Liberty vs. Sky (Aug 18, 2026)

Odds

NYL

CHI

-4.5

+117

+4.5

-122

o182.5

+130

u182.5

-160

-153

Money

+150

Money

-5.5

Open

u182.5

Open

C. Vandersloot Over 8.5 Points -141 K. Cardoso Over 2.5 Assists -138

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NYL

Season Leaders

CHI

20.7

B. Stewart

PPG

18.0

R. Jackson

9.4

J. Jones

RPG

8.7

K. Cardoso

4.5

S. Ionescu

APG

5.0

N. Cloud

NYL

Team Stats

CHI

90.4

Offensive Rating

87.5

87.1

Defensive Rating

89.9

+3.3

Net Rating

-2.3

35.4

3P%

32.3

10.3

3PM

7.4

10.3

Stocks

12

NYL

Injuries

CHI

Sabrina Ionescu

G

Day to day (Foot)

G

Sydney Taylor

Day to day (Groin)

Satou Sabally

F

Out (Head)

G

Skylar Diggins

Out (Knee)

Leonie Fiebich

F

Out (Foot)

F

Rickea Jackson

Out for season (Knee)

2026 Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lynx - x	29	7	.806
2	Valkyries - x	25	9	.735	3.0
3	Aces - x	24	12	.667	5.0
4	Fever	23	12	.657	5.5
5	Dream	21	13	.618	7.0
6	Liberty	22	14	.611	7.0
7	Mystics	20	14	.588	8.0
8	Wings	20	16	.556	9.0
9	Fire	15	20	.429	13.5
10	Sky	13	22	.371	15.5
11	Mercury	13	23	.361	16.0
12	Sparks	12	22	.353	16.0
13	Tempo	10	23	.303	17.5
14	Sun - e	8	25	.242	19.5
15	Storm - e	7	30	.189	22.5

NYL

Last 5

CHI

Sat, Aug 15

Sun, Aug 16

Thu, Aug 13

Wed, Aug 12

Tue, Aug 11

Mon, Aug 10

Sun, Aug 9

Sat, Aug 8

Wed, Aug 5

Wed, Aug 5

Game Info

August 18, 2026

League Pass

Wintrust Arena

Chicago, Illinois

First Basket

Yes No

K. Cardoso +388

B. Stewart +456

A. Stevens +471

J. Jones +506

S. Ionescu +641

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Points

Avg Line Over Under

B. Stewart 20.7 22.5 +125 -199

B. Stewart 20.7 21.5 -153 +115

S. Ionescu 16.0 17.5 -150

S. Ionescu 16.0 16.5 -102 +100

K. Cardoso 14.8 15.5 -102 -125

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Rebounds

Avg Line Over Under

J. Jones 9.4 10.5 -102

J. Jones 9.4 9.5 -130 +113

B. Stewart 8.2 8.5 +102 -130

K. Cardoso 8.7 7.5 -150 +141

A. Stevens 6.6 6.5 +127 -147

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Assists

Avg Line Over Under

N. Cloud 5.0 6.5 +125 -144

C. Vandersloot 4.8 5.5 +135

C. Vandersloot 4.8 4.5 -127 +100

S. Ionescu 4.5 4.5 -104 -104

B. Stewart 3.2 3.5 -117 -113

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Threes Made

Avg Line Over Under

S. Ionescu 2.1 2.5 +141 -163

A. Stevens 0.9 1.5 +190 -270

J. Jones 1.8 1.5 -115 +100

N. Cloud 1.0 1.5 +167 -208

B. Stewart 0.8 0.5 -135 +125

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PTS+REB+AST

Avg Line Over Under

B. Stewart 32.1 34.5 +111 -122

J. Jones 27.0 27.5 -113 +111

K. Cardoso 25.9 26.5 -115 -117

S. Ionescu 24.5 25.5 -108 -115

A. Stevens 19.7 20.5 -106 -115

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Triple-Double

Over Under

K. Cardoso +5782

N. Cloud +5782

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Double-Double

Over Under

J. Jones -111

B. Stewart +144

K. Cardoso +182

A. Stevens +733

N. Cloud +1011

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Team Leaders

PPG

20.7

B. Stewart

RPG

9.4

J. Jones

APG

4.5

S. Ionescu

+/-

+107

P. Astier

Season

Career vs CHI

Regular Season	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Breanna Stewart B. Stewart	35	35	33.1	20.7	8.2	3.2	1.3	1.4	7.1	15.2	46.3	0.8	3.0	26.4	5.8	6.8	84.9	56.8	1.5	6.6	2.2	2.2
Sabrina Ionescu S. Ionescu	23	22	30.6	16.0	4.0	4.5	0.7	0.2	5.3	12.7	42.1	2.1	6.5	32.2	3.2	3.6	90.2	56.1	0.8	3.1	2.7	1.8
Jonquel Jones J. Jones	35	35	29.4	14.7	9.4	2.9	0.7	1.1	5.0	10.1	49.4	1.8	4.7	38.8	2.9	3.5	81.5	63.0	2.2	7.2	2.1	3.0
Leonie Fiebich L. Fiebich	14	14	29.1	10.0	2.6	1.9	1.2	0.1	3.3	7.3	45.1	1.9	4.3	43.3	1.6	1.7	91.7	62.2	1.1	1.4	1.8	2.0
Pauline Astier P. Astier	36	31	23.3	9.4	2.4	3.5	0.9	0.1	3.4	6.2	55.4	0.4	1.2	34.9	2.1	2.4	88.2	64.7	0.5	1.9	1.6	2.9
Marine Johannes M. Johannes	33	18	21.8	9.3	2.2	2.5	0.9	0.2	3.2	7.5	42.5	2.3	5.9	38.8	0.6	0.7	87.5	59.6	0.4	1.8	1.7	1.7
Rebecca Allen R. Allen	21	11	18.1	5.2	2.2	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.8	4.5	40.0	1.1	2.9	37.7	0.5	0.5	90.9	54.6	0.6	1.6	0.5	2.2
Satou Sabally S. Sabally	13	5	16.8	10.4	2.8	1.9	0.1	0.2	3.5	7.5	45.9	1.5	4.0	38.5	1.9	2.2	86.2	60.9	0.4	2.4	1.7	2.6
Rebekah Gardner R. Gardner	34	2	15.1	5.2	2.6	1.3	0.5	0.2	1.9	4.1	47.5	0.3	1.1	23.1	1.1	1.1	92.3	56.7	1.0	1.6	0.6	1.6
Marine Fauthoux M. Fauthoux	15	0	14.6	4.3	2.3	2.1	0.2	0.0	1.3	3.4	39.2	0.7	2.0	33.3	0.9	1.4	66.7	53.1	0.4	1.9	1.5	0.9
Han Xu H. Xu	36	2	13.7	6.0	2.5	0.7	0.4	0.6	2.3	4.5	50.9	0.8	2.1	40.5	0.6	0.7	80.8	62.2	0.7	1.8	0.5	0.9
Anneli Maley A. Maley	5	0	11.0	1.0	1.6	0.4	0.8	0.2	0.2	2.0	10.0	0.2	1.0	20.0	0.4	0.4	100.0	23.0	1.0	0.6	0.0	2.2
Raquel Carrera R. Carrera	19	0	5.6	1.6	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.9	61.1	0.1	0.4	28.6	0.4	0.6	58.3	66.6	0.4	0.7	0.3	0.8

