Overview

• Tipoff is 7 p.m. ET at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, with national coverage on CBS Sports Network.
• Caitlin Clark (right groin) is not expected to play for a 16th straight game after limited non-contact work on Aug. 24 and no set return timetable.
• Indiana is 19-18 with a one-game cushion over the Sparks for the final playoff spot, and ESPN currently pegs the Fever’s postseason odds at 88 percent.
• The Storm have won three in a row, most recently 84-82 over the Mystics on a Nneka Ogwumike game-winner after her 30-point performance.
• Predictive and betting analyses favor Seattle, including a Dimers model projecting a 73% chance the Storm win, as Indiana navigates season-ending losses to Sophie Cunningham, Sydney Colson and Aari McDonald.