2014 Chicago Sky season

2014 Chicago Sky season
Head coachPokey Chatman
ArenaAllstate Arena
Results
Record15–19 (.441)
Place4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost in WNBA Finals
Media
TelevisionCN100
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2014 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 9th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and their fourth season under head coach Pokey Chatman. 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]

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

Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country
1 10 Markeisha Gatling  United States North Carolina State
2 22 Gennifer Brandon  United States California
3 34 Jamierra Faulkner  United States Southern Mississippi

Trades and Roster Changes

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

Roster

2014 Chicago Sky roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
F25United StatesBrandon, Gennifer6' 2" (1.88m)164 lb (74kg)1990-11-23California
F51United StatesBreland, Jessica6' 2" (1.88m)166 lb (75kg)1988-02-23North Carolina
G0United StatesClements, Courtney6' 0" (1.83m)157 lb (71kg)1989-11-12San Diego State
G/F11United StatesDelle Donne, Elena6' 5" (1.96m)187 lb (85kg)1989-09-05Delaware
G21United StatesFaulkner, Jamierra5' 6" (1.68m)138 lb (63kg)1992-03-09Southern Miss
C34United StatesFowles, Sylvia6' 6" (1.98m)219 lb (99kg)1985-10-06LSU
C9United StatesGatling, Markeisha6' 5" (1.96m)195 lb (88kg)1992-07-14NC State
C45United StatesGoodlett, Sasha6' 5" (1.96m)239 lb (108kg)1990-08-09Georgia Tech
G10United StatesPrince, Epiphanny5' 9" (1.75m)179 lb (81kg)1988-01-11Rutgers
G14United StatesQuigley, Allie5' 10" (1.78m)142 lb (64kg)1986-06-20DePaul4
G22United StatesVandersloot, Courtney5' 8" (1.73m)137 lb (62kg)1989-02-08Gonzaga2
F1United StatesYoung, Tamera6' 2" (1.88m)172 lb (78kg)1986-10-30James Madison5
Head coach
United States Pokey Chatman (LSU)
Assistant coaches
United States Tree Rollins (Clemson)
United States Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech)
Athletic trainer
United States Natalie Meckstroth (Indiana)
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Ann Crosby (Western Michigan)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Depth

Pos. Starter Bench
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: 2–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 9IndianaW 73-66Jamierra Faulkner (11)Jessica Breland (7)Jamierra Faulkner (5)HP Field House1-0
2May 11MinnesotaL 76-67Elena Delle Donne (15)Gennifer Brandon (8)Courtney Vandersloot (3)HP Field House
3,194		1-1
3May 13WashingtonW 69-76Elena Delle Donne (17)Jessica Breland (9)Courtney Vandersloot (11)Bob Carpenter Center2-1
2014 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2014 Regular Season Schedule
Total: 15–19 (Home: 9–8; Road: 6–11)
May: 5–1 (Home: 4–1; Road: 1–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1 May 16 Indiana W 74-71 Elena Delle Donne (15) Sasha Goodlett (10) Courtney Vandersloot (5) Allstate Arena
6,721		 1–0
2 May 17 @ New York W 79-65 Elena Delle Donne (23) Jessica Breland (11) Courtney Vandersloot (8) Madison Square Garden
9,131		 2–0
3 May 21 Connecticut W 78-68 Elena Delle Donne (21) Jessica Breland (15) Courtney Vandersloot (7) Allstate Arena
4,951		 3–0
4 May 23 Atlanta W 87-73 Elena Delle Donne (27) Jessica Breland (7) Courtney Vandersloot (11) Allstate Arena
4,136		 4–0
5 May 25 Minnesota L 72-75 Delle Donne
Breland (16)		 Jessica Breland (15) Courtney Vandersloot (10) Allstate Arena
6,058		 4–1
6 May 30 Connecticut W 101-82 Elena Delle Donne (28) Jessica Breland (10) Courtney Vandersloot (13) Allstate Arena
5,693		 5–1
June: 2–7 (Home: 1–4; Road: 1–3)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
7 June 6 Los Angeles L 88-102 Elena Delle Donne (33) Elena Delle Donne (14) Vandersloot
Faulkner (4)		 Allstate Arena
6,681		 5–2
8 June 7 @ Atlanta L 59-97 Allie Quigley (11) Young
Brandon (6)		 Courtney Vandersloot (7) Philips Arena
5,458		 5–3
9 June 10 Seattle L 76-80 Epiphanny Prince (18) Markeisha Gatling (10) Epiphanny Prince (6) Allstate Arena
3,958		 5–4
10 June 13 @ Washington L 68-79 Allie Quigley (18) Sasha Goodlett (8) Courtney Vandersloot (5) Verizon Center
7,198		 5–5
11 June 18 New York W 105-100 OT Epiphanny Prince (30) Tamera Young (12) Courtney Vandersloot (8) Allstate Arena
6,716		 6–5
12 June 20 Indiana L 75-83 Epiphanny Prince (18) Tamera Young (9) Vandersloot
Faulkner (5)		 Allstate Arena
6,488		 6–6
13 June 22 Tulsa L 99-105 OT Jessica Breland (26) Jessica Breland (10) Epiphanny Prince (8) Allstate Arena
6,711		 6–7
14 June 25 @ Connecticut L 69-79 Sylvia Fowles (17) Sylvia Fowles (9) Courtney Vandersloot (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
5,881		 6–8
15 June 27 @ New York W 73-69 Epiphanny Prince (30) Tamera Young (5) Epiphanny Prince (5) Madison Square Garden
7,911		 7–8
July: 4–8 (Home: 2–2; Road: 2–6)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
16 July 1 @ Los Angeles W 90-83 Jamierra Faulkner (27) Jessica Breland (11) Prince
Breland
Quigley (4)		 Staples Center
7,201		 8–8
17 July 2 @ Phoenix L 69-87 Allie Quigley (16) Sylvia Fowles (7) Prince
Faulkner (4)		 US Airways Center
7,845		 8–9
18 July 5 @ Seattle L 73-80 Jessica Breland (20) Sylvia Fowles (11) Jamierra Faulkner (5) KeyArena
6,387		 8–10
19 July 9 Washington L 65-72 Sylvia Fowles (19) Sylvia Fowles (17) Jamierra Faulkner (6) Allstate Arena
16,402		 8–11
20 July 11 Phoenix L 66-72 Sylvia Fowles (23) Sylvia Fowles (11) Jamierra Faulkner (8) Allstate Arena
7,076		 8–12
21 July 13 @ Atlanta L 79-81 OT Allie Quigley (27) Sylvia Fowles (14) Jamierra Faulkner (8) McCamish Pavilion
4,118		 8–13
22 July 17 @ Indiana L 64-82 Allie Quigley (17) Sylvia Fowles (11) Jessica Breland (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
8,333		 8–14
23 July 22 Indiana W 60-57 Sylvia Fowles (21) Sylvia Fowles (10) Jamierra Faulkner (6) Allstate Arena
5,891		 9–14
24 July 25 @ Atlanta W 79-75 Epiphanny Prince (21) Sylvia Fowles (12) Epiphanny Prince (7) McCamish Pavilion
4,544		 10–14
25 July 27 @ Tulsa L 69-79 Prince
Quigley (14)		 Fowles
Breland (9)		 Prince
Faulkner
Fowles
Quigley (3)		 BOK Center
5,540		 10–15
26 July 29 @ San Antonio L 74-92 Epiphanny Prince (23) Fowles
Prince (5)		 Faulkner
Breland (4)		 AT&T Center
8,986		 10–16
27 July 31 New York W 87-74 Fowles
Quigley (16)		 Sylvia Fowles (14) Faulkner
Prince (7)		 Allstate Arena
6,043		 11–16
August: 4–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
28 August 3 Washington W 76-65 Elena Delle Donne (21) Sylvia Fowles (11) Epiphanny Prince (7) Allstate Arena
6,107		 12–16
29 August 5 @ Connecticut W 82-66 Epiphanny Prince (20) Sylvia Fowles (12) Epiphanny Prince (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
5,343		 13–16
30 August 7 @ Minnesota L 64-74 Allie Quigley (20) Jessica Breland (9) Jamierra Faulkner (6) Target Center
9,222		 13–17
31 August 10 Atlanta W 80-69 Allie Quigley (17) Sylvia Fowles (15) Jamierra Faulkner (6) Allstate Arena
6,021		 14–17
32 August 13 @ Washington W 72-69 Sylvia Fowles (21) Sylvia Fowles (16) Allie Quigley (6) Verizon Center
16,117		 15–17
33 August 16 @ Indiana L 67-71 Allie Quigley (17) Fowles
Delle Donne (7)		 Epiphanny Prince (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
10,625		 15–18
34 August 17 San Antonio L 72-84 Courtney Clements (17) Gennifer Brandon (10) Courtney Vandersloot (4) Allstate Arena
7,987		 15–19
2014 season schedule

Playoffs

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

Standings

# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB GP
1 y- Atlanta Dream1915.559-34
2 x- Indiana Fever1618.4713.034
3 x-Washington Mystics1618.4713.034
4 x-Chicago Sky1519.4414.034
5 e-New York Liberty1519.4414.034
6 e-Connecticut Sun1321.3826.034

Playoffs

Conference semifinals
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
  • Bold – Series winner
  • Italics – Team with home-court advantage

