Overview
- Sydney Taylor, who hit the game-winning corner three with 0.9 seconds left on Saturday, finished with 29 points, five 3-pointers and 30 minutes in Chicago’s 84-83 win over the defending-champion Las Vegas Aces.
- Taylor joined the Sky this season after going undrafted and building her resume with MVP-level scoring in Lithuania and Poland before earning a training-camp deal and a roster spot.
- The shot capped a performance that was Taylor’s fifth 25-plus point game this season and kept her among the league’s top rookie scorers behind Minnesota’s Olivia Miles.
- Chicago improved to 11-18 with the victory, a result that narrows but does not erase its gap to the final playoff spot and gives the team a short-term lift as veterans return from injury.
- Taylor’s emergence from an overseas route raises her profile leaguewide and could alter the Sky’s rotation and roster decisions as they decide whether to lean on her scoring in a late-season push.