# 2020 Indiana Fever season

The 2020 Indiana Fever season was the franchise's 21st season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season tipped off on July 25, 2020, versus the Washington Mystics.
During the off-season the Fever announced that head coach Pokey Chatman would not return for the 2020 season. Chatman was replaced by Marianne Stanley. This will be Stanley's first head coaching job in the WNBA. She was previously an assistant with the Washington Mystics, Los Angeles Sparks, and New York Liberty.
Also, it was announced that the Bankers Life Fieldhouse would undergo renovations, which would force the Fever to host home games at the Hinkle Fieldhouse for the 2020 season.
This WNBA season will feature an all-time high 36 regular-season games. However, the plan for expanded games was put on hold on April 3, when the WNBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under a plan approved on June 15, the league is scheduled to hold a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present, starting on July 24.
The Fever started the season in a back-and-forth manner. The Fever went 2–2 in their first four games, alternating wins and losses. The season took a downward turn as the Fever lost five of their next seven games to be 4–7 at the halfway mark of the season. The second half started with a win but was marred by an eight-game losing streak. The Fever won the next to last game and lost on the final day of the season to finish 6–16. Their .273 winning percentages was the third worst in franchise history.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

The Fever will make the following selections in the 2020 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 3 | Lauren Cox | United States | Baylor |
| 2 | 14 | Kathleen Doyle | United States | Iowa |
| 3 | 28 | Kamiah Smalls | United States | James Madison |

### Trades and roster changes

| Date | Details |
| February 13, 2020 | Re-signed G Tiffany Mitchell |
| February 13, 2020 | Re-signed F Betnijah Laney |
| February 19, 2020 | Signed C Bernadett Határ |
| March 2, 2020 | Signed G Julie Allemand |
| March 6, 2020 | Traded G Shenise Johnson and the 16th pick in the 2020 WNBA draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the 14th pick in the 2020 WNBA draft and Minnesota's second round pick in the 2021 WNBA draft. |
| April 22, 2020 | Released G Paris Key |
| April 22, 2020 | Released F Erica McCall |
| August 28, 2020 | Acquired C Jantel Lavender and the Chicago Sky's second and third round picks in the 2021 Draft in exchange for F Stephanie Mavunga. |

## Game log
### Regular season

2020 game log Total: 6–16 :
July
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
July 25
Washington Mystics
L 76–101
K. Mitchell (25)
Achonwa (7)
Tied (3)
IMG Academy 0
0–1
2
July 29
Phoenix Mercury
W 106–100
T. Mitchell (24)
McCowan (13)
K. Mitchell (5)
IMG Academy 0
1–1
3
July 31
Dallas Wings
L 73–76
Tied (11)
Tied (8)
Allemand (11)
IMG Academy 0
1–2 :
August
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
August 2
Atlanta Dream
W 93–77
K. Mitchell (23)
Allemand (7)
Allemand (9)
IMG Academy 0
2–2
5
August 5
Los Angeles Sparks
L 75–86
K. Mitchell (24)
Dupree (7)
T. Mitchell (5)
IMG Academy 0
2–3
6
August 7
Minnesota Lynx
L 80–87
Tied (15)
McCowan (12)
Allemand (6)
IMG Academy 0
2–4
7
August 9
Washington Mystics
W 91–84
K. Mitchell (29)
McCowan (11)
Allemand (5)
IMG Academy 0
3–4
8
August 11
Las Vegas Aces
L 79–98
Dupree (20)
McCowan (8)
Allemand (6)
IMG Academy 0
3–5
9
August 13
New York Liberty
W 86–79
T. Mitchell (19)
McCowan (13)
Allemand (5)
IMG Academy 0
4–5
10
August 15
Los Angeles Sparks
L 76–90
K. Mitchell (25)
T. Mitchell (8)
Tied (4)
IMG Academy 0
4–6
11
August 18
Connecticut Sun
L 62–84
K. Mitchell (15)
Allemand (8)
Tied (5)
IMG Academy 0
4–7
12
August 20
Seattle Storm
W 90–84
Burke (23)
McCowan (10)
Allemand (6)
IMG Academy 0
5–7
13
August 22
Chicago Sky
L 76–87
Dupree (18)
Cox (6)
Allemand (7)
IMG Academy 0
5–8
14
August 25
Seattle Storm
L 74–87
Burke (17)
McCowan (11)
Tied (5)
IMG Academy 0
5–9
15
August 29
Dallas Wings
L 78–82
K. Mitchell (19)
Dupree (9)
K. Mitchell (4)
IMG Academy 0
5–10
16
August 31
Chicago Sky
L 77–100
McCowan (15)
McCowan (11)
Allemand (10)
IMG Academy 0
5–11 :
September
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
17
September 1
Atlanta Dream
L 90–102
Tied (20)
Tied (7)
Tied (5)
IMG Academy 0
5–12
18
September 3
Phoenix Mercury
L 81–105
K. Mitchell (16)
Achonwa (10)
Dupree (5)
IMG Academy 0
5–13
19
September 5
Connecticut Sun
L 77–96
K. Mitchell (16)
McCowan (7)
Allemand (8)
IMG Academy 0
5–14
20
September 8
Las Vegas Aces
L 86–92
K. Mitchell (24)
McCowan (9)
Allemand (8)
IMG Academy 0
5–15
21
September 10
New York Liberty
W 85–75
Dupree (22)
Dupree (6)
Dupree (7)
IMG Academy 0
6–15
22
September 12
Minnesota Lynx
L 86–98
K. Mitchell (20)
McCowan (9)
Allemand (9)
IMG Academy 0
6–16 :
2020 season schedule :

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
| Julie Allemand | All-Rookie Team | September 27, 2030 | |

## Standings

| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Conf. |
| 1 | x – Las Vegas Aces | 18 | 4 | .818 | – | 8–2 |
| 2 | x – Seattle Storm | 18 | 4 | .818 | – | 8–2 |
| 3 | x – Los Angeles Sparks | 15 | 7 | .682 | 3 | 5–5 |
| 4 | x – Minnesota Lynx | 14 | 8 | .636 | 4 | 4–6 |
| 5 | x – Phoenix Mercury | 13 | 9 | .591 | 5 | 4–6 |
| 6 | x – Chicago Sky | 12 | 10 | .545 | 6 | 6–4 |
| 7 | x – Connecticut Sun | 10 | 12 | .455 | 8 | 7–3 |
| 8 | x – Washington Mystics | 9 | 13 | .409 | 9 | 6–4 |
| 9 | e – Dallas Wings | 8 | 14 | .364 | 10 | 1–9 |
| 10 | e – Atlanta Dream | 7 | 15 | .318 | 11 | 5–5 |
| 11 | e – Indiana Fever | 6 | 16 | .273 | 12 | 4–6 |
| 12 | e – New York Liberty | 2 | 20 | .091 | 16 | 2–8 |
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Notes
    x – Clinched playoff berth
    e – Eliminated from playoffs
    Home and Away records not shown, as all games played at a neutral location.
    Updated to include results from September 13, 2020
    Source

## Statistics
### Regular season

Source:
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Kelsey Mitchell | 22 | 22 | 32.1 | 44.8 | 38.9 | 84.9 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 17.9 |
| Tiffany Mitchell | 19 | 11 | 26.4 | 34.6 | 23.3 | 95.1 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 12.7 |
| Candice Dupree | 22 | 22 | 30.2 | 46.2 | 16.7 | 85.4 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 12.5 |
| Teaira McCowan | 22 | 10 | 21.0 | 53.6 | 0 | 75.0 | 7.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 10.9 |
| Julie Allemand | 22 | 22 | 32.5 | 45.9 | 47.8 | 73.3 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 8.5 |
| Natalie Achonwa | 18 | 11 | 20.2 | 49.6 | 0 | 81.3 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 7.8 |
| Kennedy Burke | 22 | 11 | 18.3 | 44.9 | 31.3 | 71.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 7.2 |
| Victoria Vivians | 6 | 0 | 14.2 | 34.5 | 18.2 | 87.5 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0 | 4.8 |
| Kamiah Smalls | 7 | 0 | 14.3 | 45.0 | 58.3 | 100 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.9 |
| Lauren Cox | 14 | 1 | 13.1 | 41.9 | 50.0 | 73.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 3.6 |
| Kathleen Doyle | 18 | 0 | 8.6 | 24.4 | 23.8 | 50.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 1.5 |