Fever Host Lynx for Regular Season Finale

Game Preview: Fever Host Lynx for Regular Season Finale

Indiana Fever vs Minnesota Lynx
Tuesday, September 9
Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 7:30 p.m. ET

Broadcast Information
TV: ESPN
Radio: 93.5/107.5 The Fan

Probable Starters

Indiana Fever (23-20)

Guard – Odyssey Sims
Guard – Kelsey Mitchell
Forward – Lexie Hull
Forward – Natasha Howard
Center – Aliyah Boston

Minnesota Lynx (33-9)

Guard – Courtney Williams
Guard – Kayla McBride
Forward – Napheesa Collier
Forward – Bridget Carleton
Center – Jessica Shepard

GAME PREVIEW:

The Indiana Fever have already secured a playoff berth, however they’ve yet another common season sport remaining earlier than starting their postseason run.

The Fever (23-20) clinched a playoff spot in dominant vogue on Sunday, blowing out the Mystics 94-65 on the highway. The win not solely secured a playoff berth but additionally assured that Indiana will end no decrease than seventh. The Fever shall be both the sixth or seventh seed within the playoffs.

If Indiana wins on Tuesday and Golden State loses its last two video games, the Fever would be the sixth seed. If any of these outcomes doesn’t occur, they would be the seventh seed. Their opponent in a best-of-three first spherical sequence will seemingly be both Las Vegas or Atlanta, with a small probability nonetheless that they might play Phoenix.

Securing a top-seven seed signifies that the Fever will keep away from the unenviable activity of the eighth seed, which should face Minnesota within the first spherical. The Lynx have had one of the best document within the WNBA for just about all the season and locked up the number-one seed on Aug. 30.

Minnesota is 33-9 regardless of star ahead Napheesa Collier lacking 10 video games because of harm. The reigning Defensive Player of the Year and All-Star Game MVP, Collier is making a robust bid for her first WNBA MVP award. The 6-1 ahead ranks second within the league in scoring (23 factors per sport), tenth in rebounding (7.4), second in steals (1.6), and fifth in blocks (1.6).