2015 Chicago Sky season

The 2015 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 10th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).[1]

2015 Chicago Sky season
CoachPokey Chatman
ArenaAllstate Arena
Attendance6,894 per game
Results
Record21–13 (.618)
Place2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishSemifinals
Team Leaders
PointsElena Delle Donne – 23.4
ReboundsElena Delle Donne – 8.4
AssistsCourtney Vandersloot – 5.8
Media
TelevisionWMEU-CD
ESPN
ESPN2
NBA TV

Transactions

WNBA draft
See also: 2015 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country
1 5 Cheyenne Parker  United States Middle Tennessee
2 17 Betnijah Laney  United States Rutgers
2 22 Aleighsa Welch  United States South Carolina

Trades and Roster Changes
Date Transaction
January 6, 2015 Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Elena Delle Donne
Extended Qualifying Offers to Courtney Vandersloot, Jessica Breland, Sasha Goodlett, and Courtney Clements
January 12, 2015 Cored Sylvia Fowles
February 10, 2015 Signed Courtney Vandersloot[2]
February 11, 2015 Signed Tamera Young[3]
February 16, 2015 Traded Epiphanny Prince to the New York Liberty in exchange for Cappie Pondexter[4]
February 19, 2015 Signed Jessica Breland
February 23, 2015 Signed Allie Quigley[5]
March 5, 2015 Signed Jacki Gemelos and Clarissa dos Santos to training-camp contracts
March 18, 2015 Signed Sasha Goodlett and Courtney Clements to training-camp contracts
March 23, 2015 Signed Cappie Pondexter to a Contract Extension[6]
April 1, 2015 Waived Gennifer Brandon
April 29, 2015 Signed Cheyenne Parker and Aleighsa Welch to rookie-scale contracts
May 4, 2015 Signed Betnijah Laney and Victoria Macaulay to rookie-scale contracts
May 20, 2015 Waived Aleighsa Welch[7]
May 31, 2015 Waived Courtney Clements[8]
June 4, 2015 Waived Markeisha Gatling and Jacki Gemelos[9]
June 7, 2015 Temporarily Suspened Allie Quigley due to Overseas Commitments
June 17, 2015 Activate Allie Quigley from her Temporary Suspension[10]
Waived Victoria Macaulay
Signed Jacki Gemelos[11]
June 26, 2015 Waived Sasha Goodlett
Traded Sylvia Fowles and a Second Round Pick in the 2016 WNBA draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Erika de Souza from the Atlanta Dream as part of a 3-Team Trade[12]

Roster
2015 Chicago Sky Roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
F 51 United States Breland, Jessica 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) (1988-02-23)February 23, 1988 (aged 27) North Carolina
F/C 41 Brazil de Souza, Érika 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) (1982-03-03)March 3, 1982 (aged 33) Brazil
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 25) Delaware
C 8 Brazil dos Santos, Clarissa 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) (1988-03-10)March 10, 1988 (aged 27) Brazil
G 21 United States Faulkner, Jamierra 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 141 lb (64 kg) (1992-03-09)March 9, 1992 (aged 23) Southern Miss
G 5 United States Gemelos, Jacki 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) (1988-11-22)November 22, 1988 (aged 26) USC
G/F 44 United States Laney, Betnijah 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) (1993-10-29)October 29, 1993 (aged 21) Rutgers
F 32 United States Parker, Cheyenne 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) (1992-08-22)August 22, 1992 (aged 22) Middle Tennessee
G 23 United States Pondexter, Cappie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) (1983-01-07)January 7, 1983 (aged 32) 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 28) 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 26) 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 28) 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 Heidi Wlezien
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Ann Crosby (Western Michigan)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Depth
Pos. Starter Bench
C Erika de Souza Clarissa dos Santos
PF Jessica Breland Cheyenne Parker
SF Elena Delle Donne Tamera Young
Betnijah Laney
SG Cappie Pondexter Allie Quigley
Jacki Gemelos
PG Courtney Vandersloot Jamierra Faulkner

