FINAL · GAME DETAIL
Portland Fire
vs Chicago Sky
One game ID connects the final, quarter flow, leading player lines and season position.
| Team | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POR | 17 | 31 | 27 | 19 | 94 |
| CHI | 29 | 24 | 35 | 36 | 124 |
GAME FLOW · NUMBERS
Reconstructing the game from the quarter line
Chicago Sky finished ahead of Portland Fire, 124-94, a 30-point margin. The first-half totals were 48 for Portland Fire and 53 for Chicago Sky; the third- and fourth-quarter totals were 46 and 71. The combined final of 218 matches the sum of the two quarter lines across 4 periods, including any overtime.
1Q: POR 17-CHI 29, 17-29 cumulative; 2Q: POR 31-CHI 24, 48-53 cumulative; 3Q: POR 27-CHI 35, 75-88 cumulative; 4Q: POR 19-CHI 36, 94-124 cumulative. Reading the period score beside the running score identifies exactly when the gap expanded or contracted. Portland Fire's highest-scoring period was 31 points, while Chicago Sky's high was 36; the final separation was 30 points.
The first-half margin was 5 points, compared with 25 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
Portland Fire recorded 41% from the field, 30% from three and 78% at the line; Chicago Sky posted 66%, 54% and 79%. Rebounds finished 24-32, assists 19-38 and turnovers 9-14. The same team box reports a 46-56 split in paint points and 11-6 in offensive rebounds.
Bridget Carleton led Portland Fire with 20 points. Frieda Buhner supplied a team-high 5 rebounds, while Carla Leite led with 4 assists. For Chicago Sky, the corresponding leaders were Kamilla Cardoso with 30 points, Kamilla Cardoso with 8 rebounds and Skylar Diggins with 9 assists.
The player tables contain minutes, points, rebounds, assists, shooting and on-court differential for 11 recorded participants from POR 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, Portland Fire are 11-18, No. 10 overall and No. 5 in the West, 12.5 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 -171 and -53.
Counting only completed standard-season results through this game, Portland Fire stood at 8-11 across 19 games and Chicago Sky at 6-12 across 18. Their most recent sets of up to five finals were 2-3 and 2-3. Scoring in those short windows was 424-504 for the away team and 475-453 for the home team, keeping recent form separate from the full-season record.
Across 3 completed meetings in the same season, Portland Fire recorded 0 wins and Chicago Sky 3; aggregate scoring was 255-323. The teams are separated by 1 places in the overall order and by 0 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 | POR | CHI |
|---|---|---|
| FG% | 41 | 66 |
| 3P% | 30 | 54 |
| FT% | 78 | 79 |
| Rebounds | 24 | 32 |
| Assists | 19 | 38 |
| Turnovers | 9 | 14 |
| Paint points | 46 | 56 |
Portland Fire
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridget Carleton * | 29 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 5-14 | -23 |
| Megan DiLeo * | 29 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4-10 | -21 |
| Sarah Ashlee Barker * | 29 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5-11 | -24 |
| Carla Leite * | 23 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 4-10 | -9 |
| Emily Engstler * | 18 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2-3 | -8 |
| Frieda Buhner | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4-7 | -21 |
| Nyadiew Puoch | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1-4 | -5 |
| Jordan Harrison | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1-4 | -7 |
| Serah Williams | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3-6 | -9 |
| Teja Oblak | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2-7 | -20 |
| Holly Winterburn | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | -3 |
| Luisa Geiselsoder | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Karlie Samuelson | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
Chicago Sky
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azura Stevens * | 28 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4-10 | 23 |
| Kamilla Cardoso * | 24 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 13-13 | 6 |
| Gabriela Jaquez * | 24 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1-4 | 16 |
| Skylar Diggins * | 23 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 4-8 | 11 |
| Sydney Taylor * | 23 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 8-11 | 34 |
| Elizabeth Williams | 19 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3-5 | 27 |
| Natasha Cloud | 18 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1-3 | 12 |
| Jacy Sheldon | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4-6 | 10 |
| Courtney Vandersloot | 14 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 4-4 | -1 |
| Rachel Banham | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3-4 | 12 |
| Rickea Jackson | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| DiJonai Carrington | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |