The 2013 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 8th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and their third season under head coach Pokey Chatman.

With the addition of Elena Delle Donne, expectations were high for the Sky to finally reach the playoffs. Delle Donne, along with Sylvia Fowles, Epiphanny Prince, Courtney Vandersloot, and Swin Cash finished the regular season with the best record in the Eastern Conference - thus giving the Sky, their first regular season Conference title and the first seed in the 2013 WNBA Playoffs. The Sky were ultimately swept in the Conference Semifinals by the Indiana Fever.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country 1 2 Elena Delle Donne Delaware 3 28 Brooklyn Pope Baylor

Trades and Roster Changes DateTransaction January 10, 2013 Extended a Qualifying Offer to Tamera Young February 18, 2013 Signed Sharnee Zoll to a training-camp contract March 4, 2013 Signed Allie Quigley to a training-camp contract March 18, 2013 Signed Tamera Young March 27, 2013 Signed Michelle Campbell to a training-camp contract March 29, 2013 Signed D'Andra Moss to a training-camp contract April 19, 2013 Signed Elena Delle Donne and Brooklyn Pope to rookie-scale contracts April 29, 2013 Signed Brittany Jones to a training-camp contract May 10, 2013 Waived Brittany Jones and Brooklyn Pope May 16, 2013 Waived D'Andra Moss Signed Epiphanny Prince to a Contract Extension May 18, 2013 Waived Sonja Petrovic May 23, 2013 Waived Ruth Riley May 31, 2013 Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Courtney Vandersloot June 3, 2013 Temporarily Suspend Epiphanny Prince due to Overseas Commitments June 19, 2013 Activated Epiphanny Prince from her Temporary Suspension August 3, 2013 Signed Avery Warley to a 7-day contract September 11, 2013 Waived Sharnee Zoll Signed Avery Warley

Roster

Depth Pos.StarterBench C Sylvia Fowles Avery Warley Carolyn Swords PF Elena Delle Donne Michelle Campbell SF Swin Cash Tamera Young SG Epiphanny Prince Shay Murphy PG Courtney Vandersloot Allie Quigley

Schedule

Preseason

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | May 15 | New York | | Elena Delle Donne (17) | Sylvia Fowles (7) | Sharnee Zoll (7) | Dickens Athletic Center 1,250 | 1-0

Regular season

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | May 27 | @ Phoenix | | Epiphanny Prince (26) | Sylvia Fowles (10) | Epiphanny Prince (5) | US Airways Center10,200 | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | May 31 | Connecticut | | Sylvia Fowles (24) | Sylvia Fowles (22) | Courtney Vandersloot (7) | Allstate Arena6,607 | 2–0

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | June 2 | Tulsa | | Epiphanny Prince (19) | Sylvia Fowles (13) | Swin Cash (5) | Allstate Arena6,811 | 3–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | June 7 | @ San Antonio | | Elena Delle Donne (17) | Sylvia Fowles (13) | CashZoll (3) | AT&T Center6,244 | 3–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | June 9 | San Antonio | | Elena Delle Donne (23) | Sylvia Fowles (16) | Courtney Vandersloot (5) | Allstate Arena4,293 | 4–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 6 | June 16 | @ Atlanta | | Elena Delle Donne (25) | Sylvia Fowles (10) | Courtney Vandersloot (7) | Philips Arena5,552 | 4–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 | June 20 | @ Tulsa | | Sylvia Fowles (17) | Sylvia Fowles (12) | Courtney Vandersloot (5) | BOK Center4,161 | 4–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 | June 22 | @ Indiana | | Epiphanny Prince (21) | Swin Cash (8) | Courtney Vandersloot (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,934 | 5–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 | June 26 | NY Liberty | | Elena Delle Donne (26) | Sylvia Fowles (14) | Elena Delle Donne (6) | Allstate Arena8,911 | 6–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 | June 29 | Los Angeles | | Epiphanny Prince (21) | Elena Delle Donne (8) | Courtney Vandersloot (4) | Allstate Arena6,885 | 7–3

