# 2018 Indiana Fever season

The 2018 WNBA season was the 19th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Fever began play on May 19, 2018.
The Fever started the season poorly by going 0–5 in May. Fortunes did not improve in June and the team was 1–10. The only win was 96–64 against the Atlanta Dream. However, June did include some close losses. The Fever lost to the New York Liberty 78–75 after the Liberty made a 3-pointer with 16.1 seconds left. On the 12th, the Fever lost in overtime against the Las Vegas Aces. In July, the Fever were 2–8, with the two wins coming against the perennial play-off contenders Minnesota Lynx and Los Angeles Sparks. Both wins were away from home, which meant the Fever were 0–4 at home. In the final month of the season, the Fever were 3–5. They finished with a WNBA worst 6–28 final record, which was also their worst record in franchise history. Their misfortunes continued in the offseason as they lost in the draft lottery in spite of having the best odds, ending with the third selection for the 2019 WNBA draft.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

The Fever made three selections in the 2018 WNBA entry draft, held on April 12:
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 2 | Kelsey Mitchell | United States | Ohio State |
| 1 | 8 | Victoria Vivians | United States | Mississippi State |
| 2 | 14 | Stephanie Mavunga | United States | Ohio State |

### Trades

| Date | Trade | Trade |
| February 1, 2018 | Acquired C Kayla Alexander and 2019 WNBA Draft third round pick via trade from Las Vegas Aces for 2019 WNBA Draft second round pick. |
| March 6, 2018 | Acquired 8th overall pick in the 2018 WNBA Draft via trade from Phoenix Mercury for Briann January. |

### Personnel changes
## Schedule
### Preseason

2018 pre-season game log :
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 7
Chicago
W 79–65
Mavunga (18)
Tied (8)
Peterson (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 4,377
1–0
2
May 12
Washington
L 56–91
K. Mitchell (9)
Mavunga (4)
K. Mitchell (3)
Acierno Arena (University of Delaware) 3,323
1–1 :
2018 pre-season schedule :

### Regular season

2018 game log Total: 6–28 (Home: 2–15 Road: 4–13) :
May: 0–5 (Home: 0–3; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 19
Chicago
L 64–82
Dupree (14)
Dupree (8)
Wheeler (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,565
0–1
2
May 20
@ Washington
L 75–82
Achonwa (21)
Achonwa (12)
Wheeler (5)
Capital One Arena 7,400
0–2
3
May 22
Los Angeles
L 70–87
K. Mitchell (20)
Achonwa (8)
K. Mitchell (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 4,742
0–3
4
May 24
Washington
L 84–93
K. Mitchell (25)
Dupree (7)
T. Mitchell (3)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 4,415
0–4
5
May 26
@ Connecticut
L 77–86
K. Mitchell (18)
McCall (9)
Wheeler (9)
Mohegan Sun Arena 5,843
0–5 :
June: 1–10 (Home: 1–5; Road: 0–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
6
June 2
New York
L 81–87
K. Mitchell (26)
Dupree (8)
Wheeler (7)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,575
0–6
7
June 8
Dallas
L 83–89
K. Mitchell (26)
McCall (11)
Tied (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,675
0–7
8
June 10
@ New York
L 75–78
K. Mitchell (19)
Achonwa (10)
T. Mitchell (7)
Westchester County Center 1,537
0–8
9
June 12
Las Vegas
L 92–101 (OT)
Achonwa (26)
Achonwa (15)
Wheeler (8)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,437
0–9
10
June 14
@ Atlanta
L 67–72
Dupree (17)
Tied (7)
Wheeler (10)
McCamish Pavilion 6,561
0–10
11
June 16
Atlanta
W 96–64
Vivians (21)
Tied (6)
K. Mitchell (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,234
1–10
12
June 19
@ Los Angeles
L 55–74
Achonwa (13)
Achonwa (14)
K. Mitchell (3)
Staples Center 8,857
1–11
13
June 22
@ Seattle
L 63–72
Dupree (15)
Tied (7)
Wheeler (4)
KeyArena 8,142
1–12
14
June 24
Connecticut
L 78–87
Achonwa (16)
Dupree (8)
K. Mitchell (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,458
1–13
15
June 27
@ Connecticut
L 89–101
Vivians (25)
Achonwa (6)
3 Tied (3)
Mohegan Sun Arena 5,112
1–14
16
June 29
Phoenix
L 77–95
K. Mitchell (19)
Dupree (6)
Vivians (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,241
1–15 :
July: 2–8 (Home: 0–4; Road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
17
July 1
Atlanta
L 83–87
Vivians (27)
Tied (7)
K. Mitchell (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,277
1–16
18
July 3
@ Minnesota
W 71–59
Achonwa (17)
Tied (9)
K. Mitchell (5)
Target Center 8,632
2–16
19
July 5
@ Dallas
L 63–90
Dupree (21)
Tied (5)
Wheeler (3)
College Park Center 4,043
2–17
20
July 11
Minnesota
L 65–87
Wheeler (12)
Tied (6)
Wheeler (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 10,006
2–18
21
July 13
@ Atlanta
L 74–98
T. Mitchell (17)
T. Mitchell (6)
Wheeler (4)
McCamish Pavilion 3,807
2–19
22
July 15
Phoenix
L 82–101
Dupree (23)
Dupree (9)
Tied (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,302
2–20
23
July 18
@ Minnesota
L 65–89
Dupree (20)
Tied (4)
Tied (4)
Target Center 17,933
2–21
24
July 20
@ Los Angeles
W 78–76
Tied (16)
Achonwa (9)
Tied (5)
Staples Center 10,532
3–21
25
July 22
@ Las Vegas
L 74–88
Achonwa (21)
Tied (7)
Pondexter (7)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,368
3–22
26
July 24
Seattle
L 72–92
K. Mitchell (26)
Dupree (12)
Tied (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,908
3–23 :
August
: 3–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
27
August 2
Dallas
W 84–78
Pondexter (18)
Achonwa (5)
Wheeler (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,981
4–23
28
August 4
@ New York
W 68–55
Dupree (25)
Achonwa (13)
Wheeler (7)
Westchester County Center 2,225
5–23
29
August 7
Seattle
L 79–94
Dupree (22)
Dupree (8)
Pondexter (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,401
5–24
30
August 10
@ Phoenix
L 74–97
K. Mitchell (20)
T. Mitchell (9)
K. Mitchell (4)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 8,860
5–25
31
August 11
@ Las Vegas
L 74–92
Wheeler (13)
T. Mitchell (8)
Tied (5)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,213
5–26
32
August 15
Washington
L 62–76
Achonwa (15)
Vivians (9)
Wheeler (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,636
5–27
33
August 18
Chicago
L 106–115
Dupree (30)
Achonwa (11)
Tied (7)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,442
5–28
34
August 19
@ Chicago
W 97–92
Tied (22)
Achonwa (9)
Tied (6)
Wintrust Arena 7,118
6–28 :
2018 season schedule :

