2014 Chicago Sky season

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2014 Chicago Sky season
Coach Pokey Chatman
Arena Allstate Arena
Attendance6,685 per game
Results
Record1519 (.441)
Place4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost in WNBA Finals
Team Leaders
Points Elena Delle Donne – 17.9
Rebounds Sylvia Fowles – 10.2
Assists Courtney Vandersloot – 5.6
Media
Television CN100
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2014 WNBA season is the 9th season for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Coming off the franchise's first ever playoff appearance, the Sky looked to continue their success in the 2014 season.

Contents

The Sky's offseason included trading Swin Cash to Atlanta, signing free agent forward Jessica Breland, center Sasha Goodlett, but also learning that center Sylvia Fowles would be missing some time due to Arthroscopic surgery of the hip to repair a torn Labrum and Impingement. [1]

Although the Sky finished the season with a 15–19 record, they placed 4th in the Eastern Conference and qualified for the playoffs. They defeated the Atlanta Dream and Indiana Fever in the playoffs and made it to the 2014 WNBA Finals, but lost the series in three games.

Transactions

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
110 Markeisha Gatling Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States North Carolina State
222 Gennifer Brandon Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States California
334 Jamierra Faulkner Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Southern Mississippi

Trades and Roster Changes

DateTransaction
January 15, 2014Cored Swin Cash
March 25, 2014Signed Allie Quigley and Avery Warley
March 27, 2014Signed Jessica Breland [2]
April 9, 2014Signed Sasha Goodlett and Sequoia Holmes to training-camp contracts [3]
April 10, 2014Waived Carolyn Swords [4]
April 17, 2014Signed Markeisha Gatling, Gennifer Brandon, and Jamierra Faulkner to rookie-scale contracts
April 21, 2014Signed Yvonne Turner and Aaryn Ellenberg to training-camp contracts [5]
April 25, 2014Signed Zhaque Gray and Destiny Williams to training-camp contracts [6]
May 2, 2014Waived Zhaque Gray [7]
May 7, 2014Signed and traded Swin Cash and a second round pick in the 2015 WNBA draft to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Courtney Clements and a second round pick in the 2015 draft [8]
May 12, 2014Waived Avery Warley [9]
May 14, 2014Waived Sequoia Holmes and Destiny Williams [10]
May 15, 2014Temporarily suspend the contracts of Sylvia Fowles and Epiphanny Prince
May 22, 2014Waived Aaryn Ellenberg [11]
May 25, 2014Activated Epiphanny Prince from her temporary suspension
June 24, 2014Activated Sylvia Fowles from her temporary suspension [12]

Roster

2014 Chicago Sky Roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
F 25 Flag of the United States.svg Brandon, Gennifer 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)164 lb (74 kg)11-23-1990 California
F 51 Flag of the United States.svg Breland, Jessica 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)166 lb (75 kg)02-23-1988 North Carolina
G 0 Flag of the United States.svg Clements, Courtney 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)157 lb (71 kg)11-12-1989 San Diego State
G/F 11 Flag of the United States.svg Delle Donne, Elena 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)187 lb (85 kg)09-05-1989 Delaware
G 21 Flag of the United States.svg Faulkner, Jamierra 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)138 lb (63 kg)03-09-1992 Southern Miss
C 34 Flag of the United States.svg Fowles, Sylvia 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)219 lb (99 kg)10-06-1985 LSU
C 9 Flag of the United States.svg Gatling, Markeisha 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)195 lb (88 kg)07-14-1992 NC State
C 45 Flag of the United States.svg Goodlett, Sasha 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)239 lb (108 kg)08-09-1990 Georgia Tech
G 10 Flag of the United States.svg Prince, Epiphanny 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)179 lb (81 kg)01-11-1988 Rutgers
G 14 Flag of the United States.svg Quigley, Allie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)142 lb (64 kg)06-20-1986 DePaul
G 22 Flag of the United States.svg Vandersloot, Courtney 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)137 lb (62 kg)02-08-1989 Gonzaga
F 1 Flag of the United States.svg Young, Tamera 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)172 lb (78 kg)10-30-1986 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 Natalie Meckstroth (Indiana)
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 Sylvia Fowles Sasha Goodlett
Markeisha Gatling
PF Elena Delle Donne Jessica Breland
Gennifer Brandon
SF Tamera Young Courtney Clements
SG Epiphanny Prince Allie Quigley
PG Courtney Vandersloot Jamierra Faulkner

Schedule

Preseason

2014 Preseason Schedule
Total: 21 (Home: 21; Road: 11)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 9 Indiana W 73-66 Jamierra Faulkner (11) Jessica Breland (7) Jamierra Faulkner (5) HP Field House 1-0
2May 11 Minnesota L 76-67 Elena Delle Donne (15) Gennifer Brandon (8) Courtney Vandersloot (3) HP Field House
3,194
1-1
3May 13 Washington W 69-76 Elena Delle Donne (17) Jessica Breland (9) Courtney Vandersloot (11) Bob Carpenter Center 2-1
2014 pre-season schedule

Regular Season

2014 Regular Season Schedule
Total: 1519 (Home: 98; Road: 611)
May: 51 (Home: 41; Road: 10)
June: 27 (Home: 14; Road: 13)
July: 48 (Home: 22; Road: 26)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
16July 1@ Los Angeles W 90-83 Jamierra Faulkner (27) Jessica Breland (11) Prince
Breland
Quigley (4)
Staples Center
7,201
88
17July 2@ Phoenix L 69-87 Allie Quigley (16) Sylvia Fowles (7) Prince
Faulkner (4)
US Airways Center
7,845
89
18July 5@ Seattle L 73-80 Jessica Breland (20) Sylvia Fowles (11) Jamierra Faulkner (5) KeyArena
6,387
810
19July 9 Washington L 65-72 Sylvia Fowles (19) Sylvia Fowles (17) Jamierra Faulkner (6) Allstate Arena
16,402
811
20July 11 Phoenix L 66-72 Sylvia Fowles (23) Sylvia Fowles (11) Jamierra Faulkner (8) Allstate Arena
7,076
812
21July 13@ Atlanta L 79-81 OT Allie Quigley (27) Sylvia Fowles (14) Jamierra Faulkner (8) McCamish Pavilion
4,118
813
22July 17@ Indiana L 64-82 Allie Quigley (17) Sylvia Fowles (11) Jessica Breland (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
8,333
814
23July 22 Indiana W 60-57 Sylvia Fowles (21) Sylvia Fowles (10) Jamierra Faulkner (6) Allstate Arena
5,891
914
24July 25@ Atlanta W 79-75 Epiphanny Prince (21) Sylvia Fowles (12) Epiphanny Prince (7) McCamish Pavilion
4,544
1014
25July 27@ Tulsa L 69-79 Prince
Quigley (14)
Fowles
Breland (9)
Prince
Faulkner
Fowles
Quigley (3)
BOK Center
5,540
1015
26July 29@ San Antonio L 74-92 Epiphanny Prince (23) Fowles
Prince (5)
Faulkner
Breland (4)
AT&T Center
8,986
1016
27July 31 New York W 87-74 Fowles
Quigley (16)
Sylvia Fowles (14) Faulkner
Prince (7)
Allstate Arena
6,043
1116
August: 43 (Home: 21; Road: 22)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
28August 3 Washington W 76-65 Elena Delle Donne (21) Sylvia Fowles (11) Epiphanny Prince (7) Allstate Arena
6,107
1216
29August 5@ Connecticut W 82-66 Epiphanny Prince (20) Sylvia Fowles (12) Epiphanny Prince (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
5,343
1316
30August 7@ Minnesota L 64-74 Allie Quigley (20) Jessica Breland (9) Jamierra Faulkner (6) Target Center
9,222
1317
31August 10 Atlanta W 80-69 Allie Quigley (17) Sylvia Fowles (15) Jamierra Faulkner (6) Allstate Arena
6,021
1417
32August 13@ Washington W 72-69 Sylvia Fowles (21) Sylvia Fowles (16) Allie Quigley (6) Verizon Center
16,117
1517
33August 16@ Indiana L 67-71 Allie Quigley (17) Fowles
Delle Donne (7)
Epiphanny Prince (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
10,625
1518
34August 17 San Antonio L 72-84 Courtney Clements (17) Gennifer Brandon (10) Courtney Vandersloot (4) Allstate Arena
7,987
1519
2014 season schedule

Playoffs

2014 Playoff Schedule
Conference Semifinals vs. Atlanta (Won Series 2-1)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1August 22@ Atlanta W 80-77 Elena Delle Donne (21) Sylvia Fowles (14) Vandersloot
Prince (7)
Philips Arena
5,985
10
2August 24 Atlanta L 83-92 Elena Delle Donne (22) Fowles
Delle Donne (6)
Courtney Vandersloot (8) Allstate Arena
4,546
11
3August 26@ Atlanta W 81-80 Elena Delle Donne (34) Sylvia Fowles (15) Vandersloot
Young (5)
Philips Arena
4,829
21
Conference Finals vs. Indiana (Won Series 2-1)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1August 30@ Indiana L 70-77 Sylvia Fowles (20) Sylvia Fowles (14) Courtney Vandersloot (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,557
01
2September 1 Indiana W 86-84 Sylvia Fowles (27) Tamera Young (9) Vandersloot
Prince
Quigley (5)
Allstate Arena
6,019
11
3September 3@ Indiana W 75-62 Allie Quigley (24) Sylvia Fowles (7) Courtney Vandersloot (9) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,705
21
WNBA Finals vs. Phoenix (Lost Series 0-3)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1September 7@ Phoenix L 62-83 Sylvia Fowles (19) Sylvia Fowles (11) Courtney Vandersloot (5) US Airways Center
13,263
01
2September 7@ Phoenix L 68-97 Elena Delle Donne (22) Sylvia Fowles (5) Courtney Vandersloot (4) US Airways Center
13,348
02
3September 12 Phoenix L 82-87 Elena Delle Donne (23) Sylvia Fowles (8) Courtney Vandersloot (11) UIC Pavilion
7,365
03
2014 season schedule

Standings

# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB GP
1y- Atlanta Dream 1915.559-34
2x- Indiana Fever 1618.4713.034
3x-Washington Mystics 1618.4713.034
4x-Chicago Sky 1519.4414.034
5e-New York Liberty 1519.4414.034
6e-Connecticut Sun 1321.3826.034

Playoffs

Conference semi-finals:
best-of-3
Conference finals:
best-of-3
WNBA finals:
best-of-5
         
E1 Atlanta 1
E4 Chicago 2
E4 Chicago 2
Eastern Conference
E2 Indiana 1
E2 Indiana 2
E3 Washington 0
E4 Chicago 0
W1 Phoenix 3
W1 Phoenix 2
W4 Los Angeles 0
W1 Phoenix 2
Western Conference
W2 Minnesota 1
W2 Minnesota 2
W3 San Antonio 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 16925.542.936.493.34.01.10.61.517.9
Epiphanny Prince 262432.338.332.787.63.03.81.90.415.0
Sylvia Fowles 201829.854.60.078.310.20.61.42.113.4
Allie Quigley 34124.844.438.787.92.21.90.70.211.2
Jessica Breland 323226.546.10.075.96.81.90.91.89.7
Jamierra Faulkner 341820.436.226.583.82.03.51.00.27.9
Courtney Vandersloot 181625.140.237.583.32.25.61.20.56.8
Tamera Young 343327.643.80.055.65.11.20.70.16.7
Markeisha Gatling 29111.064.80.072.72.40.00.10.43.7
Sasha Goodlett 341512.945.40.072.22.30.30.30.53.4
Courtney Clements 33111.436.417.4100.01.70.70.40.12.7
Gennifer Brandon 1627.633.30.046.22.60.20.20.41.8
Aaryn Ellenberg200.50.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0

Playoffs

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Elena Delle Donne 9931.048.237.991.93.31.60.31.616.8
Sylvia Fowles 9936.253.80.077.39.70.21.71.616.2
Allie Quigley 9025.741.234.289.72.72.10.30.614.2
Epiphanny Prince 9929.129.627.380.03.42.11.60.89.2
Tamera Young 9929.843.10.052.44.21.40.70.47.4
Courtney Vandersloot 9929.838.313.385.02.36.41.30.27.2
Jessica Breland 7013.038.10.00.04.01.00.10.62.3
Jamierra Faulkner 905.936.80.0100.00.40.60.00.02.2
Markeisha Gatling 504.260.00.00.00.60.00.00.01.2
Gennifer Brandon 202.00.00.0100.01.00.50.00.01.0
Sasha Goodlett 704.125.00.050.00.70.00.30.00.4
Courtney Clements 504.00.00.00.00.20.00.00.00.0

Awards and honors

RecipientAwardDate awardedRef.
Elena Delle Donne Eastern Conference Player of the Week May 28 [13]
Eastern Conference Player of the Month - May May [14]
WNBA All-Star Starter July 8 [15]
Jessica Breland WNBA All-Star Selection July 15 [16]
Allie Quigley Eastern Conference Player of the Week August 11 [17]
WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year August 24 [18]
Sylvia Fowles All-Defensive Second Team August 22 [19]

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