# 2024 Indiana Fever season

The 2024 Indiana Fever season was 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.
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. The number one pick did not lead to a fast start to the season as the Fever lost their first five games, the closest of which was a two-point loss to Seattle on May 22. The Fever would win their next game against Los Angeles to earn their first win of the season. They would go on to lose their next three games, including a rematch against Los Angeles to finish the opening month 1–8. June brought about a vast improvement from the team. They defeated Chicago by one point to open the month. They lost to New York, defeated Washington, and then lost to Connecticut before going on a four game winning streak. They would lose their next two games before winning the final game of June to finish the month with a 7–4 record. The Fever went 1–2 to start July but defeated New York. They defeated Phoenix and Minnesota before losing to Dallas. The team finished July 3–3 and headed into the Olympic break with an 11–15 record.
The Fever returned from the Olympic break and won their first two games of August. They lost in Minnesota by ten-points before winning their next three games. The highlight of August was a nineteen-point victory over Chicago. The team finished 5–1 during the month, and moved solidly into playoff position. They won their first two games of September and on September 3, 2024, the Fever clinched their spot in the 2024 WNBA Playoffs, ending their seven-year playoff drought (the longest in WNBA history). They would go on to lose three of the next four games, including back-to-back losses to Las Vegas. They defeated Dallas by one point and lost to Washington by one point to finish September 4–4.
The Fever finished the season 20–20, which was sixth place overall. They faced off in the First Round against third seed Connecticut. They were swept in the series two games to zero, losing the first game 69–93 and the second game 81–87. Despite the sweep, the Fever made great strides, posting their highest regular season win total since 2015. Clark was named to the All-WNBA First Team, and was only the fifth rookie in WNBA history to be named to the team.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 1 | Caitlin Clark | United States | Iowa |
| 2 | 15 | Celeste Taylor | United States | Ohio State |
| 3 | 27 | Leilani Correa | United States | Florida |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| January 11, 2024 | Extended Qualifying Offers to Maya Caldwell and Temi Fagbenle |
| January 19, 2024 | Signed Temi Fagbenle to a Training Camp Contract. |
| January 29, 2024 | Signed Maya Caldwell to a Training Camp Contract. |
| February 1, 2024 | Signed Damiris Dantas |
| February 1, 2024 | Signed Katie Lou Samuelson |
| March 21, 2024 | Waived Victoria Vivians |
| April 22, 2024 | Exercised fourth-year option for NaLyssa Smith |
| April 25, 2024 | Signed Celeste Taylor and Leilani Correa to Rookie Contracts |
| April 27, 2024 | Signed Caitlin Clark to a Rookie Contract |
| May 10, 2024 | Exercised fourth-year option for Lexie Hull and Kristy Wallace |
| May 10, 2024 | Waived Maya Caldwell and Leilani Correa |
| May 13, 2024 | Suspended the contract of Damiris Dantas (temporary, due to knee injury) |
| June 25, 2024 | Activated Damiris Dantas |
| June 25, 2024 | Waived Celeste Taylor |
| September 23, 2024 | Kelly Krauskopf hired as President of Basketball and Business Operations (starting post 2024 season) |

### Roster changes
## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| PG | Caitlin Clark | Erica Wheeler Grace Berger |
| SG | Kelsey Mitchell | Kristy Wallace |
| SF | Lexie Hull | Katie Lou Samuelson |
| PF | NaLyssa Smith | Temi Fagbenle Victaria Saxton |
| C | Aliyah Boston | Damiris Dantas |

## Schedule
### Pre-season

2024 pre-season game log Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1) :
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 3
@ Dallas
L 76–79
Caitlin Clark (21)
Aliyah Boston (8)
Erika Wheeler (4)
College Park Center 6,251
0–1
2
May 9
Atlanta
W 83–80
NaLyssa Smith (21)
Caitlin Clark (8)
Grace Berger (7)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 13,028
1-1 :
2024 pre-season schedule :

