# 2013 Chicago Sky season

The 2013 WNBA season is the 8th season for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association.
With the addition of Elena Delle Donne, expectations were high for the Sky to finally reach the playoffs. Delle Donne, along with Sylvia Fowles, Epiphanny Prince, Courtney Vandersloot, and Swin Cash finished the regular season with the best record in the Eastern Conference - thus giving the Sky, their first regular season Conference title and the first seed in the 2013 WNBA Playoffs. The Sky were ultimately swept in the Conference Semifinals by the Indiana Fever.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
| 1 | 2 | Elena Delle Donne | United States | Delaware |
| 3 | 28 | Brooklyn Pope | United States | Baylor |

### Trades and Roster Changes

| Date | Transaction |
| January 10, 2013 | Extended a Qualifying Offer to Tamera Young |
| February 18, 2013 | Signed Sharnee Zoll to a training-camp contract |
| March 4, 2013 | Signed Allie Quigley to a training-camp contract |
| March 18, 2013 | Signed Tamera Young |
| March 27, 2013 | Signed Michelle Campbell to a training-camp contract |
| March 29, 2013 | Signed D'Andra Moss to a training-camp contract |
| April 19, 2013 | Signed Elena Delle Donne and Brooklyn Pope to rookie-scale contracts |
| April 29, 2013 | Signed Brittany Jones to a training-camp contract |
| May 10, 2013 | Waived Brittany Jones and Brooklyn Pope |
| May 16, 2013 | Waived D'Andra Moss |
| May 16, 2013 | Signed Epiphanny Prince to a Contract Extension |
| May 18, 2013 | Waived Sonja Petrovic |
| May 23, 2013 | Waived Ruth Riley |
| May 31, 2013 | Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Courtney Vandersloot |
| June 3, 2013 | Temporarily Suspend Epiphanny Prince due to Overseas Commitments |
| June 19, 2013 | Activated Epiphanny Prince from her Temporary Suspension |
| August 3, 2013 | Signed Avery Warley to a 7-day contract |
| September 11, 2013 | Waived Sharnee Zoll |
| September 11, 2013 | Signed Avery Warley |

## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| C | Sylvia Fowles | Avery Warley Carolyn Swords |
| PF | Elena Delle Donne | Michelle Campbell |
| SF | Swin Cash | Tamera Young |
| SG | Epiphanny Prince | Shay Murphy |
| PG | Courtney Vandersloot | Allie Quigley |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2013 Preseason Schedule Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1
May 15
New York
W 85–67
Elena Delle Donne (17)
Sylvia Fowles (7)
Sharnee Zoll (7)
Dickens Athletic Center 1,250
1-0 :
2013 pre-season schedule :

### Regular Season

2013 Regular Season Schedule Total: 24–10 (Home: 14–3; Road: 10–7) :
May: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1
May 27
@ Phoenix
W 102–80
Epiphanny Prince (26)
Sylvia Fowles (10)
Epiphanny Prince (5)
US Airways Center 10,200
1–0
2
May 31
Connecticut
W 86–75
Sylvia Fowles (24)
Sylvia Fowles (22)
Courtney Vandersloot (7)
Allstate Arena 6,607
2–0 :
June: 5–3 (Home: 4–0; Road: 1–3)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
3
June 2
Tulsa
W 92–71
Epiphanny Prince (19)
Sylvia Fowles (13)
Swin Cash (5)
Allstate Arena 6,811
3–0
4
June 7
@ San Antonio
L 69–81
Elena Delle Donne (17)
Sylvia Fowles (13)
Cash Zoll (3)
AT&T Center 6,244
3–1
5
June 9
San Antonio
W 72–70
Elena Delle Donne (23)
Sylvia Fowles (16)
Courtney Vandersloot (5)
Allstate Arena 4,293
4–1
6
June 16
@ Atlanta
L 74–88
Elena Delle Donne (25)
Sylvia Fowles (10)
Courtney Vandersloot (7)
Philips Arena 5,552
4–2
7
June 20
@ Tulsa
L 74–83
Sylvia Fowles (17)
Sylvia Fowles (12)
Courtney Vandersloot (5)
BOK Center 4,161
4–3
8
June 22
@ Indiana
W 71–61
Epiphanny Prince (21)
Swin Cash (8)
Courtney Vandersloot (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,934
5–3
9
June 26
NY Liberty
W 87–74
Elena Delle Donne (26)
Sylvia Fowles (14)
Elena Delle Donne (6)
Allstate Arena 8,911
6–3
10
June 29
Los Angeles
W 94–82
Epiphanny Prince (21)
Elena Delle Donne (8)
Courtney Vandersloot (4)
Allstate Arena 6,885
7–3 :
July: 5–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 3–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
11
July 2
Seattle
L 60–69
Prince Delle Donne (12)
Swin Cash (14)
Courtney Vandersloot (3)
Allstate Arena 5,808
7–4
12
July 7
@ NY Liberty
W 93–64
Elena Delle Donne (20)
Carolyn Swords (7)
Courtney Vandersloot (3)
Prudential Center 7,127
8–4
13
July 10
Washington
W 89–85
Sylvia Fowles (26)
Sylvia Fowles (18)
Courtney Vandersloot (6)
Allstate Arena 14,201
9–4
14
July 12
@ Connecticut
W 83–70
Elena Delle Donne (23)
Cash Fowles (8)
Courtney Vandersloot (7)
Mohegan Sun Arena 6,285
10–4
15
July 18
@ NY Liberty
W 75–55
Elena Delle Donne (23)
Delle Donne Prince Young (6)
Courtney Vandersloot (8)
Prudential Center 12,858
11–4
16
July 20
NY Liberty
W 80–69
Tamera Young (17)
Sylvia Fowles (13)
Courtney Vandersloot (9)
Allstate Arena 6,037
12–4
17
July 24
@ Washington
L 78–82
Sylvia Fowles (21)
Sylvia Fowles (9)
Courtney Vandersloot (4)
Verizon Center 14,411
12–5 :
August: 9–3 (Home: 5–1; Road: 4–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
All-Star Break
18
August 2
Washington
W 85–78
Sylvia Fowles (32)
Sylvia Fowles (15)
Courtney Vandersloot (9)
Allstate Arena 5,134
13–5
19
August 3
@ Indiana
L 58–79
Courtney Vandersloot (11)
Avery Warley (8)
Cash Prince (2)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,610
13–6
20
August 6
Indiana
L 58–64
Sylvia Fowles (14)
Sylvia Fowles (17)
Prince Vandersloot (3)
Allstate Arena 4,135
13–7
21
August 9
@ Connecticut
W 77–61
Epiphanny Prince (23)
Sylvia Fowles (10)
Epiphanny Prince (4)
Mohegan Sun Arena 6,086
14–7
22
August 11
Minnesota
W 94–86 (OT)
Elena Delle Donne (32)
Sylvia Fowles (9)
Courtney Vandersloot (9)
Allstate Arena 6,297
15–7
23
August 13
@ Los Angeles
L 76–80
Sylvia Fowles (22)
Sylvia Fowles (9)
Courtney Vandersloot (6)
Staples Center 10,553
15–8
24
August 15
@ Seattle
W 79–66
Swin Cash (18)
Sylvia Fowles (10)
Courtney Vandersloot (8)
Key Arena 6,829
16–8
25
August 18
Connecticut
W 89–78
Epiphanny Prince (21)
Sylvia Fowles (21)
Epiphanny Prince (8)
Allstate Arena 5,074
17–8
26
August 20
@ Washington
W 79–73
Elena Delle Donne (24)
Sylvia Fowles (15)
Courtney Vandersloot (7)
Verizon Center 6,471
18–8
27
August 23
NY Liberty
W 82–64
Sylvia Fowles (14)
Fowles Campbell Warley (7)
Courtney Vandersloot (7)
Allstate Arena 5,888
19–8
28
August 24
@ Atlanta
W 67–56
Elena Delle Donne (25)
Sylvia Fowles (13)
Courtney Vandersloot (10)
Philips Arena 7,412
20–8
29
August 31
Atlanta
W 85–68
Sylvia Fowles (18)
Delle Donne Warley (7)
Courtney Vandersloot (9)
Allstate Arena 6,047
21–8 :
September: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
30
September 6
Indiana
L 77–82
Sylvia Fowles (23)
Tamera Young (10)
Swin Cash (4)
Allstate Arena 5,996
21–9
31
September 8
@ Washington
W 93–79
Elena Delle Donne (22)
Sylvia Fowles (9)
Courtney Vandersloot (6)
Verizon Center 9,060
22–9
32
September 11
Phoenix
W 70–68
Epiphanny Prince (21)
Sylvia Fowles (12)
Courtney Vandersloot (6)
Allstate Arena 6,409
23–9
33
September 13
Atlanta
W 87–82
Epiphanny Prince (29)
Sylvia Fowles (18)
Epiphanny Prince (7)
Allstate Arena 7,679
24–9
34
September 14
@ Minnesota
L 66–79
Sylvia Fowles (17)
Sylvia Fowles (11)
Swin Cash (6)
Target Center 9,613
24–10 :
2013 season schedule :

### Playoffs

2012 Playoff Schedule :
Conference Semifinals vs. Indiana (Lost Series 0-2)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1
September 20
Indiana
L 72–85
Elena Delle Donne (20)
Sylvia Fowles (10)
Courtney Vandersloot (7)
Allstate Arena 5895
0–1
2
September 22
@ Indiana
L 57–79
Sylvia Fowles (14)
Sylvia Fowles (14)
Vandersloot & Delle Donne (2)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7144
0–2 :
2013 season schedule :

## Standings

| # | Eastern Conference vte | Eastern Conference vte | Eastern Conference vte | Eastern Conference vte | Eastern Conference vte | Eastern Conference vte |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z-Chicago Sky | 24 | 10 | .706 | - | 34 |
| 2 | x-Atlanta Dream | 17 | 17 | .500 | 7 | 34 |
| 3 | x-Washington Mystics | 17 | 17 | .500 | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | x-Indiana Fever | 16 | 18 | .471 | 8 | 34 |
| 5 | e-New York Liberty | 11 | 23 | .324 | 13 | 34 |
| 6 | e-Connecticut Sun | 10 | 24 | .294 | 14 | 34 |

## 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 | Chicago | 0 | | | | | | |
| E4 | Indiana | 2 | | | | | | |
| E4 | Indiana | 2 | E4 | Indiana | 0 | | | |
| Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | E4 | Indiana | 0 | | | |
| Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | E2 | Atlanta | 2 | | | |
| E2 | Atlanta | 2 | E2 | Atlanta | 2 | | | |
| E3 | Washington | 1 | | | | | | |
| E3 | Washington | 1 | | | | E2 | Atlanta | 0 |
| | | | | | | W1 | Minnesota | 3 |
| W1 | Minnesota | 2 | | | | | | | W1 | Minnesota | 3 |
| W4 | Seattle | 0 | | | | | | |
| W4 | Seattle | 0 | W1 | Minnesota | 2 | | | |
| Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | W1 | Minnesota | 2 | | | |
| Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | W3 | Phoenix | 0 | | | |
| W2 | Los Angeles | 1 | W3 | Phoenix | 0 | | | |
| W3 | Phoenix | 2 | | | | | | |
* 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 | 30 | 30 | 31.4 | 42.6 | 43.8 | 92.9 | 5.6 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 18.1 |
| Sylvia Fowles | 32 | 32 | 31.3 | 58.6 | 0.0 | 68.5 | 11.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 16.3 |
| Epiphanny Prince | 31 | 31 | 30.0 | 37.6 | 39.6 | 90.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 15.0 |
| Swin Cash | 34 | 34 | 28.3 | 41.5 | 27.0 | 85.3 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 9.3 |
| Courtney Vandersloot | 33 | 33 | 29.8 | 39.6 | 30.4 | 83.3 | 3.2 | 5.6 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 8.8 |
| Tamera Young | 33 | 8 | 18.1 | 42.6 | 0.0 | 60.5 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 5.6 |
| Allie Quigley | 34 | 0 | 9.4 | 31.6 | 31.5 | 88.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.8 |
| Carolyn Swords | 16 | 2 | 11.3 | 61.9 | 0.0 | 77.8 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 3.7 |
| Shay Murphy | 34 | 0 | 11.1 | 29.2 | 17.2 | 79.2 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 3.1 |
| Michelle Campbell | 31 | 0 | 7.7 | 31.4 | 0.0 | 73.3 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.7 |
| Avery Warley | 14 | 0 | 8.1 | 43.8 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
| Sharnee Zoll | 19 | 0 | 9.7 | 21.4 | 0.0 | 62.5 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 |

### Playoffs

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Sylvia Fowles | 2 | 2 | 35.5 | 46.2 | 0.0 | 54.5 | 12.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| Elena Delle Donne | 2 | 2 | 32.0 | 38.1 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| Epiphanny Prince | 2 | 2 | 33.5 | 33.3 | 28.6 | 100.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 14.5 |
| Courtney Vandersloot | 2 | 2 | 29.5 | 30.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| Swin Cash | 2 | 2 | 27.5 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 87.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| Tamera Young | 2 | 0 | 16.5 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| Allie Quigley | 2 | 0 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 |
| Shay Murphy | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Avery Warley | 2 | 0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Michelle Campbell | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 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 | July 1 |
| Elena Delle Donne | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | July 8 |
| Elena Delle Donne | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | August 12 |
| Elena Delle Donne | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | August 26 |
| Elena Delle Donne | Rookie of the Month | June |
| Elena Delle Donne | Rookie of the Month | July |
| Elena Delle Donne | Rookie of the Month | August |
| Elena Delle Donne | Rookie of the Month | September |
| Elena Delle Donne | WNBA All-Star Starter | July 18 |
| Elena Delle Donne | WNBA Rookie of the Year | September 20 |
| Elena Delle Donne | WNBA All-Rookie Team | September 20 |
| Elena Delle Donne | All-WNBA Second Team | September 25 |
| Sylvia Fowles | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | July 15 |
| Sylvia Fowles | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | August 19 |
| Sylvia Fowles | Eastern Conference Player of the Month | July |
| Sylvia Fowles | Eastern Conference Player of the Month | August |
| Sylvia Fowles | Eastern Conference Player of the Month | September |
| Sylvia Fowles | WNBA All-Star Selection | July 23 |
| Sylvia Fowles | Peak Performer: Rebounds | September |
| Sylvia Fowles | WNBA Defensive Player of the Year | September 20 |
| Sylvia Fowles | All-Defensive First Team | September 20 |
| Sylvia Fowles | All-WNBA First Team | September 25 |
| Epiphanny Prince | WNBA All-Star Starter | July 18 |
| Swin Cash | Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award | September 20 |