Washington	L 86–71	Elena Delle Donne (26)	Elena Delle Donne (7)	Courtney Vandersloot (4)	Verizon Center 7,400	5–4
10	June 30	New York	L 89–81	Elena Delle Donne (26)	Elena Delle Donne (13)	Courtney Vandersloot (10)	Allstate Arena 5,048	5–5

July: 6–3 (Home: 5–1; Road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
11	July 2	@ Connecticut	W 77–74	Allie Quigley (19)	Elena Delle Donne (10)	Cappie Pondexter (4)	Mohegan Sun Arena 5,607	6–5
12	July 10	2015 Minnesota Lynx season	W 83–90	Delle Donne Pondexter (24)	Breland Delle Donne (10)	Faulkner (6)	Allstate Arena 6,709	7–5
13	July 12	Connecticut	W 76–96	Cappie Pondexter (29)	Elena Delle Donne (8)	Cappie Pondexter (7)	Allstate Arena 5,051	8–5
14	July 15	Washington	W 57–85	Allie Quigley (15)	Elena Delle Donne (10)	Jamierra Faulkner (5)	Allstate Arena 16,304	9–5
15	July 17	@ Minnesota	L 66–84	Jessica Breland (17)	Clarissa dos Santos (13)	Courtney Vandersloot (5)	Target Center 9,033	9–6
16	July 19	San Antonio Stars	W 93–82	Elena Delle Donne (29)	Elena Delle Donne (13)	Courtney Vandersloot (8)	Allstate Arena 5,011	10–6
17	July 21	Atlanta	W 97–92	Elena Delle Donne (27)	Elena Delle Donne (8)	Courtney Vandersloot (4)	Allstate Arena 5,967	11–6
18	July 28	@ Phoenix	L 87–89 OT	Elena Delle Donne (32)	Clarissa dos Santos (8)	Courtney Vandersloot (6)	US Airways Center 10,707	11–7
19	July 31	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	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
20	August 2	Washington	W 69–68	Elena Delle Donne (22)	de Souza (10)	Courtney Vandersloot (10)	Allstate Arena 4,141	12–8
21	August 4	Indiana	W 106–82	Elena Delle Donne (19)	Delle Donne Pondexter Young (6)	Courtney Vandersloot (7)	Allstate Arena 4,979	13–8
22	August 7	New York	L 77–63	Elena Delle Donne (17)	Elena Delle Donne (6)	Vandersloot Quigley (2)	Allstate Arena 5,992	13–9
23	August 9	Phoenix	W 74–64	Elena Delle Donne (33)	Jessica Breland (13)	Courtney Vandersloot (7)	Allstate Arena 7,181	14–9
24	August 11	@ New York	L 63–84	Cappie Pondexter (23)	Jessica Breland (7)	Courtney Vandersloot (9)	Madison Square Garden 9,987	14–10
25	August 14	@ Seattle	W 94–84	Delle Donne Vandersloot (21)	Jessica Breland (11)	Courtney Vandersloot (8)	Key Arena 5,684	15–10
26	August 16	@ Los Angeles	L 76–64	Elena Delle Donne (23)	Delle Donne de Souza (8)	Courtney Vandersloot (4)	Staples Center 7,110	15–11
27	August 21	Washington	W 87–85	Elena Delle Donne (22)	Delle Donne Vandersloot dos Santos (8)	Courtney Vandersloot (10)	Allstate Arena 5,861	16–11
28	August 23	@ Washington	W 66–64	Elena Delle Donne (18)	Elena Delle Donne (10)	Breland Vandersloot (2)	Verizon Center 7,400	17–11
29	August 29	@ Atlanta	W 98–96	Cappie Pondexter (22)	Erika de Souza (7)	Courtney Vandersloot (7)	Philips Arena 6,872	18–11
30	August 30	Connecticut	L 72–68	Cappie Pondexter (18)	Jessica Breland (7)	Courtney Vandersloot (5)	Allstate Arena 5,969	18–12

September: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
31	September 3	@ New York	W 82–60	Courtney Vandersloot (21)	Breland de Souza (8)	Courtney Vandersloot (5)	Madison Square Garden 8,496	19–12
32	September 6	Seattle	W 65–93	Allie Quigley (17)	Erika de Souza (8)	Vandersloot Faulkner (6)	Allstate Arena 6,205	20–12
33	September 11	Tulsa	W 71–92	Elena Delle Donne (21)	Young Parker (5)	Courtney Vandersloot (9)	Allstate Arena 7,753	21–12
34	September 13	@ Connecticut	L 75–86	Elena Delle Donne (28)	Erika de Souza (9)	Tamera Young (4)	Mohegan Sun Arena 8,049	21–13

