CHICAGO — Sky level guard Courtney Vandersloot suffered a proper knee harm within the first quarter and was dominated out for the remainder of Saturday’s 79-52 loss to the Indiana Fever.
Vandersloot was driving to the basket and went down with 5:29 left within the first quarter. She was shortly surrounded by her teammates after which carried off the court docket.
“She’s our engine,” Sky coach Tyler Marsh stated. “She’s our captain and our chief on the market, so clearly it is an enormous blow. However hopefully it is not as severe as we might imagine. We’re hoping she is ready to bounce again, however in the intervening time all of us gotta choose her up. All of us gotta elevate her up, all of us gotta elevate one another up.”
Vandersloot, 36, is in her fifteenth season within the league. The No. 3 draft choose in 2011 by Chicago, she spent the primary 12 years of her profession with the Sky, profitable the 2021 WNBA title. Vandersloot went to the New York Liberty in 2023 and 2024 and gained one other league championship final 12 months.
She returned to Chicago this 12 months because the veteran guard presence the staff wished together with second-year publish gamers Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso.
Vandersloot is the WNBA’s lively profession chief in assists with 2,886, trailing solely retired former Seattle Storm guard Sue Chicken (3,234). Vandersloot has led the league in assists 5 instances.
The Sky and Fever performed the primary WNBA recreation at United Heart.
