2014 Chicago Sky season

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2014 Chicago Sky season
CoachPokey Chatman
ArenaAllstate Arena
Attendance6,685 per game
Results
Record15–19 (.441)
Place4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishEastern Conference Champions
Team Leaders
PointsDelle Donne (17.9)
ReboundsFowles (10.2)
AssistsVandersloot (5.6)
Media
TelevisionCN100
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2014 WNBA season is the 9th season for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association. Coming off the franchise's first ever playoff appearance, the Sky looked to continue their success in the 2014 season.

The Sky's offseason included trading Swin Cash to Atlanta, signing free agent forward Jessica Breland, center Sasha Goodlett, but also learning that center Sylvia Fowles would be missing some time due to arthroscopic surgery of the hip to repair a torn labrum and impingement.[1]

Although the Sky finished the season with a 15–19 record, they placed 4th in the Eastern Conference and qualified for the playoffs. They defeated the Atlanta Dream and Indiana Fever in the playoffs and made it to the 2014 WNBA Finals, but lost the series in three games.

Offseason[]

WNBA Draft[]

The following are the Sky's selections in the 2014 WNBA Draft.

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 10 Markeisha Gatling United States North Carolina State
2 22 Gennifer Brandon United States California
3 34 Jamierra Faulkner United States Southern Mississippi

Trades[]

Date Trade
To Chicago Sky To Atlanta Dream
Courtney Clements and Atlanta's 2015 2nd Round Pick Swin Cash and Chicago's 2015 3rd Round Pick

Personnel changes[]

Preseason[]

2014 pre-season game log
May: 2–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 9
5:00 PM[a]		 Indiana W 73-66 Christmas (16) Macaulay (10) Faulkner (5) HP Field House 1-0
2 May 11
11:30 AM		 Minnesota L 76-67 Taylor (18) Dantas (9) Moore (8) HP Field House
3,194		 1-1
3 May 13
6:00 PM		 Washington W 69-76 Delle Donne (17) Breland (9) Vandersloot (11) Bob Carpenter Center 2-1
2014 pre-season schedule

Regular season[]

Game log[]

2014 game log
May
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
June
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
July
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
August
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
2014 season schedule

Standings[]

# Eastern Conference
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  • t
Team W L PCT GB GP
1 y- Atlanta Dream 19 15 .559 - 34
2 x- Indiana Fever 16 18 .471 3.0 34
3 x-Washington Mystics 16 18 .471 3.0 34
4 x-Chicago Sky 15 19 .441 4.0 34
5 e-New York Liberty 15 19 .441 4.0 34
6 e-Connecticut Sun 13 21 .382 6.0 34

Postseason[]

See also: 2014 WNBA Playoffs and 2014 WNBA Finals


2014 playoff game log
Total: 4–5 (Home: 1–2; Road: 3–3)
Conference Semifinals: 2–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 2–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 August 22
6:30 PM[a] 		Atlanta W 80-77 McCoughtry (24) Fowles/Lyttle (14) Prince/Vandersloot (7) Philips Arena
5,985 		1–0
2 August 24
6:00 PM 		Atlanta L 92-83 McCoughtry (39) Thomas/Lyttle (7) Vandersloot (8) Allstate Arena
4,546 		1–1
3 August 26
6:30 PM 		Atlanta W 81-80 Delle Donne (34) Fowles (15) Schimmel (6) Allstate Arena
4,829 		2–1
Conference Finals: 2–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 August 30
6:00 PM[a] 		Indiana L 70-77 Fowles (20) Fowles (14) Catchings/Vandersloot (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,557 		0-1
2 September 1
3:00 PM 		Indiana W 84-86 2OT Fowles (27) Catchings (14) January (6) Allstate Arena
6,019 		1–1
3 September 3
3:00 PM 		Indiana W 75-62 Fowles (17) Larkins (11) Vandersloot (9) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,705 		2–1
WNBA Finals: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 September 7
6:00 PM[a] 		Phoenix L 83-62 Dupree (26) Fowles (11) Taurasi (11) US Airways Center
13,263 		0-1
2 September 9
6:00 PM 		Phoenix L 97-68 Delle Donne (22) Taylor (8) Taylor (6) US Airways Center
13,348 		0-2
3 September 12
6:00 PM 		Phoenix L 87-82 Dupree/Taurasi (24) Bonner (9) Vandersloot (11) UIC Pavilion[2]
7,365 		0-3
2014 playoff schedule
Conference Semi-Finals:
Best-of-3 		Conference Finals:
Best-of-3 		WNBA Finals:
Best-of-5
         
E1 Atlanta 1
E4 Chicago 2
E4 Chicago 2
Eastern Conference
E2 Indiana 1
E2 Indiana 2
E3 Washington 0
E4 Chicago 0
W1 Phoenix 3
W1 Phoenix 2
W4 Los Angeles 0
W1 Phoenix 2
Western Conference
W2 Minnesota 1
W2 Minnesota 2
W3 San Antonio 0
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Roster[]

