2016 Chicago Sky season

2016 Chicago Sky season
Head Coach Pokey Chatman
Arena Allstate Arena
Attendance 7,009 per game
Results
Record 18–16
(.529)
Place 4th (Eastern)
Playoff Finish Semifinals
Team Leaders
Points Elena Delle Donne (21.5)
Rebounds Elena Delle Donne (7.0)
Assists Courtney Vandersloot (4.0)
Media
Television WMEU-CD
ESPN
ESPN2
NBA TV
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The 2016 Chicago Sky season will be the franchise's 11th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Offseason

Draft picks

See also: 2016 WNBA draft

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

Preseason

2016 pre-season game log
May: 2–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–1)
2016 pre-season schedule

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)
June: 4–5 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–4)
July: 5–4 (Home: 3–3; Road: 2–1)
August: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
September: 5–3 (Home: 4–0; Road: 1–3)
2016 season schedule

Standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
3 - New York Liberty 21 13 .618 - 10-7 11-6 11-5
4 - Chicago Sky 18 16 .529 3 11-6 7-10 8-8
5 - Indiana Fever 17 17 .500 4 8-9 9-8 8-8
6 - Atlanta Dream 17 17 .500 4 11-6 6–11 9-7
e - Connecticut Sun 14 20 .412 7 8-9 6-11 4-12
e - Washington Mystics 13 21 .382 8 5-12 8-9 8-8

Notes

# – Playoff seed
e – Eliminated from playoffs

Roster

2016 Chicago Sky roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From
C 34 United States Boyette, Imani 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) (1994-10-11)October 11, 1994 (aged 21) Texas
F 51 United States 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 Brazil de Souza, Érika 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) (1982-03-03)March 03, 1982 (aged 34) Brazil
G/F 11 United States Delle Donne, Elena 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 188 lb (85 kg) (1989-09-05)September 05, 1989 (aged 26) Delaware
C 8 Brazil 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 United States Faulkner, Jamierra 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 141 lb (64 kg) (1992-03-09)March 09, 1992 (aged 24) Southern Mississippi
G/F 44 United States Laney, Betnijah 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) (1993-10-29)October 29, 1993 (aged 22) Rutgers
F 32 United States 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 United States Pondexter, Cappie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) (1983-01-07)January 07, 1983 (aged 33) Rutgers
G 14 United States Quigley, Allie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 140 lb (64 kg) (1986-06-20)June 20, 1986 (aged 29) DePaul
G 22 United States Vandersloot, Courtney 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 145 lb (66 kg) (1989-02-08)February 08, 1989 (aged 27) Gonzaga
F 1 United States 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
United States Pokey Chatman (LSU)
Assistant coaches
United States Jonah Herscu (Lake Forest College)
United States Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech)
Athletic trainer
United States Heidi Wlezien
Strength and conditioning coach
United States 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
Team 1 2 3
1
Minnesota Lynx 		113 96 82
8
Phoenix Mercury 		95 86 67
Team 1 2 3 4
2
Los Angeles Sparks 		95 99 66 95
4
Chicago Sky 		75 84 70 75
WNBA Finals
Team 1 2 3 4 5
1
Minnesota Lynx 		76 79 75 85 76
2
Los Angeles Sparks 		78 60 92 79 77

References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 All times are specified as Central Time.

Notes

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