Fever and Lynx Close Regular Season With Clark-Miles Matchup
The short version
- Fever host Lynx Tuesday in Indianapolis; teams meet again Thursday in Minneapolis
- A Lynx win in either game clinches the top playoff seed and home-court advantage
- Indiana could finish between the third and eighth seeds
- Lynx won the only prior WNBA meeting 108-100 on Aug. 2 behind Olivia Miles' 11-for-14 shooting
Indiana hosts Minnesota Tuesday and visits Minneapolis Thursday in a two-game set with major WNBA playoff seeding implications.
The Indiana Fever and Minnesota Lynx will close the WNBA regular season against each other, meeting Tuesday night in Indianapolis and Thursday night in Minneapolis. The two-game set carries significant stakes for both teams.
Minnesota can secure the No. 1 playoff seed and home-court advantage throughout the postseason by winning either game. Indiana could finish as high as the third seed or as low as the eighth and final seed.
The series features a matchup between Fever guard Caitlin Clark and Lynx rookie guard Olivia Miles, who played her college basketball at Notre Dame and Texas Christian. The two have met once in the WNBA, a 108-100 Lynx win in Minnesota on Aug. 2.
In that game, Clark scored 19 points with 10 assists but shot 2-for-9 from three-point range and committed four turnovers. Miles made 11 of 14 field goals, including all three of her three-point attempts.
Written by the Matchday Live desk from reporting by Yahoo Sports.
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