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Chicago Sky Wins First Championship

By PassThaBall, 10/17/21, 8:00PM PDT

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Photo by Mike Hicks with PassThaBall


Photo by Mike Hicks with PassThaBall


Photo by Mike Hicks with PassThaBall

The Chicago Sky won its first championship in franchise history. It's also been the city’s first title in 20 years. Chicago is known for the Chicago Bulls.

Allie Quigley scored 26 points and Parker had 16 points, 13 rebounds and five assists. “We were down 11, and we stayed with it,” Parker said. “So proud of this group.” The team rallied back in the final moments in the fourth quarter to secure the win.

Candace Parker, returned home to Chicago to bring home a Championship title and did it all in one season. She was previously with the LA Sparks for 13 years and won two titles with them.

Phoenix dominated majority of all four quarters led by Brittney Griner who finished the game with 28 points, Skylar Diggins-Smith gave a 9-0 run by herself to finish the second quarter.

The rising start who shined bright the entire season was Chicago’s Kahleah Copper, who earned MVP. Chicago beat Phoenix 80-74 and beat them 3-1 to win the WNBA Finals.