INDIANAPOLIS — In the most competitive game of the season series, the Indiana Fever dropped its second straight game to the Las Vegas Aces, 78-74, on Friday night.
The Fever are now 19-19 on the season, sitting at sixth place in the playoff picture.
With the Aces’ 4-0 sweep over the Fever this season, Las Vegas is officially the only team the Fever have not beaten this season. For a team that won five games just two years ago, though, the Fever have improved immensely to only be swept by the back-to-back reigning WNBA champions.
Especially as the last game of the series came to fouls on Friday night. The Fever got within one point late in the fourth quarter, but couldn’t get over the hump.
The Fever avoided a sweep over the league-leading New York Liberty in July, giving the Liberty one of its six losses on the season. Indiana also avoided being swept against third-place Connecticut and fifth-place Seattle, while winning the first game of their series against second-place Minnesota.
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In an unusual night, Caitlin Clark didn’t have any points at halftime. In a night fraught with a technical foul in the first quarter and three personal fouls by the two-minute mark of the second, Clark only played 14 minutes in the first half and took just five shots.