# 2004 Indiana Fever season

The 2004 WNBA season was the 5th season for the Indiana Fever. The Fever missed the playoffs due to the strong competitivity in the Eastern Conference. As of the 2010 season, this was the last season Indiana had missed the playoffs.

## Offseason
### Dispersal Draft

Based on the Fever's 2003 record, they would pick 5th in the Cleveland Rockers dispersal draft. The Fever picked Deanna Jackson.

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/School/Team |
| 1 | 9 | Ebony Hoffman (C) | United States | USC |
| 3 | 31 | Ieva Kublina (F/C) | Latvia | Virginia Tech |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Connecticut Sun $^x$ | 18 | 16 | .529 | – | 10–7 | 8–9 | 14–6 |
| New York Liberty $^x$ | 18 | 16 | .529 | – | 11–6 | 7–10 | 10–10 |
| Detroit Shock $^x$ | 17 | 17 | .500 | 1.0 | 8–9 | 9–8 | 11–9 |
| Washington Mystics $^x$ | 17 | 17 | .500 | 1.0 | 11–6 | 6–11 | 9–11 |
| Charlotte Sting $^o$ | 16 | 18 | .471 | 2.0 | 10–7 | 6–11 | 8–12 |
| Indiana Fever $^o$ | 15 | 19 | .441 | 3.0 | 10–7 | 5–12 | 8–12 |

### Season schedule

| Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
| May 21 | New York | 69-67 | Win | 1-0 |
| May 23 | Washington | 67-68 | Loss | 1-1 |
| May 28 | @ Charlotte | 41-63 | Loss | 1-2 |
| June 1 | @ San Antonio | 79-60 | Win | 2-2 |
| June 5 | Charlotte | 70-57 | Win | 3-2 |
| June 9 | Detroit | 79-83 | Loss | 3-3 |
| June 11 | @ New York | 72-68 | Win | 4-3 |
| June 12 | @ Detroit | 68-72 | Loss | 4-4 |
| June 16 | Sacramento | 63-50 | Win | 5-4 |
| June 19 | New York | 70-65 | Win | 6-4 |
| June 22 | Connecticut | 58-63 | Loss | 6-5 |
| June 25 | Los Angeles | 71-67 | Win | 7-5 |
| June 26 | @ Charlotte | 37-46 | Loss | 7-6 |
| June 29 | @ Detroit | 69-68 | Win | 8-6 |
| July 1 | @ Washington | 64-69 | Loss | 8-7 |
| July 3 | Phoenix | 61-60 | Win | 9-7 |
| July 6 | @ Connecticut | 77-79 (OT) | Loss | 9-8 |
| July 8 | Minnesota | 58-56 | Win | 10-8 |
| July 11 | Connecticut | 61-65 | Loss | 10-9 |
| July 14 | Houston | 70-62 | Win | 11-9 |
| July 16 | Detroit | 85-73 | Win | 12-9 |
| July 19 | @ Los Angeles | 51-82 | Loss | 12-10 |
| July 22 | @ Seattle | 54-59 | Loss | 12-11 |
| July 24 | @ Phoenix | 56-71 | Loss | 12-12 |
| July 25 | @ Sacramento | 62-71 | Loss | 12-13 |
| July 28 | Charlotte | 53-63 | Loss | 12-14 |
| July 31 | @ Houston | 54-62 | Loss | 12-15 |
| September 1 | @ Washington | 75-58 | Win | 13-15 |
| September 3 | @ Minnesota | 69-61 | Win | 14-15 |
| September 4 | Washington | 69-42 | Win | 15-15 |
| September 10 | San Antonio | 65-82 | Loss | 15-16 |
| September 13 | Seattle | 70-76 | Loss | 15-17 |
| September 16 | @ New York | 71-77 (OT) | Loss | 15-18 |
| September 19 | @ Connecticut | 60-80 | Loss | 15-19 |

## Player stats

| Player | GP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS |
| Tamika Catchings | 34 | 249 | 115 | 67 | 38 | 568 |
| Natalie Williams | 34 | 235 | 62 | 40 | 23 | 349 |
| Kelly Miller | 34 | 108 | 106 | 37 | 5 | 348 |
| Deanna Jackson | 34 | 113 | 53 | 29 | 6 | 236 |
| Kelly Schumacher | 32 | 104 | 25 | 10 | 31 | 224 |
| Kristen Rasmussen | 33 | 113 | 47 | 21 | 14 | 152 |
| Coretta Brown | 26 | 34 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 104 |
| Stephanie White | 22 | 28 | 52 | 24 | 5 | 91 |
| Ebony Hoffman | 30 | 87 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 60 |
| Niele Ivey | 15 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 34 |
| Kate Starbird | 12 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 |