# 2017 Chicago Sky season

The 2017 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 12th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The Sky started the season slowly, posting a 1–5 record in May. This slow start continued into June where the team only won 2 of 9 games. The team showed improvement in July and August, posting a combined record of 9–8 in those months. An 0–2 September saw the Sky finish with an overall record of 12–22. The Sky finished in 4th place in the Eastern Conference, ahead of the Atlanta Dream via tiebreaker. The team did not qualify for the playoffs.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

The Sky made the following selections in the 2017 WNBA draft:
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 2 | Alaina Coates | United States | South Carolina |
| 1 | 9 | Tori Jankoska | United States | Michigan State |
| 2 | 21 | Chantel Osahor | United States | Washington |
| 3 | 33 | Makayla Epps | United States | Kentucky |

### Trades and Roster Changes

| Date | Transaction |
| February 2, 2017 | Elena Delle Donne is traded to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Stefanie Dolson, Kahleah Copper and Washington’s first-round pick (second overall) in the 2017 WNBA draft. |
| February 27, 2017 | Astou Ndour-Fall was acquired from the San Antonio Stars, in exchange for Clarissa Dos Santos. |
| April 14, 2017 | Keisha Hampton was acquired from the Minnesota Lynx. in exchange for Chantel Osahor. |

## Preseason

2017 pre-season game log :
May: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1May 2 6:00 PMConnecticutL 72-81Hampton/Young (11)Breland (8)Epps (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 27820-1
2May 3 4:00 PMNew YorkW 86-75Pondexter (15)Parker (6)Breland (3)Mohegan Sun Arena1-1 :
2017 pre-season schedule :

## Regular season
### Game log

2017 game log Total: 12-22 (Home: 4-13; Road: 8-9) :
May: 1–5 (Home: 0–3; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1May 14 6:00 PMMinnesotaL 61–70Sylvia Fowles (26)Sylvia Fowles (10)Augustus, Whalen (5)Xcel Energy Center 9,2340–1
2May 19 7:30 PMAtlantaL 83–91Cappie Pondexter (22)Jessica Breland (7)Cappie Pondexter (7)Allstate Arena 6,6310–2
3May 21 2:00 PMAtlantaW 75–71Stefanie Dolson (23)Jessica Breland (12)Cappie Pondexter (11)McCamish Pavilion 4,8591–2
4May 24 11:30 AMWashingtonL 82-67Cappie Pondexter (17)Stefanie Dolson (11)Cappie Pondexter (10)Allstate Arena 6,7141-3
5May 26 6:00 PMWashingtonL 88-79Quigley (17)Pondexter (6), Breland (6)Pondexter (8)Verizon Center 6,4381-4
6May 28 5:00 PMConnecticutL 97-79Young (17)Breland (11)Pondexter (9)Allstate Arena 4,4981-5 :
June
: 2–7 (Home: 0–4; Road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7June 1 7:00 PM
PhoenixL 99-91Dolson (21)Boyette (9)Pondexter (8)Allstate Arena 4,6341-6
8June 6 9:30 PMLos AngelesL 79-70Vandersloot (13)Boyette (9)Vandersloot; Quigley (5)Staples Center 8,5231-7
9June 10 7:00 PMSan AntonioW 85-81 (OT)Dolson (25)Dolson (9)Pondexter (6)AT&T Center 6,1912-7
10June 16 9:00 PMPhoenixL 86-78Quigley (19)Bpyette (10)Quigley (6)Talking Stick Resort Arena 10,2492-8
11June 18 5:00 PMIndianaL 91-79Quigley (18)Boyette (10)Quigley (6)Allstate Arena 4,5512-9
12June 23 6:30 PMAtlantaW 82-78Quigley (22)Dolson (8)Pondexter (9)McCamish Pavilion 4,2373-9
13June 25 5:00 PMWashingtonL 97-63Quigley (18)Young (5)Vandersloot; Young (3)Allstate Arena 5,3443-10
14June 28 11:30 AMIndianaL 82-75Breland (22)Boyette (10)Vandersloot (8)Allstate Arena 10,1973-11
15June 30 7:00 PMSan AntonioL 89-82Quigley (27)Vandersloot; Boyette (4)Vandersloot (9)AT&T Center 4,9423-12 :
July
: 5–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
16July 8 7:00 PM
MinnesotaW 100-76Vandersloot (26)Vandersloot (7)Vandersloot (13)Allstate Arena 6,9424-12
17July 12 11:30 AMDallasW 90-84Quigley (22)Breland (12)Vandersloot (12)Allstate Arena 14,1025-12
18July 14 6:30 PMNew YorkW 78-68Dolson (23)Young (7)Vandersloot (9)Madison Square Garden 9,3416-12
19July 16 3:30 PMDallasL 112-106 (2OT)Dolson (26)Dolson (10)Vandersloot (10)College Park Center 3,6936-13
20July 18 8:00 PMSeattleW 94-83Quigley (25)Dolson (8)Vandersloot (6)KeyArena 8,3587-13
21July 20Los AngelesW 82-80Dolson (15)Young; Breland (7)Vandersloot (14)Staples Center 16,1668-13
22July 25ConnecticutL 93-72Quigley (20)Dolson (7)Young; Vandersloot (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 5,6318-14
23July 28PhoenixL 86-80Dolson (29)Breland (12)Vandersloot (10)Allstate Arena 6,0888-15
24July 30New YorkL 82-86Quigley (22)Breland (10)Vandersloot (10)Allstate Arena 5,8348-16 :
August
: 4–4 (Home: 2–3; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
25August 4IndianaW 81-70Vandersloot (5)Breland (8)Vandersloot (10)Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,0529-16
26August 5AtlantaW 91-86Vandersloot (26)Vandersloot (7)Vandersloot (10)Allstate Arena 5,75710-16
27August 10San AntonioW 94-74Vandersloot (21)Breland (7)Vandersloot (10)Allstate Arena 4,68611-16
28August 18Los AngelesL 106-115Quigley (26)Dolson (10)Vandersloot (12)Allstate Arena 6,82611-17
29August 20SeattleL 66-103Dolson (10)Breland (9)Vandersloot (6)Allstate Arena 6,02011-18
30August 25ConnecticutW 96-83Breland (15)Dolson (9)Vandersloot (12)Mohegan Sun Arena 7,76112-18
31August 27New YorkL 62-92Dolson (22)Bulgak (5)Pondexter (6)Madison Square Garden 9,31712-19
32August 30DallasL 96-99Quigley (25)Breland (8)Vandersloot (12)Allstate Arena 5,89612-20 :
September
: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
33September 1MinnesotaL 87-110Copper (21)Dolson (10)Vandersloot (9)Xcel Energy Center 9,70912-21
34September 3SeattleL 80-85Copper (18)Dolson (8)Vandersloot (8)Allstate Arena 7,19912-22 :
2017 season schedule :

