With the Portland Fire's 82-79 loss to the Toronto Tempo on Friday, the Indiana Fever became the fourth team to clinch a berth in the WNBA playoffs.
Indiana joins the Minnesota Lynx, Golden State Valkyries and defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces in ****** uring spots for the postseason. The Fever lost an opportunity to directly clinch a playoff bid with a 91-85 defeat versus the Dallas Wings on Thursday.
Indiana has now made the playoffs for the third consecutive season, coinciding with Caitlin Clark joining the team as the WNBA Draft's No. 1 overall pick in 2024, after a seven-year absence from the postseason.
Last season, the Fever defeated the Atlanta Dream in the first round of the playoffs before losing to the Aces in a five-game semifinal series.
At 24-13 going into Saturday's matchup with the New York Liberty (22-15), the Fever currently hold the No. 4 seed in the WNBA standings, a half-game ahead of the Atlanta Dream. Following their 124-88 win over the Los Angeles Sparks on Thursday, the Dream (23-13) play the Phoenix Mercury on Saturday.

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