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 11 | July 2 | Seattle | | PrinceDelle Donne (12) | Swin Cash (14) | Courtney Vandersloot (3) | Allstate Arena5,808 | 7–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 12 | July 7 | @ NY Liberty | | Elena Delle Donne (20) | Carolyn Swords (7) | Courtney Vandersloot (3) | Prudential Center7,127 | 8–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 13 | July 10 | Washington | | Sylvia Fowles (26) | Sylvia Fowles (18) | Courtney Vandersloot (6) | Allstate Arena14,201 | 9–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 14 | July 12 | @ Connecticut | | Elena Delle Donne (23) | CashFowles (8) | Courtney Vandersloot (7) | Mohegan Sun Arena6,285 | 10–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 15 | July 18 | @ NY Liberty | | Elena Delle Donne (23) | Delle DonnePrinceYoung (6) | Courtney Vandersloot (8) | Prudential Center12,858 | 11–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 16 | July 20 | NY Liberty | | Tamera Young (17) | Sylvia Fowles (13) | Courtney Vandersloot (9) | Allstate Arena6,037 | 12–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 17 | July 24 | @ Washington | | Sylvia Fowles (21) | Sylvia Fowles (9) | Courtney Vandersloot (4) | Verizon Center14,411 | 12–5

|- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#cfc;" | 18 | August 2 | Washington | | Sylvia Fowles (32) | Sylvia Fowles (15) | Courtney Vandersloot (9) | Allstate Arena5,134 | 13–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 | August 3 | @ Indiana | | Courtney Vandersloot (11) | Avery Warley (8) | CashPrince (2) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse8,610 | 13–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 20 | August 6 | Indiana | | Sylvia Fowles (14) | Sylvia Fowles (17) | PrinceVandersloot (3) | Allstate Arena4,135 | 13–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 21 | August 9 | @ Connecticut | | Epiphanny Prince (23) | Sylvia Fowles (10) | Epiphanny Prince (4) | Mohegan Sun Arena6,086 | 14–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 22 | August 11 | Minnesota | | Elena Delle Donne (32) | Sylvia Fowles (9) | Courtney Vandersloot (9) | Allstate Arena6,297 | 15–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 23 | August 13 | @ Los Angeles | | Sylvia Fowles (22) | Sylvia Fowles (9) | Courtney Vandersloot (6) | Staples Center10,553 | 15–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 24 | August 15 | @ Seattle | | Swin Cash (18) | Sylvia Fowles (10) | Courtney Vandersloot (8) | Key Arena6,829 | 16–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 25 | August 18 | Connecticut | | Epiphanny Prince (21) | Sylvia Fowles (21) | Epiphanny Prince (8) | Allstate Arena5,074 | 17–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 26 | August 20 | @ Washington | | Elena Delle Donne (24) | Sylvia Fowles (15) | Courtney Vandersloot (7) | Verizon Center6,471 | 18–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 27 | August 23 | NY Liberty | | Sylvia Fowles (14) | FowlesCampbellWarley (7) | Courtney Vandersloot (7) | Allstate Arena5,888 | 19–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 28 | August 24 | @ Atlanta | | Elena Delle Donne (25) | Sylvia Fowles (13) | Courtney Vandersloot (10) | Philips Arena7,412 | 20–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 29 | August 31 | Atlanta | | Sylvia Fowles (18) | Delle DonneWarley (7) | Courtney Vandersloot (9) | Allstate Arena6,047 | 21–8

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 | September 6 | Indiana | | Sylvia Fowles (23) | Tamera Young (10) | Swin Cash (4) | Allstate Arena5,996 | 21–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 31 | September 8 | @ Washington | | Elena Delle Donne (22) | Sylvia Fowles (9) | Courtney Vandersloot (6) | Verizon Center9,060 | 22–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 32 | September 11 | Phoenix | | Epiphanny Prince (21) | Sylvia Fowles (12) | Courtney Vandersloot (6) | Allstate Arena6,409 | 23–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 33 | September 13 | Atlanta | | Epiphanny Prince (29) | Sylvia Fowles (18) | Epiphanny Prince (7) | Allstate Arena7,679 | 24–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 34 | September 14 | @ Minnesota | | Sylvia Fowles (17) | Sylvia Fowles (11) | Swin Cash (6) | Target Center9,613 | 24–10

Playoffs

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | September 20 | Indiana | | Elena Delle Donne (20) | Sylvia Fowles (10) | Courtney Vandersloot (7) | Allstate Arena5895 | 0–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | September 22 | @ Indiana | | Sylvia Fowles (14) | Sylvia Fowles (14) | Vandersloot & Delle Donne (2) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse7144 | 0–2

Standings

Playoffs

Statistics

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Elena Delle Donne 30 30 31.4 42.6 43.8 92.9 5.6 1.8 0.7 1.8 18.1 Sylvia Fowles 32 32 31.3 58.6 0.0 68.5 11.5 0.4 0.9 2.4 16.3 Epiphanny Prince 31 31 30.0 37.6 39.6 90.0 2.7 3.0 1.7 0.4 15.0 Swin Cash 34 34 28.3 41.5 27.0 85.3 5.6 2.2 0.9 0.6 9.3 Courtney Vandersloot 33 33 29.8 39.6 30.4 83.3 3.2 5.6 1.4 0.9 8.8 Tamera Young 33 8 18.1 42.6 0.0 60.5 3.8 0.6 0.5 0.1 5.6 Allie Quigley 34 0 9.4 31.6 31.5 88.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.1 3.8 Carolyn Swords 16 2 11.3 61.9 0.0 77.8 2.6 0.6 0.5 0.8 3.7 Shay Murphy 34 0 11.1 29.2 17.2 79.2 1.9 0.3 0.6 0.0 3.1 Michelle Campbell 31 0 7.7 31.4 0.0 73.3 1.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.7 Avery Warley 14 0 8.1 43.8 0.0 100.0 2.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.3 Sharnee Zoll 19 0 9.7 21.4 0.0 62.5 0.7 1.7 0.2 0.0 0.9

Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Sylvia Fowles 2 2 35.5 46.2 0.0 54.5 12.0 0.5 2.0 2.0 15.0 Elena Delle Donne 2 2 32.0 38.1 0.0 100.0 3.5 2.0 0.5 2.0 15.0 Epiphanny Prince 2 2 33.5 33.3 28.6 100.0 1.5 0.5 1.5 0.0 14.5 Courtney Vandersloot 2 2 29.5 30.0 0.0 100.0 2.0 4.5 1.0 0.5 7.0 Swin Cash 2 2 27.5 33.3 0.0 87.5 1.5 1.0 1.5 0.5 5.5 Tamera Young 2 0 16.5 40.0 0.0 75.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 3.5 Allie Quigley 2 0 12.5 25.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 2.5 Shay Murphy 2 0 8.0 50.0 100.0 0.0 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.5 Avery Warley 2 0 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 Michelle Campbell 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Elena Delle Donne Eastern Conference Player of the Week July 1 July 8 August 12 August 26 Rookie of the Month June July August September WNBA All-Star Starter July 18 WNBA Rookie of the Year September 20 WNBA All-Rookie Team September 20 All-WNBA Second Team September 25 Sylvia Fowles Eastern Conference Player of the Week July 15 August 19 Eastern Conference Player of the Month July August September WNBA All-Star Selection July 23 Peak Performer: Rebounds September WNBA Defensive Player of the Year September 20 All-Defensive First Team September 20 All-WNBA First Team September 25 Epiphanny Prince WNBA All-Star Starter July 18 Swin Cash Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award September 20

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