### Regular season

2024 game log Total: 20–20 (Home: 12–8; Road: 8–12) :
May: 1–8 (Home: 0–4; Road: 1–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 14
@ Connecticut
L 71–92
Caitlin Clark (20)
NaLyssa Smith (9)
Clark, Samuelson (3)
Mohegan Sun Arena 8,910
0–1
2
May 16
New York
L 66–102
Aliyah Boston (12)
Boston, Clark (7)
Caitlin Clark (6)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274
0–2
3
May 18
@ New York
L 80–91
Caitlin Clark (22)
NaLyssa Smith (8)
Caitlin Clark (8)
Barclays Center 17,735
0–3
4
May 20
Connecticut
L 84–88
Clark, Mitchell (17)
Temi Fagbenle (10)
Clark, Mitchell (5)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274
0–4
5
May 22
@ Seattle
L 83–85
Caitlin Clark (21)
NaLyssa Smith (11)
Caitlin Clark (7)
Climate Pledge Arena 18,343
0–5
6
May 24
@ Los Angeles
W 78–73
Kelsey Mitchell (18)
Caitlin Clark (10)
Caitlin Clark (8)
Crypto.com Arena 19,103
1–5
7
May 25
@ Las Vegas
L 80–99
Kelsey Mitchell (16)
Temi Fagbenle (8)
Caitlin Clark (7)
Michelob Ultra Arena 10,399
1–6
8
May 28
Los Angeles
L 82–88
Caitlin Clark (30)
Temi Fagbenle (7)
Caitlin Clark (6)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 16,013
1–7
9
May 30
Seattle
L 88–103
NaLyssa Smith (23)
Aliyah Boston (12)
Caitlin Clark (9)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 15,022
1–8 :
June
: 7–4 (Home: 4–0; Road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
10
June 1
Chicago
W 71–70
Kelsey Mitchell (18)
NaLyssa Smith (9)
Caitlin Clark (6)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274
2–8
11
June 2
@ New York
L 68–104
Kelsey Mitchell (21)
NaLyssa Smith (8)
Caitlin Clark (5)
Barclays Center 17,401
2–9
12
June 7
@ Washington
W 85–83
Caitlin Clark (30)
NaLyssa Smith (10)
Caitlin Clark (6)
Capital One Arena 20,333
3–9
13
June 10
@ Connecticut
L 72–89
Aliyah Boston (14)
Aliyah Boston (12)
Aliyah Boston (5)
Mohegan Sun Arena 8,910
3–10
14
June 13
Atlanta
W 91–84
Aliyah Boston (27)
Aliyah Boston (13)
Caitlin Clark (6)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 16,651
4–10
15
June 16
Chicago
W 91–83
Caitlin Clark (23)
Aliyah Boston (14)
Caitlin Clark (9)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274
5–10
16
June 19
Washington
W 88–81
Boston, Mitchell (22)
Caitlin Clark (12)
Caitlin Clark (6)
6–10
17
June 21
@ Atlanta
W 91–79
NaLyssa Smith (21)
Aliyah Boston (10)
Caitlin Clark (7)
State Farm Arena 17,575
7–10
18
June 23
@ Chicago
L 87–88
Kelsey Mitchell (24)
Boston, Smith (7)
Caitlin Clark (13)
Wintrust Arena 9,872
7–11
19
June 27
@ Seattle
L 77–89
Clark, Wheeler (15)
Aliyah Boston (14)
Caitlin Clark (7)
Climate Pledge Arena 18,343
7–12
20
June 30
@ Phoenix
W 88–82
Aliyah Boston (17)
NaLyssa Smith (15)
Caitlin Clark (12)
Footprint Center 17,071
8–12 :
July
: 3–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
21
July 2
@ Las Vegas
L 69–88
Kelsey Mitchell (23)
NaLyssa Smith (14)
Caitlin Clark (11)
T-Mobile Arena 20,366
8–13
22
July 6
New York
W 83–78
Caitlin Clark (19)
Caitlin Clark (12)
Caitlin Clark (13)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274
9–13
23
July 10
Washington
L 84–89
Caitlin Clark (29)
Katie Lou Samuelson (9)
Caitlin Clark (13)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274
9–14
24
July 12
Phoenix
W 95–86
Kelsey Mitchell (28)
Aliyah Boston (13)
Caitlin Clark (13)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274
10–14
25
July 14
@ Minnesota
W 81–74
Kelsey Mitchell (21)
Aliyah Boston (16)
Caitlin Clark (6)
Target Center 18,978
11–14
26
July 17
@ Dallas
L 93–101
Aliyah Boston (28)
NaLyssa Smith (12)
Caitlin Clark (19)
College Park Center 6,251
11–15 :
August
: 5–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
27
August 16
Phoenix
W 98–89
Caitlin Clark (29)
Boston, Smith (9)
Caitlin Clark (10)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274
12–15
28
August 18
Seattle
W 92–75
Kelsey Mitchell (27)
Aliyah Boston (15)
Caitlin Clark (9)
13–15
29
August 24
@ Minnesota
L 80–90
Caitlin Clark (23)
Aliyah Boston (15)
Caitlin Clark (8)
Target Center 19,023
13–16
30
August 26
@ Atlanta
W 84–79
Kelsey Mitchell (29)
Aliyah Boston (11)
Caitlin Clark (7)
State Farm Arena 17,608
14–16
31
August 28
Connecticut
W 84–80
Kelsey Mitchell (23)
Lexie Hull (8)
Aliyah Boston (8)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274
15–16
32
August 30
@ Chicago
W 100–81
Caitlin Clark (31)
NaLyssa Smith (7)
Caitlin Clark (12)
Wintrust Arena 9,445
16–16 :
September
: 4–4 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
33
September 1
@ Dallas
W 100–93
Kelsey Mitchell (36)
Boston, Smith (8)
Caitlin Clark (12)
College Park Center 6,251
17–16
34
September 4
Los Angeles
W 93–86
Boston, Clark (24)
Aliyah Boston (14)
Caitlin Clark (10)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 16,645
18–16
35
September 6
Minnesota
L 88–99
Caitlin Clark (25)
Lexie Hull (9)
Caitlin Clark (8)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274
18–17
36
September 8
Atlanta
W 104–100 (OT)
Aliyah Boston (30)
Aliyah Boston (13)
Caitlin Clark (12)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274
19–17
37
September 11
Las Vegas
L 75–86
Kelsey Mitchell (24)
Aliyah Boston (10)
Caitlin Clark (6)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274
19–18
38
September 13
L 74–78
Kelsey Mitchell (20)
Boston, Clark (8)
Caitlin Clark (9)
19–19
39
September 15
Dallas
W 110–109
Caitlin Clark (35)
Boston, Smith (6)
Caitlin Clark (8)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274
20–19
40
September 19
@ Washington
L 91–92
Kristy Wallace (17)
Clark, Smith (5)
Caitlin Clark (8)
Capital One Arena 20,711
20–20 :
2024 season schedule :

