2018 Chicago Sky season

The 2018 Chicago Sky season is the franchise's 13th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season tipped off on May 6, and concludes on August 19.

The Sky started the season off with wins over Indiana and New York and finished 2–2 in May. However, the team couldn't keep the momentum and lost 7 of their next 8 games. The Sky ended June on a 3 game win streak with a 4–7 overall record. The winning streak didn't last long, as the team went 4–8 in July. All 4 July wins came against eventual playoff teams, but the Sky also had 4 losses against teams that would not end up in the playoffs. A 3–4 August meant the Sky missed the playoffs for the second straight year. They were 2 wins behind the 8th seed Dallas Wings.

On August 31, 2018, the Sky relieved Amber Stocks as head coach and general manager.

WNBA draft
The Sky made the following selections in the 2018 WNBA draft:

Preseason
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 * - bgcolor="ffcccc"
 * 1
 * May 6
 * Atlanta
 * L 61–78
 * Parker (13)
 * Parker (8)
 * Alston (7)
 * Wintrust Arena
 * 0–1
 * - bgcolor="ffcccc"
 * 2
 * May 7
 * @ Indiana
 * L 65-79
 * Cooper/Parker (10)
 * Bulgak (8)
 * Montgomery/Hopkins/Alston (2)
 * Bankers Life Fieldhouse
 * 0–2
 * - bgcolor="ffcccc"
 * 3
 * May 12
 * @ Minnesota
 * L 58-87
 * Dolson (11)
 * Dolson/Parker (5)
 * Cooper/Quigley (4)
 * Target Center 5,024
 * 0–3

Regular season

 * - style="background:#bbffbb"
 * 1
 * May 19
 * @ Indiana
 * W 82–64
 * Quigley (19)
 * Tied (8)
 * Tied (5)
 * Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,565
 * 1–0
 * - style="background:#bbffbb"
 * 2
 * May 20
 * New York
 * W 80–76
 * Quigley (22)
 * Parker (8)
 * Tied (5)
 * Wintrust Arena 7,922
 * 2–0
 * - bgcolor="ffcccc"
 * 3
 * May 23
 * Atlanta
 * L 63–81
 * Quigley (13)
 * Coates (8)
 * 4 Tied (3)
 * Wintrust Arena 6,147
 * 2–1
 * - bgcolor="ffcccc"
 * 4
 * May 25
 * @ Seattle
 * L 91–95 OT
 * Quigley (23)
 * Parker (8)
 * Faulkner (9)
 * KeyArena 5,866
 * 2–2


 * - bgcolor="ffcccc"
 * 5
 * June 1
 * Connecticut
 * L 72–110
 * De Shields (15)
 * Tied (5)
 * Vandersloot (7)
 * Wintrust Arena 4,131
 * 2–3
 * - style="background:#bbffbb"
 * 6
 * June 3
 * Las Vegas
 * W 95–90
 * De Shields (25)
 * Parker (13)
 * Vandersloot (9)
 * Wintrust Arena 5,052
 * 3–3
 * - bgcolor="ffcccc"
 * 7
 * June 8
 * @ Phoenix
 * L 79–96
 * Williams (26)
 * De Shields (7)
 * Vandersloot (6)
 * Talking Stick Resort Arena 8,834
 * 3–4
 * - bgcolor="ffcccc"
 * 8
 * June 10
 * @ Los Angeles
 * L 59–77
 * Parker (17)
 * Parker (12)
 * Faulkner (6)
 * Staples Center 8,239
 * 3–5
 * - bgcolor="ffcccc"
 * 9
 * June 12
 * @ Seattle
 * L 85–96
 * De Shields (22)
 * Parker (10)
 * Vandersloot (5)
 * KeyArena 4,353
 * 3–6
 * - bgcolor="ffcccc"
 * 10
 * June 17
 * Los Angeles
 * L 72–81
 * Faulkner (19)
 * Parker (10)
 * Vandersloot (7)
 * Wintrust Arena 5,584
 * 3–7
 * - bgcolor="ffcccc"
 * 11
 * June 19
 * @ Washington
 * L 60–88
 * Parker (18)
 * Parker (9)
 * Vandersloot (6)
 * Capital One Arena 4,206
 * 3–8
 * - bgcolor="ffcccc"
 * 12
 * June 22
 * Washington
 * L 77–93
 * Quigley (21)
 * Williams (8)
 * Vandersloot (7)
 * Wintrust Arena 5,831
 * 3–9
 * - style="background:#bbffbb"
 * 13
 * June 24
 * Phoenix
 * W 97–88
 * Quigley (20)
 * Williams (8)
 * Vandersloot (12)
 * Wintrust Arena 4,741
 * 4–9
 * - style="background:#bbffbb"
 * 14
 * June 27
 * Atlanta
 * W 93-80
 * DeShields (23)
 * DeShields (11)
 * Vandersloot (11)
 * Wintrust Arena 8,521
 * 5-9
 * - style="background:#bbffbb"
 * 15
 * June 29
 * @ New York
 * W 103–99
 * DeShields (22)
 * Dolson (6)
 * Vandersloot (11)
 * Westchester County Center 1,837
 * 6–9


 * - bgcolor="ffcccc"
 * 16
 * July 1
 * New York
 * L 94–97 OT
 * Quigley (28)
 * Dolson (10)
 * Faulkner (8)
 * Wintrust Arena 5,382
 * 6–10
 * - bgcolor="ffcccc"
 * 17
 * July 3
 * @ Dallas
 * L 85–108
 * DeShields (20)
 * Dolson (5)
 * Vandersloot (7)
 * College Park Center 4,012
 * 6–11
 * - bgcolor="ffcccc"
 * 18
 * July 5
 * @ Las Vegas
 * L 80–84
 * Quigley (13)
 * Parker (9)
 * Vandersloot (9)
 * Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,699
 * 6–12
 * - style="background:#bbffbb"
 * 19
 * July 7
 * Minnesota
 * W 77–63
 * Quigley (15)
 * Parker (8)
 * Vandersloot (9)
 * Wintrust Arena 6,139
 * 7–12
 * - bgcolor="ffcccc"
 * 20
 * July 10
 * Las Vegas
 * L 74–98
 * DeShields (15)
 * Parker (8)
 * Vandersloot (8)
 * Wintrust Arena 7,696
 * 7–13
 * - bgcolor="ffcccc"
 * 21
 * July 13
 * @ Washington
 * L 72–88
 * Quigley (17)
 * DeShields (6)
 * Vandersloot (9)
 * Capital One Arena 5,858
 * 7–14
 * - bgcolor="ffcccc"
 * 22
 * July 15
 * @ New York
 * L 84–107
 * Vandersloot (15)
 * DeShields (4)
 * Vandersloot (8)
 * Madison Square Garden 2,073
 * 7–15
 * - bgcolor="ffcccc"
 * 23
 * July 18
 * Seattle
 * L 83–101
 * Quigley (18)
 * Coates (6)
 * Tied (6)
 * Wintrust Arena 10,024
 * 7–16
 * - style="background:#bbffbb"
 * 24
 * July 20
 * Dallas
 * W 114–99
 * Cooper (23)
 * Vandersloot (10)
 * Vandersloot (15)
 * Wintrust Arena 4,962
 * 8–16
 * - bgcolor="ffcccc"
 * 25
 * July 22
 * Los Angeles
 * L 76-93
 * Dolson (20)
 * 3 Tied (6)
 * Vandersloot (10)
 * Wintrust Arena 6,477
 * 8–17
 * - style="background:#bbffbb"
 * 26
 * July 25
 * @ Phoenix
 * W 101–87
 * DeShields (25)
 * Parker (8)
 * Vandersloot (11)
 * Talking Stick Resort Arena 10,338
 * 9–17
 * - style="background:#bbffbb"
 * 27
 * July 31
 * @ Dallas
 * W 92–91
 * Quigley (22)
 * Tied (6)
 * Vandersloot (14)
 * College Park Center 3,696
 * 10–17


 * - bgcolor="ffcccc"
 * 28
 * August 3
 * @ Atlanta
 * L 74–89
 * Vandersloot (24)
 * Coates (6)
 * Vandersloot (7)
 * McCamish Pavilion 5,120
 * 10–18
 * - bgcolor="ffcccc"
 * 29
 * August 7
 * Minnesota
 * L 64–85
 * Quigley (22)
 * Williams (8)
 * Vandersloot (7)
 * Wintrust Arena 6,388
 * 10–19
 * - style="background:#bbffbb"
 * 30
 * August 10
 * Connecticut
 * W 97–86
 * Vandersloot (20)
 * Coates (10)
 * Vandersloot (15)
 * Wintrust Arena 5,976
 * 11–19
 * - bgcolor="ffcccc"
 * 31
 * August 12
 * @ Connecticut
 * L 75–82
 * Dolson (20)
 * Dolson (8)
 * Vandersloot (7)
 * Mohegan Sun Arena 7,687
 * 11–20
 * - style="background:#bbffbb"
 * 32
 * August 14
 * @ Minnesota
 * W 91–88
 * DeShields (28)
 * Parker (6)
 * Vandersloot (10)
 * Target Center 9,730
 * 12–20
 * - style="background:#bbffbb"
 * 33
 * August 18
 * @ Indiana
 * W 115–106 2OT
 * Tied (24)
 * Coates (10)
 * Vandersloot (10)
 * Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,442
 * 13–20
 * - bgcolor="ffcccc"
 * 34
 * August 19
 * Indiana
 * L 92–97
 * DeShields (27)
 * Dolson (6)
 * Vandersloot (7)
 * Wintrust Arena 7,118
 * 13–21