2015 season schedule

Playoffs

2014 Playoff Schedule

Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Indiana (Lost Series 1-2)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	September 17	Indiana	W 77–72	Courtney Vandersloot (17)	Elena Delle Donne (11)	Quigley Vandersloot (5)	UIC Pavilion 4,098	1–0
2	September 19	@ Indiana	L 82–89	Courtney Vandersloot (19)	Erika de Souza (8)	Courtney Vandersloot (6)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,124	1–1
2	September 21	Indiana	L 100–89	Elena Delle Donne (40)	Jessica Breland (8)	Courtney Vandersloot (14)	Allstate Arena 2,882	1–2

2015 playoff schedule

Standings

Eastern Conference v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
x - 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

x – Clinched playoff spot

e – Eliminated from playoffs

Playoffs

Conference Semi-Finals:
Best-of-3

Conference Finals:
Best-of-3

WNBA Finals:
Best-of-5

E1

New York

2

E4

Washington

1

E1

New York

1

Eastern Conference

E3

Indiana

2

E2

Chicago

1

E3

Indiana

2

E3

Indiana

2

W1

Minnesota

3

W1

Minnesota

2

W4

Los Angeles

1

W1

Minnesota

2

Western Conference

W2

Phoenix

0

W2

Phoenix

2

W3

Tulsa

0

Bold Series winner
italics Team with home-court advantage

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
Elena Delle Donne	31	31	33.3	46.0	31.3	95.0	8.4	1.4	1.1	2.0	23.4
Cappie Pondexter	29	29	30.2	43.9	38.1	82.4	3.9	2.1	1.0	0.2	15.0
Courtney Vandersloot	34	34	29.9	46.3	35.6	90.1	3.4	5.8	1.3	0.5	11.4
Allie Quigley	32	7	22.5	43.1	34.0	82.6	1.8	1.7	0.4	0.5	11.1
Jessica Breland	33	30	21.4	47.1	0.0	77.4	5.9	1.3	0.7	1.1	6.7
Erika de Souza	17	15	19.4	49.4	0.0	47.6	5.5	0.5	0.5	0.8	5.5
Clarissa dos Santos	31	7	17.5	46.1	0.0	68.8	4.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	5.3
Tamera Young	19	10	17.1	39.2	0.0	82.8	2.9	1.3	0.6	0.4	4.5
Jamierra Faulkner	33	0	9.6	41.4	18.2	80.8	1.0	1.7	0.4	0.2	4.1
Betnijah Laney	32	2	12.8	39.4	0.0	69.6	2.1	0.6	0.5	0.2	2.9
Cheyenne Parker	30	0	9.3	40.0	0.0	38.5	2.5	0.2	0.2	0.7	2.2
Sasha Goodlett	16	5	13.1	53.8	0.0	85.7	1.9	0.3	0.2	0.6	2.1
Jacki Gemelos	17	0	5.0	40.0	30.0	0.0	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	1.1
Victoria Macaulay	4	0	6.3	28.6	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.3	1.0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Elena Delle Donne	3	3	36.3	50.0	43.8	100.0	6.3	2.0	0.7	1.0	21.7
Allie Quigley	3	0	27.0	59.0	43.8	100.0	2.3	2.7	0.0	0.0	18.0
Courtney Vandersloot	3	3	31.7	50.0	50.0	100.0	4.7	8.3	0.3	1.0	13.7
Jessica Breland	3	3	28.3	52.0	0.0	100.0	7.7	1.3	1.3	2.3	10.0
Erika de Souza	3	3	22.7	56.3	0.0	100.0	4.7	0.7	0.7	0.3	7.0
Cappie Pondexter	3	1	22.3	30.8	0.0	100.0	1.0	1.3	0.7	0.0	6.0
Clarissa dos Santos	3	0	7.0	50.0	0.0	33.3	2.0	0.3	0.7	0.7	2.0
Cheyenne Parker	2	0	7.0	66.7	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
Jamierra Faulkner	3	0	6.0	16.7	0.0	50.0	1.0	1.7	0.0	0.0	1.7
Tamera Young	3	2	12.7	25.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.7	0.3	0.3	1.3
Betnijah Laney	1	0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Elena Delle Donne	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	June 15	^[13]
		June 23	^[14]
		June 30	^[15]
		August 10	^[16]
		August 24	^[17]
	Eastern Conference Player of the Month - June	July 6	^[18]
	WNBA All-Star Starter	July 14	^[19]
	WNBA MVP	September 16	^[20]
	Peak Performer: Points	September 17	^[21]
	All-WNBA First Team	October 8	^[22]
Cappie Pondexter	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	July 13	^[23]
Cappie Pondexter	WNBA All-Star Selection	July 21	^[24]
Courtney Vandersloot	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	September 8	^[25]
	Peak Performer: Assists	September 17	^[21]
	All-WNBA Second Team	October 8	^[22]
Allie Quigley	WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year	September 17	^[26]

References

External links

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2015 Chicago Sky season

Contents

Transactions

WNBA draft

Trades and Roster Changes

Roster

Depth

Schedule

Preseason

Regular Season

Playoffs

Standings

Playoffs

Statistics

Regular Season

Playoffs

Awards and honors

References

External links