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Chicago Sky Announce Unfortunate Injury Update During Lynx Game initially appeared on Athlon Sports.
The Chicago Sky have a star-studded roster that includes Angel Reese, Courtney Vandersloot, and Kamilla Cardoso, however large names do not assure wins. They’ve discovered that out the laborious manner this season, as they had been simply 7-13 heading into Monday’s bout with the Minnesota Lynx.
Chicago did enter the sport on a two-game profitable streak, beating the Dallas Wings 87-76 on Wednesday and the Lynx 87-81 on Saturday. Bench guard Rebecca Allen led the crew with 27 factors (9-13 FG, 5-7 3 PT) on Wednesday, and beginning guard Ariel Atkins topped the squad with 27 factors (12-21 FG, 1-2 3 PT) on Saturday.
Nevertheless, the latter participant left Monday’s sport with an damage, through the crew’s social media.
“Chicago Sky Damage Replace: Ariel Atkins (leg) won’t return to tonight’s sport in opposition to Minnesota,” the crew introduced.
Atkins entered the sport main the Sky with 14.5 factors per sport on 42.6 p.c capturing (35.9 p.c 3 PT). The veteran additionally led with 1.9 steals.
Atkins completed with two factors (1-3 FG, 0-1 3 PT), three assists, and one steal in quarter-hour on Monday.
Atkins spent her earlier seven seasons with the Washington Mystics, who traded her to Chicago in February for the 2025 No. 3 total draft choose, a 2027 second-rounder, and a 2027 first-round choose swap. The Mystics used the 2025 choose on Notre Dame guard Sonia Citron, who obtained All-Star honors as a rookie this season.
Atkins gained the 2019 WNBA title with Washington.
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This story was initially reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 15, 2025, the place it first appeared.