ARLINGTON -- If you glanced at a box score and saw that one team shot 58.6 percent from the field while the other shot 34.7 percent, the safe assumption would be that the game was a blowout.

But the Dallas Wings managed to stick around despite their shooting struggles against the Chicago Sky on Sunday. It was not enough to overcome Chicago's output in a 92-87 loss, but a two-possession game after those struggles from the field is telling.

"Our team has a lot of fight," coach Fred Williams said after the game. "We played tough to have another victory shot. They made shots, and we didn't."

The loss drops Dallas to 3-3 on the season and 1-2 in its first homestand. The Wings played the last two games with just nine players as Skylar Diggins (knee) and Theresa Plaisance (ankle) continue to recover from injuries and Glory Johnson nears the end of a seven-game suspension.

The shortened rotation forced some of Dallas' younger players to take on larger roles, and it wore down the team over the last three days.

"It's been a struggle," guard Odyssey Sims said. "Anytime you don't have a full roster to play, you kind of have to use what you have. But at the same time, that's no excuse as to why we lost these two games."

"It's no secret that Glory Johnson and Skylar Diggins are two of the better players in this league," Courtney Paris added of the two missing All-Stars.

Plaisance will be a game-time decision for Dallas' road matchup with the Minnesota Lynx on Saturday. Williams said Diggins is probably one or two games away from making her full return from an ACL tear last season.

The start of the game did not indicate the offensive struggle that would ensue for Dallas. The Wings jumped out to a 16-11 lead at the 5:27 mark of the first quarter as Dallas made three early 3-pointers to counteract Chicago's size advantage.

But the Sky finished the quarter on a 17-4 run as the Dallas offense went stagnant. That run extended to 23-4 as Dallas struggled at the start of the second quarter. Chicago's lead grew as large as 18 as the Wings were unable to string together any points.

But Sims began to take over. The Baylor alum scored Dallas' final 12 points of the first half to cut the Chicago lead to nine before halftime. She scored the Wings' first four points after the break, and Dallas was within two possessions with 8:29 left in the third quarter.

Sims tied her season high with 23 points on 9-of-22 shooting while Jordan Hooper and Karima Christmas added 14 apiece.

"Our footspeed on the backside has got to pick up some," Williams remarked. "We just got to step up and really talk more."

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