The Chicago Sky suffered their second straight blowout defeat of the season on Thursday evening, this time towards the WNBA reigning champs, the New York Liberty.
After a troublesome season-opening loss to the Indiana Fever, the Sky struggled to bounce again towards the stacked defending champions. Led by commerce acquisition Natasha Cloud and star guard Sabrina Ionescu, the Liberty by no means gave their opponents any room to breathe and sank a WNBA record 19 three-pointers of their 99–74 win on the street.
Over on the Sky, Chicago discovered themselves on the undesirable facet of historical past as they start their 2025 campaign with a -60 point differential, the worst by way of the primary two video games of a season in WNBA historical past, in keeping with ESPN’s Alexa Philippou.
New York jumped out to a 21-point lead within the first half, however to present due credit score to the Sky, Chicago refused to surrender and made a valiant comeback try within the third quarter. But, the Sky’s offensive points continued to plague the group, with star Angel Reese going chilly from the ground (0 for 8) whereas sinking 2 of 6 from the charity stripe; she added 12 rebounds and one help. It marked the primary time Reese didn’t make a subject aim in her WNBA profession.
Reese and the Sky will likely be hoping to notch their first win of their subsequent sport towards the Los Angeles Sparks on Sunday.
