{"id":727054,"date":"2026-06-10T08:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T08:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/727054\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T08:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T08:07:10","slug":"wnba-to-fine-skylar-diggins-500-after-chicago-sky-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/727054\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA to Fine Skylar Diggins $500 After Chicago Sky Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chicago Sky<\/a> lost in their first meeting against Angel Reese<\/a> and her new team, the Atlanta Dream<\/a>, on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Reese, who was traded from the Sky to the Dream during the offseason, made sure to show her former team what they were missing. She finished with a monster double-double of 17 points<\/a> and 17 rebounds, along with four assists and two steals, to lead Atlanta to an 82-75 victory.<\/p>\n

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Skylar Diggins<\/a> led Chicago with 17 points, three rebounds, three assists and one steal, while Natasha Cloud<\/a> had 18 points. However, their efforts were not enough to take down a deep Atlanta squad.<\/p>\n

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Chicago Sky guard Skylar Diggins (4) poses during media day.Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Making matters worse for Diggins, she received a technical foul during the game, which now puts her in line for a penalty from the WNBA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the second quarter of the game, Diggins attempted to attack the basket but missed after absorbing significant contact from Dream guard Jordin Canada<\/a>. The Sky veteran, however, thought she was fouled and quickly complained to the referee about the non-call.<\/p>\n

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As Diggins kept complaining, the referee hit her with a technical foul.<\/p>\n

According to the WNBA’s rules<\/a>, players pay a $500 fine for each of their first three technical fouls. It was Diggins’ second of the season.<\/p>\n

Diggins certainly needs to avoid getting any more techs, since the fourth to seventh technical fouls carry a $1,000 fine each. Anything beyond that carries a $1,500 and a one-game suspension.<\/p>\n

The Sky dropped to 4-8 on the season with their latest loss, which is a disappointing turn after the team got off to a 3-1 start.<\/p>\n

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Related: WNBA Legend Candace Parker Comments on Chennedy Carter Rant<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 10, 2026, where it first appeared in the WNBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Sky lost in their first meeting against Angel Reese and her new team, the Atlanta Dream,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":727055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[724,732,49,48,726,24809,4651,4647,82,65898,630],"class_list":["post-727054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-angel-reese","tag-atlanta-dream","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chicago-sky","tag-jordin-canada","tag-natasha-cloud","tag-skylar-diggins","tag-sports","tag-technical-foul","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727054","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=727054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}