The more time passes, the more it feels like the Chicago Sky is a walking inevitability. In the approximate past week alone, the defending champs won a game without Candace Parker. Then, after playing historically poor defense early on, they beat the Las Vegas Aces to complete the largest comeback in WNBA history.
With the upstart Minnesota Lynx (+6) visiting on Sunday night, the Sky was taken a little off balance. Minnesota made a fourth-quarter run that eventually had the game tied in the final moments. For a second, it seemed like Chicago would soon suffer a heartbreaker.
The thing is: Someone forgot that Courtney Vandersloot (18 points, six assists, five rebounds) has ice in her veins when the game’s on the line:
