The Chicago Sky returned to action Tuesday night, facing a tough challenge with multiple key players sidelined against the league-best Minnesota Lynx, who

As the Sky tries to climb up the standings in the second half of the season, the team has welcomed former first-round pick Marquesha Davis on a seven-day hardship contract. Davis won the WNBA championship as a rookie on the New York Liberty last season, but the Liberty waived her on July 13.

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The Minnesota Lynx host the Chicago Sky as 13-point favorites with a total of 162.5 points on Wednesday. These two teams have faced each other three times this month already. Chicago won one of them outright as a double-digit underdog, while Minnesota covered in only one of its two wins.

In this year's WNBA Draft, the Chicago Sky selected Hailey Van Lith with the 11th overall pick in the first round. The former McDonald's All-American and reigning Big 12 Player of the Year looked to be a sure-fire upgrade to a Chicago backcourt in need of scoring assistance and ball distribution, but this transition has been anything but seamless.

The Chicago Sky have partnered with Moonshot Technologies to protect players from threats made on social media.

Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve threatened to ban the StudBudz from streaming if they lose to Angel Reese on Tuesday. It proves the Chicago Sky are