2017 Chicago Sky season

The 2017 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 12th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The Sky started the season slowly, posting a 1–5 record in May. This slow start continued into June where the team only won 2 of 9 games. The team showed improvement in July and August, posting a combined record of 9–8 in those months. An 0–2 September saw the Sky finish with an overall record of 12–22. The Sky finished in 4th place in the Eastern Conference, ahead of the Atlanta Dream via tiebreaker. The team did not qualify for the playoffs.

WNBA draft
The Sky made the following selections in the 2017 WNBA draft:

Preseason
6:00 PM || Connecticut || L 72-81 || Hampton/Young (11) || Breland (8) || Epps (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 2782 || 0-1 4:00 PM || New York || W 86-75 || Pondexter (15) || Parker (6) || Breland (3) || Mohegan Sun Arena || 1-1
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 * 2 || May 3

Game log
6:00 PM || Minnesota || L 61–70 || Sylvia Fowles (26) || Sylvia Fowles (10) || Augustus, Whalen (5) || Xcel Energy Center 9,234 || 0–1 7:30 PM || Atlanta || L 83–91 || Cappie Pondexter (22) || Jessica Breland (7) || Cappie Pondexter (7) || Allstate Arena 6,631 || 0–2 2:00 PM || Atlanta || W 75–71 || Stefanie Dolson (23) || Jessica Breland (12) || Cappie Pondexter (11) || McCamish Pavilion 4,859 || 1–2 11:30 AM || Washington ||L 82-67 || Cappie Pondexter (17) || Stefanie Dolson (11) || Cappie Pondexter (10) || Allstate Arena 6,714 || 1-3 6:00 PM || Washington || L 88-79 || Quigley (17) || Pondexter (6), Breland (6) || Pondexter (8) || Verizon Center 6,438 || 1-4 5:00 PM || Connecticut || L 97-79 || Young (17) || Breland (11) || Pondexter (9) || Allstate Arena 4,498 || 1-5
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 * 1 || May 14
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 * 2 || May 19
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 * 6 || May 28

7:00 PM 9:30 PM || Los Angeles || L 79-70 || Vandersloot (13) || Boyette (9) || Vandersloot; Quigley (5) || Staples Center 8,523 || 1-7 7:00 PM || San Antonio || W 85-81 (OT) || Dolson (25) || Dolson (9) || Pondexter (6) || AT&T Center 6,191 || 2-7 9:00 PM || Phoenix || L 86-78 || Quigley (19) || Bpyette (10) || Quigley (6) || Talking Stick Resort Arena 10,249 || 2-8 5:00 PM || Indiana || L 91-79 || Quigley (18) || Boyette (10) || Quigley (6) || Allstate Arena 4,551 || 2-9 6:30 PM || Atlanta || W 82-78 || Quigley (22) || Dolson (8) || Pondexter (9) || McCamish Pavilion 4,237 || 3-9 5:00 PM || Washington || L 97-63 || Quigley (18) || Young (5) || Vandersloot; Young (3) || Allstate Arena 5,344 || 3-10 11:30 AM || Indiana || L 82-75 || Breland (22) || Boyette (10) || Vandersloot (8) || Allstate Arena 10,197 || 3-11 7:00 PM || San Antonio || L 89-82 || Quigley (27) || Vandersloot; Boyette (4) || Vandersloot (9) || AT&T Center 4,942 || 3-12
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 * 7 || June 1
 * Phoenix || L 99-91 || Dolson (21) || Boyette (9) || Pondexter (8) || Allstate Arena 4,634 || 1-6
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 * 15 || June 30

7:00 PM 11:30 AM || Dallas || W 90-84 || Quigley (22) || Breland (12) || Vandersloot (12) || Allstate Arena 14,102 || 5-12 6:30 PM || New York || W 78-68 || Dolson (23) || Young (7) || Vandersloot (9) || Madison Square Garden 9,341 || 6-12 3:30 PM || Dallas || L 112-106 (2OT) || Dolson (26) || Dolson (10) || Vandersloot (10) || College Park Center 3,693 || 6-13 8:00 PM || Seattle || W 94-83 || Quigley (25) || Dolson (8) || Vandersloot (6) || KeyArena 8,358 || 7-13
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 * 16 || July 8
 * Minnesota || W 100-76 || Vandersloot (26) || Vandersloot (7) || Vandersloot (13) || Allstate Arena 6,942 || 4-12
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 * 17 || July 12
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 * 18 || July 14
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 * 19 || July 16
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 * 20 || July 18
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 * 21 || July 20 || Los Angeles || W 82-80 || Dolson (15) || Young; Breland (7) || Vandersloot (14) || Staples Center 16,166 || 8-13
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 * 22 || July 25 || Connecticut || L 93-72 || Quigley (20) || Dolson (7) || Young; Vandersloot (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 5,631 || 8-14
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 * 23 || July 28 || Phoenix || L 86-80 || Dolson (29) || Breland (12) || Vandersloot (10) || Allstate Arena 6,088 || 8-15
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 * 24 || July 30 || New York || L 82-86 || Quigley (22) || Breland (10) || Vandersloot (10) || Allstate Arena 5,834 || 8-16


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 * 25 || August 4 || Indiana || W 81-70 || Vandersloot (5) || Breland (8) || Vandersloot (10) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,052 || 9-16
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 * 26 || August 5 || Atlanta || W 91-86 || Vandersloot (26) || Vandersloot (7) || Vandersloot (10) || Allstate Arena 5,757 || 10-16
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 * 27 || August 10 || San Antonio || W 94-74 || Vandersloot (21) || Breland (7) || Vandersloot (10) || Allstate Arena 4,686 || 11-16
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 * 28 || August 18 || Los Angeles || L 106-115 || Quigley (26) || Dolson (10) || Vandersloot (12) || Allstate Arena 6,826 || 11-17
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 * 29 || August 20 || Seattle || L 66-103 || Dolson (10) || Breland (9) || Vandersloot (6) || Allstate Arena 6,020 || 11-18
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 * 30 || August 25 || Connecticut || W 96-83 || Breland (15) || Dolson (9) || Vandersloot (12) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,761 || 12-18
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 * 31 || August 27 || New York || L 62-92 || Dolson (22) || Bulgak (5) || Pondexter (6) || Madison Square Garden 9,317 || 12-19
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 * 32 || August 30 || Dallas || L 96-99 || Quigley (25) || Breland (8) || Vandersloot (12) || Allstate Arena 5,896 || 12-20


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 * 33 || September 1 || Minnesota || L 87-110 || Copper (21) || Dolson (10) || Vandersloot (9) || Xcel Energy Center 9,709 || 12-21
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 * 34 || September 3 || Seattle || L 80-85 || Copper (18) || Dolson (8) || Vandersloot (8) || Allstate Arena 7,199|| 12-22