No upset for the Indiana Fever, beaten a second time (87-81) on the Connecticut Sun court, and therefore eliminated from the playoffs. However, Caitlin Clark and her teammates were not far from taking the match…
After the nightmare of Game 1, the superstar rookie was this time able to find her rhythm from the start of the match, and even if her long-range accuracy then dropped, she perfectly used the double-handed shots to serve. Kelsey Mitchell and above all Aliyah Boston (16 points, 19 rebounds). While trying to play fast.
Despite everything, it was Connecticut who had control of the match, by provoking the mistakes of their opponents.
A “good taste” of what is possible
But the Fever hung on and even took the lead in money time, on a 3-pointer from Caitlin Clark. Fortunately for the Sun, Marina Mabrey answered from afar then the duo DeWanna Bonner – Alyssa Thomas continually found the gap to allow her team to regain the advantage. Marina Mabrey scored another 3-pointer and the young Indiana troop had to admit defeat, even if they were not far behind at all.
“It's a good taste of what's possible for this organization and for this franchise.”, reacted Caitlin Clark in the wake of this elimination. “We have a lot of reasons to hold our heads high. This team won five games two years ago. We're a young group, an inexperienced group, but we pulled together and we had a lot of fun playing together. Sometimes the worst feeling is when you feel like you're playing your best basketball, and then it has to stop.”
The Fever's road therefore ends there, while the Sun will now face Napheesa Collier's Lynx, who also swept the Mercury. The series begins in Minnesota, on the night of Sunday to Monday.
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How to read the stats? Min = Minutes; Shots = Shots made / Shots attempted; 3pts = 3-pointers / 3-pointers attempted; LF = Free throws made / Free throws attempted; O = Offensive rebound; D = Defensive rebound; T = Total rebounds; Pd = Assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Steals; Bp = Loose balls; Ct: Blocks; +/- = Point differential when the player is on the court; Pts = Points; Eval: Player evaluation calculated from positive actions – negative actions.
