GAME HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE
● The Sky’s 32-point win over the Seattle Storm is the largest victory in franchise history. With the win, the Sky complete a 3-0 series sweep of Seattle. The Storm have not lost three consecutive games since 2019.
● Candace Parker finished the game with 25 points, the most she has scored in a Sky jersey. Tonight was her 29th career game with 25+ points and 9+ rebounds, a stat that moves her 4th-most in the league with 25/9 games. Tonight’s nine rebounds
● Rookie guard Dana Evans knocked down a season-high 14 points.
● Six Sky players (Copper, Parker, Stevens, Vandersloot, DeShields, and Evans) finished the game in double-figure points.
● Candace Parker and Courtney Vandersloot recorded their 6th and 10th double-double this season respectively. Vandersloot’s 48th points/assists double-double leads the WNBA all-time. Parker’s double-double is the 140th of her career (fourth all-time).
● The 32-pt margin of defeat is the worst regular season home loss (5th-worst overall loss) in Storm history. The last time Seattle lost a home game by at least 30 points was 20 years ago in the team’s debut season.
NEXT UP: The Chicago Sky (14-12) will travel to the desert and face the Phoenix Mercury (15-10) for a regular-season matchup with tip-off scheduled for 9:00 P.M. CT (7:00 P.M. MT). Sky fans can cheer on the squad as it continues its road trip by tuning into The U/ NBA TV.
KEY RUNS
● Chicago jumped out to a 13-5 lead in the first three minutes of the first quarter after going on an 8-0.
● The Sky went on a 5-0 run with 2:30 left in the first quarter.
● A 7-0 run over the span of 1:11 gave the Sky a 19-point lead late in the second quarter.
● Seattle went on an 8-2 run in the third quarter over a span of 1:54.
KEY STATS
● The Sky went 15-from-22 from beyond the arc, tying the franchise record for threes made in a game. This total is just 3 off the league-wide team record.
● The Sky also matched the second-best 3P% for a team attempting at least 20 threes in a game (68.2%, also tied by Minnesota in 2006). The highest is 70% set by the Storm on September 12, 2012.
● The Sky shot 56% from the field tonight. Going into tonight’s game, the team’s average was 43.9%.
● After going up 61-39 with 1:09 left in the second quarter, the Sky led by 20 or more points for the rest of the game.
● The Sky’s bench outscored the Storm’s bench 39 to 16.
CHICAGO NOTES
● Chicago tied the record for highest-scoring half in franchise history, scoring 63 points in the first two quarters tonight. Chicago also notched 63 points in a half against Atlanta on June 27, 2018.
● The Sky knocked down 10 three-pointers in the first half, its highest number made in a single half in franchise history.
● In the opening frame, Chicago went 7-for-8 from behind the arc, its highest total 3-point tally in a single quarter this season.
● Candace Parker’s 19 points in tonight’s first half is her highest total in a half as a Sky player. The last time Parker scored more in a half was over five years ago when she knocked down 25 in the second half of a 89-84 Sparks win over Dallas.
● The Sky finished the game with 107 points, its highest point total this season.