Team Leaders

PPG

18.0

R. Jackson

RPG

8.7

K. Cardoso

APG

5.0

N. Cloud

+/-

+48

S. Taylor

Season

Career vs NYL

Regular Season	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Rickea Jackson R. Jackson	4	4	29.5	18.0	4.8	2.0	0.3	1.8	6.0	15.0	40.0	1.5	5.3	28.6	4.5	5.5	81.8	51.7	1.0	3.8	2.0	1.8
Skylar Diggins S. Diggins	19	19	29.1	14.2	3.2	4.9	0.9	0.6	4.6	11.7	39.2	1.4	3.6	38.2	3.6	4.7	77.5	51.5	0.7	2.5	1.7	2.2
Natasha Cloud N. Cloud	34	21	28.7	10.5	3.4	5.0	1.1	0.3	3.4	7.4	46.2	1.0	3.3	31.5	2.6	3.0	86.4	60.0	0.3	3.1	2.2	3.1
Kamilla Cardoso K. Cardoso	34	34	26.5	14.8	8.7	2.4	0.6	1.5	5.8	10.3	56.4	0.0	0.0	0	3.2	4.3	73.5	60.7	2.8	5.9	1.8	3.6
Azurá Stevens A. Stevens	26	25	24.8	10.7	6.6	2.3	0.9	0.6	4.0	9.9	40.3	0.9	3.6	24.7	1.8	2.4	77.4	48.9	1.5	5.2	1.7	2.9
Jacy Sheldon J. Sheldon	35	18	21.3	6.7	1.3	1.6	0.9	0.3	2.4	5.4	44.4	0.9	2.7	34.0	1.0	1.2	87.8	57.0	0.4	0.9	0.9	2.7
Courtney Vandersloot C. Vandersloot	18	15	20.9	9.2	2.9	4.8	1.3	0.3	3.0	7.1	42.5	0.9	2.3	40.5	2.3	3.0	75.9	55.1	0.4	2.4	2.0	1.7
Sydney Taylor S. Taylor	28	17	20.6	14.7	1.6	1.7	0.7	0.3	5.2	11.4	45.6	2.1	5.9	35.5	2.3	2.7	82.9	58.6	0.4	1.2	1.5	2.6
Gabriela Jaquez G. Jaquez	31	15	19.1	6.8	3.1	0.9	0.7	0.0	2.4	5.8	41.3	0.5	1.7	30.2	1.5	1.9	82.8	51.8	0.7	2.4	1.1	1.4
DiJonai Carrington D. Carrington	8	0	17.1	10.8	3.4	0.6	0.9	0.1	3.3	9.1	35.6	0.9	2.3	38.9	3.4	4.5	75.0	48.4	0.5	2.9	0.8	2.3
Elizabeth Williams E. Williams	35	1	17.0	5.2	3.6	1.5	0.5	0.8	2.1	4.7	45.7	0.0	0.0	0	0.9	2.2	41.6	46.0	1.3	2.3	0.9	1.4
Aicha Coulibaly A. Coulibaly	24	4	13.7	5.0	2.5	0.6	0.8	0.2	1.5	3.6	42.5	0.0	0.8	5.6	1.8	2.1	88.0	54.6	0.5	2.0	0.7	1.5
Rachel Banham R. Banham	31	2	12.8	4.7	1.2	1.1	0.3	0.3	1.6	4.4	37.0	1.1	3.2	33.0	0.4	0.5	81.3	51.4	0.1	1.1	0.8	1.2
Maddy Westbeld M. Westbeld	3	0	9.3	1.0	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.0	16.7	0.3	1.7	20.0	0.0	0.0	0	25.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	2.0

Regular Season	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Skylar Diggins S. Diggins	27	27	33.4	17.9	3.2	5.2	1.4	0.8	5.5	14.1	39.0	1.6	5.0	32.1	5.3	6.3	84.0	52.9	0.6	2.7	2.3	2.1
Natasha Cloud N. Cloud	28	21	28.7	10.4	3.8	5.4	0.9	0.3	3.7	8.4	44.0	1.1	3.3	34.4	1.9	2.3	82.5	55.4	0.3	3.5	2.4	2.0
Courtney Vandersloot C. Vandersloot	43	40	27.6	11.3	3.1	6.5	1.3	0.3	4.2	8.9	46.9	1.0	2.6	39.1	1.9	2.3	80.2	56.5	0.4	2.7	2.1	1.7
Rickea Jackson R. Jackson	7	7	27.5	13.3	2.7	1.7	0.9	0.0	5.4	12.0	45.2	1.6	4.3	36.7	0.9	1.3	66.7	52.9	1.0	1.7	2.0	1.4
Sydney Taylor S. Taylor	2	2	27.3	27.5	2.0	2.5	2.0	0.5	9.5	16.5	57.6	4.0	7.0	57.1	4.5	5.0	90.0	73.5	0.5	1.5	1.0	2.5
Elizabeth Williams E. Williams	31	22	25.8	7.8	5.9	1.3	0.9	1.6	2.9	6.6	44.4	0.0	0.0	0	1.9	3.0	64.1	49.1	2.5	3.4	1.0	1.8
Kamilla Cardoso K. Cardoso	9	8	25.3	10.2	6.6	2.1	0.8	0.9	4.6	8.1	56.2	0.0	0.0	0	1.1	1.2	90.9	59.1	1.9	4.7	1.8	2.3
Gabriela Jaquez G. Jaquez	2	1	24.6	13.5	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	4.5	9.0	50.0	2.5	4.0	62.5	2.0	2.0	100.0	68.3	0.5	2.5	1.0	1.0
Jacy Sheldon J. Sheldon	9	4	24.6	4.9	1.6	2.6	0.9	0.2	1.9	5.8	32.7	0.4	2.3	19.0	0.7	0.7	100.0	40.3	0.7	0.9	1.4	2.0
Azurá Stevens A. Stevens	22	13	24.3	10.2	4.5	1.9	0.8	1.3	4.0	9.0	44.7	1.1	3.2	34.3	1.1	1.4	80.6	53.4	0.8	3.7	1.0	1.9
DiJonai Carrington D. Carrington	17	5	19.8	10.2	3.6	1.2	0.9	0.3	3.3	7.9	41.8	0.9	2.0	44.1	2.7	3.3	82.1	54.5	1.1	2.6	1.1	2.4
Rachel Banham R. Banham	26	6	15.1	5.3	1.3	2.0	0.4	0.2	1.7	5.0	34.1	1.1	3.3	34.1	0.8	1.2	70.0	48.5	0.2	1.2	0.7	1.3
Maddy Westbeld M. Westbeld	3	0	12.6	9.7	2.7	1.0	0.7	0.0	3.3	5.7	58.8	1.7	2.3	71.4	1.3	1.3	100.0	77.3	0.3	2.3	0.7	1.0
Aicha Coulibaly A. Coulibaly	2	0	10.0	2.0	3.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	33.3	1.0	2.0	0.5	1.0

Cardoso leads Chicago against New York after 22-point outing

The Associated Press

Aug 17, 2026

New York Liberty (22-14, 10-4 Eastern Conference) at Chicago Sky (13-22, 2-10 Eastern Conference)

Chicago; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: Chicago Sky hosts the New York Liberty after Kamilla Cardoso scored 22 points in the Chicago Sky's 82-80 victory over the Seattle Storm.

The Sky are 2-10 in conference matchups. Chicago ranks ninth in the WNBA with 33.1 rebounds led by Cardoso averaging 8.7.

The Liberty are 10-4 in conference play. New York is sixth in the WNBA with 20.9 assists per game led by Pauline Astier averaging 3.5.

Chicago's average of 7.4 made 3-pointers per game is 1.9 fewer made shots on average than the 9.3 per game New York allows. New York has shot at a 46.3% rate from the field this season, 1.6 percentage points higher than the 44.7% shooting opponents of Chicago have averaged.

The two teams match up for the third time this season. The Liberty defeated the Sky 95-94 in their last meeting on July 22. Sabrina Ionescu led the Liberty with 29 points, and Sydney Taylor led the Sky with 31 points.

TOP PERFORMERS: Cardoso is shooting 56.4% and averaging 14.8 points for the Sky. Natasha Cloud is averaging 11.9 points over the last 10 games.

Breanna Stewart is averaging 20.7 points, 8.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists for the Liberty. Ionescu is averaging 17.5 points and 3.9 rebounds while shooting 48.7% over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Sky: 4-6, averaging 88.6 points, 32.3 rebounds, 22.1 assists, 8.8 steals and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 45.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 91.1 points per game.

Liberty: 8-2, averaging 95.8 points, 36.5 rebounds, 22.6 assists, 6.1 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 48.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 90.1 points.

INJURIES: Sky: Skylar Diggins: out (knee), Sydney Taylor: out (groin), Rickea Jackson: out for season (knee).

Liberty: Sabrina Ionescu: day to day (foot), Leonie Fiebich: out (foot), Satou Sabally: day to day (head).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Liberty NYL

Sky CHI

Odds

Season Leaders

Team Stats

Injuries

2026 Standings

Last 5

Game Info

First Basket

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Threes Made

PTS+REB+AST

Triple-Double

Double-Double

Cardoso leads Chicago against New York after 22-point outing

Players Mentioned

Natasha Cloud

Sabrina Ionescu

Satou Sabally

Breanna Stewart