Mired in a season-long six-game losing streak, the Chicago Sky return home Friday to take on the Golden State Valkyries. The Sky (7-19) lost Ariel Atkins to a leg injury at the start of the losing streak and received just seven games out of Courtney Vandersloot before she was lost for the season with a knee injury in June. Rookie Hailey Van Lith (ankle) has missed the past two games as well. Angel Reese returned from a back injury and collected 22 points and 13 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a 103-86 road loss to the Washington Mystics on Tuesday. Chicago dabbled with a zone defense that proved to be problematic. “We really are just trying this on the fly,” Sky guard Rachel Banham said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. “Teams are doing a good job getting in the middle, finding those gaps. It’s a work in progress.” The Sky could have Atkins and Van Lith back for against the Valkyries and are set to debut point guard Sevgi Uzun, who was just signed for the remainder of the season. Uzun has 47 ga
