The 2014 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 9th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and their fourth season under head coach Pokey Chatman. Coming off the franchise's first ever playoff appearance, the Sky looked to continue their success in the 2014 season.
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.
Although the Sky finished the season with a 15–19 record, they placed 4th in the Eastern Conference and qualified for the playoffs. They defeated the Atlanta Dream and Indiana Fever in the playoffs and made it to the 2014 WNBA Finals, but lost the series in three games.
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WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country 1 10 Markeisha Gatling North Carolina State 2 22 Gennifer Brandon California 3 34 Jamierra Faulkner Southern Mississippi
Trades and roster changes DateTransaction January 15, 2014 Cored Swin Cash March 25, 2014 Signed Allie Quigley and Avery Warley March 27, 2014 Signed Jessica Breland April 9, 2014 Signed Sasha Goodlett and Sequoia Holmes to training-camp contracts April 10, 2014 Waived Carolyn Swords April 17, 2014 Signed Markeisha Gatling, Gennifer Brandon, and Jamierra Faulkner to rookie-scale contracts April 21, 2014 Signed Yvonne Turner and Aaryn Ellenberg to training-camp contracts April 25, 2014 Signed Zhaque Gray and Destiny Williams to training-camp contracts May 2, 2014 Waived Zhaque Gray May 7, 2014 Signed and traded Swin Cash and a second round pick in the 2015 WNBA draft to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Courtney Clements and a second round pick in the 2015 draft May 12, 2014 Waived Avery Warley May 14, 2014 Waived Sequoia Holmes and Destiny Williams May 15, 2014 Temporarily suspend the contracts of Sylvia Fowles and Epiphanny Prince May 22, 2014 Waived Aaryn Ellenberg May 25, 2014 Activated Epiphanny Prince from her temporary suspension June 24, 2014 Activated Sylvia Fowles from her temporary suspension
Roster
Depth Pos.StarterBench C Sylvia Fowles Sasha GoodlettMarkeisha Gatling PF Elena Delle Donne Jessica BrelandGennifer Brandon SF Tamera Young Courtney Clements SG Epiphanny Prince Allie Quigley PG Courtney Vandersloot Jamierra Faulkner
Schedule Preseason
|- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 9 || Indiana || W 73-66 || Jamierra Faulkner (11) || Jessica Breland (7) || Jamierra Faulkner (5) || HP Field House || 1-0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 || May 11 || Minnesota || L 76-67 || Elena Delle Donne (15) || Gennifer Brandon (8) || Courtney Vandersloot (3)|| HP Field House3,194 || 1-1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || May 13 || Washington || W 69-76 || Elena Delle Donne (17) || Jessica Breland (9) || Courtney Vandersloot (11) || Bob Carpenter Center || 2-1
Regular season
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | May 16 | Indiana | W 74-71 | Elena Delle Donne (15) | Sasha Goodlett (10) | Courtney Vandersloot (5) | Allstate Arena 6,721 | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | May 17 | @ New York | W 79-65 | Elena Delle Donne (23) | Jessica Breland (11) | Courtney Vandersloot (8) | Madison Square Garden 9,131 | 2–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | May 21 | Connecticut | W 78-68 | Elena Delle Donne (21) | Jessica Breland (15) | Courtney Vandersloot (7) | Allstate Arena 4,951 | 3–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | May 23 | Atlanta | W 87-73 | Elena Delle Donne (27) | Jessica Breland (7) | Courtney Vandersloot (11) | Allstate Arena 4,136 | 4–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | May 25 | Minnesota | L 72-75 | Delle DonneBreland (16) | Jessica Breland (15) | Courtney Vandersloot (10) | Allstate Arena 6,058 | 4–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | May 30 | Connecticut | W 101-82 | Elena Delle Donne (28) | Jessica Breland (10) | Courtney Vandersloot (13) | Allstate Arena 5,693 | 5–1
