2013 Chicago Sky season

2013 Chicago Sky season
CoachPokey Chatman
ArenaAllstate Arena
Attendanceper game
Results
Record24–10 (.706)
Place1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost in Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
PointsElena Delle Donne – 18.1
ReboundsSylvia Fowles – 11.5
AssistsCourtney Vandersloot – 5.6
Media
TelevisionCN100
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2013 WNBA season is the 8th season for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association.

With the addition of Elena Delle Donne, expectations were high for the Sky to finally reach the playoffs. Delle Donne, along with Sylvia Fowles, Epiphanny Prince, Courtney Vandersloot, and Swin Cash finished the regular season with the best record in the Eastern Conference - thus giving the Sky, their first regular season Conference title and the first seed in the 2013 WNBA Playoffs. The Sky were ultimately swept in the Conference Semifinals by the Indiana Fever.

Transactions

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WNBA draft

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See also: 2013 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country
1 2 Elena Delle Donne  United States Delaware
3 28 Brooklyn Pope  United States Baylor

Trades and Roster Changes

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Date Transaction
January 10, 2013 Extended a Qualifying Offer to Tamera Young
February 18, 2013 Signed Sharnee Zoll to a training-camp contract[1]
March 4, 2013 Signed Allie Quigley to a training-camp contract[2]
March 18, 2013 Signed Tamera Young[3]
March 27, 2013 Signed Michelle Campbell to a training-camp contract[4]
March 29, 2013 Signed D'Andra Moss to a training-camp contract[5]
April 19, 2013 Signed Elena Delle Donne and Brooklyn Pope to rookie-scale contracts
April 29, 2013 Signed Brittany Jones to a training-camp contract
May 10, 2013 Waived Brittany Jones and Brooklyn Pope[6]
May 16, 2013 Waived D'Andra Moss[7]
Signed Epiphanny Prince to a Contract Extension[8]
May 18, 2013 Waived Sonja Petrovic[9]
May 23, 2013 Waived Ruth Riley[10]
May 31, 2013 Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Courtney Vandersloot
June 3, 2013 Temporarily Suspend Epiphanny Prince due to Overseas Commitments
June 19, 2013 Activated Epiphanny Prince from her Temporary Suspension
August 3, 2013 Signed Avery Warley to a 7-day contract
September 11, 2013 Waived Sharnee Zoll
Signed Avery Warley[11]

Roster

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2013 Chicago Sky Roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From
F 25 United States Campbell, Michelle 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 183 lb (83 kg) 05-12-1984 Rutgers
F 8 United States Cash, Swin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 176 lb (80 kg) 09-22-1979 Connecticut
G/F 11 United States Delle Donne, Elena 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 09-05-1989 Delaware
C 34 United States Fowles, Sylvia 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 10-06-1985 LSU
G 7 United States Murphy, Shay 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 161 lb (73 kg) 04-15-1985 USC
G 10 United States Prince, Epiphanny 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 164 lb (74 kg) 01-11-1988 Rutgers
G 14 United States Quigley, Allie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 140 lb (64 kg) 06-20-1986 DePaul
C 30 United States Swords, Carolyn 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 07-19-1989 Boston College
G 22 United States Vandersloot, Courtney 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 132 lb (60 kg) 02-08-1989 Gonzaga
C 17 United States Warley, Avery 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 05-17-1989 Liberty
F 1 United States Young, Tamera 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 10-30-1986 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 Natalie Meckstroth (Indiana)
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Ann Crosby (Western Michigan)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Depth

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Pos. Starter Bench
C Sylvia Fowles Avery Warley
Carolyn Swords
PF Elena Delle Donne Michelle Campbell
SF Swin Cash Tamera Young
SG Epiphanny Prince Shay Murphy
PG Courtney Vandersloot Allie Quigley

Schedule

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Preseason

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2013 Preseason Schedule
Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 May 15 New York W 85–67 Elena Delle Donne (17) Sylvia Fowles (7) Sharnee Zoll (7) Dickens Athletic Center
1,250 		1-0
2013 pre-season schedule

