Turnaround Chicago Sky heads to NY tonight for a game against the Liberty.
Orchestrated by Coach and GM James Wade, the Chicago Sky have won six consecutive games. Can the rest of the WNBA keep up? Well, sure. Or is it maybe? Three weeks are left before the All-Star break, and all twelve teams are capable of going on a long winning or losing streak.
The Sky tells why.
After a win against the Atlanta Dream on May 19, the Sky went on a seven-game losing streak. Now, they’ve flipped the script, going undefeated in six straight games.
Lesson? The season is long enough to avoid having that poor early-season skid define a season–not with a veteran squad with the likes of Courtney Vandersloot, Candace Parker, and Wade, who was 2019 WNBA Coach of the Year. Instead of continued losing, Chicago is peaking at the right time. Eight teams will get into the playoffs, and the Sky is currently fifth in the power rankings.
And next up–tonight, 7p tip in the Big Apple–is the New York Liberty, and Chicago will have its hands full trying to slow down Betnijah Laney (19.8 ppg,) Rebecca Allen (9.2 ppg), and Sami Whitcomb (10.9 ppg).
It will be the 8-7 Sky v. the 7-7 Liberty as Chicago guns for its seventh straight win, and New York tries to establish a winning streak of its own.
