Candace Parker shared a touching moment with her daughter after bringing a WNBA title to her hometown

• WNBA superstar Candace Parker led the Chicago Sky to their first WNBA title as a franchise Sunday.
• The 2-time WNBA MVP joined her hometown team this year after 13 seasons with the Los Angeles Sparks.

Candace Parker led the Chicago Sky to their first WNBA championship Sunday, realizing the goal she set in January upon leaving the Los Angeles Sparks after 13 seasons to help bring a title to the Windy City.

After time expired in the Sky's 80-74 victory over the Phoenix Mercury to clinch the 2021 WNBA title, Parker found herself caught in a media scrum at center court. The two-time WNBA MVP poked her head out, looked into the crowd at Wintrust Arena, and motioned to someone along the sideline.

Parker's 12-year-old daughter, Lailaa, came running towards her mom a moment later. The duo embraced with a tight hug, and Parker burst into tears as she held her daughter close and took in the monumental moment. Once they pulled apart, the newly-minted two-time WNBA champion draped her arm over Lailaa's shoulder and walked her off the court.

"That was amazing," Parker said with a smile as she and Lailaa pushed past the cameras and microphones. "Look at the city, man. They all showed up. They all showed up."

During the postgame press conference, Parker reflected on the special moment she shared with her daughter.

"You know what's crazy - I have a picture of Lailaa in Minnesota when we first won," Parker said of winning the 2016 WNBA title with the Sparks, when Lailaa was 7 years old. "And it was in similar fashion where it was like, we didn't know who was going to win, it was dramatic, and she's yelling, 'Mom, we did it!' I have that picture like on my wall in the office."

Before Parker committed to uprooting her life - and Lailaa's - to leave Los Angeles, move to Chicago, and sign with the Sky, she asked her daughter for input. Parker noted that the two are "never away from each other," but at the start of the 2021 WNBA season, they had to spend a full month apart.

"I asked her if it was okay if I came to Chicago, and she was like, 'I want another picture - I want another picture like that'" Parker said, referring to the photo they took after the 2016 title. "And it's crazy because she came out to the court and said 'We did it,' and it was just surreal."

"I owe everything I am to her, just because she's been my motivation and my reason for everything," Parker continued. "We've gone through this together, you know? She sacrifices her mom so that I can live my dream. I just am so thankful for her, that she's here for the big moments, but she's also here when I don't want to get up and go work out - she sees those moments."

"So I just am so over the moon at how amazing she's grown up to be, and I know I'm partial, but she's an amazing young lady."

Check out her full press conference answer about her daughter below: