{"id":106354,"date":"2025-08-29T21:59:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/106354\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T21:59:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:59:08","slug":"skylar-diggins-storm-go-for-season-sweep-of-reeling-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/106354\/","title":{"rendered":"Skylar Diggins, Storm go for season sweep of reeling Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"VideoPlayer-backgroundImage\" alt=\"default-cbs-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756504748_233_video-slate.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>After ending a five-game road swing with a big win over league-leading Minnesota, the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/wnba\/teams\/SEA\/seattle-storm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Storm<\/a> aim to keep rolling when they host the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/wnba\/teams\/CHI\/chicago-sky\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Sky<\/a> on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Storm (21-19) rallied from a 21-point deficit to claim a 93-79 win Thursday night behind 23 points from Skylar Diggins.<\/p>\n<p>Diggins said it&#8217;s a confidence-building win for the Storm as they continue their playoff push. They are seventh in the standings with four games to play and have a half-game lead over Golden State.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think we match up well with everybody,&#8221; Diggins told reporters. &#8220;I think we are equipped versus any team. I think we are as talented as any team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chicago (9-29) lost 83-79 to the Phoenix Mercury on Thursday night despite another double-double from Angel Reese, who scored 15 points and grabbed 20 rebounds and is averaging 14.4 points and 12.6 boards on the year.<\/p>\n<p>Reese said she&#8217;s learned a lot in her second year as a pro and does her best to deal with the tough moments. And there has been no shortage of those as the Sky have dropped three in a row and are 2-16 in their last 18 games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I get so frustrated with myself because I know how hard I work, and it&#8217;s just frustrating. I try to make up for it on other ends,&#8221; Reese said postgame. &#8220;I give myself grace. I know I am here for a reason and I have to be where my feet are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Seattle has won four of its last five and is led by Nneka Ogwumike, who paces the team in scoring (18.2) and rebounding (7.1).<\/p>\n<p>The Storm have won the previous two meetings against Chicago this year, scoring in the 90s both times, including in a 94-88 win on Aug. 19. As a team, Seattle is averaging 82.5 points per contest; Chicago is putting up a league-low 76.0.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<p class=\"StatsincCopyrightTwo\">\n    Copyright 2025 STATS LLC and Field Level Media. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of STATS LLC and Field Level Media is strictly prohibited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After ending a five-game road swing with a big win over league-leading Minnesota, the Seattle Storm aim to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,726,1611,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-106354","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-chicago-sky","11":"tag-seattle-storm","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}