2026 GAME #1 - PORTLAND FIRE VS CHICAGO SKY - MAY 9, 2026 - SATURDAY - 6:00 PM - FOX12+(KPDX) - NBATV - PORTLAND FIRE +

[Chris Craig]

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REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

FIRE 0-0 SKY 0-0

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STARTERS


Carla Leite Bridget Carleton

Emily Engstler Nyadiew Puoch

Luisa Geiselsoder


Natasha Cloud Courtney Vansersloot

Rickea Jackson Azura Stevens

Kamilla Cardoso

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WHEN: MAY 9, 2026 - SATURDAY - 6:00 PM PST

WHERE: MODA CENTER PORTLAND OR



TV BROADCAST





STREAMING


Portland Fire +

RADIO BROADCAST


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BENCH


Sarah Ashlee Barker Serah Williams

Jordan Harrison Haley Jones

Megan Gustafson Karlie Samuelson

Sug Sutton Frieda Bühner*

Nika Muhl°^

Kamiah Smalls^ Teja Oblak^

*Development Player °Injured Player ^Contract Suspended


DiJonai Carrington Skylar Diggins

Rachel Banham Elizabeth Williams

Jacy Sheldon Sydney Taylor

Gabriella Jaquez

*Development Player °Injured Player

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COACH



Alex Sarama

Tyler Marsh

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INJURIES


Portland Fire

Nika Muhl - ACL - Out

Chicago Sky

Azura Stevens - Knee - Quest
Elizabeth Williams - Foot - Quest


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UPCOMING SCHEDULE


FIRE VS LIBERTY - 5/12 - 7:00 PM

FIRE VS LIBERTY - 5/14 - 7:00 PM

FIRE VS SUN - 5/17 - 7:00 PM

FIRE @ FEVER - 5/20 - 4:00 PM


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GAME NOTES

• The Fire will face the Sky again on 6/24 and 6/25 in Chicago
• The Fire and Sky have never played. The first iteration of the Fire became defunct (2002) before the Sky became a team (2005)
• The Sky finished 10-34, 6th in the Eastern Conference last season
• This will mark the first regular season home game in the Moda Center, since August 11, 2002 when the former Portland Fire finished their season and their time as a franchise in a 73-70 loss to the Phoenix Mercury

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[Chris Craig]

Let's go!

 

[crandc]

Could someone snag me a poster? They are way cool.

 

[kjironman1]

Watch them win one.

 

[Chris Craig]

Hell of a game so far

 

[julius]

Hell of a game so far

Yeah. Considering I don't know how good Chicago is supposed to be, I don't know if they should be losing bad or not. I like what Im seeing, esp for an expansion team.

 

[Chris Craig]

Yeah. Considering I don't know how good Chicago is supposed to be, I don't know if they should be losing bad or not. I like what Im seeing, esp for an expansion team.

The Fire's starting line is pretty good. The bench is very weak. When they come in is when opponents go on runs against them, and build leads.

 

[riverman]

Big start to the third

 

[Chris Craig]

Hell of a run. Have to keep it going.

 

[TYDame]

I ordered those black jersey… those are fire

 

[Chris Craig]

Getting screwed over by the refs

 

[riverman]

Barker is really good.

 

[inconceivable]

Great job by the marketing team selling out the moda.

 

[Everything Beagle]

Great job by the marketing team selling out the moda.

The real work will be selling out home game 2

 

[Chris Craig]

The real work will be selling out home game 2

The next 4 games are going to be brutal

 

[Chris Craig]

That fourth quarter was tough to watch

 

[riverman]

As they said pregame, most of them just met a week ago..they haven't played much together yet but for a first game they came to play

 

[TYDame]

Barker is really good.

Sarah is Ms Energy just like a Josh Hart type of player. I think she should start.

 

[Chris Craig]

Sarah is Ms Energy just like a Josh Hart type of player. I think she should start.

For Carleton?

Engstler is very high energy too. I like her.

 

[riverman]

They're going to have trouble with big 5s...they are putting 6'4 centers out there. Chicago's center was 6'7. Need to find some size for their frontcourt.