### Playoffs

2024 playoff game log :
First round vs. Connecticut Sun Lost Series: 0–2
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
September 22
@ Connecticut
L 69–93
Kelsey Mitchell (21)
Aliyah Boston (11)
Caitlin Clark (8)
Mohegan Sun Arena 8,910
0–1
2
September 25
L 81–87
Caitlin Clark (25)
Aliyah Boston (19)
Caitlin Clark (9)
0–2 :
2024 playoff schedule :

## Standings

| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Conf. | Home | Road | Cup |
| 1 | yx – New York Liberty | 32 | 8 | .800 | — | 16–4 | 16–4 | 16–4 | 5–0 |
| 2 | cx – Minnesota Lynx | 30 | 10 | .750 | 2 | 14–6 | 16–4 | 14–6 | 4–1 |
| 3 | x – Connecticut Sun | 28 | 12 | .700 | 4 | 14–6 | 14–6 | 14–6 | 4–1 |
| 4 | x – Las Vegas Aces | 27 | 13 | .675 | 5 | 12–8 | 13–7 | 14–6 | 2–3 |
| 5 | x – Seattle Storm | 25 | 15 | .625 | 7 | 13–7 | 14–6 | 11–9 | 4–1 |
| 6 | x – Indiana Fever | 20 | 20 | .500 | 12 | 11–9 | 12–8 | 8–12 | 3–2 |
| 7 | x – Phoenix Mercury | 19 | 21 | .475 | 13 | 10–10 | 10–10 | 9–11 | 3–2 |
| 8 | x – Atlanta Dream | 15 | 25 | .375 | 17 | 7–13 | 8–12 | 7–13 | 1–4 |
| 9 | e – Washington Mystics | 14 | 26 | .350 | 18 | 7–13 | 5–15 | 9–11 | 1–4 |
| 10 | e – Chicago Sky | 13 | 27 | .325 | 19 | 5–15 | 6–14 | 7–13 | 1–4 |
| 11 | e – Dallas Wings | 9 | 31 | .225 | 23 | 6–14 | 7–13 | 2–18 | 0–5 |
| 12 | e – Los Angeles Sparks | 8 | 32 | .200 | 24 | 5–15 | 5–15 | 3–17 | 2–3 |
* v
* t
* e
Notes
    (#) – League Standing
    c – Commissioner's Cup winners
    y – Regular Season Champion
    x – Clinched playoff berth
    e – Eliminated from playoff contention
    Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

