# 2007 Indiana Fever season

The 2007 Indiana Fever season was their 8th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). They finished 2nd in the Eastern Conference with 21 wins and 13 losses on the season. The season marked the third consecutive season that the Fever earned a playoff berth. They eliminated the Connecticut Sun, 2–1, in the First Round of the playoffs but then in turn were eliminated in the Eastern Conference Finals, 2–1, by the Detroit Shock.

## Offseason

On March 23, 2007 the Fever signed Tammy Sutton-Brown from the defunct Charlotte Sting, Sutton-Brown was one of the most sought-after free agents.
The following player was selected in the Dispersal Draft from the Charlotte Sting:
* Sheri Sam

### 2007 WNBA draft

Indiana's selections from the 2008 WNBA draft in Cleveland.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/club team |
| 1 | 9 | Alison Bales | Center | United States | Duke |
| 2 | 22 | Lyndsey Medders | Point guard | United States | Iowa State |
| 3 | 35 | Ashley Key | Shooting guard | United States | N.C. State |

## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench | Reserve | Inactive |
| C | Tammy Sutton-Brown | Alison Bales | | |
| PF | Tamika Whitmore | Ebony Hoffman | | Kasha Terry |
| SF | Tamika Catchings | Sheri Sam | | |
| SG | Anna DeForge | Tan White | Ann Strother | |
| PG | Tully Bevilaqua | K. B. Sharp | | |

## Season standings

| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Detroit Shock $^x$ | 24 | 10 | .706 | – | 12–5 | 12–5 | 14–6 |
| Indiana Fever $^x$ | 21 | 13 | .618 | 3.0 | 12–5 | 9–8 | 12–8 |
| Connecticut Sun $^x$ | 18 | 16 | .529 | 6.0 | 8–9 | 10–7 | 10–10 |
| New York Liberty $^x$ | 16 | 18 | .471 | 8.0 | 10–7 | 6–11 | 10–10 |
| Washington Mystics $^o$ | 16 | 18 | .471 | 8.0 | 8–9 | 8–9 | 8–12 |
| Chicago Sky $^o$ | 14 | 20 | .412 | 10.0 | 6–11 | 8–9 | 6–14 |

## Schedule
### Preseason

| Game | Date | Opponent | Score/Time | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Arena/Attendance | Record |
| 1 | May 5 | Seattle | 75-58 | Catchings (18) | Catchings (8) | Bevilaqua (8) | Conseco Fieldhouse 3,033 | 1-0 |
| 2 | May 10 | Los Angeles | L 81-76 | Catchings, DeForge (13) | Hoffman (9) | Catchings (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse 4,044 | 1-1 |
| 3 | May 15 | Chicago | W 60-55 | Catchings (16) | Catchings (8) | Bevilaqua (6) | UIC Pavilion 3,005 | 2-1 |

### Regular season

| Game | Date | Opponent | Score/Time | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Arena/Attendance | Record |
| 1 | May 19 | Minnesota | W 83-64 | White (17) | Catchings (7) | Catchings (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse 9,210 | 1-0 |
| 2 | May 24 | Los Angeles | W 83-70 | Catchings (24) | Catchings (8) | Catchings (5) | Conseco Fieldhouse 5,058 | 2-0 |
| 3 | May 29 | @ Minnesota | W 89-75 | Catchings (21) | Hoffman (7) | Catchings (6) | Target Center 6,238 | 3-0 |
| 4 | June 3 | Washington | W 70-66 | White (20) | Catchings (9) | DeForge (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse 6,972 | 4-0 |
| 5 | June 5 | @ New York | L 78-67 | Catchings (21) | Whitmore (8) | Catchings (9) | Madison Square Garden 7,282 | 4-1 |
| 6 | June 6 | Houston | W 84-59 | Sutton-Brown (17) | Catchings (7) | Sharp (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse 5,909 | 5-1 |
| 7 | June 8 | @ Washington | W 74-69 | Catchings (24) | Catchings (12) | Bevilaqua (5) | Verizon Center 7,110 | 6-1 |
| 8 | June 10 | New York | W 80-61 | Sutton-Brown, Whitmore (22) | Sutton-Brown (13) | Bevilaqua, Catchings (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse 6,938 | 7-1 |
| 9 | June 13 | Seattle | W 90-62 | White (23) | Catchings (10) | Whitmore (5) | Conseco Fieldhouse 5,838 | 8-1 |
| 10 | June 15 | Phoenix | L 89-78 | Catchings, Sutton-Brown (17) | Catchings (15) | Bevilaqua (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse 6,579 | 8-2 |
| 11 | June 16 | @ Detroit | W 77-67 | Catchings (26) | Catchings (14) | Whitmore (4) | Palace of Auburn Hills 8,812 | 9-2 |
| 12 | June 22 | Connecticut | L 78-74 | White, Whitmore (15) | Catchings (12) | Catchings (7) | Conseco Fieldhouse 7,240 | 9-3 |
| 13 | June 24 | @ New York | W 74-63 | Catchings (18) | Sutton-Brown (7) | Catchings (6) | Madison Square Garden 7,554 | 10-3 |
| 14 | June 29 | @ Connecticut | L 72-67 | Whitmore (13) | Catchings (11) | Sutton-Brown (5) | Mohegan Sun Arena 7,617 | 10-4 |
| 15 | July 1 | @ Washington | W 69-62 | Catchings, White (14) | White (8) | Catchings (3) | Verizon Center 7,233 | 11-4 |
| 16 | July 5 | @ Los Angeles | W 57-56 | Catchings (17) | Catchings (11) | Catchings (5) | Staples Center 8,262 | 12-4 |
| 17 | July 8 | Chicago | W 86-70 | Catchings (16) | Catchings (7) | Catchings (1) | Conseco Fieldhouse 8,247 | 13-4 |
| 18 | July 10 | @ Houston | W 79-77 | Catchings (23) | Catchings, Sutton-Brown (6) | Catchings (5) | Toyota Center 7,226 | 14-4 |
| 19 | July 12 | New York | W 79-63 | White (16) | Catchings (10) | Catchings (5) | Conseco Fieldhouse 7,095 | 15-4 |
| 20 | July 18 | Chicago | W 75-74 | Catchings (22) | Catchings (13) | Catchings (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse 10,542 | 16-4 |
| 21 | July 20 | Detroit | L 89-90 | Sutton-Brown (16) | Catchings (8) | Catchings (7) | Conseco Fieldhouse 9,210 | 16-5 |
| 22 | July 21 | @ Chicago | L 68-65 | Whitmore (26) | Bevilaqua, DeForge (5) | Bevilaqua (5) | UIC Pavilion 3,383 | 16-6 |
| 23 | July 24 | San Antonio | L 71-63 (OT) | DeForge (15) | Sutton-Brown (6) | Sam (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse 6,028 | 16-7 |
| 24 | July 26 | @ Sacramento | L 60-50 | White (14) | Hoffman (8) | Bevilaqua, Hoffman, Sam, Sharp, Whitmore (2) | Arco Arena 13,320 | 16-8 |
| 25 | July 27 | @ Seattle | L 89-75 | DeForge (12) | Sutton-Brown (5) | White (4) | KeyArena 8,052 | 16-9 |
| 26 | July 29 | @ Phoenix | L 80-75 | White (25) | Sutton-Brown (9) | Bevilaqua (5) | US Airways Center 7,495 | 16-10 |
| 27 | July 31 | Washington | W 66-57 | White (20) | Whitmore (15) | Bevilaqua (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse 6,012 | 17-10 |
| 28 | August 4 | @ Connecticut | L 84-59 | Sharp (14) | Sutton-Brown (8) | Sam (4) | Mohegan Sun Arena 9,493 | 17-11 |
| 29 | August 5 | Sacramento | W 63-55 | Whitmore (16) | Hoffman, Sutton-Brown, White (6) | Bevilaqua, DeForge (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse 6,645 | 18-11 |
| 30 | August 7 | @ Chicago | W 75-70 (2OT) | DeForge (16) | DeForge (9) | White (5) | UIC Pavilion 5,029 | 19-11 |
| 31 | August 11 | @ Detroit | L 74-69 | White (15) | DeForge (7) | White (4) | Palace of Auburn Hills 10,857 | 19-12 |
| 32 | August 15 | Connecticut | L 77-74 | DeForge (29) | Sutton-Brown (10) | White (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse 6,433 | 19-13 |
| 33 | August 17 | @ San Antonio | W 59-55 | Whitmore (12) | Sam (7) | Sharp (3) | AT&T Center 8,952 | 20-13 |
| 34 | August 19 | Detroit | W 72-66 | Whitmore (18) | DeForge (8) | Bevilaqua (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse 8,899 | 21-13 |

### Playoffs
#### First round

| Game | Date | Opponent | Score/Time | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Arena/Attendance | Series |
| 1 | August 23 | @ Connecticut | L 93-88 (3OT) | DeForge (31) | Catchings (20) | Catchings (7) | Mohegan Sun Arena 7,271 | Sun 1-0 |
| 2 | August 25 | Connecticut | W 78-59 | DeForge (26) | Catchings (13) | White, Whitmore (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse 7,298 | Tied 1-1 |
| 3 | August 27 | Connecticut | W 93-88 | Catchings (30) | Catchings (13) | Catchings (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse 6,012 | Fever win 2-1 |

