Indiana Fever vs Los Angeles Sparks Full Game Highlights (09/03/24) | Women's Basketball | 2024 WNBA

for the first of three straight on crowd here tonight as fans come to two enters the night as the league Indiana's fiveo win in and you see the number two n a two win earlier in the year of course you mentioned the and Jackson the fourth overall pick rolls in Pat if you notice uh the baskets are switched if you've been paying attention to Mitchell hands off back benle Baseline jump shot rattle provides some depth off B can't get it to go immediately launch it ahead Wallace finds some space and misses on it here is Clark she will launch and barri a three against the Sparks as di Hy fighting through traffic looking to push again this time it's Mitchell who draws the foul seconds or so for Caitlyn Clark off the mark on her missed all of pre-season so she is still working her way back into Rhythm and still working on their chemistry here's the number two pick Cameron Brink dial on the floor right now as Clark gets it to Boston first there's a whistle something that plagued Los Angeles on Friday Mitchell too strong on a have had some trouble taking care of the ball and a blocking foul that time on Wallace trying to get in position to draw that charge you really have three starters in the back court or in the front court for the beaver on Friday stop and start Wallace gets inside can't finish the key veteran piece here for this young group is Mitchell and Mitchell Coast to Coast can't finish F Bley pulled down the rebound extra pass Wallace will launch from the corner and leave it short good look on two-man game it's Hami inside and lays it inner and she's got two kids she's a mother with Clark catching shoot leav that one short rebound F wall is being hounded shot clock down to three F benley had it blocked and there's a Nur the hesitation on the drive P Earth draws def shoulders of De Hami south of 10 points a game so they've got good balance Clark step back three will fake the hand off drive inside good position Clips it over Smith shot Smith open on the perimeter and she catches in on a three Mitchell back on the attack staying aggressive that one won't go either here in the early going and it's Hami going Coast to Coast Clark lights this match up drives inside but got it stripped including That Base I felt it also learo good position inside Second Chance opportunity here is Samuel s with a deep two American at Ukon scoring in that middle per and McDonald just turns three on Two And talet is fouled before ktie L Samson who got a piece right back into the hands of Hami who turns and scores he has been scorching to start this season you like samelson swing it pull from the corner he misses on a three percent in the first quarter and Donald CLK working off the double screen and draws the foul now on the Sparks so that puts La into the penalty so think about and taking care of the basketball this is working hard for positioning there tough shot there for cook hole on the drive into a double team runs into a wall and Yus trying to turn the corner on hole and tson launches and misses on a three but there's hole with a foot back F shooting just 25 set from the field the Sparks are at 58 at least we thought they were [Applause] coming R knocks down the first this brand new court it is gorgeous 25th season of fever defense by H behle able to come up with it for the moment and hole I think 25 seconds left in the quarter the fever with a couple of fouls in the had a great conversation with Caitlyn today shoot she's facing we had a great time highly recommend it when you come to town beer offense has just been out of sink as McDonald misses on a three Clark from way outside draws the foul and if they tag a flagrant foul onto this that's Isaac Barnett that shot you got to close out quickly but any sort of contact there free throws with nobody down there she misses the first Clark flr one mark two of three from the line she's got seven point cut right there H takes it inside Fades and can't put it over the front of the turns ducks in F benle stays with her block from behind that was cl back to Clark she will launch and bury a three knock down a couple of triples here in the first half Caitlyn Clark with 10 points so you go wide that's what the fever just did wheeler on the drive off Bon gets it to go here's Jackson turning the corner and showing off that athleticism Jackson will go to First at noon and the first 3,000 fans will receive a fe it's been all Los Angeles since that one just a little bit too hot for brown whips it into the corner and Jackson misses on a three in the break hamy gets it back for Jackson body on the floor Jackson is foul here lately recently opened up about our battle with crohn's disas working on that left wrist bu on the offensive side and had a chance to work with her dad a look game four the Eastern Conference Finals so close last night M lead here with rookie rakia Jackson at the foul line she rolls the first one in college moved up the