FINAL · GAME DETAIL
Chicago Sky
vs New York Liberty
One game ID connects the final, quarter flow, leading player lines and season position.
| Team | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | 32 | 14 | 25 | 23 | 94 |
| NY | 26 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 95 |
GAME FLOW · NUMBERS
Reconstructing the game from the quarter line
New York Liberty finished ahead of Chicago Sky, 95-94, a 1-point margin. The first-half totals were 46 for Chicago Sky and 48 for New York Liberty; the third- and fourth-quarter totals were 48 and 47. The combined final of 189 matches the sum of the two quarter lines across 4 periods, including any overtime.
1Q: CHI 32-NY 26, 32-26 cumulative; 2Q: CHI 14-NY 22, 46-48 cumulative; 3Q: CHI 25-NY 22, 71-70 cumulative; 4Q: CHI 23-NY 25, 94-95 cumulative. Reading the period score beside the running score identifies exactly when the gap expanded or contracted. Chicago Sky's highest-scoring period was 32 points, while New York Liberty's high was 26; 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
Chicago Sky recorded 48% from the field, 33% from three and 90% at the line; New York Liberty posted 41%, 39% and 93%. Rebounds finished 30-37, assists 27-17 and turnovers 9-13. The same team box reports a 42-34 split in paint points and 4-10 in offensive rebounds.
Sydney Taylor led Chicago Sky with 31 points. Azura Stevens supplied a team-high 7 rebounds, while Natasha Cloud led with 7 assists. For New York Liberty, the corresponding leaders were Sabrina Ionescu with 29 points, Jonquel Jones with 10 rebounds and Pauline Astier with 5 assists.
The player tables contain minutes, points, rebounds, assists, shooting and on-court differential for 10 recorded participants from CHI and 9 from NY. 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. New York Liberty are 17-13, No. 8 overall and No. 4 in the East, 2.5 games back. Their cumulative point differentials are -53 and +64.
Counting only completed standard-season results through this game, Chicago Sky stood at 9-18 across 27 games and New York Liberty at 15-12 across 27. Their most recent sets of up to five finals were 2-3 and 2-3. Scoring in those short windows was 467-456 for the away team and 458-483 for the home team, keeping recent form separate from the full-season record.
Across 2 completed meetings in the same season, Chicago Sky recorded 0 wins and New York Liberty 2; aggregate scoring was 189-191. 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 | CHI | NY |
|---|---|---|
| FG% | 48 | 41 |
| 3P% | 33 | 39 |
| FT% | 90 | 93 |
| Rebounds | 30 | 37 |
| Assists | 27 | 17 |
| Turnovers | 9 | 13 |
| Paint points | 42 | 34 |
Chicago Sky
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natasha Cloud * | 32 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 4-8 | 1 |
| Azura Stevens * | 30 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2-5 | 2 |
| Sydney Taylor * | 26 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 9-17 | 9 |
| Kamilla Cardoso * | 25 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5-11 | 0 |
| Courtney Vandersloot * | 22 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5-8 | -13 |
| Gabriela Jaquez | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2-7 | -4 |
| Jacy Sheldon | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1-4 | 2 |
| Elizabeth Williams | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4-5 | -1 |
| Aicha Coulibaly | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2-4 | -2 |
| Rachel Banham | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0-2 | 1 |
New York Liberty
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breanna Stewart * | 37 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 5-19 | -3 |
| Sabrina Ionescu * | 35 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 8-11 | 5 |
| Rebecca Allen * | 29 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 5-12 | 2 |
| Jonquel Jones * | 28 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4-9 | -4 |
| Pauline Astier * | 22 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3-6 | 1 |
| Marine Fauthoux | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1-4 | 0 |
| Rebekah Gardner | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1-6 | -5 |
| Han Xu | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2-4 | 5 |
| Raquel Carrera | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Betnijah Laney-Hamilton | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |