FINAL · GAME DETAIL
Chicago Sky
vs Dallas Wings
One game ID connects the final, quarter flow, leading player lines and season position.
| Team | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | 20 | 20 | 33 | 18 | 91 |
| DAL | 26 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 96 |
GAME FLOW · NUMBERS
Reconstructing the game from the quarter line
Dallas Wings finished ahead of Chicago Sky, 96-91, a 5-point margin. The first-half totals were 40 for Chicago Sky and 46 for Dallas Wings; the third- and fourth-quarter totals were 51 and 50. The combined final of 187 matches the sum of the two quarter lines across 4 periods, including any overtime.
1Q: CHI 20-DAL 26, 20-26 cumulative; 2Q: CHI 20-DAL 20, 40-46 cumulative; 3Q: CHI 33-DAL 20, 73-66 cumulative; 4Q: CHI 18-DAL 30, 91-96 cumulative. Reading the period score beside the running score identifies exactly when the gap expanded or contracted. Chicago Sky's highest-scoring period was 33 points, while Dallas Wings's high was 30; the final separation was 5 points.
The first-half margin was 6 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
Chicago Sky recorded 48% from the field, 32% from three and 92% at the line; Dallas Wings posted 48%, 36% and 79%. Rebounds finished 36-33, assists 16-23 and turnovers 6-5. The same team box reports a 54-38 split in paint points and 6-7 in offensive rebounds.
Sydney Taylor led Chicago Sky with 20 points. Azura Stevens supplied a team-high 13 rebounds, while Azura Stevens led with 3 assists. For Dallas Wings, the corresponding leaders were Paige Bueckers with 22 points, Jessica Shepard with 10 rebounds and Paige Bueckers with 11 assists.
The player tables contain minutes, points, rebounds, assists, shooting and on-court differential for 10 recorded participants from CHI and 12 from DAL. 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. Dallas Wings are 18-11, No. 6 overall and No. 4 in the West, 5.5 games back. Their cumulative point differentials are -53 and +102.
Counting only completed standard-season results through this game, Chicago Sky stood at 7-16 across 23 games and Dallas Wings at 16-8 across 24. Their most recent sets of up to five finals were 1-4 and 5-0. Scoring in those short windows was 444-469 for the away team and 467-422 for the home team, keeping recent form separate from the full-season record.
Across 3 completed meetings in the same season, Chicago Sky recorded 0 wins and Dallas Wings 3; aggregate scoring was 272-288. The teams are separated by 3 places in the overall order and by 7 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 | DAL |
|---|---|---|
| FG% | 48 | 48 |
| 3P% | 32 | 36 |
| FT% | 92 | 79 |
| Rebounds | 36 | 33 |
| Assists | 16 | 23 |
| Turnovers | 6 | 5 |
| Paint points | 54 | 38 |
Chicago Sky
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azura Stevens * | 32 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 7-13 | -3 |
| Natasha Cloud * | 32 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5-8 | -1 |
| Kamilla Cardoso * | 29 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 6-12 | -8 |
| Sydney Taylor * | 26 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 9-20 | 10 |
| Courtney Vandersloot * | 20 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3-8 | 6 |
| Gabriela Jaquez | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3-7 | -5 |
| Jacy Sheldon | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 | -21 |
| Elizabeth Williams | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2-3 | 3 |
| Rachel Banham | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1-2 | -4 |
| Maddy Westbeld | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0-1 | -2 |
| Skylar Diggins | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| DiJonai Carrington | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Aicha Coulibaly | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
Dallas Wings
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paige Bueckers * | 36 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 7-15 | 14 |
| Azzi Fudd * | 35 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 5-14 | 2 |
| Jessica Shepard * | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 9-13 | 10 |
| Arike Ogunbowale * | 30 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 6-14 | 1 |
| Awak Kuier * | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-1 | -11 |
| Li Yueru | 23 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4-6 | 17 |
| Maddy Siegrist | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2-2 | -1 |
| Alysha Clark | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | -1 |
| Alanna Smith | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1-3 | -5 |
| Odyssey Sims | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1-2 | -5 |
| Aziaha James | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-3 | 7 |
| Sug Sutton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | -3 |