INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) \u2014 On Monday night in Washington, D.C., the Fever were already on the brink of losing their fourth one-possession game of the year. But with four seconds left and the Fever down one, Caitlin Clark nailed a game-winning 31-foot three-pointer to lift Indiana to victory.<\/p>\n
The shot brought Indiana to a 78-76 win on Monday, but the team says there is still plenty of room to grow after a 6-5 start to the year.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that we\u2019ve got to get a little tougher,\u201d Fever center Aliyah Boston said. \u201cI know it\u2019s early on, but we\u2019ve got to get a little tougher. I think for us, just keeping the main thing the main thing, and that\u2019s focused on taking care of each possession, offensively and defensively.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Fever blew a 14-point halftime lead and found themselves down by the final possession. Fever head coach Stephanie White would have liked to hold the lead, but she said the Fever can use Monday\u2019s game as another learning opportunity.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think every opportunity we have to grow throughout the course of the game and throughout the course of practice is really important,\u201d White said. \u201cThese are situations that are going to pay dividends for us down the line. Being able to reframe and being able to stay together and come back together, I think, is an important lesson for our group.\u201d<\/p>\n
As Indiana continues through the regular season, White shared how valuable it will be to lean on the team\u2019s experience after playing in several tight games already. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve played from behind a lot before, and now we\u2019ve got to learn to play with the lead,\u201d White said. \u201cThat\u2019s a different type of pressure. It\u2019s a different type of urgency that you need to have. I say it a lot, and it\u2019s true; it\u2019s not just coach speak. There\u2019s no substitute for experience. Each time we get an opportunity to experience it and then to come out on the winning side of it is important.\u201d<\/p>\n
After Monday\u2019s nail-biting finish, Indiana now looks ahead to a home game against the Chicago Sky on Thursday. Coach White gave her keys ahead of Thursday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got to contain their guards,\u201d White said. \u201cThey have two great point guards in our league. Certainly, when you think about [Natasha] Cloud and Sky [Skyler Diggins] and their experience, championship-caliber players. We\u2019ve got to contain them, and we\u2019ve got to make sure we do a really good job of protecting our paint. When we do that, it allows us to do what we do best, and that\u2019s get out in transition, play fast.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Fever (6-5) host the Sky (4-8) on Thursday at 7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) \u2014 On Monday night in Washington, D.C., the Fever were already on the brink of losing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-696320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}