WNBA Chicago Sky

Sky Hold off Dream, 73-65, in Atlanta

Published on June 4, 2022 under Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Chicago Sky News Release


FINAL SCORE: CHI 73, ATL 65

CHICAGO SKY (6-3) @ ATLANTA DREAM (6-4)

THE GATEWAY CENTER @ COLLEGE PARK | 2022 WNBA REGULAR SEASON | JUNE 3, 2022

TEAM HIGH POINTS HIGH ASSISTS HIGH REBOUNDS

CHI COPPER (21) VANDERSLOOT (6) COPPER (8)

ATL PARKER (19) WHEELER (5) PARKER (6)

TONIGHT'S GAME HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE

Courtney Vandersloot passed Allie Quigley to become the Chicago Sky's franchise leader in scoring. They entered the game tied with 3,389 points

The Sky's first meeting with Rhyne Howard, the first pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft. Howard was ninth in the league in scoring averaging 17.4 points per game before tonight's meeting

Cheyenne Parker played just her first game against the Chicago Sky after six seasons with the Sky from 2015-20. The Sky drafted Parker with the fifth pick in the 2015 WNBA Draft

The Sky is now the only undefeated Eastern Conference team in Commissioner's Cup play

NEXT UP: The Sky return to Chicago to play the Washington Mystics on Sunday, June 5 in the first of two games against the Mystics. Tipoff at Wintrust Arena is at 5 p.m. CT and will be aired on Amazon Prime, Marquee Sports Network and Monumental Sports Network.

This is a Commissioner's Cup Game and the Sky remains undefeated at 4-0 after today's win over the Atlanta Dream.

The Sky won the previous meeting against the Mystics, 82-73, in Washington on May 22. Candace Parker recorded her second career triple-double with 16 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists to become the first player in WNBA history to record multiple regular season triple-doubles. Kahleah Copper made her debut in that contest after missing the first four due to overseas commitments.

After falling to the Liberty earlier tonight, the Mystics (7-4) fell behind the Connecticut Sun (7-3) and Chicago Sky (6-3) for third in the Eastern Conference. Elena Delle Donne leads the Mystics with averages of 17.9 points and 6.6 rebounds. Ariel Atkins averages 16.4 points while Natasha Cloud averages 11.4 points and 7.0 assists.

KEY RUNS

The Sky opened on a 24-4 run in the first 5:57 of the game

The Dream cut the lead to 26-12 at the end of the first after an 8-2 run in the final 3:04 of the quarter

The Dream cut the lead to single-digits, 37-31, after a 13-2 run from the 5:50 mark to the 1:37

mark of the second period

A 16-4 run gave the Dream its first lead of the game, 60-58, after trailing by as much as 20 points. The run lasted from the 3:07 mark of the third quarter to the 7:45 mark of the fourth

The Sky finished the game on a 15-5 run after the Dream took their first and only lead

KEY STATS

After the Sky won the first quarter 26-12, the Dream responded to by winning the second quarter 19-13 to cut Chicago's lead to 39-31 at halftime

The Sky's seven first half blocks were the most by any WNBA team in a half this season

The Sky won the rebounding battle vs. the Dream 35-34

Both teams struggled from beyond the arc, as the Dream were 6-for-23 (26.1%) and the Sky were 5-for-19 (26.3%)

The Sky made a season low 26 field goals and tied a season low with five three-pointers made. They were 16-for-20 (80%) from the charity stripe

65 points is the second lowest scoring total of the Dream this season. They scored 50 points on May 24 against the Washington Mystics

CHICAGO NOTES

Courtney Vandersloot passed Allie Quigley as the Sky's all-time leader in scoring with a three at the 9:10 mark of the first quarter. Vandersloot finished the game with a career total of 3,398 points while Quigley sits at 3,392 points

Candace Parker started her 365th game, tying Seimone Augustus for 20th all-time

Emma Meesseman recorded her 200th career block with after blocking a Kristy Wallace jump shot at the 0:51 mark of the second quarter

Kahleah Copper scored a season high 21 points

Candace Parker scored her 2000th career two-point field goal on a jump shot at the 2:37 mark of the fourth quarter and became only the sixth player in WNBA history to reach this mark

Two players (Copper, Meesseman) scored in double figures

ATLANTA NOTES

Cheyenne Parker scored a season high with 19 points in her first game against her former team

Erica Wheeler hit a jumper to start the fourth quarter to tie the game at 58. It was the first tie of the game after the Dream had trailed by as much as 20 points

Rhyne Howard finished with five points, just the second time in her first ten career games that she scored below double-digits

Two players (Parker, Wheeler) scored in double figures

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