Chicago Sky forward Candace Parker. (Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports)
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The Sky survived a late surge from the Liberty to close out the WNBA Playoffs series with Candace Parker and Courtney Vandersloot drawing huge praise.
The defending champion Chicago Sky are moving on to the next phase of the WNBA Playoffs thanks to heroic performances from Candace Parker and Courtney Vandersloot.
Tuesday night’s 90-72 victory over the Liberty ended the series in Chicago’s favor despite a dangerous fourth-quarter push from New York.
With elimination looming, NY got as close as three points in the final period before Parker and Vandersloot led a lopsided run to end the game which thrilled Twitter to no end.
Best memes and reactions to Sky eliminating Liberty
The Chicago Sky advance to the WNBA semifinals for the second consecutive season, eliminating the Liberty in Game 3 90-72. Experience & composure were the difference makers.
— Rachel Galligan (@RachGall) August 24, 2022
The Liberty closed the gap to 3 68-65 in the 4th. Since then: 20-5 run for the Sky.
— Chris Williamson (@CWilliamson44) August 24, 2022
it appears the sky having one candace parker and one courtney vandersloot while the liberty have 0 candace parkers and 0 courtney vandersloots was the difference
— Matt Ellentuck (@mellentuck) August 24, 2022
The first 6 for Chicago were big tonight…
Kahleah Copper, Emma Meesseman, Candace Parker, Allie Quigley, Courtney Vandersloot, and Azurá Stevens each had 12+ PTS on 40% or better shooting from the field.
No other team has ever had 6 players do that in a WNBA postseason game.
— Across the Timeline (@WBBTimeline) August 24, 2022
this game had everything: an own goal, courtney vandersloot squaring up to someone much bigger than her, allie quigley going nuts from 3-point range, candace parker attempting to break the triple-double record as a 15-year vet pic.twitter.com/M1cD0Xqlfy
— Julia Poe (@byjuliapoe) August 24, 2022
Parker may be 36 years old, but she still is capable of dominating on a WNBA court. She had 14 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists, coming just shy of a triple-double. Her legacy is already golden and she’s only adding to it this year.
Vandersloot was just as impressive with 14 points, 10 assists and five rebounds on the night. Her passing ability had the internet in awe.
Courtney Vandersloot is operating at another level right now this is absolutely ridiculous
— Noah Coffman (@coffman_noah) August 24, 2022
Saying Courtney Vandersloot threads the needle with these assists is unfair to Vandersloot. At least with needles, you can see where the thread goes. Her passing lanes? They don’t exist until the ball gets there.
— Chantel Jennings (@ChantelJennings) August 24, 2022
What a blessing it is to watch Courtney Vandersloot play basketball
— Dano Mataya (@drmataya) August 24, 2022
Chicago suffered an upset in Game 1 of the series but they bounced back with consecutive wins in the three-game series to keep their postseason alive.
The Sky now have to wait to find out the result of Wednesday’s battle between the Connecticut Sun and the Dallas Wings to find out their opponent in the next round. The Sun, who came second in the Eastern Conference behind Chicago, rolled in Game 1 but lost on Sunday to the Wings of the Western Conference.
