2015 Chicago Sky season

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2015 Chicago Sky season
Coach Pokey Chatman
Arena Allstate Arena
Attendance6,894 per game
Results
Record2113 (.618)
Place2nd (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]

Contents

Transactions

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
15 Cheyenne Parker Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Middle Tennessee
217 Betnijah Laney Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Rutgers
222Aleighsa WelchFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States South Carolina

Trades and Roster Changes

DateTransaction
January 6, 2015Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Elena Delle Donne
Extended Qualifying Offers to Courtney Vandersloot, Jessica Breland, Sasha Goodlett, and Courtney Clements
January 12, 2015Cored Sylvia Fowles
February 10, 2015Signed Courtney Vandersloot [2]
February 11, 2015Signed Tamera Young [3]
February 16, 2015Traded Epiphanny Prince to the New York Liberty in exchange for Cappie Pondexter [4]
February 19, 2015Signed Jessica Breland
February 23, 2015Signed Allie Quigley [5]
March 5, 2015Signed Jacki Gemelos and Clarissa dos Santos to training-camp contracts
March 18, 2015Signed Sasha Goodlett and Courtney Clements to training-camp contracts
March 23, 2015Signed Cappie Pondexter to a Contract Extension [6]
April 1, 2015Waived Gennifer Brandon
April 29, 2015Signed Cheyenne Parker and Aleighsa Welch to rookie-scale contracts
May 4, 2015Signed Betnijah Laney and Victoria Macaulay to rookie-scale contracts
May 20, 2015Waived Aleighsa Welch [7]
May 31, 2015Waived Courtney Clements [8]
June 4, 2015Waived Markeisha Gatling and Jacki Gemelos [9]
June 7, 2015Temporarily Suspened Allie Quigley due to Overseas Commitments
June 17, 2015Activate Allie Quigley from her Temporary Suspension [10]
Waived Victoria Macaulay
Signed Jacki Gemelos [11]
June 26, 2015Waived 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]

Roster

2015 Chicago Sky Roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
F 51 Flag of the United States.svg Breland, Jessica 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)170 lb (77 kg) (1988-02-23)February 23, 1988 (aged 27) North Carolina
F/C 41 Flag of Brazil.svg de Souza, Érika 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)190 lb (86 kg) (1982-03-03)March 3, 1982 (aged 33) Brazil
G/F 11 Flag of the United States.svg Delle Donne, Elena 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)188 lb (85 kg) (1989-09-05)September 5, 1989 (aged 25) Delaware
C 8 Flag of Brazil.svg dos Santos, Clarissa 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)180 lb (82 kg) (1988-03-10)March 10, 1988 (aged 27) Brazil
G 21 Flag of the United States.svg Faulkner, Jamierra 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)141 lb (64 kg) (1992-03-09)March 9, 1992 (aged 23) Southern Miss
G 5 Flag of the United States.svg Gemelos, Jacki 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)165 lb (75 kg) (1988-11-22)November 22, 1988 (aged 26) USC
G/F 44 Flag of the United States.svg Laney, Betnijah 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)160 lb (73 kg) (1993-10-29)October 29, 1993 (aged 21) Rutgers
F 32 Flag of the United States.svg Parker, Cheyenne 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)190 lb (86 kg) (1992-08-22)August 22, 1992 (aged 22) Middle Tennessee
G 23 Flag of the United States.svg Pondexter, Cappie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)160 lb (73 kg) (1983-01-07)January 7, 1983 (aged 32) Rutgers
G 14 Flag of the United States.svg Quigley, Allie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)140 lb (64 kg) (1986-06-20)June 20, 1986 (aged 28) DePaul
G 22 Flag of the United States.svg Vandersloot, Courtney 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)132 lb (60 kg) (1989-02-08)February 8, 1989 (aged 26) Gonzaga
F 1 Flag of the United States.svg Young, Tamera 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)172 lb (78 kg) (1986-10-30)October 30, 1986 (aged 28) James Madison
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 Heidi Wlezien
Strength and conditioning coach
Flag of the United States.svg Ann Crosby (Western Michigan)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Depth

Pos.StarterBench
C Erika de Souza Clarissa dos Santos
PF Jessica Breland Cheyenne Parker
SF Elena Delle Donne Tamera Young
Betnijah Laney
SG Cappie Pondexter Allie Quigley
Jacki Gemelos
PG Courtney Vandersloot Jamierra Faulkner

Schedule

Preseason

2015 Preseason Schedule
Total: 21 (Home: 10; Road: 11)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 22 New York W 55–83 Elena Delle Donne (16) Delle Donne
dos Santos (8)
Allie Quigley (4) Bob Carpenter Center
3,105
1–0
2May 27 Los Angeles L 76–67 Courtney Vandersloot (15) Tamera Young (6) Cappie Pondexter (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
3,947
1–1
3May 28 China W 59–92 Elena Delle Donne (18) Cheyenne Parker (6) Vandersloot
Gemelos (3)
Mohegan Sun Arena 2–1
2015 pre-season schedule

