2015 Chicago Sky season | |
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Coach | Pokey Chatman |
Arena | Allstate Arena |
Attendance | 6,894 per game |
Results | |
Record | 21–13 (.618) |
Place | 2nd (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | Semifinals |
Team Leaders | |
Points | Elena Delle Donne – 23.4 |
Rebounds | Elena Delle Donne – 8.4 |
Assists | Courtney Vandersloot – 5.8 |
Media | |
Television | WMEU-CD ESPN ESPN2 NBA TV |
The 2015 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 10th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). [1]
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
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1 | 5 | Cheyenne Parker | United States | Middle Tennessee |
2 | 17 | Betnijah Laney | United States | Rutgers |
2 | 22 | Aleighsa Welch | United States | South Carolina |
Date | Transaction | |
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January 6, 2015 | Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Elena Delle Donne | |
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 [2] | |
February 11, 2015 | Signed Tamera Young [3] | |
February 16, 2015 | Traded Epiphanny Prince to the New York Liberty in exchange for Cappie Pondexter [4] | |
February 19, 2015 | Signed Jessica Breland | |
February 23, 2015 | Signed Allie Quigley [5] | |
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 [6] | |
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 [7] | |
May 31, 2015 | Waived Courtney Clements [8] | |
June 4, 2015 | Waived Markeisha Gatling and Jacki Gemelos [9] | |
June 7, 2015 | Temporarily Suspended Allie Quigley due to Overseas Commitments | |
June 17, 2015 | Activate Allie Quigley from her Temporary Suspension [10] | |
Waived Victoria Macaulay | ||
Signed Jacki Gemelos [11] | ||
June 26, 2015 | Waived Sasha Goodlett | |
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 [12] |
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2015 Preseason Schedule Total: 2–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1)
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2015 playoff schedule |
Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
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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
Conference Semi-Finals: Best-of-3 | Conference Finals: Best-of-3 | WNBA Finals: Best-of-5 | ||||||||||||
E1 | New York | 2 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Washington | 1 | ||||||||||||
E1 | New York | 1 | ||||||||||||
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E3 | Indiana | 2 | ||||||||||||
E2 | Chicago | 1 | ||||||||||||
E3 | Indiana | 2 | ||||||||||||
E3 | Indiana | 2 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Minnesota | 3 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Minnesota | 2 | ||||||||||||
W4 | Los Angeles | 1 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Minnesota | 2 | ||||||||||||
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W2 | Phoenix | 0 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Phoenix | 2 | ||||||||||||
W3 | Tulsa | 0 |
Legend | |||||||
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GP | Games 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 game | Team leader | League leader |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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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 |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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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 |
Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Elena Delle Donne | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 15 | [13] |
June 23 | [14] | ||
June 30 | [15] | ||
August 10 | [16] | ||
August 24 | [17] | ||
Eastern Conference Player of the Month - June | July 6 | [18] | |
WNBA All-Star Starter | July 14 | [19] | |
WNBA MVP | September 16 | [20] | |
Peak Performer: Points | September 17 | [21] | |
All-WNBA First Team | October 8 | [22] | |
Cappie Pondexter | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | July 13 | [23] |
WNBA All-Star Selection | July 21 | [24] | |
Courtney Vandersloot | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | September 8 | [25] |
Peak Performer: Assists | September 17 | [21] | |
All-WNBA Second Team | October 8 | [22] | |
Allie Quigley | WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year | September 17 | [26] |
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