2014 Chicago Sky roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From
F 25 United States Brandon, Gennifer 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 164 lb (74 kg) (1990-11-23)November 23, 1990 (aged 23) California
F 51 United States Breland, Jessica 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) (1988-02-23)February 23, 1988 (aged 26) North Carolina
G 0 United States Clements, Courtney 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 157 lb (71 kg) (1989-11-12)November 12, 1989 (aged 24) San Diego State
G/F 11 United States Delle Donne, Elena 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 188 lb (85 kg) (1989-09-05)September 5, 1989 (aged 24) Delaware
G 3 United States 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 122 lb (55 kg) (1992-07-19)July 19, 1992 (aged 21) Oklahoma
G 21 United States Faulkner, Jamierra 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 141 lb (64 kg) (1992-03-09)March 9, 1992 (aged 22) Southern Miss
C 34 United States Fowles, Sylvia 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 208 lb (94 kg) (1985-10-06)October 6, 1985 (aged 28) LSU
C 9 United States Gatling, Markeisha 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 255 lb (116 kg) (1992-07-14)July 14, 1992 (aged 21) North Carolina State
C 45 United States Goodlett, Sasha 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 239 lb (108 kg) (1990-08-09)August 9, 1990 (aged 23) Georgia Tech
G 10 United States Prince, Epiphanny 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 164 lb (74 kg) (1988-01-11)January 11, 1988 (aged 26) Rutgers
G 14 United States Quigley, Allie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 140 lb (64 kg) (1986-06-20)June 20, 1986 (aged 27) DePaul
G 22 United States Vandersloot, Courtney 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 132 lb (60 kg) (1989-02-08)February 8, 1989 (aged 25) Gonzaga
F 1 United States Young, Tamera 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 172 lb (78 kg) (1986-10-30)October 30, 1986 (aged 27) James Madison
Head coach
United States Pokey Chatman (LSU)
Assistant coaches
United States Tree Rollins (Clemson)
United States Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech)
Athletic trainer
United States Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech)
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Ann Crosby (Western Michigan)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured 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
Gennifer Brandon 16 2 7.6 .333 .000[b] .462 2.6 [c] 0.2 0.2 0.4 1.8
Jessica Breland 32 32 26.6 .461 [d] .000 .759 6.8 1.9 0.9 1.8 [c] 9.7
Courtney Clements 33 1 11.3 .364 .174 1.000[e] 1.7 0.7 0.4 0.1 2.7
Elena Delle Donne 16 9 25.5 .452 .364 .933 [f] 4.0 1.1 0.5 1.5 17.9
2 0 0.5 .000[b] .000[b] .000[b] 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jamierra Faulkner 34 18 20.4 .362 .265 .838 2.0 3.5 1.0 0.4 7.9
Sylvia Fowles 20 18 29.8 .546 .000[b] .783 10.2 0.6 1.4 2.0 13.4
Markeisha Gatling 29 1 11.0 .648 .000[b] .648 2.4 0.0 0.1 0.5 3.7
Sasha Goodlett 34 15 13.1 .454 .000[b] .722 2.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 3.4
Epiphanny Prince 26 24 32.3 .408 .327 .876 3.0 3.8 [c] 1.8 0.4 15.0
Allie Quigley 34 1 24.8 .444 .387 .879 2.2 3.8 0.7 0.2 11.2
Courtney Vandersloot 18 16 25.0 .402 .375 .833 2.2 5.6 1.2 0.4 6.8
Tamera Young 34 33 27.6 .438 .000[b] .556 5.1 1.2 0.7 0.1 6.7
Notes
  • Reference: basketball-reference.com[3]
  • WNBA doesn't have minimum statistic requirements. Using the NCAA minimum requirements over the NBA since the NCAA and WNBA have the same total regulation time of 40 minutes.[4]

Postseason[]

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Gennifer Brandon 2 - 2.0 .000 .000 1.000 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0
Jessica Breland 7 - 13.0 .381 .000 .000 4.0 1.0 0.1 0.5 2.3
Courtney Clements 5 - 4.0 .000 .000 .000 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Elena Delle Donne 9 - 31.0 .482 .379 .919 3.3 1.6 0.4 2.0 16.8
Jamierra Faulkner 9 - 5.9 .368 .000 1.000 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 5.9
Sylvia Fowles 9 - 36.2 .538 .000 .773 9.7 0.2 2.1 2.0 16.2
Markeisha Gatling 5 - 4.2 .600 .000 .000 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.2
Sasha Goodlett 7 - 4.1 .250 .000 .500 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.4
Epiphanny Prince 9 - 29.1 .296 .273 .800 3.4 2.1 1.5 0.7 9.2
Allie Quigley 9 - 25.7 .412 .342 .897 2.7 2.1 0.3 0.5 14.2
Courtney Vandersloot 9 - 29.8 .383 .133 .850 2.3 6.4 1.3 0.2 7.2
Tamera Young 9 - 29.8 .431 .000 .542 4.2 1.4 0.6 0.4 7.4
Notes
  • Reference: basketball-reference.com[3]
  • WNBA doesn't have minimum statistic requirements. Using the NCAA minimum requirements over the NBA since the NCAA and WNBA have the same total regulation time of 40 minutes.[4]

Awards and honors[]

References[]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ a b c d All times are specified under the Central Time Zone.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h No attempts taken.
  3. ^ a b c Meeting requirement of at least 75% of the season played.
  4. ^ Meeting requirement of at least 5.0 FGA pre game and 75% of the season played.
  5. ^ On 12 attempts taken.
  6. ^ Meeting requirement of at least 2.5 FTA pre game and 75% of the season played.

Notes[]

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Mandell, Nina (2014-09-12). "USP WNBA: Finals-Phoenix Mercury at Chicago Sky S BKL USA IL". USA Today. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  3. ^ a b "2014 Chicago Sky Stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
  4. ^ a b "NCAA Minimum Stat Requirements". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2015-05-28.

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