Minnesota clinched a playoff spot with the win.
However, a Fever team that had won seven of its past nine games and is now playing for a WNBA playoff spot of its own, fought back and essentially flipped the first-quarter score in the second, outscoring Minnesota 28–16 to make it a one-point game at halftime. Indiana did close to a 74–71 deficit in the fourth quarter, but the Lynx went on a 12–0 run from there to close the game out.
The Fever were led by Caitlin Clark's 23 points, along with five rebounds and eight assists. Unfortunately, she also had seven turnovers, adding to her league-leading total of 162 (averaging 5.8 per game). However, Clark still leads the NBA in assists, averaging 8.3 per game. Kelsey Mitchell added 21, while Aliyah Boston grabbed 15 rebounds to go with her 10 points.
Clark reached 500 total points and 200 assists in 29 games played, the fastest to reach those numbers during a season in WNBA history and the first rookie to do so.
Caitlin Clark reached the 500 points and 200 assists mark in only 29 career games 😤
Legendary start to her WNBA career
— espnW (@espnW) August 25, 2024
The Lynx improved their record to 23–8, the third-best mark in the WNBA, while joining the New York Liberty and Connecticut Sun in the postseason thus far. Minnesota has now made the playoffs 13 times in coach Cheryl Reeve's 15 seasons.
With the loss, its first since the Olympic break, Indiana dropped to 13–16. But that still has the Fever as the No. 7 seed in the league, which would put them in the playoffs.
The Fever finish off their two-game road trip at the Atlanta Dream on Monday at 7:30 p.m. ET. Up next for the Lynx is a road game at the Phoenix Mercury on Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET.
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