The Indiana Fever defeated the Atlanta Dream Thursday night, 83-71 in their first game of the Commissioner’s Cup.
The Fever (5-4) were led by Kelsey Mitchell who finished with 25 points, and reached the 5,000 career points milestone Caitlin Clark finished with 17 points and 8 assists, while Aliyah Boston finished with 19 points and 7 rebounds.
The Dream (6-3) were led by Allisha Gray and Jordin Canada who finished with 13 points a piece. Angel Reese finished with an 11 point, 10 rebound double-double in the loss.
Here’s what happened:
Kelsey Mitchell finishes with a game-high 25 points in the Fever victory.
Fever 83, Dream 71, F
Fever rookie Raven Johnson hits a three in the corner to bring the lead back to 12.
Fever 77, Dream 65, 2:19 left 4Q
Cunningham connects on another triple, her second tonight. She forces a Dream timeout.
Fever 71, Dream 57, 3:53 left 4Q
Angel Reese travels underneath, which is met by a great applause from the Fever faithful.
Fever 65, Dream 55, 6:37 left 4Q
Clark’s impressive on-ball defense leads to a Dream miss with two seconds left.
Fever 62, Dream 51, End of 3rd
The Fever guard reached the milestone with 2:54 remaining in the third quarter.
The Fever are on a 9-0 run, Clark now has 12 points.
Fever 51, Dream 43, 3:23 left 3Q
Clark scores a fadeaway off one foot, just the Fever’s second field goal so far in the quarter.
Fever 42, Dream 38, 6:54 left 3Q
A Boston foul sends Naz Hillmon to the line, she sinks both.
Fever 40, Dream 36, 8:17 left 3Q
Clark and Boston with a stellar defensive position to end the half, a double team preventing a Dream shot attempt as time expired.
Fever 38, Dream 29, Halftime
Kelsey Mitchell gets two more with a step back in the midrange.
Fever 36, Dream 27, 1:30 left 2Q
Boston finishes through contact underneath, and Clark gets her fifth assist of the night.
Fever 25, Dream 21, 4:50 left 2Q
Clark creates separation, and knocks down her first triple of the night.
Fever 18, Dream 15, 8:34 left 2Q
Angel Reese intercepts Caitlin Clark’s path underneath at the buzzer, preventing a final Fever shot attempt.
Fever 15, Dream 15, End of 1st
Sophie Cunningham knocks down a triple for her first bucket of the night.
Fever 12, Dream 10, 1:37 left 1Q
Caitlin Clark scores her first bucket of the night, a 20-foot step back jump shot.
Dream 6, Fever 6, 5:48 left 1Q
Indiana starts the game 0/4 from the field, struggling on the offensive end.
Dream 4, Fever 0, 7:58 left 1Q
The Fever play six games during the Commissioner’s Cup, an in-season tournament with a championship to decide who wins a $500,000 prize pool. The Fever won the Cup last season, defeating the Minnesota Lynx 74-59 in the championship.
Here’s who the Fever play in the tournament:
- June 4: Fever 83, Atlanta Dream 71, F
- June 6: at New York Liberty, 8 p.m., CBS
- June 8: at Washington Mystics, 8 p.m., Peacock
- June 11: vs Chicago Sky, 7 p.m., Prime Video
- June 13: at Connecticut Sun, 6 p.m., Peacock
- June 16: vs Toronto Tempo, 7 p.m., USA Network
The Indiana Fever play the Atlanta Dream at 7:00 p.m. ET Thursday, June 4th, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
TV: The game is being streamed on Prime Video.
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Caitlin Clark is listed as probable (back), once again. Damiris Dantas is also listed as probable, for personal reasons.
- Caitlin Clark averages 20.1 points, 8.1 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game, making 39.3% of her field goals, 33.3% of her 3-pointers and 95.1% of her free throws.
- Brian Haenchen, IndyStar, Fever 90-86: “I am not as concerned with the final score as I am with how the Fever look in getting there. Sure, a win would be nice, but after that debacle of a road trip, a competitive loss with signs of improvement defensively (and a bounce back offensively) would still be encouraging. That said, I think the home court advantage — paired with some of those improvements (I’m not looking for things to improve overnight, but do suspect we’ll see positive steps) — pushes Indiana over the top in this one.”