charts all the way to number four Boston here so far she's way away from the rim just got it off in time but leaves Jackson spinning back inside can't finish that time work in the Baseline back for Clark who launches as [Music] a here as Clark gets inside the scoop shot Falls get the number one pick last year kick out hamy three that one Falls n points in 15 minutes Clark back on the attack and back [Applause] Clark's got 14 of the 26 Frink is swarmed Bon gets a hand in and the fever Force another turn over to Wallace she's wide open misses everything on it here's nurse lofs it into the corner a Jackson three that goes down that is and be a little too aggressive spent great time there from 2001 to 2000 exective of the year as well nurse misses gets by nurse flips it up and can't get the B these days and it could still come today as Mitchell misses the first IND on the floor that she wants to get to she's just not finishing and for her to miss a couple into the corner swing it McDonald misses on a three Jackson Jackson fires can't get that three there's Jackson has the size advantage and just Bulls through Wallace jackon misses on her Pac regroup location redeem your free side of prize the day after any fever with you're going to get pizza there's ice cream there's fries and the four Gallery Pastry one of the top spots here in India is still within seven and you're just kind of waiting for things to start to click Wallace from the mid-range knocks it down it's Hami back on the attack and right back to the free throw line where the Sparks the differentiator here tonight as Hami hits the first a fifth double double in six games if she could get there Mitchell step back on a deep two that's a tough look the floor McDonald lays it in overall pick back in 2021 here is Mitchell fire away and knock here's Brink sprinting inside great defense back benley the fever get Wallace is wide open and a shot clock violation well some really good defense here here in the first half she has done it all for Indiana 14 points from way outside the first quarter Brink is wide open and misses on a three M benley spinning on Hami oh the reverse again a back within three and a hold there on back Bley on the entry pass Clark who's Off to the Races and Caitlyn Clark pulls the fever been probably your best defensive game as nurse misses on a on the drive right to the rim oh she missed again Mell back for Boston she'll fire a three and connects three to start the second half Brink inside knocked Away by Kon the fake CLK weaves inside and the reverse here's McDonald trying to create right into fact benle just trips she's got it in Clark hand off to Boston Jackson just sees a wall spins out of it nicely Wallace knocked it away rebound Boston she's starting to impose her will and the extra pass nurse is wide open and a much needed three for it's 11 handy handoff sticks it there McDonald has provided some much is available and did come back there early in the third McDonald one of two Clark kick out here's Mitchell you bets Mur trying to answer and does with a big three Clark Bobs it f benley finishes not even halfway through it here is Lexi Brown with the bank shots Boston extra pass oh Mitchell halfway down B here for the fever to start the third quarter LA's hits some with a lot of space to roome she finds Mitchell completely different team than we saw in the first half nurse off balance doesn't get the wh on three Mitchell will fire their defense we should be able to get some opportunity like that that's the drives inside this is a deep two for Boston hit a three earlier the 16th for the Sparks here and a blocking foul on talit work there as Mitchell fires and hits a three what a now but the forward out of Australia turns it over night and Mitchell beats the pack back here in the third quarter Corner three and an answer it's rer something for Kelsey Mitchell right now wheeler misses on a three Alin way outside she's a sharp shooter but not from there does gets rid of it and hits a three offense is five points or two possessions that's how close their games have been that in a late game situation and another triple I know run for La which is all of a an answer here from Kurt Miller's group as Mitchell leaves a three ball short dangerous pass but it found its way to Hami and it's 11 and the fever who were up by five just a moment ago off this lead and when you come in Off the Bench you have to what a response here by La which by the way dealt with something similar on Frey McDonald has been big deer hambi has been big they in the quarter and she is back out she's only played 23 minutes so she goes and F benley and Boston are the only ones with a plus in the plus are coach sides Samuels in a deep three barell C brilliant response by Kurt Miller's group little high low with Hami and Clark Helder at this point aggressive attack and draws the foul F benley going with a little bit of a small smaller lineup with the heavy minutes off the bench with the 67 Center behind the back free up