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Chicago Sky Coach Issues Blunt Response to Blowout Loss on Tuesday

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Robert Marvi | Last updated Jun 11, 2025 1:12 AM ET

The Chicago Sky continue to struggle early this season, and there don't seem to be a lot of answers to those struggles, at least right now.

On Tuesday, they fell to the defending WNBA champion New York Liberty by a final score of 85-66. Angel Reese had one of her better games as a pro thus far with 17 points on 8-of-13 shooting and 11 rebounds, but it wasn't nearly enough.

The Sky now hold a 2-6 record, which is the third-worst record in the league. Head coach Tyler Marsh made it clear that their struggles are of their own doing.

"We can't continue to beat ourselves," he said. "We gotta continue to give ourselves opportunities. There have been several games this season where we've had more offensive possessions than the opposing team, but we've hurt ourselves with turnovers and a lot of that is our own doing."

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Chicago won the WNBA championship as recently as 2021, but it went 13-27 last season. It added two-time All-Star guard Ariel Atkins and five-time All-Star guard Courtney Vandersloot this offseason, and it took Hailey Van Lith with the No. 11 pick in April's draft, but that handiwork hasn't paid off, at least not yet.

The team ranks second-to-last in scoring at 77.4 points per game, as well as second-to-last in both offensive rating and defensive rating.

Reese has struggled with her shooting ever since entering the WNBA last season, and her development as an offensive threat seems critical to the Sky's development as a competitive team. At the same time, her rebounding has been outstanding.

She shot 49.8% from the field and averaged 18.6 points a game during her four-year college career, and in 2023, she led LSU to a women's NCAA championship over Caitlin Clark's Iowa Hawkeyes.

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