Overview
- Mitchell set the league single-season points mark with 1,034 points after scoring 33 and shooting 12-for-17 in a 103-85 win over Toronto on Friday.
- Caitlin Clark returned from the U.S. FIBA team and had 28 points and 14 assists in that Toronto game, helping the Fever move to 27-14 before the weekend.
- Indiana followed with a 93-77 home loss to the Washington Mystics on Sunday that dropped the Fever to 27-15 and tightened the race for the top four seeds.
- The Mystics’ win exposed Indiana’s depth and rotation issues, produced heavy social-media criticism calling for changes to head coach Stephanie White, and highlighted foul trouble for center Aliyah Boston.
- Minnesota rookie Olivia Miles broke Clark’s rookie-season scoring record in a Lynx victory on Sunday, and Indiana now closes the regular season with two games against Minnesota that will heavily influence home-court in the first round.