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
CoachPokey Chatman
ArenaAllstate Arena
Attendance6,685 per game
Results
Record15–19 (.441)
Place4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishEastern Conference Champions
Team Leaders
PointsDelle Donne (17.9)
ReboundsFowles (10.2)
AssistsVandersloot (5.6)
Media
TelevisionCN100
ESPN2, NBATV

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.

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

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 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

Postseason
See also: 2014 WNBA Playoffs and 2014 WNBA Finals
2014 playoff game log
Total: 4–5 (Home: 1–2; Road: 3–3)
Conference Semifinals: 2–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
F 25 Brandon, Gennifer 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 164 lb (74 kg) (1990-11-23)November 23, 1990 (aged 23) California
F 51 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 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 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 Ellenberg, Aaryn 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 122 lb (55 kg) (1992-07-19)July 19, 1992 (aged 21) Oklahoma
G 21 Faulkner, Jamierra 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 141 lb (64 kg) (1992-03-09)March 9, 1992 (aged 22) Southern Miss
C 34 Fowles, Sylvia 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 208 lb (94 kg) (1985-10-06)October 6, 1985 (aged 28) LSU
C 9 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 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 Prince, Epiphanny 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 164 lb (74 kg) (1988-01-11)January 11, 1988 (aged 26) Rutgers
G 14 Quigley, Allie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 140 lb (64 kg) (1986-06-20)June 20, 1986 (aged 27) DePaul
G 22 Vandersloot, Courtney 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 132 lb (60 kg) (1989-02-08)February 8, 1989 (aged 25) Gonzaga
F 1 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
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]

Awards and honors

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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