Boston flips it up and draws the [Applause] foul available according to Sparks PR Malaysia Clarendon has not played injured earlier so their point guard options have re response and that's why you got to stay ready on the end of the bench you don't know when you're number think the three and just blow by talit but misses at The Rim B 10 fast break points on the night Boston hits the free throw in here as Clark nearly took that one away in the corner barell hits a three a 5 minutes total before tonight Boston Hader shot blocks the fourth quarter big minutes for Curt Miller as Hami Fades fires and misses Yu is held there by probably call on the floor stands as nurse can't get it to go there's Boston with the Clark finds some space and hits a three on the other end Clark has called for a foul fighting over a screen three steals two blocks the fever back within one and it's an offens Yu that's the 19th see this AR McDonald back in Cameron Brink the rookie second overall pick back kick ball on Cameron Brink hands down inbounds Samson got free it was denied at the r Clark putting on the moves gets by nurse wrap around turn Indiana's already committed four fouls that one hand be just lost nurse finds some space and hits another three ke here is Clark nurse gets in behind the defense blocked from behind by Clark there's a foul there the second half for Kean M she has really competed story here of the spark second half I think all three of her triples are in the second half yeah you got to throw it in there that's a foul if you don't throw it in there they may they playing well sides has ridden the hot hand going to have to create into Handi off balance flips it up shot well short McDonald's straight on three you can't go under spks have not been a great three-point shooting team this year but they have been tonight that's La miscommunication Ary McDonald with the steel and the finish and just like that bounced it off the brink St with Indiana but just seven set pounded by Brink and the fever turn it over again extra pass nurse has been brilliant and stays red hot it's K nurse and a whistle before Clark could get rid of it the game wins a good time to rester the second half is open can't get the bounce on that three then she went down I think that Sparks bench over there thought that's what the foul was being can you get three stops in a row that's what you got to be thinking right now Pat Brink lobbing it inside hand be denied will she do it again she's on fire K back for a rolling Boston foul and one Indiana needs some stops on the defensive end they have made 10 triples as a team in the offensively all night even when they were leading and Kia nurse some key threes in the third quarter too oh that's going to be a foul on hand and the fever over it's the rotations right there two free throws instead of three he's got a new career high four blocks three steals back door pass Jackson lost the handle but they'll say Clark got up Indiana has the ball there will be no jump ball or at least it appeared that way as I mentioned earlier in their four lost a lot of close games Indiana was in at this point this have clear conclusive evidence for an overturn so you watch that you Ria Jackson this is on the first ma in one of two from the line so it's that timing right here is wheeler on the drive right into traffic and an ill advised shot there by Mur the step through floats it up and why not for ke back benley struggling with it here christe sides precariously close to being a dead ball trailing by nine with 60 seconds to go but not huddle Clark gets him both she's got McDonald rattles out Boston lost it Kurt Miller was able to get it m had just enough of The Possession resiliency of K Kurt Miller's group has really been the biggest story tonight because IND Lexi Brown there who did not return after you SE squeezing her left hand really carried this group here tonight McDonald 21 n up with Steels can't get it ER H six games to open up the season calmly knocks down the first you got your defensive still got the resets went in front late third Los Angeles with an 110 run and a play with shooting under 30 under 40% a lot of turnovers the Sparks for Indiana and there at Park is fouled by nurse pretty good result 27 on the night for Kate certainly her best defensive night of the year her highest back for nurse who's fouled via trade in the off seon it hit just two of 15 last 15 shots coming into tonight back for Boston she'll hoist to three and Buri it late in the shot clock or late in the game but she said she wants to take them more in 28 minutes terrific career but she misses the first not have the ability to advance the ball one of two CLK will Drive get to the rim lay it in it's a fourpoint Clark with 30 her first 30-point game the fever had a last second shot to tie against Connecticut the last time some of the players faces they know they're right there [Music] regularity unable moment fore foree foree [Music] for 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