CHICAGO — Sydney Taylor hit a pull-up 3-pointer with 1.6 seconds left and the Chicago Sky beat the Golden State Valkyries 73-70 on Friday night after squandering a 21-point lead.
The Sky won their season-high third straight game. Chicago (15-22) has seven games left in the regular season and is six games behind Dallas for the eighth and final playoff spot.
The second-place Valkyries (25-11) are a game ahead of Las Vegas and 1 1/2 games in front of Indiana.
Kaitlyn Chen made a 3-pointer and layup that gave Golden State a 70-67 lead with 46.3 seconds left. Taylor tied it with a straightaway 3 about 12 seconds later and Chen missed a floater to set up the winner.
Taylor dribbled down the clock and hit a side-step 3-pointer over Veronica Burton.
Natasha Cloud made 5 of 5 from 3-point range and led Chicago with 17 points. Kamilla Cardoso had 14 points and 10 rebounds and Taylor also scored 14.
Laeticia Amihere scored a career-high 16 points on 7-of-7 shooting, Janelle Salaun added 13 points and Tiffany Hayes had 10. Burton, the only Valkyries started to reach double figures, scored 11.