Schedule

Preseason
2015 Preseason Schedule
Total: 2–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 22New YorkW 55–83Elena Delle Donne (16)Delle Donne
dos Santos (8)		Allie Quigley (4)Bob Carpenter Center
3,105		1–0
2May 27Los AngelesL 76–67Courtney Vandersloot (15)Tamera Young (6)Cappie Pondexter (6)Mohegan Sun Arena
3,947		1–1
3May 28ChinaW 59–92Elena Delle Donne (18)Cheyenne Parker (6)Vandersloot
Gemelos (3)		Mohegan Sun Arena2–1
2015 pre-season schedule

Regular Season
2015 Regular Season Schedule
Total: 21–13 (Home: 13–4; Road: 8–9)
June: 5–5 (Home: 2–1; Road: 3–4)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1June 5New YorkW 72–95Elena Delle Donne (31)Jessica Breland (13)Allie Quigley (5)Allstate Arena
8,123		1–0
2June 6@ TulsaL 101–93Elena Delle Donne (40)Delle Donne (9)Courtney Vandersloot (6)BOK Center
7,256		1–1
3June 11@ ConnecticutL 65–67Elena Delle Donne (27)Pondexter
Laney (8)		Courtney Vandersloot (4)Mohegan Sun Arena
4,523		1–2
4June 14@ IndianaW 98–72Elena Delle Donne (24)Elena Delle Donne (9)Vandersloot
Pondexter (4)		Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,433		2–2
5June 19@ AtlantaL 74–73Elena Delle Donne (26)Delle Donne
dos Santos (10)		Elena Delle Donne (3)Philips Arena
5,166		2–3
6June 20@ San AntonioW 95–87 OTElena Delle Donne (28)Elena Delle Donne (13)Courtney Vandersloot (8)Freeman Coliseum
4,026		3–3
7June 24AtlantaW 96–100 OTElena Delle Donne (45)Elena Delle Donne (11)Courtney Vandersloot (5)Allstate Arena
9,893		4–3
8June 26@ IndianaW 83–77Cappie Pondexter (23)Elena Delle Donne (14)Courtney Vandersloot (7)Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,889		5–3
9June 28@ WashingtonL 86–71Elena Delle Donne (26)Elena Delle Donne (7)Courtney Vandersloot (4)Verizon Center
7,400		5–4
10June 30New YorkL 89–81Elena Delle Donne (26)Elena Delle Donne (13)Courtney Vandersloot (10)Allstate Arena
5,048		5–5
July: 6–3 (Home: 5–1; Road: 1–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
11July 2@ ConnecticutW 77–74Allie Quigley (19)Elena Delle Donne (10)Cappie Pondexter (4)Mohegan Sun Arena
5,607		6–5
12July 102015 Minnesota Lynx seasonW 83–90Delle Donne
Pondexter (24)		Breland
Delle Donne (10)		Faulkner (6)Allstate Arena
6,709		7–5
13July 12ConnecticutW 76–96Cappie Pondexter (29)Elena Delle Donne (8)Cappie Pondexter (7)Allstate Arena
5,051		8–5
14July 15WashingtonW 57–85Allie Quigley (15)Elena Delle Donne (10)Jamierra Faulkner (5)Allstate Arena
16,304		9–5
15July 17@ MinnesotaL 66–84Jessica Breland (17)Clarissa dos Santos (13)Courtney Vandersloot (5)Target Center
