The Chicago Sky lost to the New York Liberty 91-86 in Thursday night’s season finale. It was their 34th loss of the 2025 season. It’s their worst season in the WNBA since the franchise’s inception in 2006, when the Sky won five games total.

That was not the game that mattered.

Maddy Westbeld scored 25 points off the bench. Rachel Banham logged a double-double with 13 points and 10 assists. The Sky chipped away at a 23-point Liberty lead, getting Wintrust Arena into the game with two minutes to go.

It wasn’t the game that counted in the end.

The game that mattered was aired publicly, but you wouldn’t find it on any television. It was fought with statements and through the press.

Nothing was beautiful or sacred. One side won. It was an ugly win.

In the game that mattered on Thursday ni

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