With the New York Liberty and Indiana Fever having both already clinched a spot in the playoffs, their biggest concern now is getting healthy.

The Liberty and Fever close their regular season series on Thursday, with both hoping to get one of their missing players back.

New York (18-13) and Indiana (15-17) have clinched playoff spots. While the Fever are locked into the fourth seed, the Liberty are still hoping for a chance to move up from the third seed. They are 1 1/2 games behind Detroit and Connecticut in the Eastern Conference.

The Liberty would need to win all three of their remaining games, while the Shock and Sun would have to lose their final two games, for New York to capture home-court advantage throughout the Eastern Conference playoffs.

New York looks to rebound after having its three-game winning streak snapped on Tuesday in an 82-76 loss to West-leading San Antonio. The Liberty were without Janel McCarville (back spasms) and Tiffany Jackson (stress fracture), but leading scorer Shameka Christon returned after missing three games with a strained right hamstring. She scored 15 points, going 4-for-9 from 3-point range.

"I knew this game was going to be kind of 'iffy,'" Christon said. "We are now coming back and getting in the flow of things. The main thing is we have clinched a playoff spot, so there is really no pressure."

McCarville, New York's second-leading scorer, had left the Liberty's previous game after falling awkwardly while attempting a layup. Her status for Thursday is uncertain.

While the Liberty have struggled recently against tougher opponents, on Thursday they face the only playoff-bound team that has a losing record. After losing three of their final four games heading into the Olympic break, the Fever have been just as inconsistent since returning to action, splitting six games and losing two of their last three.

Indiana is coming off an 86-76 loss to Minnesota on Tuesday. Tan White scored 21 points in the loss, which solidified the Fever's spot as the No. 4 seed in the East.

Katie Douglas missed the game for precautionary reasons due to patella femoral syndrome in her right knee. She has been dealing with soreness in the knee since July 27, but coach Lin Dunn said the absence of the team's leading scorer was no excuse for the poor offensive effort. Indiana was outscored 21-9 in the first quarter.

"A lack of a player does not affect effort," Dunn said. "I was very disappointed in our effort in the first quarter, then we had to fight to get in the game. They played harder than we did. You would've thought they were playing for a playoff berth."

The Liberty and Fever last met July 19 at Arthur Ashe Stadium in the WNBA's first regular-season outdoor game. Indiana has won two of three meetings this season, including that outdoor contest in Queens, 71-55.