## Playoffs

| Round One: Best-of-3 | Round One: Best-of-3 | Round One: Best-of-3 | Semifinals: Best-of-5 | Semifinals: Best-of-5 | Semifinals: Best-of-5 | Finals: Best-of-5 | Finals: Best-of-5 | Finals: Best-of-5 |
| 1 | New York Liberty | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Atlanta Dream | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Atlanta Dream | 0 | 1 | New York Liberty | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Las Vegas Aces | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Las Vegas Aces | 2 | 4 | Las Vegas Aces | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Seattle Storm | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Seattle Storm | 0 | | | | 1 | New York Liberty | 3 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Minnesota Lynx | 2 |
| 2 | Minnesota Lynx | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | Minnesota Lynx | 2 |
| 7 | Phoenix Mercury | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Phoenix Mercury | 0 | 2 | Minnesota Lynx | 3 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Connecticut Sun | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Connecticut Sun | 2 | 3 | Connecticut Sun | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Indiana Fever | 0 | | | | | | |
Bold: series winner

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PF | PPG |
| Caitlin Clark | 40 | 40 | 35.4 | .417 | .344 | .906 | 5.7 | 8.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 5.6 | 2.8 | 19.2 |
| Kelsey Mitchell | 40 | 38 | 32.0 | .468 | .402 | .832 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 19.2 |
| Aliyah Boston | 40 | 40 | 30.9 | .529 | .269 | .736 | 8.9 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 14.0 |
| NaLyssa Smith | 40 | 37 | 24.8 | .480 | .292 | .567 | 7.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 10.6 |
| Temi Fagbenle | 22 | 2 | 18.9 | .509 | .167 | .786 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 6.4 |
| Lexie Hull | 34 | 11 | 19.7 | .441 | .471 | .805 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 5.5 |
| Kristy Wallace | 26 | 15 | 17.2 | .402 | .293 | .667 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 4.7 |
| Damiris Dantas | 20 | 0 | 10.5 | .459 | .394 | .667 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| Katie Lou Samuelson | 37 | 15 | 18.2 | .349 | .330 | .960 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 4.3 |
| Erica Wheeler | 39 | 2 | 14.0 | .411 | .288 | .846 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 3.6 |
| Grace Berger | 11 | 0 | 9.3 | .400 | .400 | .643 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.8 |
| Victaria Saxton | 9 | 0 | 2.6 | .333 | .250 | .500 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
| Celeste Taylor $^‡$ | 5 | 0 | 3.2 | 1.000 | — | .500 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season

### Playoffs

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PF | PPG |
| Kelsey Mitchell | 2 | 2 | 38.5 | .421 | .263 | .500 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| Caitlin Clark | 2 | 2 | 38.0 | .350 | .200 | .750 | 5.0 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 18.0 |
| Aliyah Boston | 2 | 2 | 32.5 | .577 | — | .750 | 15.0 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 16.5 |
| Damiris Dantas | 2 | 0 | 16.0 | .500 | .400 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 8.0 |
| Lexie Hull | 2 | 2 | 30.0 | .308 | .143 | .800 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 6.5 |
| Temi Fagbenle | 2 | 1 | 24.0 | .444 | .500 | — | 5.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 4.5 |
| Victaria Saxton | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1.000 | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Erica Wheeler | 2 | 0 | 9.5 | .000 | — | .750 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
| NaLyssa Smith | 2 | 1 | 6.5 | .000 | — | — | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Katie Lou Samuelson | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | .000 | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Grace Berger | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Kristy Wallace | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded |
| Caitlin Clark | Rookie of the Month – May | June 3, 2024 |
| Caitlin Clark | WNBA All-Star Starter | July 2, 2024 |
| Caitlin Clark | Rookie of the Month – July | July 19, 2024 |
| Caitlin Clark | AP Player of the Week | August 20, 2024 |
| Caitlin Clark | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | August 27, 2024 |
| Caitlin Clark | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | September 3, 2024 |
| Caitlin Clark | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | September 10, 2024 |
| Caitlin Clark | Eastern Conference Player of the Month – August | September 4, 2024 |
| Caitlin Clark | Rookie of the Month – August | September 4, 2024 |
| Caitlin Clark | Rookie of the Month – September | September 20, 2024 |
| Caitlin Clark | Peak Performer: Assists | September 20, 2024 |
| Caitlin Clark | AP Rookie of the Year | September 22, 2024 |
| Caitlin Clark | AP All-WNBA First Team | September 22, 2024 |
| Caitlin Clark | AP All-Rookie Team | September 22, 2024 |
| Caitlin Clark | WNBA Rookie of the Year | October 3, 2024 |
| Caitlin Clark | WNBA All-Rookie Team | October 3, 2024 |
| Caitlin Clark | All-WNBA First Team | October 16, 2024 |
| Aliyah Boston | WNBA All-Star | July 2, 2024 |
| Aliyah Boston | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 18, 2024 |
| Kelsey Mitchell | WNBA All-Star | July 2, 2024 |
| Christie Sides | Coach of the Month – August | September 2, 2024 |