6 takeaways from Chicago Sky’s season-opening win in Portland, including a standout night from Kamilla Cardoso
PORTLAND — For the first time in a long time, the Chicago Sky showed some fight Saturday night. It was necessary to escape from the inaugural game of the Portland Fire’s return to the WNBA with a 98-83 win in the season opener at the Moda Center. The Fire were bolstered by a crowd of almost 20,000 eager to welcome the WNBA back to Portland for the first time in 24 years.
Guard Skylar Diggins ...
PORTLAND — For the first time in a long time, the Chicago Sky showed some fight Saturday night. It was necessary to escape from the inaugural game of the Portland Fire’s return to the WNBA with a 98-83 win in the season opener at the Moda Center. The Fire were bolstered by a crowd of almost 20,000 eager to welcome the WNBA back to Portland for the first time in 24 years.
Guard Skylar Diggins said she couldn’t hear a whistle over the noise of the crowd in the first half, a galvanizing factor for a Fire team rallied by starter Carla Leite and bench catalyst Sarah Ashlee Barker. Chicago Sky focused on growth — and winning ugly — in opening 4-game trip: ‘It’s just about staying together’ The Sky racked up a 13-point lead at the half, only to watch it evaporate as the Fire piled up 30 points in the third quarter and tied it early in the fourth. “The ‘nobody watches women’s sports’ crowd is just continuing to get proven wrong,” Diggins said after the game.
“We (didn’t let) the moment be too big for us. I was really proud of our response. That atmosphere was electric.
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