SKY GENERAL MANAGER & HEAD COACH AMBER STOCKS

On team defense:
“What a great display of team basketball. I’m really excited to go home and watch this film. We watch it everyday, but everyday you’re not that excited to go home and watch it. The main things I’m excited about is our defense. The way our team buckled down, played together and played defense is really remarkable. From the ball pressure up front with [Vandersloot] and [Harper], the wings playing pressure defense with [Quigley] and [DeShields] doing a phenomenal job guarding [Maya Moore] to our post players battling inside and securing tough rebounds, all across the board we had great team defense.”

On starting Cheyenne Parker over Gabby Williams:
“It had nothing to do with anything other than it was in Cheyenne’s best interest with her back. She has a tight back and it helps to stay fresh and loose. We observed that when she would sit down and get cold, it was harder for her to get back up and get warmed up again. [Williams] is a team player, and she wants what’s best for the team, so with Cheyenne’s back being the way it was, we let her get the first rotation in to stay warm.”

On Linnae Harper’s increased role:
“Nothing Linnae did today was a surprise to any of us. [Vandersloot] and [Faulkner] are on Linnae hard everyday because they see how good and how talented she is. [Vandersloot] even commented on how she’s always impressed in practice sometimes on what Linnae is able to do with the basketball in her and and what she’s able to do on defense. Today, Chicago got to see what our players see everyday in practice with Linnae.”

SKY GUARD COURTNEY VANDERSLOOT

On Linnae Harper:
“It’s great. She had huge minutes. She was huge for us on that run and that is exactly what we need from her. She is such an incredible player, where she can come in and just impact the game. If she is in two possessions or 10 possessions and you know that is exactly what we need. She’s an amazing teammate.  She just stayed ready. It’s been I don’t know how many games since she didn’t see the floor and she comes in and makes an impact like that in a game like this. That is huge for us.”

On the team’s ball movement:
“I think the ball moved better. We emphasized that going into the game. You know to get this team into rotation we were going to get wide open shots if we continue to move it, drive it, kick it. And when we get our feet set and we are getting wide open shots like that we can knock down shots as you can see, 52 percent from the three. That’s pretty good, not bad.”

SKY GUARD ALLIE QUIGLEY

On this team win:
“It just shows that when we put our minds to it and we are focused and just high, high energy that we can beat anyone in the league. We just have to use this as motivation to keep moving forward, keep getting better. We have a Vegas team that we didn’t show our best effort to a couple days ago. It’s just next game now, we can’t really get too high here, just next game.”

On the team’s 3-point shooting:
“It’s huge when Courtney can get in there and drive and she’s so good at finding anyone who’s open. Wherever the defense is, you know, making a mistake she’ll find it and luckily today that we were hitting our shots and making the extra pass.”

LYNX GENERAL MANAGER & HEAD COACH CHERYL REEVE

On the Sky:
“Well, I mean, they had a lot of open threes, they got stuff out in transition, they had 20 fast-break points, so you’re going to shoot a high field goal percentage when you’re getting that many looks in transition. Shooting 35 percent is really not going to help our transition defense. I thought they got easy looks and they played with a great flow about them. They played hard, they know their identity, and they share the ball, and they play for each other.”

On the talent in the WNBA:
“I think it’s been well documented, the progress this league has made. Just the level of talent, it’s better over the years. Look at the class that came in this year. Obviously, they’ve got Diamond here in Chicago, we’ve seen a number of other young players that are just really, really good, so I think it’s a product of the league being around for so long, that evolution that you see, and these kids, they don’t know a life without the WNBA. They have a chance growing up to have a dream and work for something.”

LYNX GUARD LINDSAY WHALEN

On the game:
“Give credit to Chicago, they played a really good game and we didn’t. They executed their game plan and they were able to get the win. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to play the way we wanted to play. I thought they played with a lot of energy.”

LYNX FORWARD MAYA MOORE

On being a star in the WNBA:
“I’m just trying to be the best player I can for my team. That’s what I focus on. Fortunately, I have good teammates around me that help me look good, and I try to do the same for them. It takes a lot of focus, a lot of preparation, a lot of sacrifice, doing things on and off the court to make sure you’re prepared to perform every night.”

On Diamond DeShields:
“She’s athletic, she likes to push the pace in transition, has the ability to rebound, push the ball up the floor and has the ability to get to the paint. She likes to attack, so she’s got a bright future.”

NEXT UP: The Chicago Sky take on the Las Vegas Aces at Wintrust Arena on Tuesday, July 10.