# 2015 Chicago Sky season

The 2015 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 10th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

## 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 |
| February 11, 2015 | Signed Tamera Young |
| February 16, 2015 | Traded Epiphanny Prince to the New York Liberty in exchange for Cappie Pondexter |
| February 19, 2015 | Signed Jessica Breland |
| February 23, 2015 | Signed Allie Quigley |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| May 31, 2015 | Waived Courtney Clements |
| June 4, 2015 | Waived Markeisha Gatling and Jacki Gemelos |
| June 7, 2015 | Temporarily Suspended Allie Quigley due to Overseas Commitments |
| June 17, 2015 | Activate Allie Quigley from her Temporary Suspension |
| June 17, 2015 | Waived Victoria Macaulay |
| June 17, 2015 | Signed Jacki Gemelos |
| 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 |

## Roster
### 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)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 22New YorkW 55–83Elena Delle Donne (16)Delle Donne dos Santos (8)Allie Quigley (4)Bob Carpenter Center 3,1051–0
2May 27Los AngelesL 76–67Courtney Vandersloot (15)Tamera Young (6)Cappie Pondexter (6)Mohegan Sun Arena 3,9471–1
3May 28ChinaW 59–92Elena Delle Donne (18)Cheyenne Parker (6)Vandersloot Gemelos (3)Mohegan Sun Arena2–1 :
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)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1June 5New YorkW 72–95Elena Delle Donne (31)Jessica Breland (13)Allie Quigley (5)Allstate Arena 8,1231–0
2June 6@ TulsaL 101–93Elena Delle Donne (40)Delle Donne (9)Courtney Vandersloot (6)BOK Center 7,2561–1
3June 11@ ConnecticutL 65–67Elena Delle Donne (27)Pondexter Laney (8)Courtney Vandersloot (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 4,5231–2
4June 14@ IndianaW 98–72Elena Delle Donne (24)Elena Delle Donne (9)Vandersloot Pondexter (4)Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,4332–2
5June 19@ AtlantaL 74–73Elena Delle Donne (26)Delle Donne dos Santos (10)Elena Delle Donne (3)Philips Arena 5,1662–3
6June 20@ San AntonioW 95–87 OTElena Delle Donne (28)Elena Delle Donne (13)Courtney Vandersloot (8)Freeman Coliseum 4,0263–3
7June 24AtlantaW 96–100 OTElena Delle Donne (45)Elena Delle Donne (11)Courtney Vandersloot (5)Allstate Arena 9,8934–3
8June 26@ IndianaW 83–77Cappie Pondexter (23)Elena Delle Donne (14)Courtney Vandersloot (7)Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,8895–3
9June 28@ WashingtonL 86–71Elena Delle Donne (26)Elena Delle Donne (7)Courtney Vandersloot (4)Verizon Center 7,4005–4
10June 30New YorkL 89–81Elena Delle Donne (26)Elena Delle Donne (13)Courtney Vandersloot (10)Allstate Arena 5,0485–5 :
July: 6–3 (Home: 5–1; Road: 1–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
11July 2@ ConnecticutW 77–74Allie Quigley (19)Elena Delle Donne (10)Cappie Pondexter (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 5,6076–5
12July 102015 Minnesota Lynx seasonW 83–90Delle Donne Pondexter (24)Breland Delle Donne (10)Faulkner (6)Allstate Arena 6,7097–5
13July 12ConnecticutW 76–96Cappie Pondexter (29)Elena Delle Donne (8)Cappie Pondexter (7)Allstate Arena 5,0518–5
14July 15WashingtonW 57–85Allie Quigley (15)Elena Delle Donne (10)Jamierra Faulkner (5)Allstate Arena 16,3049–5
15July 17@ MinnesotaL 66–84Jessica Breland (17)Clarissa dos Santos (13)Courtney Vandersloot (5)Target Center 9,0339–6
16July 19San Antonio StarsW 93–82Elena Delle Donne (29)Elena Delle Donne (13)Courtney Vandersloot (8)Allstate Arena 5,01110–6
17July 21AtlantaW 97–92Elena Delle Donne (27)Elena Delle Donne (8)Courtney Vandersloot (4)Allstate Arena 5,96711–6
18July 28@ PhoenixL 87–89 OTElena Delle Donne (32)Clarissa dos Santos (8)Courtney Vandersloot (6)US Airways Center 10,70711–7
19July 31Los AngelesL 88–77Delle Donne (21)Breland (7)Vandersloot (13)Allstate Arena 7,01411–8 :
August: 7–4 (Home: 4–2; Road: 3–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
20August 2WashingtonW 69–68Elena Delle Donne (22)de Souza (10)Courtney Vandersloot (10)Allstate Arena 4,14112–8
21August 4IndianaW 106–82Elena Delle Donne (19)Delle Donne Pondexter Young (6)Courtney Vandersloot (7)Allstate Arena 4,97913–8
22August 7New YorkL 77–63Elena Delle Donne (17)Elena Delle Donne (6)Vandersloot Quigley (2)Allstate Arena 5,99213–9
23August 9PhoenixW 74–64Elena Delle Donne (33)Jessica Breland (13)Courtney Vandersloot (7)Allstate Arena 7,18114–9
24August 11@ New YorkL 63–84Cappie Pondexter (23)Jessica Breland (7)Courtney Vandersloot (9)Madison Square Garden 9,98714–10
25August 14@ SeattleW 94–84Delle Donne Vandersloot (21)Jessica Breland (11)Courtney Vandersloot (8)Key Arena 5,68415–10
26August 16@ Los AngelesL 76–64Elena Delle Donne (23)Delle Donne de Souza (8)Courtney Vandersloot (4)Staples Center 7,11015–11
27August 21WashingtonW 87–85Elena Delle Donne (22)Delle Donne Vandersloot dos Santos (8)Courtney Vandersloot (10)Allstate Arena 5,86116–11
28August 23@ WashingtonW 66–64Elena Delle Donne (18)Elena Delle Donne (10)Breland Vandersloot (2)Verizon Center 7,40017–11
29August 29@ AtlantaW 98–96Cappie Pondexter (22)Erika de Souza (7)Courtney Vandersloot (7)Philips Arena 6,87218–11
30August 30ConnecticutL 72–68Cappie Pondexter (18)Jessica Breland (7)Courtney Vandersloot (5)Allstate Arena 5,96918–12 :
September: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
31September 3@ New YorkW 82–60Courtney Vandersloot (21)Breland de Souza (8)Courtney Vandersloot (5)Madison Square Garden 8,49619–12
32September 6SeattleW 65–93Allie Quigley (17)Erika de Souza (8)Vandersloot Faulkner (6)Allstate Arena 6,20520–12
33September 11TulsaW 71–92Elena Delle Donne (21)Young Parker (5)Courtney Vandersloot (9)Allstate Arena 7,75321–12
34September 13@ ConnecticutL 75–86Elena Delle Donne (28)Erika de Souza (9)Tamera Young (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 8,04921–13 :
2015 season schedule :

