2024 Indiana Fever season
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The 2024 Indiana Fever season is the franchise's 25th season in the WNBA, and their second season under head coach Christie Sides. The regular season tipped off against the Connecticut Sun in Connecticut on Tuesday, May 14, 2024.[1]
The Fever won the 2024 WNBA Draft Lottery and were awarded the first overall pick for the second year in a row; they used it to select Caitlin Clark.[2]
Transactions
WNBA draft
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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1 | 1 | Caitlin Clark | United States | Iowa
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2 | 15 | Celeste Taylor | United States | Ohio State
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3 | 27 | Leilani Correa | United States | Florida
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Transactions
Date | Transaction | |
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January 11, 2024 | Extended Qualifying Offers to Maya Caldwell and Temi Fagbenle[3] | |
January 19, 2024 | Signed Temi Fagbenle to a Training Camp Contract.[4] | |
January 29, 2024 | Signed Maya Caldwell to a Training Camp Contract.[5] | |
February 1, 2024 | Signed Damiris Dantas[6] | |
Signed Katie Lou Samuelson[7] | ||
March 21, 2024 | Waived Victoria Vivians[8] | |
April 22, 2024 | Exercised fourth-year option for NaLyssa Smith[9] | |
April 25, 2024 | Signed Celeste Taylor and Leilani Correa to a Rookie Contracts[3] | |
April 27, 2024 | Signed Caitlin Clark to a Rookie Contract[3] | |
May 10, 2024 | Exercised fourth-year option for Lexie Hull and Kristy Wallace[10] | |
Waived Maya Caldwell and Leilani Correa[10] | ||
May 13, 2024 | Suspended the contract of Damiris Dantas (temporary, due to knee injury)[11] |
Roster Changes
Additions
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Subtractions
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Roster
- Head coach
- Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech)
- Assistant coaches
- Karima Christmas-Kelly (Duke)
- UIC)
- Paul Miller (Lake Forest College)
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (DP) Unsigned draft pick
- (FA) Free agent
- (S) Suspended
- Injured
WNBA roster page
Depth
Schedule
Preseason
2024 pre-season game log Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
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2024 pre-season schedule |
Regular season
2024 game log Total: 3–10 (Home: 1–4; Road: 2–6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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May: 1–8 (Home: 0–4; Road: 1–4)
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June: 2–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–2)
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July
: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
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August
: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
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September
: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
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2024 season schedule |
Standings
# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Conf. | Home | Road | Cup |
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1 | Connecticut Sun | 9 | 1 | .900 | 0.5 | 6–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
2 | New York Liberty | 11 | 2 | .846 | — | 9–1 | 6–1 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
3 | Minnesota Lynx | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2 | 6–2 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
4 | Seattle Storm | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 |
5 | Atlanta Dream | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
6 | Las Vegas Aces | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
7 | Phoenix Mercury | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.5 | 5–4 | 4–1 | 2–5 | 3–1 |
8 | Chicago Sky | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.5 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 1–3 |
9 | Los Angeles Sparks | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 |
10 | Dallas Wings | 3 | 7 | .300 | 6.5 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–4 |
11 | Indiana Fever | 3 | 9 | .250 | 7.5 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 2–1 |
12 | Washington Mystics | 0 | 12 | .000 | 10.5 | 0–8 | 0–5 | 0–7 | 0–4 |
Notes
- (#) – League Standing
- x – Clinched playoff berth
- e – Eliminated from playoff contention
- Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings
Statistics
Legend | |||||||
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GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | TO | Turnovers per game |
PF | Fouls per game | Team leader | League leader |
Regular season
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
Awards and honors
Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Caitlin Clark | WNBA Rookie of the Month - May | June 3, 2024 | [12] |
References
- WNBA. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
- ^ Negley, Cassandra (10 December 2023). "2024 WNBA Draft: Fever land No. 1 selection in lottery with Caitlin Clark the presumptive top pick". Yahoo Sports.
- ^ a b c "WNBA Transactions". acrossthetimeline.com. Across the Timeline. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- WNBA. January 19, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
- WNBA. January 29, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
- WNBA. February 1, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
- WNBA. February 1, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
- WNBA. March 21, 2024. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
- WNBA. April 22, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
- ^ WNBA. May 10, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
- WNBA. May 13, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ Pickman, Ben (June 3, 2024). "Caitlin Clark wins WNBA Rookie of the Month for first 9 games with Fever". nytimes.com. The Athletic. Retrieved June 3, 2024.