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Sky Rally in Fourth at Home to Win, 73-70, against Mercury

May 31, 2022 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Chicago Sky News Release


TONIGHT'S GAME HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE

A rematch of the 2021 WNBA Finals in which the Chicago Sky won in four games, clinching the title on 10/17/2021 at Wintrust Arena

Diamond DeShields returned to Chicago for the first time. She played four seasons with the Sky, winning a title in 2021 and was an All-Star and All-WNBA Second Team member in 2019

Featured three of just nine active former WNBA MVPs: Candace Parker, Diana Taurasi and Tina Charles

NEXT UP: The Sky will head back on the road to play the Atlanta Dream on Friday, June 3. Tipoff at Gateway Center Arena at College Park is at 6:30 p.m. CT and will be aired on Bally Sports Southeast and the Marquee Sports Network.

This is a Commissioner's Cup game and the Sky remain undefeated in those games at 3-0 after their May 24 win over the Indiana Fever.

The Dream holds a 5-3 record and will play the Minnesota Lynx at home tomorrow before playing the Sky on Friday. They have a 1-2 record in Commissioner's Cup games. Rhyne Howard, the first pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft, leads the Dream with averages of 16.9 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists. Cheyenne Parker averages 10.6 points and 6.5 rebounds while Erica Wheeler averages 10.5 points, 3.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists.

KEY RUNS

The Sky went up 16-8 after a 16-8 run from the start of the game to 3:11 in the first quarter

The Mercury took their first lead of the game, 42-41, after outscoring the Sky 12-6 in the first 4:08 of the third period

Sky went on a 17-6 run over the final 7:20 of the game to take and sustain the lead

KEY STATS

Kahleah Copper led the Sky with nine first half points

Tina Charles led the Mercury with nine first half points

The Mercury scored 31 points in the third quarter - more than the team's entire first half (28)

Courtney Vandersloot passed Allie Quigley (3,382) for 1st on the Sky All-Time points list with a season-high 18 points

CHICAGO NOTES

Allie Quigley tied Cappie Pondexter for 16th on the All-Time three pointers list with 464 on a make at the 8:05 mark of the first quarter

Li Yueru made her first career field goal on a layup at the 9:26 mark of the second quarter

Candace Parker notched six rebounds in the first quarter

Kahleah Copper reached 100 career steals

Candcae Parker passed Candice Dupree for 6th on the all-time rebounds list

Allie Quigley collected her 516th career defensive rebound, tying her with Elena Delle Donne for 6th on the Sky's all-time defensive rebound list

Courtney Vandersloot reached a season-high 18 points, 12 of which were in the fourth quarter

Vandersloot accounted for 66.7% of the team's points in the fourth quarter (12 points)

PHOENIX NOTES

Diana Taurasi received two technical fouls and was ejected at the 3:43 mark of the second quarter

Tina Charles has tied Tina Thompson for 13th on the all-time blocks list with a total of 372 in her career

Tina Charles scored a season high of 25 points and tied a season high of three three pointers in a game

Brianna Turner reached 200 career offensive rebounds

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