The Indiana Fever proceed to be the Cinderella story of the WNBA playoffs.
With 5 gamers struggling season-ending accidents, together with Caitlin Clark, not many believed the Fever had been destined for a protracted postseason run. But, right here we’re eight video games later, they usually have an opportunity on the Finals.
Indiana’s best-of-five sequence with Las Vegas Aces is tied at 2 with a winner-take-all Recreation 5 set for Tuesday in Las Vegas (9:30 p.m. ET). The winner faces the Phoenix Mercury, who superior on Sunday by beating the No. 1 seeded Minnesota Lynx.
Aliyah Boston, who lead the Fever with 24 factors, 14 rebounds and 4 assists, mentioned the method stays the identical.
“We over me. That’s been our identification the whole season. All of us we obtained, all of us we’d like,” Boston mentioned. “The great thing about this squad, whether or not you’re damage otherwise you’re not, every little thing that you simply do is for the betterment of this crew for each win. That’s how we method each single day in observe, movie and each sport.”
WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson and the Aces may have homecourt and hope to return to the Finals for the third time in 4 seasons. Wilson has averaged 24.7 factors and 9.3 rebounds within the playoffs.
Recreation 5 of the WNBA semifinals sequence between the No. 2 seed Las Vegas Aces and No. 6 seed Indiana Fever is scheduled to tip off at 9:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at Michelob Extremely Enviornment in Las Vegas.