Game recap: Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever lose to Las Vegas Aces
The Indiana Fever (8-12), coming off a comeback win in Phoenix, visits the defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces (10-6).
Kelsey Mitchell (16.3) and Caitlin Clark (16.2) essentially share Indiana's scoring lead, while Clark adds a team-leading 6.9 assists and 1.3 steals. Aliyah Boston averages 12.9 points and 8.3 rebounds, and NaLyssa Smith 11.8 points and 7.1 rebounds. When the Fever hold the opponent to 84 or fewer points, they win. When the opponent reaches 85, Indiana loses.
Las Vegas has won four straight, and has scored at least 85 in each. Olympians A'ja Wilson (26.9 points, 11.1 rebounds, 2.3 blocked shots), Jackie Young (18.9 points, 5.4 assists) and Kelsey Plum (17.3 points, 5.1 assists) lead the way.
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Final: Aces 88, Fever 69
Indiana has a rough shooting night (36.4% from the field, 23.1% 3-pointers, 53.8% free throws) and two of Las Vegas' stars torch the Fever.
Kelsey Mitchell scores 23 points, Aliyah Boston 18 with 11 rebounds, and Caitlin Clark 13. NaLyssa Smith has 5 points and 14 rebounds, but the Fever no more than 4 points from anyone else.
Kelsey Plum scores a season-high 34 points, including 6-of-11 3-pointers, and A'ja Wilson has 28 points, 9 rebounds and 5 blocked shots. Jackie Young adds 15 points and 10 assists.
The Fever host New York on Saturday.
How many points did Caitlin Clark score tonight?
Clark has 13 points on 4-of-12 shooting (1-of-7 3-pointers), with 11 assists, 6 rebounds and 6 turnovers.
6:49 left 4Q: Aces 75, Fever 59
It's 12-0 Las Vegas in the quarter. Kelsey Plum scores 8 points, and is up to 30.
New season-high 30 PTS for Kelsey Plum, she's 6-10 from DEEP 🎯
📺 ESPN pic.twitter.com/BOWqwR3kAr— WNBA (@WNBA) July 3, 2024
End 3Q: Aces 65, Fever 59
Caitlin Clark connects on a 3 with 4:27 left, her first make from long range tonight. She has 13 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds. Kelsey Mitchell has 17 points, and NaLyssa Smith and Aliyah Boston (14 points) have 11 rebounds each.
nailed it.
Caitlin Clark lets the triple fly from deep 🎯 pic.twitter.com/ekwyDrfnkr— Indiana Fever (@IndianaFever) July 3, 2024
Kelsey Plum and A'ja Wilson have 22 points each for Las Vegas. Plum is 4-of-8 on 3-pointers. Wilson has 8 rebounds and 5 blocked shots.
A'ja Wilson makes playing defense look so cool ❗️
Make that 5 BLKS for Wilson
📺 ESPN pic.twitter.com/YSi6lg59o2— WNBA (@WNBA) July 3, 2024
5:42 left 3Q: Aces 49, Fever 44
The Fever are down to 36% shooting (2-of-13 3-pointers), and Las Vegas is at 39% (5-of-15). Indiana's 6-0 run over 3+ minutes prompts a Las Vegas timeout.
All the dishes Caitlin Clark hands off to Aliyah Boston, this time AB delivers a sweet bounce pass to CC 🤝
📺 ESPN pic.twitter.com/sn9u5mkoHA— WNBA (@WNBA) July 3, 2024
Halftime: Aces 46, Fever 37
Kelsey Mitchell has 12 points, and Aliyah Boston has 8 points and 5 rebounds. Caitlin Clark has 5 points, 6 assists and 6 rebounds, but is 1-of-7 from the field (0-of-4 on 3-pointers).
showing off the moves 😮💨
Caitlin Clark drives past the defense to the rack. pic.twitter.com/Tr8Ft0Cx9N— Indiana Fever (@IndianaFever) July 3, 2024
A'ja Wilson has 18 points, 7 rebounds and 4 blocked shots, and Kelsey Plum has 14 points.
A'ja Wilson did it all in the first half ☑️
Wilson scored 18 PTS and also pulled in 7 REB to along with 4 BLKS
Watch the second half on ESPN to see what stat line A'ja will finish the game with 👀 pic.twitter.com/BL2evzrNop— WNBA (@WNBA) July 3, 2024
:55.8 left 2Q: Aces 44, Fever 37
Las Vegas runs its lead to 44-34 before Kelsey Mitchell makes a 3. Indiana is 2-of-11 on 3s. NaLyssa Smith, a 61.1% free throw shooter for the season, is 0-of-5.
5:35 left 2Q: Aces 34, Fever 28
A'ja Wilson is up to 14 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocked shots.
Beautiful defense by Kiah Stokes and a tuff move in transition by A'ja Wilson to get the AND-1 💪
📺 ESPN pic.twitter.com/mxzRvubtyW— WNBA (@WNBA) July 3, 2024
The Fever start the quarter with Kelsey Mitchell and four reserves, including Damiris Dantis, who recently returned from injury.
