Fever Host Lynx Tuesday Night on ESPN With Playoff Seeding at Stake
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The short version
- Fever (27-14) host the Lynx (32-10) on Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 7 p.m. CT on ESPN.
- Caitlin Clark scored a team-high 25 points in Sunday's loss to Washington.
- Indiana is the No. 5 seed and needs two wins plus an Atlanta loss for home-court advantage.
Caitlin Clark and Indiana welcome the WNBA-leading Minnesota Lynx to Gainbridge Fieldhouse in a game with first-round seeding implications.
The Indiana Fever (27-14) welcome the league-best Minnesota Lynx (32-10) to Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Tuesday, Sept. 22, with tipoff set for 7 p.m. CT on ESPN. The game is a key piece of the WNBA playoff picture.
Caitlin Clark enters the matchup off a 25-point performance, the highest total on her team, in Sunday's defeat against the Washington Mystics. She made 6 of 20 from the field and 3 of 10 from beyond the arc, while going a perfect 10 for 10 at the free-throw line. She added five assists, two rebounds, two steals and one block across 34 minutes.
Indiana currently sits fifth in the standings. To earn home-court advantage in the best-of-three opening round, the Fever need victories both Tuesday and in Thursday's regular-season finale at Minnesota, combined with an Atlanta loss on Wednesday.
Written by the Matchday Live desk from reporting by Yahoo Sports.
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