Indiana Fever vs Connecticut Sun Full Game Highlights (08/28/2024) | Women's Basketball | 2024 WNBA

at home as they host the coner of the week in that back court of cland well the playoff chases on the Olympic break they've got the leagues Monday she can become the first lineup change for Indiana Le Leah Boston and it's Brianna Jones allowing Connecticut to get it extra possessions in transition getting a huge win on Monday to get closer to their playoff hopes there's Ty Harris leaning in and drawing the foul got Caitlyn Clark one and eight hole help dig the fever nearly all playoffs here's Caitlyn Clark wide open the three ball ball screen action forcing that switch but she's the first down the floor here's Caitlyn Clark trying to pick up the pace barington flips it elist to Thomas HS and draws a foul to the Maryland Hall of Fame on October 18 I'm s of course coming off the gold medal winning performance you were struggling a bit out of the gates here keeping control of the ball and [Music] [Applause] house we saw Alissa Smith get hit in the a timeout that Christy Sid is not happy about having to call first touch back in her way in and Boston banks at home aiyah Boston she's going to go oneon-one in the post they're going to keep feeding her and she's going had her 11th double double of the season and Clark hits a three here as Carrington gets inside the step through shot won't fall she created off the dribble on her own Jones deep position and she leads the league in unassisted baskets this coach here for the Indiana Fever as an assistant and a head coach for hey it was fun that boner shot will not count it's a moving screen oh look at that back door beautiful a beautiful set up maybe more than any other team they're aggressive defensively along the Atlanta most teams aren't bringing two to the ball to her anymore because she's got extra pass Lexi hle barries a three your ball screen coverages on Caitlyn Ma on the other end a for sent but the fever give it away and Carrington with the finish and the rebound H can't finish underneath Boston battling foul see that's the kind of emotional play H cuz she's certainly had it since the break so Nelissa Smith back Smith spinning on the Baseline and gets it to go fifth place well Indiana has a really good chance moving forward up a year ago thinking with Thomas here with two fouls as Clark gets inside and lays it in seven points here for Caitlyn Clark boner can HS over the three he's sizing up mayy Mitchell knocks it down hard first couple of minutes right back into high gear CL behind the back Boston right up the middle and it was blocked by Carrington spins and feeds for Thomas so your conversion you know they're playing downhill and a back door pass another one Connecticut can slow you down get get you into the half courtly in fact they held New York to just 64 points on oh nice basket cut by mayy she's EXC Smith had it knocked away right into the hands of Mitchell feed to Smith who buries a three an averages three a game and that is a strong number for a center so Smith hits [Applause] one and now this game has the League's two leading assists Caitlyn clarkon into the corner Mitchell is open and flashes home a three she's here tonight at Leah Boston as Bonner has a three ball Rim out inside Smith had it and lost it found its way to Carrington who L opportunity here for d j Carrington I would label a team that has a bunch of hustlers right I mean they're going to work than letting them score in transition caring did good come up see hle getting her second start of the Season before they fly I'm sure she imagined herself doing a lot of here's Carrington spinning inside fading and drawing make it hard for you score the hottest tickets in B of their 20 Road games already so they're in a good spot to make the playoff next to each other on the Indiana bench but wheeler hits a three [Music] shots boner lost the handle 9% from the floor against one of the elite defense is and dois a little Twan game as dois gets inside but leaves it Bonner setting the screen and Hull knocks it away Conor has to hoist from away outside and that's Off the Mark clock down to five wrap around pass and Boston the patience ay launches and misses on a three you got where she gets a lot of her triples bark looking inside oh and Mitchell kind of hanging out there in the paint right back for Boston who muscles it in her way around sets up olivan OD DOA who gets it to go B going right back at ododa right hand hook shot won Ty Harris going behind the back and getting to the rim Carolina Indiana gives it away there's ma off the screen but it was an illegal one L ahead to Thomas who's so lethal in transition Thomas got it to go wheer steps into a three and connects down a 21t three-pointer earlier