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- 0, Kelsey Mitchell
- 2, Myisha Hines-Allen
- 3, Raven Johnson
- 8, Sophie Cunningham
- 7, Aliyah Boston
- 10, Lexie Hull
- 12, Damiris Dantas
- 13, Justine Pissott
- 14, Grace VanSlooten
- 21, Makayla Timpson
- 22, Caitlin Clark
- 23, Bree Hall
- 25, Monique Billings
- 52, Tyasha Harris
- May 9: Dallas Wings 107, Fever 104 (Recap, Clark stats)
- May 13: Fever 87, Los Angeles Sparks 78 (Recap, Clark stats)
- May 15: Washington Mystics 104, Fever 102, OT (Recap, Clark stats)
- May 17: Fever 89, Seattle Storm 78, (Recap, Clark stats)
- May 20: Fever 90, Portland Fire 73, (Recap, Clark injury)
- May 22: Fever 90, Golden State Valkyries 82, (Recap, Clark stats)
- May 28: Golden State Valkyries 90, Fever 88, (Recap, Clark stats)
- May 30: Portland Fire 100, Fever 86, (Recap, Clark Stats)
- June 4: Fever 83, Atlanta Dream 71, (Recap, Clark Stats)
- June 6: at New York Liberty*, 8 p.m., CBS
- June 8: at Washington Mystics*, 8 p.m., Peacock
- June 11: vs Chicago Sky*, 7 p.m., Prime Video
- June 13: at Connecticut Sun*, 6 p.m., Peacock
- June 16: vs Toronto Tempo*, 7 p.m., USA Network
- June 18: vs Atlanta Dream, 7:30 p.m., Prime Video
- June 20: at Atlanta Dream, 1 p.m., ABC
- June 22: vs Phoenix Mercury, 8 p.m., USA Network
- June 24: vs Phoenix Mercury, 7 p.m., USA Network
- June 27: vs Los Angeles Sparks, 8 p.m., CBS
- July 5: at Las Vegas Aces at T-Mobile Arena, 7 p.m., ESPN
- July 8: at Los Angeles Sparks, 10 p.m., USA Network
- July 9: at Phoenix Mercury, 10 p.m., Prime Video
- July 12: at Las Vegas Aces, 9 p.m., NBC
- July 15: vs Golden State Valkyries, 8 p.m., USA Network
- July 17: vs Seattle Storm, 7:30 p.m., Ion
- July 18: vs New York Liberty, 8 p.m., CBS
- July 22: vs Connecticut Sun, 8 p.m., USA Network
- July 28: at Seattle Storm, 9:30 p.m., ESPN
- July 31: at Portland Fire, 10 p.m., Ion
- Aug. 2: at Minnesota Lynx, 1 p.m., ABC
- Aug. 6: vs Las Vegas Aces, 7 p.m., Prime Video
- Aug. 8: at Chicago Sky (United Center), 3 p.m., ABC
- Aug. 11: vs New York Liberty, 7:30 p.m., ESPN
- Aug. 14: vs Dallas Wings, 7:30 p.m., Ion
- Aug. 16: at Atlanta Dream, 7 p.m., ESPN
- Aug. 18: at Toronto Tempo (Scotiabank Arena), 7 p.m., ESPN
- Aug. 20: at Dallas Wings (American Airlines Center), 8 p.m., Prime Video
- Aug. 22: at New York Liberty, 7 p.m., Prime Video
- Aug. 23: at Chicago Sky, 7 p.m., NBC
- Aug. 28: vs Connecticut Sun, 7:30 p.m., Ion
- Sept. 18: at Toronto Tempo, 7:30 p.m., Ion
- Sept. 20: vs Washington Mystics, 4 p.m., NBA TV
- Sept. 22: vs Minnesota Lynx, 8 p.m., ESPN
- Sept. 24: at Minnesota Lynx, 8 p.m., USA Network
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