2016 Chicago Sky season
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2016 Chicago Sky season | |
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Coach | Pokey Chatman |
Arena | Allstate Arena |
Attendance | 7,009 per game |
Results | |
Record | 18–16 (.529) |
Place | 4th (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | Semifinals |
Team Leaders | |
Points | Elena Delle Donne (21.5) |
Rebounds | Elena Delle Donne (7.0) |
Assists | Courtney Vandersloot (4.0) |
Media | |
Television | WMEU-CD ESPN ESPN2 NBA TV |
The 2016 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 11th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Offseason[]
Draft picks[]
The Sky made the following selections in the 2016 WNBA draft:
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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1 | 10 | Imani Boyette | United States | Texas |
3 | 34 | United States | Texas A&M |
Preseason[]
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May: 2–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–1)
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2016 pre-season schedule |
- The Sky was designated the home team for the May 1 and May 5 neutral-site games.
Regular season[]
Game log[]
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May: 2–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2)
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June: 4–5 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–4)
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July: 5–4 (Home: 3–3; Road: 2–1)
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August: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
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September: 5–3 (Home: 4–0; Road: 1–3)
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2016 season schedule |
Standings[]
Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
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3 - New York Liberty | 21 | 13 | .618 | - | 10-7 | 11-6 | 11-5 |
4 - Chicago Sky | 18 | 16 | .529 | 3 | 11-6 | 7-10 | 8-8 |
5 - Indiana Fever | 17 | 17 | .500 | 4 | 8-9 | 9-8 | 8-8 |
6 - Atlanta Dream | 17 | 17 | .500 | 4 | 11-6 | 6–11 | 9-7 |
e - Connecticut Sun | 14 | 20 | .412 | 7 | 8-9 | 6-11 | 4-12 |
e - Washington Mystics | 13 | 21 | .382 | 8 | 5-12 | 8-9 | 8-8 |
Notes
- # – Playoff seed
- e – Eliminated from playoffs
Roster[]
2016 Chicago Sky roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playoffs[]
The Sky's 18–16 regular season record was good for second in the Eastern Conference and fourth overall in the WNBA. This standing led to Chicago being seeded fourth and being granted an automatic bye from the first of two single elimination rounds. In the second single elimination round, the Sky drew sixth-seeded Atlanta, defeating the Dream 108–98 and advancing to the best-of-five semifinal round. The Sky fell to second-seeded Los Angeles in the semifinals, losing in four games.
First round: Single elimination (Sept. 21) | Second round: Single elimination (Sept. 24 and 25) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 28 – Oct. 6) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Oct. 9 – 20) | |||||||||||
1 Minnesota Lynx | 3 | |||||||||||||
8 Phoenix Mercury | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 New York Liberty | 94 | |||||||||||||
8 Phoenix Mercury | 101 | |||||||||||||
5 Indiana Fever | 78 | |||||||||||||
8 Phoenix Mercury | 89 | |||||||||||||
1 Minnesota Lynx | 2 | |||||||||||||
2 Los Angeles Sparks | 3 | |||||||||||||
6 Atlanta Dream | 94 | |||||||||||||
7 Seattle Storm | 85 | |||||||||||||
4 Chicago Sky | 108 | |||||||||||||
6 Atlanta Dream | 98 | |||||||||||||
2 Los Angeles Sparks | 3 | |||||||||||||
4 Chicago Sky | 1 | |||||||||||||
Note: Teams re-seeded after second round and semi-finals.
- Semifinals
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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1 Minnesota Lynx |
113 | 96 | 82 |
8 Phoenix Mercury |
95 | 86 | 67 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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2 Los Angeles Sparks |
95 | 99 | 66 | 95 |
4 Chicago Sky |
75 | 84 | 70 | 75 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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1 Minnesota Lynx |
76 | 79 | 75 | 85 | 76 |
2 Los Angeles Sparks |
78 | 60 | 92 | 79 | 77 |
References[]
Footnotes[]
- ^ a b c d All times are specified as Central Time.
Notes[]
Categories:
- Chicago Sky seasons
- 2016 WNBA season
- 2016 in sports in Illinois