{"id":4395,"date":"2025-07-12T19:40:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T19:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/?p=4395"},"modified":"2025-07-12T19:40:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T19:40:29","slug":"chicago-picks-up-win-against-the-lynx-amidst-incredible-single-season-rebound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/2025\/07\/12\/chicago-picks-up-win-against-the-lynx-amidst-incredible-single-season-rebound\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Picks Up Win Against The Lynx Amidst Incredible Single Season ‘Rebound’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The now 7-13 Sky just took down the league’s top squad in Minnesota. This was their first win of the season against a top .500 team (0-10 prior). The Lynx not only have 18 wins, but also are leading the league in both offensive and defensive rating. The Sky are now 4-3 across their last 7 games, yet all three of those losses were within 5 points – including a road matchup against this Lynx team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The key? Angel Reese<\/strong>. Chicago’s only All-Star has certainly been playing like it, as Reese has averaged 18.7 Pts, 15.7 Rebs and 4.3 Asts in that 7 game span. She now has notched 7 straight 15+ Pt double-doubles as well, tying the longest streak in franchise history. Her 5 game span of 15+ Pts and 15+ Rebs was also two games longer than the previous longest streak in WNBA history, shared most recently by A’ja Wilson last season (unanimous MVP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After an incredible Unrivaled offseason, Reese<\/strong> was on my A-List entering her sophomore year, yet the start of Chicago’s 2025 season was particularly awful. I wrote an article earlier this season titled “The Sky can’t get worse”, and it was true. The Chicago Sky opened the year 0-3, a start we have seen from teams in every season, yet lost those three games by an average margin of defeat of 25 points. In that three game span, they posted these metrics:
– 84.3 ORTG, 114.1 DRTG, -29.8 NETRTG
– 26.0 Player Impact Estimate
– 0.83 AST\/TOV Ratio, 24.1 TOV%<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This would have led to the worst<\/strong> ORTG since the 2000 season and the worst<\/strong> NETRTG of all time. The team was a disaster, with their biggest offseason acquisition Ariel Atkins<\/strong> being team low in usage and the offense being a turnover machine. However, despite losing Vandersloot<\/strong> to an ACL injury, The Sky are resilient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 7 game stretch, Chicago is ranking 4th<\/strong> in offensive rating, 3rd <\/strong>in PACE and 6th<\/strong> in defensive rating. Now, Cardoso<\/strong> has returned from AmeriCup to bolster this frontcourt. The second half of the season is going to be an exciting push for playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The now 7-13 Sky just took down the league’s top squad in Minnesota. This was their first win of the season against a top .500 team (0-10 prior). The Lynx not only have 18 wins, but also are leading the league in both offensive and defensive rating. The Sky are now 4-3 across their last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-betting"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t