Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) and guard Kelsey Mitchell (0) have a good time in the course of the first half of a recreation Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Kelsey Mitchell scored a game-high 29 factors, serving to lead the visiting Indiana Fever to an 84-79 win over the Atlanta Dream on Monday.
Caitlin Clark added 19 factors, seven assists and 7 rebounds for the Fever (14-16), who’ve gained three of 4. Aliyah Boston chipped in 14 factors and a game-high 11 rebounds, whereas Damiris Dantas tallied 11 factors off the bench.
Tina Charles led Atlanta (10-19) with 28 factors and grabbed eight rebounds, whereas Rhyne Howard scored 16 factors. Allisha Grey logged 12 factors and Jordin Canada had 10 for the Dream, who dropped their second straight recreation.
The competition drew a crowd of 17,608, a franchise file for a Dream house recreation. The sport was performed on the Atlanta Hawks’ venue, State Farm Area, as a substitute of the Dream’s normal locale, Gateway Middle Area in School Park, Ga.
After Indiana led by 14 at halftime, Mitchell prolonged the guests’ benefit to 55-38 with a 3-pointer on the opening possession of the third quarter.
With Indiana up 68-51 after Dantas’ 3-pointer with 1:54 left within the interval, the Dream went on an 8-0 run earlier than Clark’s layup with 21.2 seconds remaining gave the Fever a 70-59 lead getting into the ultimate quarter.
The Dream’s Nia Coffey started the fourth with a layup earlier than Clark and Mitchell drained 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions, giving the Fever a 76-61 lead.
From there, Atlanta went on a 13-0 run, with Howard’s triple chopping Indiana’s result in 76-74 with 4:13 to go.
Indiana responded with a 5-0 spurt, as Mitchell transformed a three-point play to provide Indiana an 81-74 edge. After Charles hit a jumper on the subsequent possession, neither staff scored once more till Boston cut up a pair of free throws to place the Fever up 82-76 with 1:09 left.
Coffey then lower the deficit in half with a 3-pointer on the 53 second mark. Mitchell missed a 3-point try on the following possession, giving the Dream an opportunity to tie the sport. Nevertheless, Coffey and Charles every missed game-tying 3-point tries earlier than Boston stole Coffey’s cross. Mitchell then drained two free throws with 5 seconds left, sealing Indiana’s win.
The Fever led by 5 factors after one quarter, and 11 factors from Mitchell within the second quarter boosted the halftime margin to 52-38.
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