2013 Chicago Sky season

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2013 Chicago Sky season
Coach Pokey Chatman
Arena Allstate Arena
Attendanceper game
Results
Record24–10 (.706)
Place1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost in Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
Points Elena Delle Donne – 18.1
Rebounds Sylvia Fowles – 11.5
Assists Courtney Vandersloot – 5.6
Media
Television CN100
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2013 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 8th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and their third season under head coach Pokey Chatman.

Contents

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

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
12 Elena Delle Donne Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Delaware
328Brooklyn PopeFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Baylor

Trades and Roster Changes

DateTransaction
January 10, 2013Extended a Qualifying Offer to Tamera Young
February 18, 2013Signed Sharnee Zoll to a training-camp contract [1]
March 4, 2013Signed Allie Quigley to a training-camp contract [2]
March 18, 2013Signed Tamera Young [3]
March 27, 2013Signed Michelle Campbell to a training-camp contract [4]
March 29, 2013Signed D'Andra Moss to a training-camp contract [5]
April 19, 2013Signed Elena Delle Donne and Brooklyn Pope to rookie-scale contracts
April 29, 2013Signed Brittany Jones to a training-camp contract
May 10, 2013Waived Brittany Jones and Brooklyn Pope [6]
May 16, 2013Waived D'Andra Moss [7]
Signed Epiphanny Prince to a Contract Extension [8]
May 18, 2013Waived Sonja Petrovic [9]
May 23, 2013Waived Ruth Riley [10]
May 31, 2013Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Courtney Vandersloot
June 3, 2013Temporarily Suspend Epiphanny Prince due to Overseas Commitments
June 19, 2013Activated Epiphanny Prince from her Temporary Suspension
August 3, 2013Signed Avery Warley to a 7-day contract
September 11, 2013Waived Sharnee Zoll
Signed Avery Warley [11]

Roster

2013 Chicago Sky roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
F 25 Flag of the United States.svg Campbell, Michelle 6' 2" (1.88m)183 lb (83kg)1984-05-12 Rutgers R
F 8 Flag of the United States.svg Cash, Swin 6' 1" (1.85m)176 lb (80kg)1979-09-22 Connecticut 11
G/F 11 Flag of the United States.svg Delle Donne, Elena 6' 5" (1.96m)188 lb (85kg)1989-09-05 Delaware R
C 34 Flag of the United States.svg Fowles, Sylvia 6' 6" (1.98m)208 lb (94kg)1985-10-06 LSU 5
G 7 Flag of the United States.svg Murphy, Shay 5' 11" (1.8m)161 lb (73kg)1985-04-15 USC 6
G 10 Flag of the United States.svg Prince, Epiphanny 5' 9" (1.75m)164 lb (74kg)1988-01-11 Rutgers 3
G 14 Flag of the United States.svg Quigley, Allie 5' 10" (1.78m)140 lb (64kg)1986-06-20 DePaul 4
C 30 Flag of the United States.svg Swords, Carolyn 6' 6" (1.98m)212 lb (96kg)1989-07-19 Boston College 2
G 22 Flag of the United States.svg Vandersloot, Courtney 5' 8" (1.73m)132 lb (60kg)1989-02-08 Gonzaga 2
C 17 Flag of the United States.svg Warley, Avery 6' 3" (1.91m)202 lb (92kg)1989-05-17 Liberty 1
F 1 Flag of the United States.svg Young, Tamera 6' 2" (1.88m)172 lb (78kg)1986-10-30 James Madison 5
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Pokey Chatman (LSU)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Tree Rollins (Clemson)
Flag of the United States.svg Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech)
Athletic trainer
Flag of the United States.svg Natalie Meckstroth (Indiana)
Strength and conditioning coach
Flag of the United States.svg Ann Crosby (Western Michigan)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Depth

Pos.StarterBench
C Sylvia Fowles Avery Warley
Carolyn Swords Cruz Roja.svg
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
1May 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
1May 27@ Phoenix W 102–80 Epiphanny Prince (26) Sylvia Fowles (10) Epiphanny Prince (5) US Airways Center
10,200		1–0
2May 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
3June 2 Tulsa W 92–71 Epiphanny Prince (19) Sylvia Fowles (13) Swin Cash (5) Allstate Arena
6,811		3–0
4June 7@ San Antonio L 69–81 Elena Delle Donne (17) Sylvia Fowles (13) Cash
Zoll (3)		 AT&T Center
6,244		3–1
5June 9 San Antonio W 72–70 Elena Delle Donne (23) Sylvia Fowles (16) Courtney Vandersloot (5) Allstate Arena
4,293		4–1
6June 16@ Atlanta L 74–88 Elena Delle Donne (25) Sylvia Fowles (10) Courtney Vandersloot (7) Philips Arena
5,552		4–2
7June 20@ Tulsa L 74–83 Sylvia Fowles (17) Sylvia Fowles (12) Courtney Vandersloot (5) BOK Center
4,161		4–3
8June 22@ Indiana W 71–61 Epiphanny Prince (21) Swin Cash (8) Courtney Vandersloot (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,934		5–3
9June 26 NY Liberty W 87–74 Elena Delle Donne (26) Sylvia Fowles (14) Elena Delle Donne (6) Allstate Arena
8,911		6–3
10June 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
11July 2 Seattle L 60–69 Prince
Delle Donne (12)		 Swin Cash (14) Courtney Vandersloot (3) Allstate Arena
5,808		7–4
12July 7@ NY Liberty W 93–64 Elena Delle Donne (20) Carolyn Swords (7) Courtney Vandersloot (3) Prudential Center
7,127		8–4
13July 10 Washington W 89–85 Sylvia Fowles (26) Sylvia Fowles (18) Courtney Vandersloot (6) Allstate Arena
14,201		9–4
14July 12@ Connecticut W 83–70 Elena Delle Donne (23) Cash
Fowles (8)		 Courtney Vandersloot (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,285		10–4
15July 18@ NY Liberty W 75–55 Elena Delle Donne (23) Delle Donne
Prince
Young (6)		 Courtney Vandersloot (8) Prudential Center
12,858		11–4
16July 20 NY Liberty W 80–69 Tamera Young (17) Sylvia Fowles (13) Courtney Vandersloot (9) Allstate Arena
6,037		12–4
17July 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
18August 2 Washington W 85–78 Sylvia Fowles (32) Sylvia Fowles (15) Courtney Vandersloot (9) Allstate Arena
5,134		13–5
19August 3@ Indiana L 58–79 Courtney Vandersloot (11) Avery Warley (8) Cash
Prince (2)		 Bankers Life Fieldhouse
8,610		13–6
20August 6 Indiana L 58–64 Sylvia Fowles (14) Sylvia Fowles (17) Prince
Vandersloot (3)		 Allstate Arena
4,135		13–7
21August 9@ Connecticut W 77–61 Epiphanny Prince (23) Sylvia Fowles (10) Epiphanny Prince (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,086		14–7
22August 11 Minnesota W 94–86 (OT) Elena Delle Donne (32) Sylvia Fowles (9) Courtney Vandersloot (9) Allstate Arena
6,297		15–7
23August 13@ Los Angeles L 76–80 Sylvia Fowles (22) Sylvia Fowles (9) Courtney Vandersloot (6) Staples Center
10,553		15–8
24August 15@ Seattle W 79–66 Swin Cash (18) Sylvia Fowles (10) Courtney Vandersloot (8) Key Arena
6,829		16–8
25August 18 Connecticut W 89–78 Epiphanny Prince (21) Sylvia Fowles (21) Epiphanny Prince (8) Allstate Arena
5,074		17–8
26August 20@ Washington W 79–73 Elena Delle Donne (24) Sylvia Fowles (15) Courtney Vandersloot (7) Verizon Center
6,471		18–8
27August 23 NY Liberty W 82–64 Sylvia Fowles (14) Fowles
Campbell
Warley (7)		 Courtney Vandersloot (7) Allstate Arena
5,888		19–8
28August 24@ Atlanta W 67–56 Elena Delle Donne (25) Sylvia Fowles (13) Courtney Vandersloot (10) Philips Arena
7,412		20–8
29August 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
30September 6 Indiana L 77–82 Sylvia Fowles (23) Tamera Young (10) Swin Cash (4) Allstate Arena
5,996		21–9
31September 8@ Washington W 93–79 Elena Delle Donne (22) Sylvia Fowles (9) Courtney Vandersloot (6) Verizon Center
9,060		22–9
32September 11 Phoenix W 70–68 Epiphanny Prince (21) Sylvia Fowles (12) Courtney Vandersloot (6) Allstate Arena
6,409		23–9
33September 13 Atlanta W 87–82 Epiphanny Prince (29) Sylvia Fowles (18) Epiphanny Prince (7) Allstate Arena
7,679		24–9
34September 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
1September 20 Indiana L 72–85 Elena Delle Donne (20) Sylvia Fowles (10) Courtney Vandersloot (7) Allstate Arena
5895		0–1
2September 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
Team W L PCT GB GP
1z-Chicago Sky 2410.706-34
2x-Atlanta Dream 1717.500734
3x-Washington Mystics 1717.500734
4x-Indiana Fever 1618.471834
5e-New York Liberty 1123.3241334
6e-Connecticut Sun 1024.2941434