### Playoffs

2014 Playoff Schedule :
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Indiana (Lost Series 1-2)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
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 vte | 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 Semi-Finals: Best-of-3 | Conference Semi-Finals: Best-of-3 | Conference Finals: Best-of-3 | Conference Finals: Best-of-3 | Conference Finals: Best-of-3 | WNBA Finals: Best-of-5 | WNBA Finals: Best-of-5 | WNBA Finals: Best-of-5 |
| E1 | New York | 2 | | | | | | |
| E4 | Washington | 1 | | | | | | |
| E4 | Washington | 1 | E1 | New York | 1 | | | |
| Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | E1 | New York | 1 | | | |
| Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | E3 | Indiana | 2 | | | |
| E2 | Chicago | 1 | E3 | Indiana | 2 | | | |
| E3 | Indiana | 2 | | | | | | |
| E3 | Indiana | 2 | | | | E3 | Indiana | 2 |
| | | | | | | W1 | Minnesota | 3 |
| W1 | Minnesota | 2 | | | | | | | W1 | Minnesota | 3 |
| W4 | Los Angeles | 1 | | | | | | |
| W4 | Los Angeles | 1 | W1 | Minnesota | 2 | | | |
| Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | W1 | Minnesota | 2 | | | |
| Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | W2 | Phoenix | 0 | | | |
| W2 | Phoenix | 2 | W2 | Phoenix | 0 | | | |
| W3 | Tulsa | 0 | | | | | | |
* Bold – Series winner
* Italics – Team with home-court advantage

## Statistics
### 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 |
| Elena Delle Donne | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 15 |
| Elena Delle Donne | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 23 |
| Elena Delle Donne | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 30 |
| Elena Delle Donne | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | August 10 |
| Elena Delle Donne | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | August 24 |
| Elena Delle Donne | Eastern Conference Player of the Month - June | July 6 |
| Elena Delle Donne | WNBA All-Star Starter | July 14 |
| Elena Delle Donne | WNBA MVP | September 16 |
| Elena Delle Donne | Peak Performer: Points | September 17 |
| Elena Delle Donne | All-WNBA First Team | October 8 |
| Cappie Pondexter | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | July 13 |
| Cappie Pondexter | WNBA All-Star Selection | July 21 |
| Courtney Vandersloot | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | September 8 |
| Courtney Vandersloot | Peak Performer: Assists | September 17 |
| Courtney Vandersloot | All-WNBA Second Team | October 8 |
| Allie Quigley | WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year | September 17 |