Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Starter Ruled Out for Chicago Sky-LA Sparks Game

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Levi M. Dombro | Last updated Jun 23, 2025 7:21 PM ET

The 3-10 Chicago Sky will carry a three-game losing streak into Tuesday's contest against the 4-10 Los Angeles Sparks. The Sparks have also lost three straight contests, as well as seven of their last nine.

Chicago was defeated in all three games last week by the Washington Mystics, Phoenix Mercury and Atlanta Dream. Two out of the three contests were lost by 13 points or more.

Los Angeles has been blown out in each of its last three games as well. They have lost by consecutive spreads of 23, 31 and 16 to the Minnesota Lynx, Seattle Storm, and Lynx again.

Starting Sparks point guard Odyssey Sims has played well this season, averaging 10.5 points, 3.5 assists and 3.0 rebounds per game (via Pro Basketball Reference).

She is the team's fifth-leading scorer behind Kelsey Plum, Dearica Hamby, Azurá Stevens and Rickea Jackson.

On Monday, however, the Sparks' official public relations account revealed that Sims would be out for the team's upcoming game against the Chicago Sky. This will be her fourth-straight game that she has missed.

"#0 — Odyssey — NWT — Personal Reasons," the Sparks wrote.

6/24 Sparks Game Status Report at Sky:

#0 – Odyssey Sims – NWT – Personal Reasons
#12 – Rae Burrell – NWT – Right Knee
#20 – Julie Allemand – NWT – Overseas Commitment
#22 – Cameron Brink – NWT – Left Knee
— LA Sparks PR (@LASparksPR) June 23, 2025

Six-year veteran guard Shey Peddy signed with the Sparks on June 14 and has started in each of the last two contests. She is averaging 5.0 points, 2.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists through three games with Los Angeles.

Chicago also lost its starting point guard this season, as Courtney Vandersloot went down with a torn ACL in a contest against the Indiana Fever earlier in June. She had been averaging 12.0 points and 6.2 assists per game prior to her injury.

The Sparks will likely start Peddy again on Tuesday against the Sky. Chicago, however, has rotated between Rebecca Allen, Kia Nurse and Rachel Banham to fill the void left by Vandersloot.

Tipoff is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. ET at Wintrust Arena in Chicago on Tuesday evening. Sole possession of 10th place in the WNBA standings will be on the line in this game.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

More must-reads: