The Sky continued their trend of getting off to a good start, but could not maintain as the Storm pulled away with a 81-69 win.

Chicago had a few problems in the game, despite the quick start. They went cold offensively in the 3rd quarter and did not have an answer for Lauren Jackson or Janell Burse. “That’s kind of the tale of this early part of us — that we’ll put about three good quarters together but then for about 10 minutes, you know ...,” Sky coach Bo Overton said.

Candice Dupree once again led the Sky in scoring and rookie Armintie Price had the best game of her young career. But so did Storm rookie Katie Gearlds, who according to Overton "comes in right when we’re hanging in there, and we’re knocking her down and she is still making shots.”

Sue Bird also came up big, by adding 13 points and 11 assists.