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% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Elena Delle Donne 16 9 25.5 42.9 36.4 93.3 4.0 1.1 0.6 1.5 17.9
Epiphanny Prince 26 24 32.3 38.3 32.7 87.6 3.0 3.8 1.9 0.4 15.0
Sylvia Fowles 20 18 29.8 54.6 0.0 78.3 10.2 0.6 1.4 2.1 13.4
Allie Quigley 34 1 24.8 44.4 38.7 87.9 2.2 1.9 0.7 0.2 11.2
Jessica Breland 32 32 26.5 46.1 0.0 75.9 6.8 1.9 0.9 1.8 9.7
Jamierra Faulkner 34 18 20.4 36.2 26.5 83.8 2.0 3.5 1.0 0.2 7.9
Courtney Vandersloot 18 16 25.1 40.2 37.5 83.3 2.2 5.6 1.2 0.5 6.8
Tamera Young 34 33 27.6 43.8 0.0 55.6 5.1 1.2 0.7 0.1 6.7
Markeisha Gatling 29 1 11.0 64.8 0.0 72.7 2.4 0.0 0.1 0.4 3.7
Sasha Goodlett 34 15 12.9 45.4 0.0 72.2 2.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 3.4
Courtney Clements 33 1 11.4 36.4 17.4 100.0 1.7 0.7 0.4 0.1 2.7
Gennifer Brandon 16 2 7.6 33.3 0.0 46.2 2.6 0.2 0.2 0.4 1.8
Aaryn Ellenberg 2 0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Elena Delle Donne 9 9 31.0 48.2 37.9 91.9 3.3 1.6 0.3 1.6 16.8
Sylvia Fowles 9 9 36.2 53.8 0.0 77.3 9.7 0.2 1.7 1.6 16.2
Allie Quigley 9 0 25.7 41.2 34.2 89.7 2.7 2.1 0.3 0.6 14.2
Epiphanny Prince 9 9 29.1 29.6 27.3 80.0 3.4 2.1 1.6 0.8 9.2
Tamera Young 9 9 29.8 43.1 0.0 52.4 4.2 1.4 0.7 0.4 7.4
Courtney Vandersloot 9 9 29.8 38.3 13.3 85.0 2.3 6.4 1.3 0.2 7.2
Jessica Breland 7 0 13.0 38.1 0.0 0.0 4.0 1.0 0.1 0.6 2.3
Jamierra Faulkner 9 0 5.9 36.8 0.0 100.0 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 2.2
Markeisha Gatling 5 0 4.2 60.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2
Gennifer Brandon 2 0 2.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0
Sasha Goodlett 7 0 4.1 25.0 0.0 50.0 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.4
Courtney Clements 5 0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
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]

References

  1. ↑ "Sky's Fowles out after hip surgery - Chicago Tribune". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on April 18, 2014.
  2. ↑ Lee, Albert. "Chicago Sky signs free agent forward Jessica Breland to a contract". swishappeal.com. Swish Appeal. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Goodlett & Holmes Sign Camp Contracts". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Sky waive center Swords". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Sky Adds Ellenberg and Turner to Training Camp Roster". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  6. ↑ Hoopfeed.com [@hoopfeed.com] (April 25, 2014). "Chicago Sky adds free agents Zhaque Gray (Penn State) and Destiny Williams (Baylor) to training camp http://j.mp/1ijqZkk #wnba" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ↑ "Chicago Sky Waive Zhaque Gray". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Sky's Swin Cash Traded to Atlanta". nbcchicago.com. NBC Chicago. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Chicago Sky Waive Center Avery Warley". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Sky Waive Holmes and Williams". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Sky Prepare for Prince to Return, Waive Ellenberg". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  12. ↑ Schuster, Blake. "Delle Donne, Fowles to return for Sky". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  13. ↑ Youngblood, Kent. "Maya Moore named Western Conference player of the week". startribune.com. Star Tribune. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Elena Delle Donne Named Player of the Month - May 2014". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  15. ↑ "MOORE IS BETTER AS MINNESOTA'S MAYA TOPS ALL VOTE-GETTERS IN 2014 WNBA ALL-STAR BALLOTING PRESENTED BY BOOST MOBILE". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  16. ↑ "SISTERS CHINEY AND NNEKA OGWUMIKE HEADLINE RESERVES FOR BOOST MOBILE WNBA ALL-STAR 2014". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  17. ↑ Schuster, Blake. "Sky guard Quigley named Eastern Conference Player of Week ". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  18. ↑ P, Nate. "2014 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year award: Allie Quigley wins". swishappeal.com. Swish Appeal. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  19. ↑ "Fowles Named to 2014 WNBA All-Defensive Second Team". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
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