Regular Season

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2013 Regular Season Schedule
Total: 24–10 (Home: 14–3; Road: 10–7)
May: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 May 27 @ Phoenix W 102–80 Epiphanny Prince (26) Sylvia Fowles (10) Epiphanny Prince (5) US Airways Center
10,200 		1–0
2 May 31 Connecticut W 86–75 Sylvia Fowles (24) Sylvia Fowles (22) Courtney Vandersloot (7) Allstate Arena
6,607 		2–0
June: 5–3 (Home: 4–0; Road: 1–3)
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
3 June 2 Tulsa W 92–71 Epiphanny Prince (19) Sylvia Fowles (13) Swin Cash (5) Allstate Arena
6,811 		3–0
4 June 7 @ San Antonio L 69–81 Elena Delle Donne (17) Sylvia Fowles (13) Cash
Zoll (3) 		AT&T Center
6,244 		3–1
5 June 9 San Antonio W 72–70 Elena Delle Donne (23) Sylvia Fowles (16) Courtney Vandersloot (5) Allstate Arena
4,293 		4–1
6 June 16 @ Atlanta L 74–88 Elena Delle Donne (25) Sylvia Fowles (10) Courtney Vandersloot (7) Philips Arena
5,552 		4–2
7 June 20 @ Tulsa L 74–83 Sylvia Fowles (17) Sylvia Fowles (12) Courtney Vandersloot (5) BOK Center
4,161 		4–3
8 June 22 @ Indiana W 71–61 Epiphanny Prince (21) Swin Cash (8) Courtney Vandersloot (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,934 		5–3
9 June 26 NY Liberty W 87–74 Elena Delle Donne (26) Sylvia Fowles (14) Elena Delle Donne (6) Allstate Arena
8,911 		6–3
10 June 29 Los Angeles W 94–82 Epiphanny Prince (21) Elena Delle Donne (8) Courtney Vandersloot (4) Allstate Arena
6,885 		7–3
July: 5–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 3–1)
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
11 July 2 Seattle L 60–69 Prince
Delle Donne (12) 		Swin Cash (14) Courtney Vandersloot (3) Allstate Arena
5,808 		7–4
12 July 7 @ NY Liberty W 93–64 Elena Delle Donne (20) Carolyn Swords (7) Courtney Vandersloot (3) Prudential Center
7,127 		8–4
13 July 10 Washington W 89–85 Sylvia Fowles (26) Sylvia Fowles (18) Courtney Vandersloot (6) Allstate Arena
14,201 		9–4
14 July 12 @ Connecticut W 83–70 Elena Delle Donne (23) Cash
Fowles (8) 		Courtney Vandersloot (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,285 		10–4
15 July 18 @ NY Liberty W 75–55 Elena Delle Donne (23) Delle Donne
Prince
Young (6) 		Courtney Vandersloot (8) Prudential Center
12,858 		11–4
16 July 20 NY Liberty W 80–69 Tamera Young (17) Sylvia Fowles (13) Courtney Vandersloot (9) Allstate Arena
6,037 		12–4
17 July 24 @ Washington L 78–82 Sylvia Fowles (21) Sylvia Fowles (9) Courtney Vandersloot (4) Verizon Center
14,411 		12–5
August: 9–3 (Home: 5–1; Road: 4–2)
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
All-Star Break
18 August 2 Washington W 85–78 Sylvia Fowles (32) Sylvia Fowles (15) Courtney Vandersloot (9) Allstate Arena
5,134 		13–5
19 August 3 @ Indiana L 58–79 Courtney Vandersloot (11) Avery Warley (8) Cash
Prince (2) 		Bankers Life Fieldhouse
8,610 		13–6
20 August 6 Indiana L 58–64 Sylvia Fowles (14) Sylvia Fowles (17) Prince
Vandersloot (3) 		Allstate Arena
4,135 		13–7
21 August 9 @ Connecticut W 77–61 Epiphanny Prince (23) Sylvia Fowles (10) Epiphanny Prince (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,086 		14–7
22 August 11 Minnesota W 94–86 (OT) Elena Delle Donne (32) Sylvia Fowles (9) Courtney Vandersloot (9) Allstate Arena
6,297 		15–7
23 August 13 @ Los Angeles L 76–80 Sylvia Fowles (22) Sylvia Fowles (9) Courtney Vandersloot (6) Staples Center
10,553 		15–8
24 August 15 @ Seattle W 79–66 Swin Cash (18) Sylvia Fowles (10) Courtney Vandersloot (8) Key Arena
6,829 		16–8
25 August 18 Connecticut W 89–78 Epiphanny Prince (21) Sylvia Fowles (21) Epiphanny Prince (8) Allstate Arena
5,074 		17–8
26 August 20 @ Washington W 79–73 Elena Delle Donne (24) Sylvia Fowles (15) Courtney Vandersloot (7) Verizon Center
6,471 		18–8
27 August 23 NY Liberty W 82–64 Sylvia Fowles (14) Fowles
Campbell
Warley (7) 		Courtney Vandersloot (7) Allstate Arena
5,888 		19–8
28 August 24 @ Atlanta W 67–56 Elena Delle Donne (25) Sylvia Fowles (13) Courtney Vandersloot (10) Philips Arena
7,412 		20–8
29 August 31 Atlanta W 85–68 Sylvia Fowles (18) Delle Donne
Warley (7) 		Courtney Vandersloot (9) Allstate Arena
6,047 		21–8
September: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
30 September 6 Indiana L 77–82 Sylvia Fowles (23) Tamera Young (10) Swin Cash (4) Allstate Arena
5,996 		21–9
31 September 8 @ Washington W 93–79 Elena Delle Donne (22) Sylvia Fowles (9) Courtney Vandersloot (6) Verizon Center
9,060 		22–9
32 September 11 Phoenix W 70–68 Epiphanny Prince (21) Sylvia Fowles (12) Courtney Vandersloot (6) Allstate Arena
6,409 		23–9
33 September 13 Atlanta W 87–82 Epiphanny Prince (29) Sylvia Fowles (18) Epiphanny Prince (7) Allstate Arena
7,679 		24–9
34 September 14 @ Minnesota L 66–79 Sylvia Fowles (17) Sylvia Fowles (11) Swin Cash (6) Target Center
9,613 		24–10
2013 season schedule

Playoffs

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2012 Playoff Schedule
Conference Semifinals vs. Indiana (Lost Series 0-2)
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 September 20 Indiana L 72–85 Elena Delle Donne (20) Sylvia Fowles (10) Courtney Vandersloot (7) Allstate Arena
5895 		0–1
2 September 22 @ Indiana L 57–79 Sylvia Fowles (14) Sylvia Fowles (14) Vandersloot & Delle Donne (2) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7144 		0–2
2013 season schedule

Standings

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# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB GP
1 z-Chicago Sky 24 10 .706 - 34
2 x-Atlanta Dream 17 17 .500 7 34
3 x-Washington Mystics 17 17 .500 7 34
4 x-Indiana Fever 16 18 .471 8 34
5 e-New York Liberty 11 23 .324 13 34
6 e-Connecticut Sun 10 24 .294 14 34

Playoffs

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See also: 2013 WNBA Playoffs
Conference Semi-Finals
Best-of-3 		Conference Finals
Best-of-3 		WNBA Finals
Best-of-5
         
E1 Chicago 0
E4 Indiana 2
E4 Indiana 0
Eastern Conference
E2 Atlanta 2
E2 Atlanta 2
E3 Washington 1
E2 Atlanta 0
W1 Minnesota 3
W1 Minnesota 2
W4 Seattle 0
W1 Minnesota 2
Western Conference
W3 Phoenix 0
W2 Los Angeles 1
W3 Phoenix 2
  • Bold – Series winner
  • Italics – Team with home-court advantage

Statistics

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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

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Elena Delle Donne 30 30 31.4 42.6 43.8 92.9 5.6 1.8 0.7 1.8 18.1
Sylvia Fowles 32 32 31.3 58.6 0.0 68.5 11.5 0.4 0.9 2.4 16.3
Epiphanny Prince 31 31 30.0 37.6 39.6 90.0 2.7 3.0 1.7 0.4 15.0
Swin Cash 34 34 28.3 41.5 27.0 85.3 5.6 2.2 0.9 0.6 9.3
Courtney Vandersloot 33 33 29.8 39.6 30.4 83.3 3.2 5.6 1.4 0.9 8.8
Tamera Young 33 8 18.1 42.6 0.0 60.5 3.8 0.6 0.5 0.1 5.6
Allie Quigley 34 0 9.4 31.6 31.5 88.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.1 3.8
Carolyn Swords 16 2 11.3 61.9 0.0 77.8 2.6 0.6 0.5 0.8 3.7
Shay Murphy 34 0 11.1 29.2 17.2 79.2 1.9 0.3 0.6 0.0 3.1
Michelle Campbell 31 0 7.7 31.4 0.0 73.3 1.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.7
Avery Warley 14 0 8.1 43.8 0.0 100.0 2.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.3
Sharnee Zoll 19 0 9.7 21.4 0.0 62.5 0.7 1.7 0.2 0.0 0.9

Playoffs

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Sylvia Fowles 2 2 35.5 46.2 0.0 54.5 12.0 0.5 2.0 2.0 15.0
Elena Delle Donne 2 2 32.0 38.1 0.0 100.0 3.5 2.0 0.5 2.0 15.0
Epiphanny Prince 2 2 33.5 33.3 28.6 100.0 1.5 0.5 1.5 0.0 14.5
Courtney Vandersloot 2 2 29.5 30.0 0.0 100.0 2.0 4.5 1.0 0.5 7.0
Swin Cash 2 2 27.5 33.3 0.0 87.5 1.5 1.0 1.5 0.5 5.5
Tamera Young 2 0 16.5 40.0 0.0 75.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 3.5
Allie Quigley 2 0 12.5 25.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 2.5
Shay Murphy 2 0 8.0 50.0 100.0 0.0 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.5
Avery Warley 2 0 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Michelle Campbell 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Awards and honors

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Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Elena Delle Donne Eastern Conference Player of the Week July 1 [12]
July 8 [13]
August 12 [14]
August 26 [15]
Rookie of the Month June [16]
July [17]
August [18]
September [18]
WNBA All-Star Starter July 18 [19]
WNBA Rookie of the Year September 20 [20]
WNBA All-Rookie Team September 20 [21]
All-WNBA Second Team September 25 [22]
Sylvia Fowles Eastern Conference Player of the Week July 15 [23]
August 19 [24]
Eastern Conference Player of the Month July [25]
August [26]
September [27]
WNBA All-Star Selection July 23 [28]
Peak Performer: Rebounds September
WNBA Defensive Player of the Year September 20 [29]
All-Defensive First Team September 20 [30]
All-WNBA First Team September 25 [22]
Epiphanny Prince WNBA All-Star Starter July 18 [19]
Swin Cash Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award September 20 [31]

References

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