Indiana Fever Secure 95-91 Over Toronto Tempo in Overtime, Boost to 23-12 Season
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The Fever held them to just nine points in the final quarter, and Indiana eventually forced overtime, where it won 95-91. Reese finished with 15 points, 14 boards and six assists on 5-of-16 from the field. Allisha Gray had 32 points, but that wasn't enough to get past Clark's 26 points and nine assists. The Dream dropped to 21-13 with the loss, while the Fever improved to 23-12.
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AP SportsATLANTA (AP) — Makayla Timpson scored a career-high 20 points, including Indiana’s first three field goals in overtime, and the Fever beat the Atlanta Dream 95-91 on Sunday to protect their hold on fourth place in the WNBA standings.
Yahoo SportsKelsey Mitchell later made a game-tying 3-pointer before Atlanta missed three opportunities on its final possession of regulation. Makayla Timpson took over in overtime, scoring Indiana's first three field goals of the extra period and finishing with a career-high 20 points. Caitlin Clark added 26 points and nine assists, while Mitchell reached 20 points for the 19th consecutive game.
CBS SportsWith just seconds remaining in the Indiana Fever's thrilling 95-91 overtime victory over the Atlanta Dream on Sunday evening, Caitlin Clark secured a rebound and, rather than wait to get fouled, lobbed the ball the length of the court to let the clock expire.
ESPNFever get breathing room with key win vs. Dream The Fever defeated the Dream 95-91 in overtime on Sunday. It was a game with playoff implications that certainly felt like a postseason environment inside State Farm Arena.
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“The way that she’s getting us into offense, the way she’s using the floor to give her teammates shots ... she’s allowing the game to flow, and she’s doing a great job of finding her teammates in that,” White said. “The way she does that, it opens things up for her.”
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Yahoo Sports"I feel like [Caitlin], over the last four or five games, her floor game has been incredible. We all know she can score in bunches. She finds ways. But the way that she's getting us into offense, the way that she's using the floor to get her teammates shots, she's not getting bogged down on one side; she's not getting bogged down trying to create something. She's allowing the game to flow, and she's doing a great job of finding her teammates in that," White said, per a YouTube video from The Ballers Magazine.
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Indiana Fever (23-12, 10-4 Eastern Conference) at Toronto Tempo (10-23, 5-9 Eastern Conference)
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The Tempo have gone 5-9 against Eastern Conference opponents. Toronto allows 94.1 points and has been outscored by 6.5 points per game.
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TOP PERFORMERS: Marina Mabrey is averaging 20.8 points and 3.7 assists for the Tempo. Nyara Sabally is averaging 11.4 points over the last 10 games.
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Boston is averaging 17 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.5 steals for the Fever. Mitchell is averaging 27.3 points over the last 10 games.
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Fever: 8-2, averaging 102.1 points, 32.9 rebounds, 21.1 assists, 7.2 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 52.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 91.9 points.
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01 AP Sports PHOENIX (AP) — Carla Leite scored 23 points and the Portland Fire rallied to beat Phoenix 88-85 on Sunday night, when the Mercury had halftime and postgame ceremonies celebrating franchise icon Diana Taurasi.
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02 Yahoo Sports Sophie Cunningham's birthday outfit turns heads before clutch Fever win originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
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03 Bleacher Report Angel Reese had a blunt evaluation of her first-half performance against Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever on Sunday.
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04 CBS Sports If the Dream had won, they still would have been half a game behind the Fever in the standings, but they would have clinched the season series and the tiebreaker in the event that the teams have identical records at the end of the season.
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