Connecticut Sun vs. Indiana Fever | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | August 28, 2024

at home as they host the coner of the week in that back court of Cl well the playoff chases on the Olympic break they've got the league Monday she can become the first lineup change for Indiana Le Leah Boston and it's Brianna Jones allowing Connecticut to get extra possessions in transition getting a huge win on Monday to get closer to their playoff hopes there's Ty Harris leing in and drawing the foul got Caitlyn Clark one and eight hole help dig the fever nearly all the playoffs here's Caitlyn Clark wide open the three ball ball screen action forcing that switch but she's the first down the floor there's kin Clark trying to pick up the pace Harington flips it alista Thomas HS and draws a foul to the Maryland Hall of Fame on October 18 I'm S 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] Al house we saw an Alissa Smith get hit in the a timeout that Christy sides is not happy about having to call first touch backing her way in and Boston banks at home Aaliyah Boston she's going to go oneon-one in the post they're going to keep feeding her and she's had her 11th double double of the season and Clark pits a three here as Carrington gets inside the to step through shot won't fall she created off the dribble on her own Jones deep position and she leads the league and unassisted baskets this coach here for the Indiana Fever as an assistant and a head coach for hey it was fun at boner shot will not count it's a moving screen oh look at that back door beautiful a beautiful setup 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 hole barries a three your ball screen coverages on Caitlyn Clark Ma on the other end a for sent but the fever give it away and Carrington with the finish and the rebound whole can't finish underneath Boston battling foul see that's the kind of emotional play Hang cuz she's certainly had it since the break so Nelissa Smith back Smith spinning on the Baseline and gets it to go fifth plays well Indiana has a really good chance moving forward up a year [Applause] ago with Thomas here with two fouls as Clark gets inside and lays it in seven points here for Caitlyn Clark boner can answer with a three he's sizing up mayy Mitchell knocks it down hard first couple of minutes right back into high gear bar behind the back Boston right up the middle and it was blocked by Carrington spins and feeds for Thomas your conversion you know they're playing downhill and a back door pass another one Connecticut can slow you down get you into the half courtly in fact they held New York to just 64 points on oh nice basket cut by maery she's ex Smith had it knocked away right into the hands of Mitchell feed to Smith who buries a three averages three a game and that is a strong number for a center Smith hits one [Applause] 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 La opportunity here for D Carrington I would label a team that is a bunch of hustlers right I mean they're on 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 shots and boner lost the handle 9% from the floor against one of the elite defenses oh and d a little two-man game as dois gets inside but leaves it Bonner setting the screen and Hull knocks it away boner has to hoist from away outside and that's Off the Mark clock down to five wraparound pass and Boston the patience ay launches and misses on a three you got where she gets a lot of her triples Mark looking inside near Mitchell kind of hanging out there in the paint right back for Boston who muscles it in her way around sets up Olivia Nelson OD DOTA who gets it to go going right back at ododa right hand hook shot won't tar is 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 ahead to Thomas who's so lethal in transition Thomas got it to go wheeler steps into a three and connects down a 21 foot three-pointer earlier but it's Harris with a here's dtis extra pass Lexi [Applause] hle get on the dribble dtis pulls up and leaves a three ball shorts Mark 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 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 points those Boston kick out here is Clark there's working into a double team and that was off Harris last Thomas knocks it away Luxy 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 Bo Indiana shooting it well they already have eight three points good guard to guard switch there by Indiana Thomas has been really strong nice 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 a just hits the deck no whistle either way making 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 trying to create on the drive hangs but can't finish nice move if she hurries carington takes it right into hole and finishes Mitchell shot clock winding down again had it stri 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 who comes right 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 stole it situations here this year and boner hangs it finishes it turns and so boner with the technical free throw and then the and Clark gives it away it's Carrington with the steel and Connecticut can't make them pay Smith with the put back and it bounces home and Thomas just Bulls over Alysa Smith that's an off foul where you have to be set it looked like she put her shoulder down 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 a go ever since Carrington had the chance to put Connecticut in front but missed the 974 Alissa 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 of the find de bonor and now Connecticut actually whole fire away why [Applause] not on her 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 it that deep points and has just gone into double digits the fever have where tamik Catchings was the best player doing a really good job jump into the ball right there and see now bark the shot fake bark the drive and they got her Carrington got her entes here's Boston off the mark on a three Clark launch ahead Mitchell behind the defense CN Clark's fourth assist here is Jones from the mid-range but you also have she and Boston Boston pulls up 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 bark 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 a 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 Bley just ripped it away makes a diving play on the floor now inside here's benle with the reverse it's not enough perfect cap to a terrific sequence for benley who gets back in transition extra pass Mitchell is wide open just jacked up and ma says bring it down or enough 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 midre bar split it's 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 f 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 qu she has not missed at the free throw line does Miss there clock down to five whips it in for Mitchell Smith came down with it but she's on the 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 watching ahead and hole with an answer on the other end what a pass pass mabery sets up Burton at one rattles out CLK fires can't hit on a three out of the hands of Nelson OD DOTA and take it right at her but ad 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 and 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 our four if you count Caitlin certainly oh Carrington weaving Smith the shot fake drive it on Thomas hangs but can't finish f with her shooting ma off balance Austin right there underneath but Connecticut swats at it oh dialed in right now this is where Connecticut has experience they' 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 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 and Boston would be the fifth almost you would like pace of play to come into these views here when it's on a call that really was clear in live action offensive rebound and Tapped Out of Bounds so that's correct are 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 20po games as Jones spins inside feeds to Boston oh Boston the spin oh but misses it the rim then there get two two points on the other end smothered by Carrington but Mitchell just blew by her then lost the handle break opportunity and will'll have their shot at the foul line knocks that one down cuz she had so much other value to her teammates back for Mitchell catch and shoot buries a three trying to earn their 15th win as mayb just shrugs off hold Mitchell turns the corner feeds Boston miss that time Burton getting some big minutes down the stretch ma fire away not that to nine Mitchell catch and shoots hits a three and oh it's call chrisy signs is asking if it was a Thomas hand off maybery well 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 [Music] [Applause] 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 Tammy benley coming up in a massive spot defensive 17 cuz I didn't see the officials going to the monitor I'm not sure where the because Connecticut has been so good up the line getting see both teams have the reset timeout oh trying to get it in and got it into Clark and they immediately do foul this could become become 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 cross 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 the fever start the game and Christy sides called a time out and could has dug down defensively just 31 points for Indiana in the second Indiana on the other hand can pull within a 16 they went for 12 straight years and haven't been since I guess in the review 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 Hull is fouled there by carington I believe of the officiating you had the three that was disallowed by Indiana on H the ball and H knocks down the first hole with 17 points in ide kick Scott Carrington she is open can't hit the three it's nine wins in their last 10 home Gam