2016 Chicago Sky season

The 2016 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 11th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

2016 Chicago Sky season
CoachPokey Chatman
ArenaAllstate Arena
Attendance7,009 per game
Results
Record18–16 (.529)
Place4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishSemifinals
Team Leaders
PointsElena Delle Donne (21.5)
ReboundsElena Delle Donne (7.0)
AssistsCourtney Vandersloot (4.0)
Media
TelevisionWMEU-CD
ESPN
ESPN2
NBA TV

Offseason

Draft picks
See also: 2016 WNBA draft

The Sky made the following selections in the 2016 WNBA draft:

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 10 Imani Boyette  United States Texas
3 34 Jordan Jones  United States Texas A&M

Preseason
2016 pre-season game log
May: 2–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1May 1
1:00 PM[lower-alpha 1]		New YorkW 93–59Delle Donne (17)Laney (7)Vandersloot (4)Bob Carpenter Center
3,432		1–0
2May 4
6:00 PM		ConnecticutL 84–81Delle Donne (13)Breland (6)Faulkner (5)Mohegan Sun Arena
4,207		1–1
3May 5
4:00 PM		AtlantaW 95–75Laney (14)Parker (5)Vandersloot (6)Mohegan Sun Arena
4,025		2–1
2016 pre-season schedule
  • The Sky was designated the home team for the May 1 and May 5 neutral-site games.

Regular season

Game log
2016 game log
Total: 18–16 (Home: 11–6; Road: 7–10)
May: 2–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1May 14
7:00 PM[lower-alpha 1]		Connecticut93-70Vandersloot 14Breland 9Vandersloot 7Allstate Arena1-0
2May 18
11:30 AM		Minnesota97-80Delle Donne 28Delle Donne, Young 6Vandersloot 11Allstate Arena1-1
3May 22
2:00 PM		Atlanta87-81Pondexter 17Breland 10Pondexter 5Philips Arena1-2
4May 24
6:00 PM		Los Angeles93-80Faulkner 17Breland, Young 9Faulkner 10Allstate Arena1-3
5May 27
7:00 PM		San Antonio79-78Delle Donne 27de Souza, Delle Donne 9Faulkner 11AT&T Center1-4
6May 29
3:30 PM		Dallas92-87Pondexter 18Boyette 8Faulkner 9College Park Center2-4
June: 4–5 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
7June 1
6:00 PM[lower-alpha 1]		Washington86-78Delle Donne 18Delle Donne 9Vandersloot 8Verizon Center3-4
8June 3
7:30 PM		Washington98-72Delle Donne 18de Souza 7Faulkner 9Allstate Arena4-4
9June 10
6:00 PM		Indiana73-64Boyette 16Boyette 12Vandersloot 6Bankers Life Fieldhouse5-4
10June 12
5:00 PM		Phoenix86-80Delle Donne 18de Souza 7de Souza, Faulkner 3US Airways Center5-5
11June 14
9:30 PM		Los Angeles98-85Pondexter 20de Souza 12Pondexter 5Staples Center5-6
12June 17
6:30 PM		Atlanta101-97 OTDelle Donne 26de Souza 8Vandersloot, Pondexter, Faulkner 5Philips Arena5-7
13June 21
7:00 PM		San Antonio81-75Delle Donne 23Young 9Faulkner, Young, Delle Donne 3Allstate Arena6-7
14June 24
6:30 PM		New York80-79Delle Donne 31Delle Donne 8Vandersloot 5Madison Square Garden6-8
15June 29
11:30 AM		Indiana95-83Delle Donne 21Delle Donne 6Pondexter 6Allstate Arena6-9
July: 5–4 (Home: 3–3; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
16July 1
6:00 PM[lower-alpha 1]		Washington86-84 OTDelle Donne 28Delle Donne 11Vandersloot 5Allstate Arena7-9
17July 5
7:30 PM		Washington87-82Delle Donne 38Delle Donne 10Faulkner 7Target Center7-10
18July 8
7:30 PM		New York88-85Quigley 29Delle Donne 7Faulkner 5Allstate Arena7-11
19July 10
6:00 PM		Phoenix100-95Quigley 21Boyette 13Vandersloot, Faulkner 7Allstate Arena8-11
20July 13
5:00 PM		Los Angeles77-67Delle Donne 15Boyette 7Vandersloot, Faulkner 5Allstate Arena8-12
21July 14
9:30 PM		Los Angeles84-77Delle Donne 24Boyette 8Faulkner 6Allstate Arena9-12
22July 17
6:30 PM		Seattle91-88Delle Donne 35Delle Donne 11Faulkner 4KeyArena10-12
23July 19
7:00 PM		Phoenix79-77Delle Donne 18Boyette 10Vandersloot 3Talking Stick Resort Arena11-12
24July 22
6:30 PM		Connecticut94-89Delle Donne 20Breland 8Vandersloot 6Allstate Arena11-13
August: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
25August 26
11:30 AM		Atlanta90-82Delle Donne 34Boyette 9Delle Donne, Pondexter 5Allstate Arena12-13
26August 28
11:30 AM		Dallas92-85Delle Donne 18Delle Donne 9Vandersloot 9College Park Center13-13
September: 5–3 (Home: 4–0; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
27September 2
11:30 AM		Seattle92-88Young 24Breland 10Vandersloot, Pondexter 5Allstate Arena14-13
28September 4
11:30 AM		San Antonio97-73Delle Donne 35Boyette 7Vandersloot, Pondexter 5Allstate Arena15-13
29September 7
6:00 PM		Washington118-81Vandersloot 17Boyette 7Vandersloot 8Verizon Center15-14
30September 9
5:00 PM		Los Angeles95-88Pondexter 22Breland 9Vandersloot 4Bankers Life Fieldhouse15-15
31September 11
9:30 PM		Los Angeles96-86Pondexter 24Breland 10Pondexter 5Mohegan Sun Arena16-15
32September 13
6:30 PM		Minnesota98-97 OTPondexter 24de Souza 11Pondexter 4Allstate Arena17-15
33September 17
7:00 PM		New York92-68Young 22Young 9Faulkner 11Allstate Arena18-15
34September 19
6:30 PM		Seattle88-75Faulkner, Breland 14Boyette, de Souza 6Faulkner 7KeyArena18-16
2016 season schedule

