Full Text of HR0520 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the Chicago Sky on | 4 | | winning the 2021 WNBA Championship; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Chicago Sky finished the regular season with | 6 | | an overall record of 16 wins and 16 losses and entered the | 7 | | playoffs as the No. 6 seed; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The Chicago Sky defeated the Dallas Wings and the | 9 | | Minnesota Lynx in single-elimination games to start the | 10 | | playoffs; they then defeated the No. 1 seed Connecticut Sun in | 11 | | four games in the semifinals to advance to the WNBA Finals for | 12 | | the first time since 2014; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In Game 1 of the finals, the Chicago Sky defeated | 14 | | the Phoenix Mercury 91-77; in Game 2, they dropped an overtime | 15 | | thriller to the Mercury; they dominated Game 3 and defeated | 16 | | the Mercury in front of a sellout crowd by 36 points (80-56), | 17 | | the largest margin of victory in WNBA Finals history; in Game | 18 | | 4, they rallied from a seven-point deficit in the fourth | 19 | | quarter to secure the franchise's first title; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The Chicago Sky are led by General Manager and | 21 | | Head Coach James Wade; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Chicago Sky team members are Kahleah Copper, | 2 | | Candace Parker, Azura Stevens, Allie Quigley, Courtney | 3 | | Vandersloot, Diamond DeShields, Stefanie Dolson, Dana Evans, | 4 | | Astou Ndour-Fall, Lexie Brown, and Ruthy Hebard; therefore, be | 5 | | it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 7 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 | | we congratulate the Chicago Sky on winning the 2021 WNBA | 9 | | Championship, and we wish them many more successful seasons; | 10 | | and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the coaches and players of the Chicago Sky as a | 13 | | symbol of our respect and esteem.
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