End 1Q: Aces 26, Fever 24
Kelsey Mitchell has 9 points for the Fever, while Caitlin Clark has 3 points, 5 assists and 3 rebounds. Kelsey Plum has 9 and A'ja Wilson 8 for Las Vegas.
Kristy Wallace with the no-look pass to Kelsey Mitchell 🔥 pic.twitter.com/6dc04R7Lxe
— Indiana Fever (@IndianaFever) July 3, 2024
Kelsey Plum stops a 10-2 Indiana Fever run to put the @LVAces back ahead 🫡
📺 ESPN pic.twitter.com/WFdA14zIuk— WNBA (@WNBA) July 3, 2024
Fever fouls are piling up. Las Vegas is 12-of-13 on free throws. NaLyssa Smith and Mitchell have 2 fouls each.
6:34 left 1Q: Fever 9, Aces 9
Las Vegas runs to a 9-3 lead but the Fever come back with 6 straight points. Timeout, Las Vegas. Caitlin Clark has 3 points and 3 assists.
the All-Star connection 🤩
Caitlin Clark drops it off to Aliyah Boston for the layup 👏 pic.twitter.com/KSgRokdfv8— Indiana Fever (@IndianaFever) July 3, 2024
Indiana Fever vs. Las Vegas Aces starting lineups
Fever: Katie Lou Samuelson, Kelsey Mitchell, Caitlin Clark, NaLyssa Smith, Aliyah Boston.
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Indiana Fever vs Las Vegas Aces start time, date
9:30 p.m. ET Tuesday, July 2, 2024, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
What channel are Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever on vs Las Vegas Aces?
TV: ESPN
Streaming: SiriusXM Channel 81, Fubo (FREE)
Caitlin Clark stats with the Indiana Fever
Averages through June 30 (20 games): 16.2 points, 6.9 assists, 5.7 rebounds, 34.6% 3-pointers
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2024 Fever schedule
This is the Indiana Fever 2024 schedule, with TV info; all times are ET; ^-preseason.
Date, day | place, opponent | Time, TV/results |
May 3, Fri. | at Dallas^ | |
May 9, Thurs. | vs. Atlanta^ | |
May 14, Tues. | at Connecticut | |
May 16, Thurs. | vs. New York | |
May 18, Sat. | at New York | |
May 20, Mon. | vs. Connecticut | |
May 22, Wed. | at Seattle | |
May 24, Fri. | at Los Angeles | |
May 25, Sat. | at Las Vegas | |
May 28, Tues. | vs. Los Angeles | |
May 30, Thurs. | vs. Seattle | |
June 1, Sat. | vs. Chicago* | |
June 2, Sun. | at New York* | |
June 7, Fri. | at Washington* | |
June 10, Mon. | at Connecticut* | |
June 13, Thurs. | vs. Atlanta* | |
June 16, Sun. | vs. Chicago | |
June 19, Wed. | vs. Washington | |
June 21, Fri. | at Atlanta | |
June 23, Sun. | at Chicago | |
June 27, Thurs. | at Seattle | |
June 30, Sun. | at Phoenix | |
July 2, Tues. | at Las Vegas | 9:30 p.m., ESPN |
July 6, Sat. | vs. New York | 1 p.m., CBS |
July 10, Wed. | vs. Washington | Noon, NBA TV, WTHR |
July 12, Fri. | vs. Phoenix | 7:30 p.m., Ion |
July 14, Sun. | at Minnesota | 4 p.m., ESPN |
July 17, Wed. | at Dallas | 7:30 p.m., ESPN |
Aug. 16, Fri. | vs. Phoenix | 7:30 p.m., Ion |
Aug. 18, Sun. | vs. Seattle | 3:30 p.m., ABC |
Aug. 24, Sat. | at Minnesota | 8 p.m., NBA TV |
Aug. 26, Mon. | at Atlanta | 7:30 p.m., NBA TV, WTHR |
Aug. 28, Wed. | vs. Connecticut | 7 p.m., NBA TV |
Aug. 30, Fri. | at Chicago | 7:30 p.m., Ion |
Sept. 1, Sun. | at Dallas | 4 p.m., NBA TV |
Sept. 4, Wed. | vs. Los Angeles | 7 p.m., CBS SN, WALV |
Sept. 6, Fri. | vs. Minnesota | 7:30 p.m., Ion |
Sept. 8, Sun. | vs. Atlanta | 4 p.m., WTHR |
Sept. 11, Wed. | vs. Las Vegas | 7 p.m., NBA TV |
Sept. 13, Fri. | vs. Las Vegas | 7:30 p.m., Ion |
Sept. 15, Sun. | vs. Dallas | 3 p.m., WALV |
Sept. 19, Thurs. | at Washington | 7 p.m., Prime, WTHR |
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