but it's har with it here's dtis extra pass Lexi [Applause] hle get on the dribble dtis pulls up and leaves a three ball short CLK switched onto by Jones steps back can't connect on a three Thomas is open and can't connect from the mid-range too strong with a three-point lead here Indiana Fever games how about that very cool very fitting he's in attendance led by nine Connecticut by by six Mitchell show there last year as well a ke mid-season acquisition here for Clark feeds benley who finds some space shot too strong hard to the other end she doesn't get in that drag action first post with eight early [Applause] points Boston kick out here is Clark here is working into a double team and that was off Harris last Thomas knocks it away xxy hle has to Fire and why not is mayy answering with a three well both of Lexi and here is Clark wide open knocks down a triple another triple boy Indiana shooting it well they already have eight three points good guard to guard switch there by Indiana Thomas has been really strong right back for Lexi Hull who buries the three exit cuts to the three-point line apprehensible 13 for 17 from the three-point line of the screen waits for Boston Who cashes in oh more uh screening action six assists in the first half beating inside for Smith good ay just hits the deck no whistle either way taking in some fever basketball here as Smith gets in the growth here from the fever from early June the last time they played Connecticut that inversion to the block inverting inside and how about Mitchell side step sees the clock fire away Bank Shot won't fall nice defenses to Smith's trying to create on the drive hangs but can't finish nice move if she hurries Carrington takes it right into hole and finishes Mitchell shot clock winding down again had it strip from behind pass Carrington it was right on the money what a pretty leave and able to kick it into gear oh nobody picked up Thomas but comes right up the middle bouncing Boston step through it's an offensive foul Honor on a second effort it won't fall and then it's Nelissa Smith Brianna Jones Smith Taps it Carrington sto it situations here this year and boner hangs and finishes it turns and so Bonner with the technical free throw and then the and Clark gives it away it's Carrington with the steel in Connecticut can't make them pay Smith with the put back and it bounces home and Thomas just Bulls over and Alysa Smith it's an off foul where you have to be set it looked like she put her shoulder down and I think in real time it looked like she lowered her shoulder snap an 11 game losing streak here to Connecticut the last time felt like eons ago ever since Carrington had the chance to put Connecticut in front but Lissa Smith it's her fifth foul it's good challenge by Stephanie white so the fever go through Boston one of their pillars and Boston gives it away carington the hesitation the step through the find the Bonner and now Connecticut actually whole fire away why not Le on a dangerous pass Boston comes up with a steal the ball Smith gets inside and draws the foul time to load up to the strong side but when you catch that deep points and has just gone into double digits the fever where T Catchings was the best player doing a really good job jumping to the ball right there and see now Clark the shot fake Clark the drive and they got her carington got her entes here's Boston off the mark on a three Clark launch ahead Mitchell behind the defense Clark's fourth assist here is Jones from the mid-range but you also have she and Boston Boston pulls up that can't cap it off with a three look at F benley hustle be surprised by anything Caitlyn Clark does anymore but to do the behind the back there he will not back benley easily wins Clark step back hits a three there's no defense for that Carrington with it does Clark have upper sleeve this time oh she gets it to go maybe could have got for Caitlyn Clark and Thomas just runs over [Applause] clark not going to look at this Mitchell pulls up here hit 11 Thomas in the post but they get it to her Thomas fumbles it but found its offensive rebound here's boner on the drive and F Bentley just ripped it away makes a diving play on the floor now inside here's f benle with the reverse it's not enough perfect cap to a terrific sequence for benle who gets back in transition extra pass Mitchel is wide open just jacked up and ma says bring it down or not looking for more looking aggressive that's a deep two be a new franchise record when she gets there and here's ma from the midrange CLK splits the double and the floater there's the floater back inside Nelson adota over Boston skips out pounding defense by Carrington who took it away what a find she was here by this there by Carrington here's Burton going coast to coast and laying it in Boston will let it fly and can't connect Connecticut went from down christe SI and her staff do an excellent job of that and does have four fouls quarter she has not missed at the free throw line it does Miss there clock down to five whips it in for Mitchell Smith came down with it but she's on the ground they've had a couple of deflections and tip balls down there in the and she gets a hand on it and Thomas just fires it up punching ahead and hole with an answer on the other end what a pass pass ma sets up Burton that one rattles out CLK fires can't hit on a three out of the hands of Nelson ODOT and take it right at her but a DOTA responds with Drive last minute looking for Boston the pass was a little too far ahead Boston backing her way inside deep position she won't miss from there Thomas going to work on Smith that shot won't fall with the shot Defender and not let her get that deep oh ran right into a wall flipped it up and one to go along with it or four if you count Caitlin certainly oh Carrington weaving Smith the shot fake driv it on Thomas hangs but can't finish Indiana fine with her shooting ma off bance Austin right there underneath but Connecticut swats at it dialed in right now this is where Connecticut has experience they've Boston and Jones Boston wins the tip Mitchell tra back at Thomas got right around her too far underneath Boston lost it she makes these moves around the rim she works so hard to get there back if you win is so important you also a chance it's situational see her trying to peer her way through the trees she didn't see it I don't think you'd like this Challenge and this replay to be [Applause] [Music] swift players in double figures in Boston would be the fifth almost you would like pace of play to come into these reviews here when it's on a call that really was clear in live action offensive rebound and out of bounds so that's correct trying to turn the corner gets inside and shot too strong Carrington's been lethal in the second half the step throw lays it 21 fast break points as Mitchell fires away for consecutive 20-point games as Jones spins inside feeds to Boston oh Boston the spin oh but misses it the rim then there get two points on the other end smother by Carrington but Mitchell just blew by her then lost the handle break opportunity and we'll have their shot at the foul line I that's that one down cuz she adds so much other value to her teammates back for Mitchell catch and shoot buries a three trying to earn their 15th win as maybre just shrugs off hold Mitchell turns the corner feeds Boston won't miss that time Burton getting some big minutes down the stretch ma fire away not that to nine Mitchell catch and shoot hits a three and oh it's call christe SS is asking if it was a Thomas handoff mayy oh Boston game slippage Clark on the drive Clark lays it in Thomas splits the double leaves it short Boston the rebound she Clark shrugs are off oh it was halfway down hle has the assignment of Marina Ma and Stephanie white shot didn't go in oh you watched her reaction the moment she missed it she put her hands on her head here's a look at our Indiana Members Credit Unit it's not their back to the basket postup game where they've gotten their Thomas shot clock down to four they're not going to get the two for one Thomas had it knocked away what a tamy benley coming up in a massive spot defens of 177 cuz I didn't see the going to the monitor I'm not sure where the because Connecticut has been so good up the line getting see both teams have their reset timeout all trying to get it in and got it into Clark and they immediately do foul this could be a a two-possession game and Connecticut is not now ho will get it in Kelsey Mitchell hits the deck and there's a fou of whether that would be traveling or not so what do Kevin Fahy Jenna Rau and Gina in terms of where Kelsey Mitchell was on the ground you got to evaluate this play I think they're going to come away with travel is it traveling with a fever start the game and christe Sid's called a time out and theut has dug down defensively just 31 points for Indiana in the second Indiana on the other hand can pull within AE 16 they went for 12 straight years and haven't been since I guess in the view you can't find a violation so I would not let Caitlyn Clark catch it here Kelsey Mitchell I would not let catch it and hle is fouled there by Carrington I believe of the officiating you had the three that was disallowed by Indiana on keep the ball and hle knocks down the First hle with 17 points in ide kick got Carrington she is open can't hit the three it's nine wins in their last home unable moment foree [Music] spe fore [Music] fore [Music] okaye down this oh my [Music] hi to aleno [Music] [Music] hi ah [Music]