9,033		9–6
16July 19San Antonio StarsW 93–82Elena Delle Donne (29)Elena Delle Donne (13)Courtney Vandersloot (8)Allstate Arena
5,011		10–6
17July 21AtlantaW 97–92Elena Delle Donne (27)Elena Delle Donne (8)Courtney Vandersloot (4)Allstate Arena
5,967		11–6
18July 28@ PhoenixL 87–89 OTElena Delle Donne (32)Clarissa dos Santos (8)Courtney Vandersloot (6)US Airways Center
10,707		11–7
19July 31Los AngelesL 88–77Delle Donne (21)Breland (7)Vandersloot (13)Allstate Arena
7,014		11–8
August: 7–4 (Home: 4–2; Road: 3–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
20August 2WashingtonW 69–68Elena Delle Donne (22)de Souza (10)Courtney Vandersloot (10)Allstate Arena
4,141		12–8
21August 4IndianaW 106–82Elena Delle Donne (19)Delle Donne
Pondexter
Young (6)		Courtney Vandersloot (7)Allstate Arena
4,979		13–8
22August 7New YorkL 77–63Elena Delle Donne (17)Elena Delle Donne (6)Vandersloot
Quigley (2)		Allstate Arena
5,992		13–9
23August 9PhoenixW 74–64Elena Delle Donne (33)Jessica Breland (13)Courtney Vandersloot (7)Allstate Arena
7,181		14–9
24August 11@ New YorkL 63–84Cappie Pondexter (23)Jessica Breland (7)Courtney Vandersloot (9)Madison Square Garden
9,987		14–10
25August 14@ SeattleW 94–84Delle Donne
Vandersloot (21)		Jessica Breland (11)Courtney Vandersloot (8)Key Arena
5,684		15–10
26August 16@ Los AngelesL 76–64Elena Delle Donne (23)Delle Donne
de Souza (8)		Courtney Vandersloot (4)Staples Center
7,110		15–11
27August 21WashingtonW 87–85Elena Delle Donne (22)Delle Donne
Vandersloot
dos Santos (8)		Courtney Vandersloot (10)Allstate Arena
5,861		16–11
28August 23@ WashingtonW 66–64Elena Delle Donne (18)Elena Delle Donne (10)Breland
Vandersloot (2)		Verizon Center
7,400		17–11
29August 29@ AtlantaW 98–96Cappie Pondexter (22)Erika de Souza (7)Courtney Vandersloot (7)Philips Arena
6,872		18–11
30August 30ConnecticutL 72–68Cappie Pondexter (18)Jessica Breland (7)Courtney Vandersloot (5)Allstate Arena
5,969		18–12
September: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
31September 3@ New YorkW 82–60Courtney Vandersloot (21)Breland
de Souza (8)		Courtney Vandersloot (5)Madison Square Garden
8,496		19–12
32September 6SeattleW 65–93Allie Quigley (17)Erika de Souza (8)Vandersloot
Faulkner (6)		Allstate Arena
6,205		20–12
33September 11TulsaW 71–92Elena Delle Donne (21)Young
Parker (5)		Courtney Vandersloot (9)Allstate Arena
7,753		21–12
34September 13@ ConnecticutL 75–86Elena Delle Donne (28)Erika de Souza (9)Tamera Young (4)Mohegan Sun Arena
8,049		21–13
2015 season schedule

Playoffs
2014 Playoff Schedule
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Indiana (Lost Series 1-2)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1 September 17 Indiana W 77–72 Courtney Vandersloot (17) Elena Delle Donne (11) Quigley
Vandersloot (5)		 UIC Pavilion
4,098		 1–0
2 September 19 @ Indiana L 82–89 Courtney Vandersloot (19) Erika de Souza (8) Courtney Vandersloot (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,124		 1–1
2 September 21 Indiana L 100–89 Elena Delle Donne (40) Jessica Breland (8) Courtney Vandersloot (14) Allstate Arena
2,882		 1–2
2015 playoff schedule

Standings
Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
x - New York Liberty2311.676–12–511–613–9
x - Chicago Sky2113.618213–48–914–8
x - Indiana Fever2014.588311–69–813–9
x - Washington Mystics1816.529511–67–1010–12
e - Atlanta Dream1519.44189–86–1110–12
e - Connecticut Sun1519.44188–97–106–16

Notes

x – Clinched playoff spot
e – Eliminated from playoffs

Playoffs
See also: 2015 WNBA Playoffs
Conference Semi-Finals:
Best-of-3 		Conference Finals:
Best-of-3 		WNBA Finals:
Best-of-5
         
E1 New York 2
E4 Washington 1
E1 New York 1
Eastern Conference
E3 Indiana 2
E2 Chicago 1
E3 Indiana 2
E3 Indiana 2
W1 Minnesota 3
W1 Minnesota 2
W4 Los Angeles 1
W1 Minnesota 2
Western Conference
W2 Phoenix 0
W2 Phoenix 2
W3 Tulsa 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 31 31 33.3 46.0 31.3 95.0 8.4 1.4 1.1 2.0 23.4
Cappie Pondexter 29 29 30.2 43.9 38.1 82.4 3.9 2.1 1.0 0.2 15.0
Courtney Vandersloot 34 34 29.9 46.3 35.6 90.1 3.4 5.8 1.3 0.5 11.4
Allie Quigley 32 7 22.5 43.1 34.0 82.6 1.8 1.7 0.4 0.5 11.1
Jessica Breland 33 30 21.4 47.1 0.0 77.4 5.9 1.3 0.7 1.1 6.7
Erika de Souza 17 15 19.4 49.4 0.0 47.6 5.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 5.5
Clarissa dos Santos 31 7 17.5 46.1 0.0 68.8 4.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 5.3
Tamera Young 19 10 17.1 39.2 0.0 82.8 2.9 1.3 0.6 0.4 4.5
Jamierra Faulkner 33 0 9.6 41.4 18.2 80.8 1.0 1.7 0.4 0.2 4.1
Betnijah Laney 32 2 12.8 39.4 0.0 69.6 2.1 0.6 0.5 0.2 2.9
Cheyenne Parker 30 0 9.3 40.0 0.0 38.5 2.5 0.2 0.2 0.7 2.2
Sasha Goodlett 16 5 13.1 53.8 0.0 85.7 1.9 0.3 0.2 0.6 2.1
Jacki Gemelos 17 0 5.0 40.0 30.0 0.0 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.1 1.1
Victoria Macaulay 4 0 6.3 28.6 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.3 1.0

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Elena Delle Donne 3 3 36.3 50.0 43.8 100.0 6.3 2.0 0.7 1.0 21.7
Allie Quigley 3 0 27.0 59.0 43.8 100.0 2.3 2.7 0.0 0.0 18.0
Courtney Vandersloot 3 3 31.7 50.0 50.0 100.0 4.7 8.3 0.3 1.0 13.7
Jessica Breland 3 3 28.3 52.0 0.0 100.0 7.7 1.3 1.3 2.3 10.0
Erika de Souza 3 3 22.7 56.3 0.0 100.0 4.7 0.7 0.7 0.3 7.0
Cappie Pondexter 3 1 22.3 30.8 0.0 100.0 1.0 1.3 0.7 0.0 6.0
Clarissa dos Santos 3 0 7.0 50.0 0.0 33.3 2.0 0.3 0.7 0.7 2.0
Cheyenne Parker 2 0 7.0 66.7 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
Jamierra Faulkner 3 0 6.0 16.7 0.0 50.0 1.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 1.7
Tamera Young 3 2 12.7 25.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 1.7 0.3 0.3 1.3
Betnijah Laney 1 0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 June 15 [13]
June 23 [14]
June 30 [15]
August 10 [16]
August 24 [17]
Eastern Conference Player of the Month - June July 6 [18]
WNBA All-Star Starter July 14 [19]
WNBA MVP September 16 [20]
Peak Performer: Points September 17 [21]
All-WNBA First Team October 8 [22]
Cappie Pondexter Eastern Conference Player of the Week July 13 [23]
WNBA All-Star Selection July 21 [24]
Courtney Vandersloot Eastern Conference Player of the Week September 8 [25]
Peak Performer: Assists September 17 [21]
All-WNBA Second Team October 8 [22]
Allie Quigley WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year September 17 [26]

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