The Chicago Sky finally stopped the bleeding Friday night, beating the Connecticut Sun 85-80 to end a five-game losing streak and pick up their first home win of the 2026 season. Skylar Diggins led the way with 24 points, giving Chicago the kind of performance it had been chasing for nearly two weeks.
That is why Diggins is the name people are searching now. She did more than score; she helped set the tone for a team that needed a result badly, and she said afterward that Chicago was trying to be aggressive and impose its will. She also pointed to the box score as proof the Sky had real balance, noting that they had five players in double figures in the win.
The victory mattered because it came after a slump that had started to look like something deeper than a bad week. Chicago had lost five straight, had not won in front of its fans during that stretch, and entered the night still trying to solve problems that had been hanging over the season — poor three-point shooting, foul trouble on defense and rebounding issues. The Sky’s 25.7% mark from beyond the arc remained last in the league, which helped explain why even one clean offensive night carried so much weight.
Still, the win did not erase the larger picture. Chicago was only 4-6 after beating Connecticut, and one home victory does not turn a rocky start into a rescue. That is what made the result feel more like a needed reset than a breakthrough: Natasha Cloud scored 13 points off the bench, Elizabeth Williams added 10, and the Sky got enough scoring support to hold off a Sun team that has spent much of the season near the bottom of the standings.
There was also a clear contrast with where the Sky began the year. At the start of the season, they beat three of the league’s top eight teams, a reminder that the ceiling has been there even as the floor has dropped out during the skid. The question now is not whether Chicago can flash quality for one night. It is whether this group can stack another win before the momentum fades again.
Elizabeth Williams put the mood in plain terms: the losing had worn thin, especially at home, and something had to change. Friday gave the Sky that change for one night. What they do next will decide whether it was a restart or just a pause.
