FINAL · GAME DETAIL
Chicago Sky
vs Los Angeles Sparks
One game ID connects the final, quarter flow, leading player lines and season position.
| Team | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | 29 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 87 |
| LA | 28 | 25 | 20 | 29 | 102 |
GAME FLOW · NUMBERS
Reconstructing the game from the quarter line
Los Angeles Sparks finished ahead of Chicago Sky, 102-87, a 15-point margin. The first-half totals were 48 for Chicago Sky and 53 for Los Angeles Sparks; the third- and fourth-quarter totals were 39 and 49. The combined final of 189 matches the sum of the two quarter lines across 4 periods, including any overtime.
1Q: CHI 29-LA 28, 29-28 cumulative; 2Q: CHI 19-LA 25, 48-53 cumulative; 3Q: CHI 22-LA 20, 70-73 cumulative; 4Q: CHI 17-LA 29, 87-102 cumulative. Reading the period score beside the running score identifies exactly when the gap expanded or contracted. Chicago Sky's highest-scoring period was 29 points, while Los Angeles Sparks's high was 29; the final separation was 15 points.
The first-half margin was 5 points, compared with 10 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
Chicago Sky recorded 44% from the field, 24% from three and 86% at the line; Los Angeles Sparks posted 51%, 45% and 67%. Rebounds finished 36-32, assists 21-32 and turnovers 15-11. The same team box reports a 50-40 split in paint points and 8-5 in offensive rebounds.
Kamilla Cardoso led Chicago Sky with 15 points. Kamilla Cardoso supplied a team-high 8 rebounds, while Natasha Cloud led with 7 assists. For Los Angeles Sparks, the corresponding leaders were Nneka Ogwumike with 25 points, Nneka Ogwumike with 12 rebounds and Erica Wheeler with 8 assists.
The player tables contain minutes, points, rebounds, assists, shooting and on-court differential for 10 recorded participants from CHI and 11 from LA. 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, Chicago Sky are 11-18, No. 9 overall and No. 5 in the East, 8 games behind the conference leader. Los Angeles Sparks are 10-17, No. 11 overall and No. 6 in the West, 12.5 games back. Their cumulative point differentials are -53 and -136.
Counting only completed standard-season results through this game, Chicago Sky stood at 7-15 across 22 games and Los Angeles Sparks at 10-11 across 21. Their most recent sets of up to five finals were 2-3 and 2-3. Scoring in those short windows was 477-467 for the away team and 456-497 for the home team, keeping recent form separate from the full-season record.
Across 1 completed meetings in the same season, Chicago Sky recorded 0 wins and Los Angeles Sparks 1; aggregate scoring was 87-102. The teams are separated by 2 places in the overall order and by 1 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 | CHI | LA |
|---|---|---|
| FG% | 44 | 51 |
| 3P% | 24 | 45 |
| FT% | 86 | 67 |
| Rebounds | 36 | 32 |
| Assists | 21 | 32 |
| Turnovers | 15 | 11 |
| Paint points | 50 | 40 |
Chicago Sky
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azura Stevens * | 30 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4-7 | -11 |
| Kamilla Cardoso * | 28 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 6-9 | -12 |
| Natasha Cloud * | 27 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2-11 | -16 |
| Sydney Taylor * | 21 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 5-11 | -3 |
| Courtney Vandersloot * | 19 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2-5 | -12 |
| Jacy Sheldon | 21 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4-7 | -1 |
| Gabriela Jaquez | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 6-12 | -8 |
| Aicha Coulibaly | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2-3 | -2 |
| Rachel Banham | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0-4 | -5 |
| Elizabeth Williams | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0-2 | -5 |
Los Angeles Sparks
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nneka Ogwumike * | 33 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 9-16 | 12 |
| Rae Burrell * | 33 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 6-13 | 12 |
| Dearica Hamby * | 30 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7-13 | 12 |
| Ariel Atkins * | 29 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 7-13 | 24 |
| Erica Wheeler * | 28 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 6-10 | 19 |
| Kiana Williams | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0-2 | -2 |
| Emma Cannon | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3-4 | 11 |
| Jihyun Park | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-1 | -1 |
| Kate Martin | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1-2 | -8 |
| Alissa Pili | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | -5 |
| Chance Gray | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 1 |