Thanks to an overtime victory against the Atlanta Dream on Sunday night, the Indiana Fever have won four straight games. They're 23-12, owners of the fourth-best record in the WNBA, and if the playoffs were to start today, they'd host the Atlanta Dream in the first round of the playoffs.
For Indiana, it's been an up-and-down season — filled with plenty of highs and plenty of lows. A litany of off-court storylines have dominated their year, from Sophie Cunningham's controversial comments on trans women in sports, to hard fouls that have taken on a life of their own, to Fever fans booing head coach Stephanie White. These controversies have dominated so much that the (elite) on-court product has almost flown under the radar.
But the Fever are just two games behind the Golden State Valkyries for second place in the standings. They have the third-best point differential in the league, and two legitimate MVP candidates in Kelsey Mitchell and Caitlin Clark, who are the league's second and third-leading scorers, trailing only four-time MVP A'ja Wilson.
Clark is averaging 22 points and 8.3 ******* ists, while putting together the most efficient season of her career, shooting 45% from the field and 35.4% from three. Mitchell is averaging 24.2 points on 50.3% shooting, while hitting 43.7% of her threes.
Both players came up huge in Sunday's overtime win over the Atlanta Dream, with Clark finishing with 26 points and 9 ******* ists and Mitchell adding 20 points. Mitchell has now scored at least 20 points in 19 consecutive games, the longest single-season streak in WNBA history. Clark has scored at least 25 points in 8 games this season, becoming the first-ever point guard to accomplish that feat.
#dream #fever #season
For Indiana, it's been an up-and-down season — filled with plenty of highs and plenty of lows. A litany of off-court storylines have dominated their year, from Sophie Cunningham's controversial comments on trans women in sports, to hard fouls that have taken on a life of their own, to Fever fans booing head coach Stephanie White. These controversies have dominated so much that the (elite) on-court product has almost flown under the radar.
But the Fever are just two games behind the Golden State Valkyries for second place in the standings. They have the third-best point differential in the league, and two legitimate MVP candidates in Kelsey Mitchell and Caitlin Clark, who are the league's second and third-leading scorers, trailing only four-time MVP A'ja Wilson.
Clark is averaging 22 points and 8.3 ******* ists, while putting together the most efficient season of her career, shooting 45% from the field and 35.4% from three. Mitchell is averaging 24.2 points on 50.3% shooting, while hitting 43.7% of her threes.
Both players came up huge in Sunday's overtime win over the Atlanta Dream, with Clark finishing with 26 points and 9 ******* ists and Mitchell adding 20 points. Mitchell has now scored at least 20 points in 19 consecutive games, the longest single-season streak in WNBA history. Clark has scored at least 25 points in 8 games this season, becoming the first-ever point guard to accomplish that feat.
#dream #fever #season
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