2014 Chicago Sky season

2014 Chicago Sky season
Head Coach Pokey Chatman
Arena Allstate Arena
Attendance 6,685 per game
Results
Record 15–19
(.441)
Place 4th (Eastern)
Playoff Finish Eastern Conference Champions
Team Leaders
Points Delle Donne (17.9)
Rebounds Fowles (10.2)
Assists Vandersloot (5.6)
Media
Television CN100
ESPN2, NBATV
Chicago Sky seasons
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The 2014 WNBA season is the 9th season for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association. Coming off the franchise's first ever playoff appearance, the Sky looked to continue their success in the 2014 season.

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]

The Sky made it to the 2014 WNBA Finals, beating Eastern Conference giants Atlanta and Indiana. However, the Sky fell to the Phoenix Mercury in three games, coming up short of a WNBA championship.

Offseason

WNBA Draft

The following are the Sky's selections in the 2014 WNBA Draft.

Trades

Personnel changes

Additions

Player Signed Former team
Jessica Breland March 27, 2014 Free Agent Signee
Sasha Goodlett April 9, 2014 Free Agent Signee
Sequoia Holmes April 9, 2014 Free Agent Signee
Aaryn Ellenberg April 21, 2014 Undrafted Signee
Yvonne Turner April 21, 2014 Free Agent Signee
Markeisha Gatling April 23, 2014 Draft Pick
Gennifer Brandon April 23, 2014 Draft Pick
Jamierra Faulkner April 23, 2014 Draft Pick
Zhaque Gray April 25, 2014 Free Agent Signee
Destiny Williams April 25, 2014 Free Agent Signee
Courtney Clements May 7, 2014 Atlanta Dream

Subtractions

Player Left New team
Shay Murphy March 28, 2014 Phoenix Mercury
Carolyn Swords April 10, 2014 Waived
Zhaque Gray May 2, 2014 Waived
Swin Cash May 7, 2014 Atlanta Dream
Yvonne Turner May 8, 2014 Waived
Avery Warley May 12, 2014 Waived
Sequoia Holmes May 14, 2014 Waived
Destiny Williams May 14, 2014 Waived
Aaryn Ellenberg May 22, 2014 Waived

Preseason

2014 pre-season game log
May: 2–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–0)
2014 pre-season schedule

Regular season

Game log

2014 game log
May
June
July
August
2014 season schedule

Standings

# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB GP
1 y- Atlanta Dream 19 15 .559 - 34
2 x- Indiana Fever 16 18 .471 3.0 34
3 x-Washington Mystics 16 18 .471 3.0 34
4 x-Chicago Sky 15 19 .441 4.0 34
5 e-New York Liberty 15 19 .441 4.0 34
6 e-Connecticut Sun 13 21 .382 6.0 34

Postseason

2014 playoff game log
Total: 4–5 (Home: 1–2; Road: 3–3)
Conference Semifinals: 2–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 2–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 August 22
6:30 PM[lower-alpha 1]		 Atlanta W 80-77 McCoughtry (24) Fowles/Lyttle (14) Prince/Vandersloot (7) Philips Arena
5,985		 1–0
2 August 24
6:00 PM		 Atlanta L 92-83 McCoughtry (39) Thomas/Lyttle (7) Vandersloot (8) Allstate Arena
4,546		 1–1
3 August 26
6:30 PM		 Atlanta W 81-80 Delle Donne (34) Fowles (15) Schimmel (6) Allstate Arena
4,829		 2–1
Conference Finals: 2–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 August 30
6:00 PM[lower-alpha 1]		 Indiana L 70-77 Fowles (20) Fowles (14) Catchings/Vandersloot (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,557		 0-1
2 September 1
3:00 PM		 Indiana W 84-86 2OT Fowles (27) Catchings (14) January (6) Allstate Arena
6,019		 1–1
3 September 3
3:00 PM		 Indiana W 75-62 Fowles (17) Larkins (11) Vandersloot (9) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,705		 2–1
WNBA Finals: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 September 7
6:00 PM[lower-alpha 1]		 Phoenix L 83-62 Dupree (26) Fowles (11) Taurasi (11) US Airways Center
13,263		 0-1
2 September 9
6:00 PM		 Phoenix L 97-68 Delle Donne (22) Taylor (8) Taylor (6) US Airways Center
13,348		 0-2
3 September 12
6:00 PM		 Phoenix L 87-82 Dupree/Taurasi (24) Bonner (9) Vandersloot (11) UIC Pavilion[2]
7,365		 0-3
2014 playoff schedule
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

Roster

2014 Chicago Sky roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From
F 25 United States Brandon, Gennifer 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 164 lb (74 kg) (1990-11-23)November 23, 1990 (aged 23) UC Berkeley
F 51 United States Breland, Jessica 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) (1988-02-23)February 23, 1988 (aged 26) North Carolina
G 0 United States Clements, Courtney 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 157 lb (71 kg) (1989-11-12)November 12, 1989 (aged 24) San Diego State
G/F 11 United States Delle Donne, Elena 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 188 lb (85 kg) (1989-09-05)September 5, 1989 (aged 24) Delaware
G 3 United States Ellenberg, Aaryn 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 122 lb (55 kg) (1992-07-19)July 19, 1992 (aged 21) Oklahoma
G 21 United States Faulkner, Jamierra 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 141 lb (64 kg) (1992-03-09)March 9, 1992 (aged 22) Southern Mississippi
C 34 United States Fowles, Sylvia 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 208 lb (94 kg) (1985-10-06)October 6, 1985 (aged 28) LSU
C 9 United States Gatling, Markeisha 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 255 lb (116 kg) (1992-07-14)July 14, 1992 (aged 21) North Carolina State
C 45 United States Goodlett, Sasha 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 239 lb (108 kg) (1990-08-09)August 9, 1990 (aged 23) Georgia Tech
G 10 United States Prince, Epiphanny 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 164 lb (74 kg) (1988-01-11)January 11, 1988 (aged 26) Rutgers
G 14 United States Quigley, Allie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 140 lb (64 kg) (1986-06-20)June 20, 1986 (aged 27) DePaul
G 22 United States Vandersloot, Courtney 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 132 lb (60 kg) (1989-02-08)February 8, 1989 (aged 25) Gonzaga
F 1 United States Young, Tamera 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 172 lb (78 kg) (1986-10-30)October 30, 1986 (aged 27) James Madison
Head coach
United States Pokey Chatman (LSU)
Assistant coaches
United States Tree Rollins (Clemson)
United States Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech)
Athletic trainer
United States Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech)
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Ann Crosby (Western Michigan)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured
Notes
  • Age of player is as of the start of the regular season.

