Overview
- The Indiana Fever play the New York Liberty at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Tuesday with the game televised nationally on ESPN and streamed on fubo, DIRECTV and the ESPN app.
- Caitlin Clark is listed as probable with a lingering back issue and remains on a minutes-management plan while teammate Grace VanSlooten is out with an illness.
- Indiana added 6-foot-6 center Mercedes Russell after receiving a season-ending injury exception for Damiris Dantas, who had meniscus surgery, giving the Fever more frontcourt depth.
- Kelsey Mitchell arrives on a historic scoring run with a league-record 16 straight games of 20-plus points and Clark brings recent high-volume production, while New York counters with a multi-game winning streak paced by Breanna Stewart.
- The two teams have split their season series and their tightly packed standings mean tonight's result will affect playoff positioning and set the tone for a late-month rematch in Brooklyn.