<p>TORONTO — Nobody’s happy about how the Sky (4-7) are playing right now.</p><p>Especially not point guard Skylar Diggins.</p><p>Diggins hadn’t said much about the team’s recent stretch — they’ve lost five of their last six — but she offered a glimpse into how she’s feeling after the Sky fizzled out Sunday against the Tempo, losing 85-68.</p><p>Asked what needs to change about the team’s slow starts, she didn’t hold back.</p><p>‘‘More maturity and more leadership on and off the floor, [from] the players on the floor [and] the staff, as well,’’ Diggins said. ‘‘More connectivity. If it was just versus one team, I’d understand that.

<p>Throughout the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-sky" target="_blank" >Sky’s</a> five-game losing streak, they knew exactly what they needed to fix.</p><p>They knew that, injuries and all, they had enough talent and experience to beat the teams they kept losing to.</p><p>They knew they had to shoot better from deep, where their 25.7% is still last in the league.</p><p>They knew they had to stop fouling on defense, too often spoiling an otherwise solid possession in the final three seconds of the shot clock.</p><p>They knew they had to crash the glass better, too often surrendering a rebound after playing good defense for 29 seconds then letting it all go for naught.</p><p>Players and coaches have been saying all of this through the slump.</p><p>But it’s tactical mumbo jumbo until they find their mojo again.</p><p>“We’ve got to start playing more desperate,” guard Rachel Banham said after practice Thursday. “We haven’t gotten a win yet in front of our fans, and that’s something we need to do.”</p><p>They finally did Friday night, beating the Sun 85-80.</p><p>The Sky’s transition game revved back up, and they got solid production from all their key players. Skylar Diggins led the team with 24 points, while Natasha Cloud and Elizabeth Williams added 13 and 10 off the bench, respectively.</p><p>“We had five players in double figures,” Diggins said after the game.

<p>To understand the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-sky" target="_blank" ><u>Sky’s</u></a> offensive struggles, one must start by appreciating what it takes to be a top-tier offense in the WNBA.</p><p>You have to have an elite scorer — A’ja Wilson, Paige Bueckers, Kelsey Plum — who can take it upon herself to drop 20 points per game.</p><p>Or you have to have multiple shooters consistently making better than 35% of their three-pointers at significant volume.</p><p>The top offenses in the league — the Wings, Lynx, Valkyries, Tempo and Aces — have at least one of the two.</p><p>The Sky have neither.</p><p>Nobody on the team is scoring more than 15 points per game, and the only player shooting 35% or better from three is rookie Gabriela Jaquez — and that’s on limited volume.</p><p>Now, what they do have is an elite point guard in Skylar Diggins, who hasn’t averaged less than 15 points in any of her last 10 seasons; two frontcourt players who can score in Azura Stevens and Kamilla Cardoso; and solid shooters in Jaquez, Stevens, Jacy Sheldon and Rachel Banham.</p><p>So while the limits of their roster might keep them out of the top tier, there’s no excuse for the offense ranking 13th out of 15 teams, which is where it sits today.</p><p>Coach Tyler Marsh has taken the blame publicly, saying he needs to be better. Still, it’s not clear what that actually means. Should he change the offense?