2014 Chicago Sky season

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.

2014 Chicago Sky season
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
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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.

Offseason

WNBA Draft

The following are the Sky's selections in the 2014 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

Date	Trade
	To Chicago Sky	To Atlanta Dream
	Courtney Clements and Atlanta's 2015 2nd Round Pick	Swin Cash and Chicago's 2015 3rd Round Pick

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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 9 5:00 PM[lower-alpha 1] Indiana W 73-66 Christmas (16) Macaulay (10) Faulkner (5) HP Field House 1-0 2 May 11 11:30 AM Minnesota L 76-67 Taylor (18) Dantas (9) Moore (8) HP Field House 3,194 1-1 3 May 13 6:00 PM Washington W 69-76 Delle Donne (17) Breland (9) Vandersloot (11) Bob Carpenter Center 2-1
2014 pre-season schedule

Regular season

Game log

2014 game log
May Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
June Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
July Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
August Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
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 Brandon, Gennifer 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 164 lb (74 kg) November 23, 1990 (aged 23) California F 51 Breland, Jessica 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) February 23, 1988 (aged 26) North Carolina G 0 Clements, Courtney 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 157 lb (71 kg) November 12, 1989 (aged 24) San Diego State G/F 11 Delle Donne, Elena 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 188 lb (85 kg) September 5, 1989 (aged 24) Delaware G 3 Ellenberg, Aaryn 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 122 lb (55 kg) July 19, 1992 (aged 21) Oklahoma G 21 Faulkner, Jamierra 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 141 lb (64 kg) March 9, 1992 (aged 22) Southern Miss C 34 Fowles, Sylvia 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 208 lb (94 kg) October 6, 1985 (aged 28) LSU C 9 Gatling, Markeisha 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 255 lb (116 kg) July 14, 1992 (aged 21) North Carolina State C 45 Goodlett, Sasha 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 239 lb (108 kg) August 9, 1990 (aged 23) Georgia Tech G 10 Prince, Epiphanny 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 164 lb (74 kg) January 11, 1988 (aged 26) Rutgers G 14 Quigley, Allie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 140 lb (64 kg) June 20, 1986 (aged 27) DePaul G 22 Vandersloot, Courtney 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 132 lb (60 kg) February 8, 1989 (aged 25) Gonzaga F 1 Young, Tamera 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 172 lb (78 kg) October 30, 1986 (aged 27) James Madison	Head coach Pokey Chatman (LSU) Assistant coaches Tree Rollins (Clemson) Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech) Athletic trainer Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech) Strength and conditioning coach 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
Gennifer Brandon	16	2	7.6	.333	.000[lower-alpha 2]	.462	2.6 [lower-alpha 3]	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.8
Jessica Breland	32	32	26.6	.461 [lower-alpha 4]	.000	.759	6.8	1.9	0.9	1.8 [lower-alpha 3]	9.7
Courtney Clements	33	1	11.3	.364	.174	1.000[lower-alpha 5]	1.7	0.7	0.4	0.1	2.7
Elena Delle Donne	16	9	25.5	.452	.364	.933 [lower-alpha 6]	4.0	1.1	0.5	1.5	17.9
Aaryn 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
Jamierra Faulkner	34	18	20.4	.362	.265	.838	2.0	3.5	1.0	0.4	7.9
Sylvia Fowles	20	18	29.8	.546	.000[lower-alpha 2]	.783	10.2	0.6	1.4	2.0	13.4
Markeisha Gatling	29	1	11.0	.648	.000[lower-alpha 2]	.648	2.4	0.0	0.1	0.5	3.7
Sasha Goodlett	34	15	13.1	.454	.000[lower-alpha 2]	.722	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	3.4
Epiphanny Prince	26	24	32.3	.408	.327	.876	3.0	3.8 [lower-alpha 3]	1.8	0.4	15.0
Allie Quigley	34	1	24.8	.444	.387	.879	2.2	3.8	0.7	0.2	11.2
Courtney Vandersloot	18	16	25.0	.402	.375	.833	2.2	5.6	1.2	0.4	6.8
Tamera 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
Gennifer Brandon	2	-	2.0	.000	.000	1.000	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0
Jessica Breland	7	-	13.0	.381	.000	.000	4.0	1.0	0.1	0.5	2.3
Courtney Clements	5	-	4.0	.000	.000	.000	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Elena Delle Donne	9	-	31.0	.482	.379	.919	3.3	1.6	0.4	2.0	16.8
Jamierra Faulkner	9	-	5.9	.368	.000	1.000	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.0	5.9
Sylvia Fowles	9	-	36.2	.538	.000	.773	9.7	0.2	2.1	2.0	16.2
Markeisha Gatling	5	-	4.2	.600	.000	.000	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.2
Sasha Goodlett	7	-	4.1	.250	.000	.500	0.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.4
Epiphanny Prince	9	-	29.1	.296	.273	.800	3.4	2.1	1.5	0.7	9.2
Allie Quigley	9	-	25.7	.412	.342	.897	2.7	2.1	0.3	0.5	14.2
Courtney Vandersloot	9	-	29.8	.383	.133	.850	2.3	6.4	1.3	0.2	7.2
Tamera 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. All times are specified under the Central Time Zone.
2. No attempts taken.
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

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. "2014 Chicago Sky Stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
4. "NCAA Minimum Stat Requirements". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2015-05-28.

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