Allie Quigley's clutch 3-point shooting lifts Sky over Storm in overtime thriller

Quigley hit two threes in the final 90 seconds to send the game to overtime

After a five-week hiatus for the Tokyo Olympics, the WNBA regular season resumed in thrilling fashion on Sunday afternoon, as Allie Quigley hit two clutch last-minute 3-pointers to force overtime and the Chicago Sky beat the Seattle Storm, 87-85. 

When she first checked in off the bench in the middle of the first quarter, Quigley wasted no time getting involved in the game. She knocked down her first three shots, all from behind the arc, and was showing no signs of rust from the long layoff. From there, however, she went cold and went just 1 of 7 from the field over the next 31 minutes. 

Some players may have let a slump like that take them out of the game, but Quigley is one of the best shooters the league has ever seen and always believes the next shot is going in. That faith paid off late in the fourth quarter when the Sky trailed by six with just over a minute to play. 

First, Quigley showed some expert-level ability to move without the ball. She set up Jewell Loyd with a fake back-door cut, which not only got Loyd off balance, but also allowed Candace Parker time to set up a perfect screen. Then, instead of coming all the way around on the dribble hand-off from Azura Stevens, Quigley bumped it back to the wing and drained the 3-pointer to cut the deficit to three. 

Next, after the Sky got a big stop on the other end, Quigley ran the floor in transition, caught the pass from her wife, Courtney Vandersloot, and made another triple to tie the score at 79-79. That's where it remained until overtime. 

In the extra frame, Quigley added a beautiful outlet pass to Kahleah Copper for a layup, and finished the day with 17 points, eight rebounds and four assists. After her big game against the Storm, Quigley is now up to 40.8 percent on 3-pointers, which is good for 10th in the league. If she can maintain that pace, it would be the fourth time in five seasons that she's shot over 40 percent from deep. 

As for the Sky, this was a crucial win if they have any hope of chasing down a top-two seed in this final month of the regular season. They're now all alone in fifth place at 11-10, which puts them four games back of the Connecticut Sun and Las Vegas Aces for second, and 4.5 games behind the Storm for first. While that's a lot of ground to make up, they still have two more games against the Storm and three against the Aces. At the very least, this win gives them a platform to build on.