Isabelle Harrison was not the headline name in Toronto on Tuesday night, but the Fever still left with a 101-95 win and a fifth straight victory. Kelsey Mitchell's night turned in the fourth quarter after she sat out because she was overheated.
Caitlin Clark told's Holly Rowe that the Fever “didn't play their best” and were “happy to take a win when we can get it.” Clark also joked that it would “probably be helpful” if Canada had air conditioning because it was “a million degrees” in the arena.
Mitchell ties A'ja Wilson
Mitchell extended her streak of 20-point games to 20, tying the WNBA record originally set by A'ja Wilson. She did it before leaving the game for the fourth quarter, and Stephanie White said, “All indications are right now that she was just overheated.”
Indiana still reached the 100-point mark for the 16th time in 36 games. Clark finished with 24 points and seven assists in 33 minutes, and she has now scored at least 20 points in six consecutive games.
24-12 in third place
The win moved Indiana to 24-12 and kept the Fever in sole possession of third place in the playoff standings. The margin is small enough to matter: the Fever are two games behind the Golden State Valkyries for the No. 2 seed, while also having won 10 of their last 12 games.
That is the useful read on Tuesday night. Indiana got the result, kept its position, and did it while one of its most reliable scorers had to come off the floor because the arena got too hot for her to finish.
Dallas Wings on Thursday
The Fever play the Dallas Wings on Thursday, and whether Kelsey Mitchell will be affected by the overheating issue in that game is the immediate concern after a night that mixed a clean result with an obvious physical complication.
