By Adam Gretz,Yardbarker
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It’s an even bigger accomplishment for the Fever within the context of this season because they are still continuing to play well and compete without the services of their best player, Caitlin Clark.
Since the Fever’s previous playoff win, they lost the deciding Game 5 of the 2015 WNBA Finals, lost a first-round one-and-done game in 2016, missed the playoffs seven years in a row and were then swept in two straight games by the Connecticut Sun in the first-round of the 2024 playoffs. They also lost Game 1 of this year’s series against Atlanta.
Dominant defense and balanced scoring led to Game 2 win
Tuesday’s game was a clinical defensive performance by the Fever as they limited Atlanta to just 60 points, and allowing them to shoot just 37.9% from the field and only 5-of-19 from three-point range.
Rhyne Howard only scored 10 points — the only Dream starter to reach double-digits — while she finished as a team-worst minus-24 in her 33 minutes of basketball.
On the other side of the floor, Indiana had three players reach double-digits, including Kelsey Mitchell who finished with a game-high 19 points. Aliyah Boston (15 points) and Natasha Howard (12 points) also reached double-digits in the win.
One of the more underrated stars of the game for the Fever was Lexie Hull who finished with seven points and a game-best plus-19 rating in her 23 minutes of basketball.
