Top Sky vs. Fever players to watch - 6/7/2025
Top Sky vs. Fever players to watch - 6/7/2025
Saturday's WNBA schedule includes Aliyah Boston's Indiana Fever (3-4) taking the road to match up with Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky (2-4) at Wintrust Arena. The opening tip is at 8 p.m. ET.
The Sky's -62 scoring differential (being outscored by 10.3 points per game) is a result of scoring 81.7 points per game (seventh in the WNBA) while allowing 92.0 per outing (13th in the league).
The Fever put up 85.3 points per game (third in league) while allowing 79.9 per outing (sixth in WNBA). They have a +38 scoring differential and outscore opponents by 5.4 points per game.
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How to watch Sky vs. Fever
Date: Saturday, June 7, 2025
Saturday, June 7, 2025 Time: 8 p.m. ET
8 p.m. ET How to watch on TV: CBS
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Paramount+ Location: Chicago, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois Venue: Wintrust Arena
Sky's last game
Chicago, led by Ariel Atkins with 15 points, picked up a 94-83 victory versus Dallas in their most recent outing. Courtney Vandersloot added 15 points, seven rebounds and seven assists.
Ariel Atkins: 26 PTS | 4 REB |3 AST | 4 STL | 0 BLK | 4 3PM
Courtney Vandersloot: 15 PTS | 7 REB |7 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 1 3PM
Angel Reese: 14 PTS | 9 REB |2 AST | 3 STL | 0 BLK | 0 3PM
Fever's last game
Led by Kelsey Mitchell with 24 points and two steals last time out, Indiana won 85-76 versus Washington.
Kelsey Mitchell: 24 PTS | 2 REB |3 AST | 2 STL | 0 BLK | 4 3PM
Lexie Hull: 14 PTS | 6 REB |4 AST | 1 STL | 0 BLK | 2 3PM
Aliyah Boston: 10 PTS | 1 REB |4 AST | 0 STL | 1 BLK | 0 3PM
Sky players to watch
Reese puts up a team-high 12.3 rebounds per game. She is also posting 10.0 points and 2.7 assists, shooting 31.1% from the floor.
Vandersloot paces her squad in assists per contest (6.2), and also averages 12.0 points and 3.7 rebounds. Defensively, she averages 1.8 steals and 0.3 blocked shots.
Atkins paces the Sky at 15.3 points per contest, while also putting up 3.2 assists and 3.8 rebounds.
Kamilla Cardoso posts 11.3 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game, shooting 51.7% from the field (seventh in league).
Elizabeth Williams averages 6.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists per contest, shooting 38.9% from the field.
Fever players to watch
Boston is putting up a team-best 8.0 rebounds per game. And she is contributing 15.9 points and 3.6 assists, making 67.6% of her shots from the field (first in WNBA).
Mitchell paces the Fever in scoring (17.4 points per game), and produces 1.3 rebounds and 3.0 assists. She also posts 1.3 steals and 0.1 blocked shots.
The Fever get 11.3 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game from Natasha Howard.
Lexie Hull is putting up 10.7 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.6 assists per contest, making 54.5% of her shots from the field (fourth in WNBA) and 55.6% from beyond the arc (first in league), with 1.4 treys per contest.
The Fever receive 7.6 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game from DeWanna Bonner.
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