### Standings

| # | Eastern Conference vte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| 1 | Atlanta Dream (2) | 23 | 11 | .676 | – | 13–4 | 10–7 | 12–4 |
| 2 | Washington Mystics (3) | 22 | 12 | .647 | 1 | 12–5 | 10–7 | 12–4 |
| 3 | Connecticut Sun (4) | 21 | 13 | .618 | 2 | 13–4 | 8–9 | 9–7 |
| 4 | e – Chicago Sky | 13 | 21 | .382 | 10 | 7–10 | 6–11 | 6–10 |
| 5 | e – New York Liberty | 7 | 27 | .206 | 16 | 4–13 | 3–14 | 6–10 |
| 6 | e – Indiana Fever | 6 | 28 | .176 | 17 | 2–15 | 4–13 | 3–13 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
| Candice Dupree | WNBA Cares Community Assist Award | September 4, 2018 | |

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Candice Dupree | 32 | 32 | 31.4 | 48.8 | 0.0 | 81.9 | 6.4 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 14.2 |
| Kelsey Mitchell | 34 | 17 | 24.4 | 34.6 | 33.5 | 80.4 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 12.7 |
| Natalie Achonwa | 34 | 34 | 26.0 | 52.7 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 6.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 10.3 |
| Cappie Pondexter | 17 | 14 | 24.2 | 38.9 | 39.3 | 84.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 10.2 |
| Tiffany Mitchell | 34 | 20 | 25.6 | 37.1 | 26.7 | 83.5 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 9.1 |
| Victoria Vivians | 34 | 26 | 27.1 | 40.4 | 39.9 | 93.1 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 8.9 |
| Erica Wheeler | 34 | 22 | 21.7 | 35.1 | 27.6 | 79.7 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 7.8 |
| Erica McCall | 34 | 2 | 12.3 | 38.5 | 12.5 | 68.4 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 2.9 |
| Kayla Alexander | 30 | 0 | 8.6 | 54.1 | 0.0 | 82.4 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| Stephanie Mavunga | 25 | 0 | 7.8 | 47.7 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| Asia Taylor | 14 | 0 | 8.3 | 31.0 | 20.0 | 77.8 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.9 |