Mattie T’s Weekly Chicago Sky Update

Tuesday, August 7th

75

70 (Final/Double OT)

Star Player of the Game: Fever G/F Anna DeForge, who scored 16 points & grabbed 9 rebounds in 29 minutes of action.

Key Stat: Indiana held Chicago to just 17 points throughout the 4th quarter & both overtimes.

Saturday, August 11th

88

66

Star Player of the Game: Sun C Margo Dydek, who scored 18 points, grabbed 6 rebounds & blocked 3 shots in 23 minutes of action.

Key Stat: Connecticut shot 54.2% for the game.

Tuesday, August 14th 

77

  65

Star Player of the Game: Sky G Jia Perkins, who scored 24 points in 29 minutes of action.

Key Stat: Chicago held New York to just 7 points during the 3rd quarter.

Thursday, August 16th 

81

70

Star Player of the Game: Sky F Candice Dupree, who scored 14 points & grabbed 9 rebounds in 29 minutes of action.

Key Stat: Chicago committed just 6 turnovers for the entire game (compared to Houston’s 16) & held Houston to just 7 first quarter points.

Sunday, August 19th 

58

52

Star Player of the Game: Liberty C Janel McCarlville, who scored 14 points & grabbed 9 rebounds in 27 minutes of action.

Key Stat: New York held Chicago to just 29.0% shooting for the entire game.

Despite the Sky missing the playoffs for the 2nd straight year, they did finish 2007 with a 9 game improvement from their inaugural season.

A lot of this had to do with the coaching change. Dave Cowens coached the Sky in 2006 & led the team to a miserable 5-29 record.

But the Sky improved in 2007 under 1st year head coach Bo Overton & missed the playoffs by just 2 games.

Chicago had two players finish in the top 10 in rebounding with Candice Dupree (5th with 7.7 RPG) & Chasity Melvin (9th with 6.7 RPG).

Dominque Carty finished 10th with 4.1 APG.

Candice Dupree finished 6th with 1.2 BPG.

If the Sky can improve offensively (ranked 10th out of 13 WNBA teams with 74.0 PPG) & their perimeter defense (opponents shot 38.3% from three-point field goal range, which led WNBA), then they could be smelling playoffs for 2008.

As you all know by now, Michael Vick has accepted a plea deal in his dogfighting case that will prevent the NFL star quarterback to face a hefty prison sentence.

Even with a possible light sentence, his NFL future could very well be in doubt.

Former Green Bay Packers GM Ron Wolf is one of the people who thinks Vick should deserve a 2nd chance.

“We’ve had a lot of people in this league do a lot of bad things, and they still got a chance,” Wolf said. “Leonard Little killed someone (while drunk driving). Jamal Lewis went to prison (in connection to) selling drugs. Are you telling me that killing eight dogs is worse than killing a human being? … Yes, this is bad, but are you really telling me that he doesn’t deserve a chance to play again when other people have committed crimes and come back?”

NFL Comissioner Roger Goodell isn’t expected to hand a suspension down on Vick until after August 27th, which is the day Vick officially enters his plea.
Until then,
Mattie T

Sports Writer for BMS Radio Chicago

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