FINAL · GAME DETAIL
New York Liberty
vs Chicago Sky
One game ID connects the final, quarter flow, leading player lines and season position.
Schedule note: WNBA Commissioner's Cup
| Team | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NY | 27 | 20 | 27 | 22 | 96 |
| CHI | 32 | 13 | 23 | 27 | 95 |
GAME FLOW · NUMBERS
Reconstructing the game from the quarter line
New York Liberty finished ahead of Chicago Sky, 96-95, a 1-point margin. The first-half totals were 47 for New York Liberty and 45 for Chicago Sky; the third- and fourth-quarter totals were 49 and 50. The combined final of 191 matches the sum of the two quarter lines across 4 periods, including any overtime.
1Q: NY 27-CHI 32, 27-32 cumulative; 2Q: NY 20-CHI 13, 47-45 cumulative; 3Q: NY 27-CHI 23, 74-68 cumulative; 4Q: NY 22-CHI 27, 96-95 cumulative. Reading the period score beside the running score identifies exactly when the gap expanded or contracted. New York Liberty's highest-scoring period was 27 points, while Chicago Sky's high was 32; the final separation was 1 points.
The first-half margin was 2 points, compared with 1 across the third and fourth quarters. Splitting the final this way preserves two distinct parts of the game instead of reducing it to one score. The quarter table above provides the same sequence as team scores and cumulative totals for direct comparison.
BOX SCORE READ
Team indicators and leading player lines
New York Liberty recorded 50% from the field, 33% from three and 91% at the line; Chicago Sky posted 49%, 52% and 87%. Rebounds finished 34-28, assists 20-23 and turnovers 13-10. The same team box reports a 46-42 split in paint points and 10-7 in offensive rebounds.
Jonquel Jones led New York Liberty with 19 points. Jonquel Jones supplied a team-high 8 rebounds, while Pauline Astier led with 4 assists. For Chicago Sky, the corresponding leaders were Sydney Taylor with 24 points, Azura Stevens with 6 rebounds and Skylar Diggins with 8 assists.
The player tables contain minutes, points, rebounds, assists, shooting and on-court differential for 9 recorded participants from NY and 10 from CHI. Reading those rows beside the team totals connects the final score, shooting efficiency and possession outcomes to specific player production without substituting an unsupported judgment for the box score.
SEASON CONTEXT · 2026
Locating both teams through standings and head-to-head results
In the current table, New York Liberty are 17-13, No. 8 overall and No. 4 in the East, 2.5 games behind the conference leader. Chicago Sky are 11-18, No. 9 overall and No. 5 in the East, 8 games back. Their cumulative point differentials are +64 and -53.
Counting only completed standard-season results through this game, New York Liberty stood at 11-4 across 15 games and Chicago Sky at 4-10 across 14. Their most recent sets of up to five finals were 5-0 and 1-4. Scoring in those short windows was 458-404 for the away team and 429-457 for the home team, keeping recent form separate from the full-season record.
Across 1 completed meetings in the same season, New York Liberty recorded 1 wins and Chicago Sky 0; aggregate scoring was 96-95. The teams are separated by 1 places in the overall order and by 6 cumulative wins. Standings, the recent five-game window and the season series cover different sample sizes, so they are presented as three numerical views of the same matchup rather than collapsed into one rating.
Team box score
| Stat | NY | CHI |
|---|---|---|
| FG% | 50 | 49 |
| 3P% | 33 | 52 |
| FT% | 91 | 87 |
| Rebounds | 34 | 28 |
| Assists | 20 | 23 |
| Turnovers | 13 | 10 |
| Paint points | 46 | 42 |
New York Liberty
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breanna Stewart * | 35 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 7-12 | -1 |
| Jonquel Jones * | 28 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 6-9 | -5 |
| Sabrina Ionescu * | 28 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4-9 | -7 |
| Leonie Fiebich * | 24 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2-9 | 2 |
| Marine Johannes * | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1-5 | 2 |
| Pauline Astier | 23 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1-3 | 8 |
| Satou Sabally | 19 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 8-11 | 6 |
| Rebekah Gardner | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3-5 | -3 |
| Han Xu | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 |
| Raquel Carrera | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Rebecca Allen | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
Chicago Sky
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skylar Diggins * | 31 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 7-16 | 7 |
| Gabriela Jaquez * | 29 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 7-11 | 4 |
| Sydney Taylor * | 28 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 10-16 | 4 |
| Kamilla Cardoso * | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4-7 | 7 |
| Azura Stevens * | 20 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3-6 | 6 |
| Natasha Cloud | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3-7 | -2 |
| Elizabeth Williams | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1-2 | -13 |
| Aicha Coulibaly | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0-2 | -5 |
| Jacy Sheldon | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0-2 | -9 |
| Rachel Banham | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-2 | -4 |
| Saylor Poffenbarger | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |