The Chicago Sky can breathe a little sigh of relief after ending their recent six-game losing streak with a convincing victory at home over the Los Angeles Sparks. A renewed sense of energy was fueled in part by a team synergy that seemed to be lacking during this skid.
The Sky were dealing with a series of injuries affecting some core talent and had been eliminated from the Commissioner’s Cup. None of that deterred them from playing arguably their best game all season long.
Patience and persistence were the major factors.
At the start, it was back and forth with the Sparks holding the slight edge. But the Sky blew things open in the second quarter as they outscored LA 27-17. While Chicago maintained a sizable lead throughout much of the third quarter, the Sparks were not too far behind as the Ogwumike sisters (Nneka and Chiney), Jordin Canada, and Karlie Samuelson contributed at both ends and kept the game within reach.
That pattern continued into the fourth quarter, but the sustained effort by the core and bench players — such as fan favorite Dana Evans — worked in the favor of the Sky as they were able to secure a double-digit lead and come away with the win.
The Sky managed to take their time to fully get adjusted to the game and once they did, they played…