Playoffs

Conference semifinals
Best-of-3 		Conference finals
Best-of-3 		WNBA Finals
Best-of-5
         
E1 Chicago 0
E4 Indiana 2
E4 Indiana 0
Eastern Conference
E2 Atlanta 2
E2 Atlanta 2
E3 Washington 1
E2 Atlanta 0
W1 Minnesota 3
W1 Minnesota 2
W4 Seattle 0
W1 Minnesota 2
Western Conference
W3 Phoenix 0
W2 Los Angeles 1
W3 Phoenix 2

Statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per gameTeam leaderLeague leader

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Elena Delle Donne 303031.442.643.892.95.61.80.71.818.1
Sylvia Fowles 323231.358.60.068.511.50.40.92.416.3
Epiphanny Prince 313130.037.639.690.02.73.01.70.415.0
Swin Cash 343428.341.527.085.35.62.20.90.69.3
Courtney Vandersloot 333329.839.630.483.33.25.61.40.98.8
Tamera Young 33818.142.60.060.53.80.60.50.15.6
Allie Quigley 3409.431.631.588.90.70.60.40.13.8
Carolyn Swords 16211.361.90.077.82.60.60.50.83.7
Shay Murphy 34011.129.217.279.21.90.30.60.03.1
Michelle Campbell 3107.731.40.073.31.50.20.20.21.7
Avery Warley 1408.143.80.0100.02.10.10.20.41.3
Sharnee Zoll 1909.721.40.062.50.71.70.20.00.9

Playoffs

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Sylvia Fowles 2235.546.20.054.512.00.52.02.015.0
Elena Delle Donne 2232.038.10.0100.03.52.00.52.015.0
Epiphanny Prince 2233.533.328.6100.01.50.51.50.014.5
Courtney Vandersloot 2229.530.00.0100.02.04.51.00.57.0
Swin Cash 2227.533.30.087.51.51.01.50.55.5
Tamera Young 2016.540.00.075.01.51.01.00.03.5
Allie Quigley 2012.525.050.00.00.01.50.00.02.5
Shay Murphy 208.050.0100.00.01.50.50.00.01.5
Avery Warley 204.50.00.00.02.00.50.00.00.0
Michelle Campbell 101.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0

Awards and honors

RecipientAwardDate awardedRef.
Elena Delle Donne Eastern Conference Player of the Week July 1 [12]
July 8 [13]
August 12 [14]
August 26 [15]
Rookie of the Month June [16]
July [17]
August [18]
September [18]
WNBA All-Star Starter July 18 [19]
WNBA Rookie of the Year September 20 [20]
WNBA All-Rookie Team September 20 [21]
All-WNBA Second Team September 25 [22]
Sylvia Fowles Eastern Conference Player of the Week July 15 [23]
August 19 [24]
Eastern Conference Player of the Month July [25]
August [26]
September [27]
WNBA All-Star Selection July 23 [28]
Peak Performer: Rebounds September
WNBA Defensive Player of the Year September 20 [29]
All-Defensive First Team September 20 [30]
All-WNBA First Team September 25 [22]
Epiphanny Prince WNBA All-Star Starter July 18 [19]
Swin Cash Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award September 20 [31]

References

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