### Standings

| # | Eastern Conference vte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| 1 | New York Liberty - (3) | 22 | 12 | .647 | - | 13–4 | 9–8 | 10–6 |
| 2 | Connecticut Sun - (4) | 21 | 13 | .636 | 1 | 12–5 | 9–6 | 10–6 |
| 3 | Washington Mystics - (6) | 18 | 16 | .529 | 4 | 11–6 | 7–10 | 12-4 |
| 4 | Chicago Sky - e | 12 | 22 | .353 | 10 | 4–13 | 8–9 | 6–10 |
| 5 | Atlanta Dream - e | 12 | 22 | .353 | 10 | 9–8 | 3–14 | 5–11 |
| 6 | Indiana Fever - e | 9 | 25 | .265 | 13 | 6–11 | 3–14 | 4–12 |
Notes
    (#) – Conference Standing
    Playoff Seeds shown next to team name
    e – Eliminated from playoffs

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Allie Quigley | 31 | 31 | 32.3 | 50.5% | 43.0% | 89.3% | 3.3 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 16.4 |
| Courtney Vandersloot | 27 | 22 | 30.3 | 51.6% | 38.2% | 86.1% | 3.7 | 8.1 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.5 |
| Stefanie Dolson | 33 | 33 | 29.3 | 56.1% | 43.7% | 87.0% | 5.8 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 14.5 |
| Tamera Young | 24 | 21 | 29.0 | 36.5% | 34.4% | 69.0% | 3.8 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 10.2 |
| Cappie Pondexter | 29 | 15 | 27.2 | 36.7% | 25.7% | 79.5% | 2.9 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 9.6 |
| Jessica Breland | 34 | 33 | 24.5 | 47.6% | 38.1% | 78.7% | 6.3 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 9.5 |
| Jordan Hooper | 10 | 0 | 18.6 | 36.8% | 37.0% | 50.0% | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 6.0 |
| Imani McGee-Stafford | 22 | 4 | 15.5 | 44.4% | 33.3% | 70.6% | 4.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 4.6 |
| Kahleah Copper | 34 | 10 | 14.3 | 46.5% | 29.4% | 83.0% | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 6.7 |
| Cheyenne Parker | 23 | 0 | 12.4 | 46.4% | 0.0% | 63.9% | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 3.8 |
| Adut Bulgak | 5 | 0 | 12.2 | 40.9% | 33.3% | 60.0% | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 4.4 |
| Bashaara Graves | 10 | 0 | 9.2 | 50.0% | — | 57.1% | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.6 |
| Keisha Hampton | 19 | 1 | 7.8 | 41.4% | 41.7% | 100% | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.6 |
| Amber Harris | 27 | 0 | 5.9 | 39.6% | 0.0% | 62.5% | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| Makayla Epps | 17 | 0 | 3.8 | 16.7% | 0.0% | 55.6% | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
| Stefanie Dolson | Player of the Week | July 16, 2017 | |
| Courtney Vandersloot | Player of the Week | August 7, 2017 | |