#Chicago sky roster professional#
#Chicago sky roster series#

Wade won by being named on the most ballots (11). The voting panel is made up of one basketball executive from each WNBA team, with each representative submitting top three choices. She was looking to join teammate Courtney Vandersloot, Lisa Leslie and Margo Dydek.Ĭhicago Sky coach and general manager James Wade was chosen as the WNBA Executive of the Year on Monday. Parker fell just short of the fourth triple-double in WNBA playoff history.

That euphoria didn't last long though as Chicago scored the next 16 points, including consecutive 3-pointers by Quigley to end the run and put the game away with just over 4 minutes left.īetnijah Laney scored 15 points and Ionescu and Natasha Howard each had 14 for the Liberty. New York hadn’t made the semifinals since 2015. This was New York’s first home playoff game since 2017 when the Liberty lost in the second round to Washington. New York scored the first seven points of the fourth quarter, including a five-point possession by Sabrina Ionescu to get within 68-65 that brought the sold out lower bowl of Barclays Center to its feet. Chicago led 25-20 after one and extended the advantage to 54-42 at the half as Parker had seven points, six assists and seven rebounds in the opening 20 minutes. Chicago routed New York by a WNBA playoffs record 38 points in the second game, racing out to a 31-10 lead by the end of the first quarter and never looking back. The seventh-seed Liberty shocked the Sky by taking Game 1. Chicago has now won four consecutive elimination games dating to back-to-back single-elimination games last year en route to the franchise's first WNBA championship.

#Chicago sky roster series#

The defending champion Sky await the winner of the Connecticut-Dallas series that will have its deciding Game 3 on Wednesday.Īllie Quigley and Kahleah Copper each added 15 points while Courtney Vandersloot had 14 points and 10 assists for the second-seeded Sky. She was also selected as an Eastern Conference reserve for the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game, as well as one of five members of the 2011 All-Rookie Team, receiving 10 of the league’s 11 head coach votes.NEW YORK - Candace Parker had 14 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists to lead the Chicago Sky over the New York Liberty 90-72 Tuesday night in the deciding Game 3 to advance to the semifinals of the WNBA playoffs. Her 3.7 assists per game average ranked her 11th in the league and second among rookies. She became the Sky’s regular starting point guard in her debut season, starting 26 of the team’s 34 games. In the year 2021, she lead the Sky to its first WNBA title. She led the WNBA in assists in 2014 and for five years in a row from 2017 to 2021, and she holds the all-time WNBA marks for most assists in a season (300), highest assists-per-game in a season (9.1), and highest career assists-per-game. In 20, she has been termed an All-Star for the second time. She was the third overall pick in the 2011 WNBA Draft and was chosen to the All-Debut Team in her rookie season. On June 22, 2008, Parker became the WNBA’s second player to dunk in a game.Ĭourtney Vandersloot is an American-Hungarian basketball point guard who currently plays for the Chicago Sky of the WNBA and Sopron Basket of the Hungarian National Championship. She’s been termed to six WNBA All-Star teams and five All-Star teams, and she’s the first player to earn Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player accolades in the same season. Parker is the winner of two WNBA Most Valuable Player Awards (2008, 2013), a WNBA Finals MVP Award (2016), a WNBA All-Star Game MVP Award (2013), two Olympic gold medals (2008, 2012), and the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award (2008). She was instrumental in Sky’s first championship win in 2021. Parker led the Sparks to their first WNBA Finals triumph since 2002 in 2016. She was awarded the Final Four’s most outstanding player on both occasions. Chicago Sky 26: 10.722: 1: 4.8: 79.2: 107.7: 101.5: James Wade (26-10) E. She was a two-time consensus national player of the year and led Tennessee to two consecutive national titles in the years 2007, and 2008. Parker was only the second junior and the only woman to win the Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year award twice in high school, in 20. Parker is a versatile player who primarily plays forward and centre. The Los Angeles Sparks selected her as the first overall pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft.

#Chicago sky roster professional#

Candace Nicole Parker is a professional basketball player in the Women’s National Basketball Association for the Chicago Sky (WNBA).