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Atlanta Dream at Indiana Fever

· WNBA Commissioner's Cup
5-6, 3-2 Away
Final
91 - 84

4-10, 2-4 Home

Boston scores 27 to tie a career high, Clark gets 7 and Fever use late run for 91-84 win over Dream

Aliyah Boston cooks the Dream for 27 points as Fever prevail

The selection committee in its decision officially announced Tuesday determined that the talented Clark did not have the experience to be a member of the group headed to the Paris Games this summer.

Indiana (4-10) scored 59 in the first half and led by as many as 18, but had just 14 points in the first 14 minutes of the second half as Atlanta rallied. The Fever’s first points of the fourth quarter came on Mitchell’s free throws with 5:16 left.

Rhyne Howard tied it at 77-all with 4:13 left and she made another 3-pointer on the next possession for Atlanta's first lead, 80-79, since it was 11-10.

But Atlanta (5-6) had shot clock violations on back-to-back possessions and Indiana scored four points following those possessions.

Mitchell converted her first field goal of the second half with 47.1 seconds left for an 87-82 lead after a steal under the Atlanta basket.

Howard made two free throws to get Atlanta within 87-84, but Boston spun in the lane and made a layup.

Boston also grabbed 13 rebounds for her third double-double of the season. Clark shot 3 for 11.

Howard, who was limited to eight minutes in the first half due to three fouls, finished with 26 points including six 3-pointers. Cheyenne Parker-Tyus had 18 points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals off the bench. Allisha Gray added 12 points and Haley Jones scored 10.

Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton sat behind the Fever bench and Joey Chestnut, a 16-time hot dog-eating champion, was courtside.

Regular Season Series

IND wins series 4-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 84 - 91
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 84 - 91
4th 9.0 Aliyah Boston defensive rebound 84 - 91
4th 12.0 Rhyne Howard misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot 84 - 91
4th 16.2 Kelsey Mitchell makes free throw 2 of 2 84 - 91

Statistics

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28-67 FG 32-72
42 Field Goal % 44
9-24 3PT 9-26
38 Three Point % 35
19-23 FT 18-19
83 Free Throw % 95
31 Rebounds 34
10 Offensive Rebounds 11
21 Defensive Rebounds 23
20 Assists 18
6 Steals 6
3 Blocks 6
11 Turnovers 14
2 Team Turnovers 0
13 Total Turnovers 14
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
20 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 9
2 Fast Break Points 11
30 Points in Paint 42
19 Fouls 16
2 Largest Lead 18

Game Information

Gainbridge Fieldhouse

Location: Indianapolis, IN
Attendance: 16,651 · Capacity:

2024-25 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Atlanta - 14 W6 0.6818182 30
New York 3 17 W3 0.6136364 27
Indiana 6 20 W3 0.54545456 24
Washington 14 28 L10 0.36363637 16
Connecticut 19 33 L2 0.25 11
Chicago 20 34 L4 0.22727273 10
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