The Indiana Fever are beginning to play a few of their greatest basketball of the season, and are doing so whereas their prime participant and largest star — Caitlin Clark — stays sidelined as a result of damage. They scored one other spectacular win on Thursday night time by dominating the Las Vegas Aces, 81-54, to win their third sport in a row and fourth out of the previous 5.
It was additionally the second straight sport the place they restricted an opponent to lower than 60 factors, changing into the first team in the WNBA this season to carry opponents underneath 60 factors in back-to-back video games.
What makes these two wins much more spectacular as that they’ve come in opposition to two of the WNBA’s greatest groups in Las Vegas and the Minnesota Lynx.
The actual fact Indiana has been doing this lately with Clark sidelined is a testomony to how deep the roster has grow to be.
On Thursday all 5 of their starters topped at the least seven factors, together with 4 of them ending with double-digits. Aliyah Boston completed with 20 factors and 7 rebounds, whereas Kelsey Mitchell paced the Fever with 25 factors.
Natasha Howard additionally had a giant sport, ending with a double-double by recording 11 factors and 10 rebounds.
That depth was an enormous benefit on Thursday and a stark distinction to what Las Vegas was coping with. Whereas reigning league MVP A’ja Wilson had one other dominant night time offensively with a game-high 29 factors, the Aces didn’t have one different participant document greater than six factors (Jackie Younger).
Las Vegas had its star, and he or she principally shined. She simply did not have any assist round her.
Indiana did not have its star, however the remainder of the staff got here by means of in a giant means. That was the distinction.