Regular Season

2015 Regular Season Schedule
Total: 2113 (Home: 134; Road: 89)
August: 74 (Home: 42; Road: 32)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
20August 2 Washington W 69–68 Elena Delle Donne (22) de Souza (10) Courtney Vandersloot (10) Allstate Arena
4,141
12–8
21August 4 Indiana W 106–82 Elena Delle Donne (19) Delle Donne
Pondexter
Young (6)
Courtney Vandersloot (7) Allstate Arena
4,979
13–8
22August 7 New York L 77–63 Elena Delle Donne (17) Elena Delle Donne (6) Vandersloot
Quigley (2)
Allstate Arena
5,992
13–9
23August 9 Phoenix W 74–64 Elena Delle Donne (33) Jessica Breland (13) Courtney Vandersloot (7) Allstate Arena
7,181
14–9
24August 11@ New York L 63–84 Cappie Pondexter (23) Jessica Breland (7) Courtney Vandersloot (9) Madison Square Garden
9,987
14–10
25August 14@ Seattle W 94–84 Delle Donne
Vandersloot (21)
Jessica Breland (11) Courtney Vandersloot (8) Key Arena
5,684
15–10
26August 16@ Los Angeles L 76–64 Elena Delle Donne (23) Delle Donne
de Souza (8)
Courtney Vandersloot (4) Staples Center
7,110
15–11
27August 21 Washington W 87–85 Elena Delle Donne (22) Delle Donne
Vandersloot
dos Santos (8)
Courtney Vandersloot (10) Allstate Arena
5,861
16–11
28August 23@ Washington W 66–64 Elena Delle Donne (18) Elena Delle Donne (10) Breland
Vandersloot (2)
Verizon Center
7,400
17–11
29August 29@ Atlanta W 98–96 Cappie Pondexter (22) Erika de Souza (7) Courtney Vandersloot (7) Philips Arena
6,872
18–11
30August 30 Connecticut L 72–68 Cappie Pondexter (18) Jessica Breland (7) Courtney Vandersloot (5) Allstate Arena
5,969
18–12
September: 31 (Home: 20; Road: 11)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
31September 3@ New York W 82–60 Courtney Vandersloot (21) Breland
de Souza (8)
Courtney Vandersloot (5) Madison Square Garden
8,496
19–12
32September 6 Seattle W 65–93 Allie Quigley (17) Erika de Souza (8) Vandersloot
Faulkner (6)
Allstate Arena
6,205
20–12
33September 11 Tulsa W 71–92 Elena Delle Donne (21) Young
Parker (5)
Courtney Vandersloot (9) Allstate Arena
7,753
21–12
34September 13@ Connecticut L 75–86 Elena Delle Donne (28) Erika de Souza (9) Tamera Young (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
8,049
21–13
2015 season schedule

Playoffs

2014 Playoff Schedule
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Indiana (Lost Series 1-2)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1September 17 Indiana W 77–72 Courtney Vandersloot (17) Elena Delle Donne (11) Quigley
Vandersloot (5)
UIC Pavilion
4,098
1–0
2September 19@ Indiana L 82–89 Courtney Vandersloot (19) Erika de Souza (8) Courtney Vandersloot (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,124
1–1
2September 21 Indiana L 100–89 Elena Delle Donne (40) Jessica Breland (8) Courtney Vandersloot (14) Allstate Arena
2,882
1–2
2015 playoff schedule

Standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
x - New York Liberty 2311.67612–511–613–9
x - Chicago Sky 2113.618213–48–914–8
x - Indiana Fever 2014.588311–69–813–9
x - Washington Mystics 1816.529511–67–1010–12
e - Atlanta Dream 1519.44189–86–1110–12
e - Connecticut Sun 1519.44188–97–106–16

Notes

x – Clinched playoff spot
e – Eliminated from playoffs

Playoffs

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
Eastern Conference
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
Western Conference
W2 Phoenix 0
W2 Phoenix 2
W3 Tulsa 0

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 313133.346.031.395.08.41.41.12.023.4
Cappie Pondexter 292930.243.938.182.43.92.11.00.215.0
Courtney Vandersloot 343429.946.335.690.13.45.81.30.511.4
Allie Quigley 32722.543.134.082.61.81.70.40.511.1
Jessica Breland 333021.447.10.077.45.91.30.71.16.7
Erika de Souza 171519.449.40.047.65.50.50.50.85.5
Clarissa dos Santos 31717.546.10.068.84.60.70.60.65.3
Tamera Young 191017.139.20.082.82.91.30.60.44.5
Jamierra Faulkner 3309.641.418.280.81.01.70.40.24.1
Betnijah Laney 32212.839.40.069.62.10.60.50.22.9
Cheyenne Parker 3009.340.00.038.52.50.20.20.72.2
Sasha Goodlett 16513.153.80.085.71.90.30.20.62.1
Jacki Gemelos 1705.040.030.00.00.50.40.30.11.1
Victoria Macaulay 406.328.60.00.01.00.00.50.31.0

Playoffs

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Elena Delle Donne 3336.350.043.8100.06.32.00.71.021.7
Allie Quigley 3027.059.043.8100.02.32.70.00.018.0
Courtney Vandersloot 3331.750.050.0100.04.78.30.31.013.7
Jessica Breland 3328.352.00.0100.07.71.31.32.310.0
Erika de Souza 3322.756.30.0100.04.70.70.70.37.0
Cappie Pondexter 3122.330.80.0100.01.01.30.70.06.0
Clarissa dos Santos 307.050.00.033.32.00.30.70.72.0
Cheyenne Parker 207.066.70.00.01.50.00.00.02.0
Jamierra Faulkner 306.016.70.050.01.01.70.00.01.7
Tamera Young 3212.725.00.00.03.01.70.30.31.3
Betnijah Laney 102.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0

Awards and honors

RecipientAwardDate awardedRef.
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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