The Indiana Fever are on a sizzling streak and look to maintain it going towards the Los Angeles Sparks on Wednesday. All of it goes down on Wednesday evening on the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana at 7 p.m. ET on CBS Sports activities Community.
Indiana has not made the playoffs since 2016, however that drought is formally ending because it clinched a postseason delivery on Tuesday. The Fever have had fairly the turnaround this season, as they began 0-5 however at the moment are above .500 for the primary time in 5 years. The are at the moment on a four-game successful streak and have received six of their final seven.
Final yr, the Fever chosen former South Carolina star Aliyah Boston with their No. 1 total draft decide and he or she went on to win Rookie of the 12 months. Nevertheless, they bought much more star energy in 2024 with the addition of Iowa legend Caitlin Clark, NCAA Division I’s all-time main scorer.
Kelsey Mitchell is main Indiana’s offense with 19 factors per recreation, whereas Clark is averaging 18.7 factors. Clark leads the group in assists with 8.4 per recreation, and Boston is the highest rebounder at 9 per recreation.
The Sparks have the worst report within the league at 7-25, however they just lately confirmed they shouldn’t be neglected by any opponent. Final week, they snapped a seven-game dropping streak with a 94-88 win towards none aside from the New York Liberty, who personal the WNBA’s finest report. That was a full group effort with 5 Sparks reaching double digits, led by Dearica Hamby’s 21 factors on 9-of-15 taking pictures. Rookie Rickea Jackson was additionally excellent with 19 factors on 7-of-11 from the sector, together with 4 3-pointers.
Hamby is main Los Angeles with 17.5 factors, 9.8 rebounds and 1.5 steals per recreation. Jackson began the season coming off the bench, however now could be the Sparks’ second-most constant scorer with 12.6 factors per recreation on 46.6% taking pictures. Los Angeles had one other star rookie earlier within the season in former Stanford ahead Cameron Brink, however she tore her ACL in June and was dominated out for the yr.
Indiana and Los Angeles have met twice this season and have break up the collection. Their final encounter was on Might 28, when the Sparks received 88-82. Kia Nurse led that successful effort with 22 factors and 5 3-pointers. Aari McDonald scored 21 factors off the bench on 6-for-12 from the sector, together with three triples. Indiana, in the meantime, had Clark’s first 30-point recreation, and Boston added 17 factors in 23 minutes.
The place to observe Sparks at Fever
Date/time: Wednesday, Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. ET
Location: Gainbridge Fieldhouse — Indianapolis
TV: CBS Sports activities Community