Indiana just put 106 on New York. So—where do we think this team is headed? This is the Indiana Fever Daily Podcast. We’re breaking down the blowout, the history on this roster, and why the standings just got a whole lot more stressful. From WNBA:
The Fever defeat the Liberty, 106-92, at home! Kelsey Mitchell: 28 PTS | 11-16 FG | 4-4 3PM Caitlin Clark: 22 PTS | 10 AST | 4 3PM Aliyah Boston: 19 PTS | 7 REB | 4 AST Mitchell extends her WNBA-record single-season streak of 20+ point games to 17 straight, while Clark records her league-leading 9th game this season with 20+ PTS and 10+ AST, the 19th of her career and most all-time. The Fever also reach 100+ PTS for a WNBA-record 15th time this season.
Kelsey Mitchell went 11-for-16, hit all four threes, dropped 28—and made it 17 straight games over 20. A WNBA record. Please stop putting her name in the fine print. And New York couldn’t load up on Mitchell, because Caitlin Clark gave them 22 points and 10 assists. That’s her ninth 20-and-10 game this season, and the 19th of her career—most ever. Two all-time runs on one roster, and Aliyah Boston is right there with 19, seven, and four. The Liberty picked their poison and somehow got all three. The 106 points matter beyond the highlights. Indiana has reached 100 for the 15th time this season, another WNBA record, and it came against a Liberty team with every reason to see Indianapolis as a measuring-stick game. Edwin Garcia, writing in Swish Appeal:
The 2025 playoffs were a different story, as the team, still missing Clark and a number of other key contributors, upset the No. 3 seed Atlanta Dream in the first round and then took the eventual champion Las Vegas Aces to the brink in the semifinals. Vegas went on to sweep the Finals, indicating that perhaps Indiana would have won it all had they fared better in overtime of Game 5 versus the Aces.
Kelsey Mitchell has now strung together 17 straight 20-point games—a WNBA record—and she did it going 11-for-16 against New York. Please stop filing her under “Caitlin’s teammate” and moving on. Put Mitchell’s record next to Clark’s ninth 20-point, 10-assist game and Boston’s 19-7-4. That’s a real three-player foundation, and it changes the championship conversation. Swish Appeal brings up that Game 5 overtime loss to Vegas last year, and yeah, that still stings. But Indiana pushed the eventual champs to the edge without Clark—and now this offense is on pace to score more than any team in league history. The record offense gets Indiana in the conversation, but it won’t win them a trophy. At 20-12, with Mitchell this reliable and Boston creating from the elbow as well as scoring, Indiana has a credible postseason formula. TSN, with Kareem Copeland:
Trying to predict the final seeding would take a crystal ball considering the way the teams are bunched up. Golden State and Las Vegas are within 1.5 games of each other in the No. 2 and No. 3 slots. Indiana is 1.5 games behind the Aces. Then the Fever, Washington, Atlanta, New York and the Wings are all within 1.5 games of each other through Monday’s games. The time to start nitpicking over every win and loss has arrived.
Indiana’s 1.5 games behind Vegas, and then you’ve got the Fever, Washington, Atlanta, New York, and Dallas all packed inside 1.5. Every possession is suddenly seeding math, and I hate how much I love it. TSN has 10 to 13 games left for most teams, so the Fever’s 106-92 win over New York is more than a nice headline. It matters in a cluster where home court could swing on one result. And the Liberty got every version of the problem: Mitchell went 11-for-16 on her record 17th straight 20-point game, Clark had 22 and 10, Boston put up 19-7-4. Good luck picking which matchup to sacrifice. The Fever are in the top-four conversation, but now they have to sustain that three-player balance against playoff scouting. One blowout shows the ceiling; this final stretch decides where they get to use it. If you’re enjoying the Indiana Fever Daily Podcast, take a moment to subscribe and leave us a review wherever you’re listening. It helps other Fever fans find the show, and we’re grateful to have you with us.
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