# 2018 Chicago Sky season

The 2018 Chicago Sky season is the franchise's 13th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season tipped off on May 6, and concludes on August 19.
The Sky started the season off with wins over Indiana and New York and finished 2–2 in May. However, the team couldn't keep the momentum and lost 7 of their next 8 games. The Sky ended June on a 3 game win streak with a 4–7 overall record. The winning streak didn't last long, as the team went 4–8 in July. All 4 July wins came against eventual playoff teams, but the Sky also had 4 losses against teams that would not end up in the playoffs. A 3–4 August meant the Sky missed the playoffs for the second straight year. They were 2 wins behind the 8th seed Dallas Wings.
On August 31, 2018, the Sky relieved Amber Stocks as head coach and general manager.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

The Sky made the following selections in the 2018 WNBA draft:
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 3 | Diamond DeShields | United States | Tennessee |
| 1 | 4 | Gabby Williams | United States | UConn |
| 3 | 28 | Amarah Coleman | United States | DePaul |

### Trades/Roster Changes

| Date | Trade |
| February 2, 2018 | Re-Signed G Allie Quigley |
| February 5, 2018 | Re-Signed C Alaina Coates and F Jordan Hooper |
| February 20, 2018 | Re-Signed G Jamierra Faulkner and F/C Adut Bulgak |
| February 23, 2018 | Signed F/G Alex Montgomery |

## Game log
### Preseason

2018 pre-season game log :
May: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 6 3:00 PM
Atlanta
L 61–78
Parker (13)
Parker (8)
Alston (7)
Wintrust Arena
0–1
2
May 7 11:30 AM
@ Indiana
L 65-79
Cooper/Parker (10)
Bulgak (8)
Montgomery/Hopkins/Alston (2)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse
0–2
3
May 12
@ Minnesota
L 58-87
Dolson (11)
Dolson/Parker (5)
Cooper/Quigley (4)
Target Center 5,024
0–3 :
2018 pre-season schedule :

### Regular season

2018 game log Total: 13–21 (Home: 7–10; Road: 6–11) :
May: 2–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 19
@ Indiana
W 82–64
Quigley (19)
Tied (8)
Tied (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,565
1–0
2
May 20
New York
W 80–76
Quigley (22)
Parker (8)
Tied (5)
Wintrust Arena 7,922
2–0
3
May 23
Atlanta
L 63–81
Quigley (13)
Coates (8)
4 Tied (3)
Wintrust Arena 6,147
2–1
4
May 25
@ Seattle
L 91–95 OT
Quigley (23)
Parker (8)
Faulkner (9)
KeyArena 5,866
2–2 :
June
: 4–7 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
June 1
Connecticut
L 72–110
De Shields (15)
Tied (5)
Vandersloot (7)
Wintrust Arena 4,131
2–3
6
June 3
Las Vegas
W 95–90
De Shields (25)
Parker (13)
Vandersloot (9)
Wintrust Arena 5,052
3–3
7
June 8
@ Phoenix
L 79–96
Williams (26)
De Shields (7)
Vandersloot (6)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 8,834
3–4
8
June 10
@ Los Angeles
L 59–77
Parker (17)
Parker (12)
Faulkner (6)
Staples Center 8,239
3–5
9
June 12
@ Seattle
L 85–96
De Shields (22)
Parker (10)
Vandersloot (5)
KeyArena 4,353
3–6
10
June 17
Los Angeles
L 72–81
Faulkner (19)
Parker (10)
Vandersloot (7)
Wintrust Arena 5,584
3–7
11
June 19
@ Washington
L 60–88
Parker (18)
Parker (9)
Vandersloot (6)
Capital One Arena 4,206
3–8
12
June 22
Washington
L 77–93
Quigley (21)
Williams (8)
Vandersloot (7)
Wintrust Arena 5,831
3–9
13
June 24
Phoenix
W 97–88
Quigley (20)
Williams (8)
Vandersloot (12)
Wintrust Arena 4,741
4–9
14
June 27
Atlanta
W 93-80
DeShields (23)
DeShields (11)
Vandersloot (11)
Wintrust Arena 8,521
5-9
15
June 29
@ New York
W 103–99
DeShields (22)
Dolson (6)
Vandersloot (11)
Westchester County Center 1,837
6–9 :
July
: 4–8 (Home: 2–4; Road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
16
July 1
New York
L 94–97 OT
Quigley (28)
Dolson (10)
Faulkner (8)
Wintrust Arena 5,382
6–10
17
July 3
@ Dallas
L 85–108
DeShields (20)
Dolson (5)
Vandersloot (7)
College Park Center 4,012
6–11
18
July 5
@ Las Vegas
L 80–84
Quigley (13)
Parker (9)
Vandersloot (9)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,699
6–12
19
July 7
Minnesota
W 77–63
Quigley (15)
Parker (8)
Vandersloot (9)
Wintrust Arena 6,139
7–12
20
July 10
Las Vegas
L 74–98
DeShields (15)
Parker (8)
Vandersloot (8)
Wintrust Arena 7,696
7–13
21
July 13
@ Washington
L 72–88
Quigley (17)
DeShields (6)
Vandersloot (9)
Capital One Arena 5,858
7–14
22
July 15
@ New York
L 84–107
Vandersloot (15)
DeShields (4)
Vandersloot (8)
Madison Square Garden 2,073
7–15
23
July 18
Seattle
L 83–101
Quigley (18)
Coates (6)
Tied (6)
Wintrust Arena 10,024
7–16
24
July 20
Dallas
W 114–99
Cooper (23)
Vandersloot (10)
Vandersloot (15)
Wintrust Arena 4,962
8–16
25
July 22
Los Angeles
L 76-93
Dolson (20)
3 Tied (6)
Vandersloot (10)
Wintrust Arena 6,477
8–17
26
July 25
@ Phoenix
W 101–87
DeShields (25)
Parker (8)
Vandersloot (11)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 10,338
9–17
27
July 31
@ Dallas
W 92–91
Quigley (22)
Tied (6)
Vandersloot (14)
College Park Center 3,696
10–17 :
August
: 3–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
28
August 3
@ Atlanta
L 74–89
Vandersloot (24)
Coates (6)
Vandersloot (7)
McCamish Pavilion 5,120
10–18
29
August 7
Minnesota
L 64–85
Quigley (22)
Williams (8)
Vandersloot (7)
Wintrust Arena 6,388
10–19
30
August 10
Connecticut
W 97–86
Vandersloot (20)
Coates (10)
Vandersloot (15)
Wintrust Arena 5,976
11–19
31
August 12
@ Connecticut
L 75–82
Dolson (20)
Dolson (8)
Vandersloot (7)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7,687
11–20
32
August 14
@ Minnesota
W 91–88
DeShields (28)
Parker (6)
Vandersloot (10)
Target Center 9,730
12–20
33
August 18
@ Indiana
W 115–106 2OT
Tied (24)
Coates (10)
Vandersloot (10)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,442
13–20
34
August 19
Indiana
L 92–97
DeShields (27)
Dolson (6)
Vandersloot (7)
Wintrust Arena 7,118
13–21 :
2018 season schedule :