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 | June 6 | Los Angeles | L 88-102 | Elena Delle Donne (33) | Elena Delle Donne (14) | VanderslootFaulkner (4) | Allstate Arena 6,681 | 5–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 | June 7 | @ Atlanta | L 59-97 | Allie Quigley (11) | YoungBrandon (6) | Courtney Vandersloot (7) | Philips Arena 5,458 | 5–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 9 | June 10 | Seattle | L 76-80 | Epiphanny Prince (18) | Markeisha Gatling (10) | Epiphanny Prince (6) | Allstate Arena 3,958 | 5–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 10 | June 13 | @ Washington | L 68-79 | Allie Quigley (18) | Sasha Goodlett (8) | Courtney Vandersloot (5) | Verizon Center 7,198 | 5–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 11 | June 18 | New York | W 105-100 OT | Epiphanny Prince (30) | Tamera Young (12) | Courtney Vandersloot (8) | Allstate Arena 6,716 | 6–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 12 | June 20 | Indiana | L 75-83 | Epiphanny Prince (18) | Tamera Young (9) | VanderslootFaulkner (5) | Allstate Arena 6,488 | 6–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 13 | June 22 | Tulsa | L 99-105 OT | Jessica Breland (26) | Jessica Breland (10) | Epiphanny Prince (8) | Allstate Arena 6,711 | 6–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 14 | June 25 | @ Connecticut | L 69-79 | Sylvia Fowles (17) | Sylvia Fowles (9) | Courtney Vandersloot (4) | Mohegan Sun Arena 5,881 | 6–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 15 | June 27 | @ New York | W 73-69 | Epiphanny Prince (30) | Tamera Young (5) | Epiphanny Prince (5) | Madison Square Garden 7,911 | 7–8
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 16 | July 1 | @ Los Angeles | W 90-83 | Jamierra Faulkner (27) | Jessica Breland (11) | PrinceBrelandQuigley (4) | Staples Center 7,201 | 8–8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 17 | July 2 | @ Phoenix | L 69-87 | Allie Quigley (16) | Sylvia Fowles (7) | PrinceFaulkner (4) | US Airways Center 7,845 | 8–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 18 | July 5 | @ Seattle | L 73-80 | Jessica Breland (20) | Sylvia Fowles (11) | Jamierra Faulkner (5) | KeyArena 6,387 | 8–10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 | July 9 | Washington | L 65-72 | Sylvia Fowles (19) | Sylvia Fowles (17) | Jamierra Faulkner (6) | Allstate Arena 16,402 | 8–11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 20 | July 11 | Phoenix | L 66-72 | Sylvia Fowles (23) | Sylvia Fowles (11) | Jamierra Faulkner (8) | Allstate Arena 7,076 | 8–12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 21 | July 13 | @ Atlanta | L 79-81 OT | Allie Quigley (27) | Sylvia Fowles (14) | Jamierra Faulkner (8) | McCamish Pavilion 4,118 | 8–13 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 22 | July 17 | @ Indiana | L 64-82 | Allie Quigley (17) | Sylvia Fowles (11) | Jessica Breland (3) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,333 | 8–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 23 | July 22 | Indiana | W 60-57 | Sylvia Fowles (21) | Sylvia Fowles (10) | Jamierra Faulkner (6) | Allstate Arena 5,891 | 9–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 24 | July 25 | @ Atlanta | W 79-75 | Epiphanny Prince (21) | Sylvia Fowles (12) | Epiphanny Prince (7) | McCamish Pavilion 4,544 | 10–14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 25 | July 27 | @ Tulsa | L 69-79 | PrinceQuigley (14) | FowlesBreland (9) | PrinceFaulknerFowlesQuigley (3) | BOK Center 5,540 | 10–15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 26 | July 29 | @ San Antonio | L 74-92 | Epiphanny Prince (23) | FowlesPrince (5) | FaulknerBreland (4) | AT&T Center 8,986 | 10–16 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 27 | July 31 | New York | W 87-74 | FowlesQuigley (16) | Sylvia Fowles (14) | FaulknerPrince (7) | Allstate Arena 6,043 | 11–16
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 28 | August 3 | Washington | W 76-65 | Elena Delle Donne (21) | Sylvia Fowles (11) | Epiphanny Prince (7) | Allstate Arena 6,107 | 12–16 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 29 | August 5 | @ Connecticut | W 82-66 | Epiphanny Prince (20) | Sylvia Fowles (12) | Epiphanny Prince (6) | Mohegan Sun Arena 5,343 | 13–16 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 | August 7 | @ Minnesota | L 64-74 | Allie Quigley (20) | Jessica Breland (9) | Jamierra Faulkner (6) | Target Center 9,222 | 13–17 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 31 | August 10 | Atlanta | W 80-69 | Allie Quigley (17) | Sylvia Fowles (15) | Jamierra Faulkner (6) | Allstate Arena 6,021 | 14–17 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 32 | August 13 | @ Washington | W 72-69 | Sylvia Fowles (21) | Sylvia Fowles (16) | Allie Quigley (6) | Verizon Center 16,117 | 15–17 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 33 | August 16 | @ Indiana | L 67-71 | Allie Quigley (17) | FowlesDelle Donne (7) | Epiphanny Prince (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse 10,625 | 15–18 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 34 | August 17 | San Antonio | L 72-84 | Courtney Clements (17) | Gennifer Brandon (10) | Courtney Vandersloot (4) | Allstate Arena 7,987 | 15–19
Playoffs
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | August 22 | @ Atlanta | W 80-77 | Elena Delle Donne (21) | Sylvia Fowles (14) | VanderslootPrince (7) | Philips Arena 5,985 | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | August 24 | Atlanta | L 83-92 | Elena Delle Donne (22) | FowlesDelle Donne (6) | Courtney Vandersloot (8) | Allstate Arena 4,546 | 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | August 26 | @ Atlanta | W 81-80 | Elena Delle Donne (34) | Sylvia Fowles (15) | VanderslootYoung (5) | Philips Arena 4,829 | 2–1
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | August 30 | @ Indiana | L 70-77 | Sylvia Fowles (20) | Sylvia Fowles (14) | Courtney Vandersloot (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,557 | 0–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | September 1 | Indiana | W 86-84 | Sylvia Fowles (27) | Tamera Young (9) | VanderslootPrinceQuigley (5) | Allstate Arena 6,019 | 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | September 3 | @ Indiana | W 75-62 | Allie Quigley (24) | Sylvia Fowles (7) | Courtney Vandersloot (9) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,705 | 2–1
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | September 7 | @ Phoenix | L 62-83 | Sylvia Fowles (19) | Sylvia Fowles (11) | Courtney Vandersloot (5) | US Airways Center 13,263 | 0–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | September 7 | @ Phoenix | L 68-97 | Elena Delle Donne (22) | Sylvia Fowles (5) | Courtney Vandersloot (4) | US Airways Center 13,348 | 0–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | September 12 | Phoenix | L 82-87 | Elena Delle Donne (23) | Sylvia Fowles (8) | Courtney Vandersloot (11) | UIC Pavilion 7,365 | 0–3
Standings
Playoffs
Statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Elena Delle Donne 16 9 25.5 42.9 36.4 93.3 4.0 1.1 0.6 1.5 17.9 Epiphanny Prince 26 24 32.3 38.3 32.7 87.6 3.0 3.8 1.9 0.4 15.0 Sylvia Fowles 20 18 29.8 54.6 0.0 78.3 10.2 0.6 1.4 2.1 13.4 Allie Quigley 34 1 24.8 44.4 38.7 87.9 2.2 1.9 0.7 0.2 11.2 Jessica Breland 32 32 26.5 46.1 0.0 75.9 6.8 1.9 0.9 1.8 9.7 Jamierra Faulkner 34 18 20.4 36.2 26.5 83.8 2.0 3.5 1.0 0.2 7.9 Courtney Vandersloot 18 16 25.1 40.2 37.5 83.3 2.2 5.6 1.2 0.5 6.8 Tamera Young 34 33 27.6 43.8 0.0 55.6 5.1 1.2 0.7 0.1 6.7 Markeisha Gatling 29 1 11.0 64.8 0.0 72.7 2.4 0.0 0.1 0.4 3.7 Sasha Goodlett 34 15 12.9 45.4 0.0 72.2 2.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 3.4 Courtney Clements 33 1 11.4 36.4 17.4 100.0 1.7 0.7 0.4 0.1 2.7 Gennifer Brandon 16 2 7.6 33.3 0.0 46.2 2.6 0.2 0.2 0.4 1.8 Aaryn Ellenberg 2 0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Elena Delle Donne 9 9 31.0 48.2 37.9 91.9 3.3 1.6 0.3 1.6 16.8 Sylvia Fowles 9 9 36.2 53.8 0.0 77.3 9.7 0.2 1.7 1.6 16.2 Allie Quigley 9 0 25.7 41.2 34.2 89.7 2.7 2.1 0.3 0.6 14.2 Epiphanny Prince 9 9 29.1 29.6 27.3 80.0 3.4 2.1 1.6 0.8 9.2 Tamera Young 9 9 29.8 43.1 0.0 52.4 4.2 1.4 0.7 0.4 7.4 Courtney Vandersloot 9 9 29.8 38.3 13.3 85.0 2.3 6.4 1.3 0.2 7.2 Jessica Breland 7 0 13.0 38.1 0.0 0.0 4.0 1.0 0.1 0.6 2.3 Jamierra Faulkner 9 0 5.9 36.8 0.0 100.0 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 2.2 Markeisha Gatling 5 0 4.2 60.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 Gennifer Brandon 2 0 2.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 Sasha Goodlett 7 0 4.1 25.0 0.0 50.0 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.4 Courtney Clements 5 0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Awards and honors