Indiana Fever Season in Photos: Olympic Break
Before the defending Eastern Conference champion Indiana Fever return from the Olympic break on August 27, take a look back at their Season in Photos.
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- The Fever opened their season as part of WNBA Tip-Off presented by Verizon with a 90-79 loss to the Dallas Wings, but rookie Tiffany Mitchell made an immediate impression with a team-high 18 points.
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- Indiana’s 2016 season has been and will be defined by the great Tamika Catchings (center), playing in her 15th and final season with the Fever.
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- The team returned to the site of its crushing Game 5 loss in the 2015 WNBA Finals for a rematch in the season’s second week. The Minnesota Lynx came out on top once again, 74-71.
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- A knee injury sidelined guard Briann January in May, but she returned on June 1 to bring the Fever back to full strength.
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- Catchings said goodbye to an appreciative Seattle crowd during a game against longtime peer Sue Bird and the Storm.
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- Catchings played her final regular season game at Madison Square Garden just before the Olympic break — though the Fever hope for another visit to come in the playoffs.
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- When the 20-2 Sparks came to town, the Fever stepped up to the plate and delivered their best win of the season, 92-82.
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- If the first two months are any indication, the Fever found themselves a steal with the ninth overall pick in this year’s Draft. Tiffany Mitchell, a guard out of South Carolina, ranks second on the team in scoring at 10.5 points per game.
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- Forward Natalie Achonwa gets to the rim during the June 29 game against the Chicago Sky.
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- In her fifth WNBA season, forward Lynetta Kizer is averaging a career-high 9.5 points on 57-percent shooting.
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- Forward Erlana Larkins stretches for a rebound during the Fever’s July 15 win over the Dream, which started a three-game winnings streak heading into the Olympic break.
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- Tamika Catchings and Tiffany Mitchell weren’t apart long: The day the WNBA’s Olympic break began, the two were in Los Angeles for USA Basketball practice — Catchings with the National Team and Mitchell with the Select Team.
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