### Standings

| # | Eastern Conference vte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| 1 | Atlanta Dream (2) | 23 | 11 | .676 | – | 13–4 | 10–7 | 12–4 |
| 2 | Washington Mystics (3) | 22 | 12 | .647 | 1 | 12–5 | 10–7 | 12–4 |
| 3 | Connecticut Sun (4) | 21 | 13 | .618 | 2 | 13–4 | 8–9 | 9–7 |
| 4 | e – Chicago Sky | 13 | 21 | .382 | 10 | 7–10 | 6–11 | 6–10 |
| 5 | e – New York Liberty | 7 | 27 | .206 | 16 | 4–13 | 3–14 | 6–10 |
| 6 | e – Indiana Fever | 6 | 28 | .176 | 17 | 2–15 | 4–13 | 3–13 |
Notes
    (#) – Conference Standing, Playoff Seeds shown to the right of team name
    x – Clinched Playoff Berth
    e – Eliminated from playoffs

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Allie Quigley | 32 | 32 | 29.7 | 46.6 | 42.0 | 85.7 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 15.4 |
| Diamond DeShields | 34 | 33 | 28.4 | 42.5 | 32.8 | 83.6 | 4.9 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 14.4 |
| Courtney Vandersloot | 30 | 30 | 31.8 | 48.9 | 39.8 | 82.6 | 3.7 | 8.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 12.5 |
| Cheyenne Parker | 34 | 5 | 19.7 | 53.1 | 31.6 | 71.3 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 10.0 |
| Stefanie Dolson | 27 | 25 | 27.6 | 46.7 | 34.6 | 93.8 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 9.7 |
| Jamierra Faulkner | 17 | 0 | 21.2 | 34.3 | 30.2 | 75.0 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 7.6 |
| Gabby Williams | 34 | 30 | 23.0 | 43.2 | 26.9 | 78.3 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 7.3 |
| Kahleah Copper | 33 | 2 | 15.9 | 39.7 | 37.5 | 87.5 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 7.1 |
| Astou Ndour | 22 | 9 | 11.6 | 47.4 | 31.8 | 76.9 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 4.6 |
| Alaina Coates | 32 | 0 | 11.4 | 56.8 | 0.0 | 62.5 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 3.4 |
| Linnae Harper | 24 | 0 | 6.4 | 40.4 | 30.8 | 60.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Alex Montgomery | 19 | 0 | 6.4 | 26.3 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded |
| Allie Quigley | WNBA All-Star Selection | July 17, 2018 |
| Allie Quigley | WNBA All-Star Three Point Contest – Winner | July 28, 2018 |
| Courtney Vandersloot | WNBA Peak Performer – Assists | August 19, 2018 |