Player statistics

Legend
  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

Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Brandon, GenniferGennifer Brandon 16 2 7.6 .333 .000[lower-alpha 2] .462 2.6 [lower-alpha 3] 0.2 0.2 0.4 1.8
Breland, JessicaJessica Breland 32 32 26.6 .461 [lower-alpha 4] .000 .759 6.8 1.9 0.9 1.8 [lower-alpha 3] 9.7
Clements, CourtneyCourtney Clements 33 1 11.3 .364 .174 1.000[lower-alpha 5] 1.7 0.7 0.4 0.1 2.7
Delle Donne, ElenaElena Delle Donne 16 9 25.5 .452 .364 .933 [lower-alpha 6] 4.0 1.1 0.5 1.5 17.9
Ellenberg, AarynAaryn Ellenberg 2 0 0.5 .000[lower-alpha 2] .000[lower-alpha 2] .000[lower-alpha 2] 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Faulkner, JamierraJamierra Faulkner 34 18 20.4 .362 .265 .838 2.0 3.5 1.0 0.4 7.9
Fowles, SylviaSylvia Fowles 20 18 29.8 .546 .000[lower-alpha 2] .783 10.2 0.6 1.4 2.0 13.4
Gatling, MarkeishaMarkeisha Gatling 29 1 11.0 .648 .000[lower-alpha 2] .648 2.4 0.0 0.1 0.5 3.7
Goodlett, SashaSasha Goodlett 34 15 13.1 .454 .000[lower-alpha 2] .722 2.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 3.4
Prince, EpiphannyEpiphanny Prince 26 24 32.3 .408 .327 .876 3.0 3.8 [lower-alpha 3] 1.8 0.4 15.0
Quigley, AllieAllie Quigley 34 1 24.8 .444 .387 .879 2.2 3.8 0.7 0.2 11.2
Vandersloot, CourtneyCourtney Vandersloot 18 16 25.0 .402 .375 .833 2.2 5.6 1.2 0.4 6.8
Young, TameraTamera Young 34 33 27.6 .438 .000[lower-alpha 2] .556 5.1 1.2 0.7 0.1 6.7
Notes
  • Reference: basketball-reference.com[3]
  • WNBA doesn't have minimum statistic requirements. Using the NCAA minimum requirements over the NBA since the NCAA and WNBA have the same total regulation time of 40 minutes.[4]

Postseason

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Brandon, GenniferGennifer Brandon 2 - 2.0 .000 .000 1.000 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0
Breland, JessicaJessica Breland 7 - 13.0 .381 .000 .000 4.0 1.0 0.1 0.5 2.3
Clements, CourtneyCourtney Clements 5 - 4.0 .000 .000 .000 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Delle Donne, ElenaElena Delle Donne 9 - 31.0 .482 .379 .919 3.3 1.6 0.4 2.0 16.8
Faulkner, JamierraJamierra Faulkner 9 - 5.9 .368 .000 1.000 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 5.9
Fowles, SylviaSylvia Fowles 9 - 36.2 .538 .000 .773 9.7 0.2 2.1 2.0 16.2
Gatling, MarkeishaMarkeisha Gatling 5 - 4.2 .600 .000 .000 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.2
Goodlett, SashaSasha Goodlett 7 - 4.1 .250 .000 .500 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.4
Prince, EpiphannyEpiphanny Prince 9 - 29.1 .296 .273 .800 3.4 2.1 1.5 0.7 9.2
Quigley, AllieAllie Quigley 9 - 25.7 .412 .342 .897 2.7 2.1 0.3 0.5 14.2
Vandersloot, CourtneyCourtney Vandersloot 9 - 29.8 .383 .133 .850 2.3 6.4 1.3 0.2 7.2
Young, TameraTamera Young 9 - 29.8 .431 .000 .542 4.2 1.4 0.6 0.4 7.4
Notes
  • Reference: basketball-reference.com[3]
  • WNBA doesn't have minimum statistic requirements. Using the NCAA minimum requirements over the NBA since the NCAA and WNBA have the same total regulation time of 40 minutes.[4]

References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 All times are specified under the Central Time Zone.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 No attempts taken.
  3. 1 2 3 Meeting requirement of at least 75% of the season played.
  4. ↑ Meeting requirement of at least 5.0 FGA pre game and 75% of the season played.
  5. ↑ On 12 attempts taken.
  6. ↑ Meeting requirement of at least 2.5 FTA pre game and 75% of the season played.

Notes

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ Mandell, Nina (2014-09-12). "USP WNBA: Finals-Phoenix Mercury at Chicago Sky S BKL USA IL". USA Today. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  3. 1 2 "2014 Chicago Sky Stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
  4. 1 2 "NCAA Minimum Stat Requirements". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2015-05-28.

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