#### Eastern Conference Finals

| Game | Date | Opponent | Score/Time | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Arena/Attendance | Series |
| 1 | August 31 | Detroit | W 75-65 | Catchings (22) | Catchings (10) | Bevilaqua (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse 9,623 | Fever 1-0 |
| 2 | September 2 | @ Detroit | L 77-63 | DeForge (13) | Catchings, DeForge, Sam (4) | Whitmore (4) | Palace of Auburn Hills 10,153 | Tied 1-1 |
| 3 | September 3 | @ Detroit | L 81-65 | Sutton-Brown (17) | Sutton-Brown, Sam (10) | Sam, Whitmore (4) | Palace of Auburn Hills 9,856 | Shock win 2-1 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

* Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award: Tully Bevilaqua

### Records
## Player stats
### Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Alison Bales | 17 | 0 | 9.9 | .571 | .000 | .875 | 2.6 | .1 | .24 | .76 | 3.2 |
| Tully Bevilaqua | 34 | 34 | 26.5 | .440 | .371 | .682 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 1.65 | .06 | 5.3 |
| Tamika Catchings | 21 | 21 | 32.3 | .417 | .311 | .820 | 9.0 | 4.7 | 3.14 | 1.05 | 16.6 |
| Anna DeForge | 34 | 34 | 23.4 | .418 | .410 | .906 | 3.3 | 1.5 | .76 | .12 | 8.7 |
| Ebony Hoffman | 34 | 10 | 17.1 | .445 | .400 | .824 | 4.0 | .8 | .62 | .53 | 4.2 |
| Sheri Sam | 33 | 4 | 17.9 | .339 | .273 | .690 | 2.9 | 1.3 | .88 | .18 | 5.0 |
| K.B. Sharp | 34 | 0 | 13.4 | .412 | .286 | .724 | .90 | 1.4 | .38 | .00 | 3.2 |
| Ann Strother | 12 | 0 | 5.8 | .323 | .400 | 1.000 | .8 | .3 | .00 | .00 | 2.3 |
| Tammy Sutton-Brown | 34 | 33 | 25.3 | .485 | .000 | .716 | 5.4 | .9 | 1.03 | 1.38 | 12.0 |
| Kasha Terry | 9 | 0 | 6.0 | .250 | .000 | .750 | 1.6 | .1 | .22 | .33 | 1.0 |
| Tan White | 34 | 9 | 24.7 | .386 | .339 | .841 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.06 | .29 | 10.8 |
| Tamika Whitmore | 34 | 25 | 25.9 | .415 | .300 | .763 | 5.0 | 1.5 | .59 | .32 | 10.9 |

### Playoffs

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Alison Bales | 4 | 0 | 4.3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .5 | .3 | .00 | .00 | 0.0 |
| Tully Bevilaqua | 6 | 6 | 35.8 | .295 | .286 | .833 | 2.70 | 3.2 | 1.83 | .00 | 7.3 |
| Tamika Catchings | 6 | 6 | 32.7 | .370 | .263 | .878 | 11.0 | 3.2 | 2.17 | .50 | 15.8 |
| Anna DeForge | 6 | 6 | 32.8 | .467 | .393 | 1.000 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 1.33 | .17 | 16.8 |
| Ebony Hoffman | 4 | 0 | 10.5 | .417 | .000 | .00 | 2.3 | .3 | .00 | .25 | 2.5 |
| Sheri Sam | 6 | 5 | 30.8 | .373 | .500 | .500 | 5.3 | 2.2 | 1.00 | .17 | 8.0 |
| K.B. Sharp | 6 | 0 | 7.7 | .100 | .00 | .833 | .80 | .5 | .17 | .00 | 1.2 |
| Ann Strother | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | .429 | .333 | .000 | 1.0 | .7 | .33 | .00 | 2.3 |
| Tammy Sutton-Brown | 6 | 6 | 20.5 | .349 | .000 | .571 | 4.70 | .7 | .17 | 2.00 | 7.0 |
| Kasha Terry | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .0 | .0 | .00 | .00 | 0.0 |
| Tan White | 5 | 1 | 16.4 | .267 | .167 | .000 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | .40 | 1.8 |
| Tamika Whitmore | 6 | 0 | 30.7 | .448 | .565 | .615 | 5.3 | 2.7 | .50 | .17 | 16.5 |

## Transactions

* February 14, 2007 re-signed Tully Bevilaqua.
* March 7, 2007 traded Olympia Scott to the Phoenix Mercury for Ann Strother.
* March 14, 2007 exercised the 2008 option on Tan White's contract.
* March 23, 2007 traded La'Tangela Atkinson to the Sacramento Monarchs for the 24th pick in the 2008 WNBA draft
* March 23, 2007 re-signed Anna DeForge and signed free agent Tammy Sutton-Brown.
* April 13, 2007 waived Linda Frohlich.
* April 13, 2007 traded the 40th pick in the 2008 WNBA draft for Jessica Dickson.
* May 7, 2007 waived Lyndsey Medders.
* May 9, 2007 waived Erin Lawless and Ashley Key.
* May 16, 2007 waived Jessica Dickson and Jennifer Humphrey.