Standings
Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
3 - New York Liberty2113.618-10-711-611-5
4 - Chicago Sky1816.529311-67-108-8
5 - Indiana Fever1717.50048-99-88-8
6 - Atlanta Dream1717.500411-66–119-7
e - Connecticut Sun1420.41278-96-114-12
e - Washington Mystics1321.38285-128-98-8

Notes

# – Playoff seed
e – Eliminated from playoffs

Roster
2016 Chicago Sky roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
C 34 Boyette, Imani 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) (1994-10-11)October 11, 1994 (aged 21) Texas
F 51 Breland, Jessica 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) (1988-02-23)February 23, 1988 (aged 28) North Carolina
F/C 41 de Souza, Érika 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) (1982-03-03)March 3, 1982 (aged 34) Brazil
G/F 11 Delle Donne, Elena 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 188 lb (85 kg) (1989-09-05)September 5, 1989 (aged 26) Delaware
C 8 dos Santos, Clarissa 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 196 lb (89 kg) (1988-03-10)March 10, 1988 (aged 28) Brazil
G 21 Faulkner, Jamierra 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 141 lb (64 kg) (1992-03-09)March 9, 1992 (aged 24) Southern Miss
G/F 44 Laney, Betnijah 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) (1993-10-29)October 29, 1993 (aged 22) Rutgers
F 32 Parker, Cheyenne 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) (1992-08-22)August 22, 1992 (aged 23) Middle Tennessee
G 23 Pondexter, Cappie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) (1983-01-07)January 7, 1983 (aged 33) Rutgers
G 14 Quigley, Allie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 140 lb (64 kg) (1986-06-20)June 20, 1986 (aged 29) DePaul
G 22 Vandersloot, Courtney 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 145 lb (66 kg) (1989-02-08)February 8, 1989 (aged 27) Gonzaga
F 1 Young, Tamera 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) (1986-10-30)October 30, 1986 (aged 29) James Madison
Head coach
Pokey Chatman (LSU)
Assistant coaches
Jonah Herscu (Lake Forest College)
Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech)
Athletic trainer
Heidi Wlezien
Strength and conditioning coach
Ann Crosby (Western Michigan)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured
Notes
  • Age of player is as of the start of the regular season.

Playoffs

The Sky's 18–16 regular season record was good for second in the Eastern Conference and fourth overall in the WNBA. This standing led to Chicago being seeded fourth and being granted an automatic bye from the first of two single elimination rounds. In the second single elimination round, the Sky drew sixth-seeded Atlanta, defeating the Dream 108–98 and advancing to the best-of-five semifinal round. The Sky fell to second-seeded Los Angeles in the semifinals, losing in four games.

 
First round:
Single elimination
(Sept. 21)		Second round:
Single elimination
(Sept. 24 and 25)		Semifinals:
Best-of-five
(Sept. 28 – Oct. 6)		WNBA Finals:
Best-of-five
(Oct. 9 – 20)
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
Minnesota Lynx		3
 
 
8
Phoenix Mercury		0
 
 
 
 
 
3
New York Liberty		94
 
 
 
8
Phoenix Mercury		101
 
5
Indiana Fever		78
 
 
 
8
Phoenix Mercury		89
 
1
Minnesota Lynx		2
 
 
 
2
Los Angeles Sparks		3
 
6
Atlanta Dream		94
 
 
 
7
Seattle Storm		85
 
4
Chicago Sky		108
 
 
6
Atlanta Dream		98
 
 
 
 
 
2
Los Angeles Sparks		3
 
 
4
Chicago Sky		1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Note: Teams re-seeded after second round and semi-finals.

Semifinals
Team123
1
Minnesota Lynx		1139682
8
Phoenix Mercury		958667
Team1234
2
Los Angeles Sparks		95996695
4
Chicago Sky		75847075
WNBA Finals
Team12345
1
Minnesota Lynx		7679758576
2
Los Angeles Sparks		7860927977

References

Footnotes
  1. All times are specified as Central Time.

Notes
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