Fever close season with 83-72 win over league-leading Lynx as Collier
sits out
[September 10, 2025]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kelsey Mitchell scored 18 points and the Indiana
Fever wrapped up the regular season with an 83-72 win Tuesday night over
the league-leading Minnesota Lynx, who were resting MVP candidate
Napheesa Collier.
Indiana (24-20) scored the first 10 points of the game and led by as
many as 24, an impressive performance without star Caitlin Clark, who
has only played 13 games this season and will not play in the playoffs
that begin Sunday. |
Indiana Fever's Aerial Powers reacts after hitting a 3-point shot during
the first half of a WNBA basketball game against the Minnesota Lynx,
Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) |
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Odyssey Sims scored 15 points for the Fever,
who set a franchise record for most wins in a season. Aliyah
Boston had 12 points and eight rebounds, breaking her own club
record for rebounds in a season with 361.
Jessica Shepherd, starting in place of Collier, scored 16 points
for the Lynx (33-10), who play their last game at home Thursday
against Golden State. They finished 2 of 20 on 3-pointers.
Minnesota locked up the top seed on Aug. 30 but has only gone
5-5 in its last 10 games.
Indiana doubled up the Lynx 28-14 after one quarter and it was
49-36 at halftime.
Minnesota scored the first nine of the third quarter, getting
within 49-45 when Alanna Smith drilled the Lynx's first 3 of the
night. But Indiana pulled away again and led 70-53 after three
quarters.
Clark and U.S. soccer star Briana Scurry exchanged jerseys
during the game with Clark also getting goalie gloves Scurry
wore in the 2007 World Cup.
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