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It took ten years, but Indiana’s heat finally celebrated WNBA playoff series wins. The injured team beat Atlanta’s dream in the first round and won the third game in a dramatic way on Thursday.
Indiana’s fourth quarter hero game caused an amazing 87-85 frustration after winning the second game to avoid elimination. Indianapolis Colts Head coach Shane Steichen noticed Fever’s excellent playoff run and praised it.
“Screaming White finished last night and keep moving forward. Apparently, they dealt with some adversity, got hurt, and it was next for them. So it was fun, and it was fun, and [I] It will definitely go well in the next round. Steichen said in the media on Friday.
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Indianapolis Colts head coach Shane Steichen walked onto the court before an NFL football game against the Tennessee Giants in Indianapolis on Sunday, December 22, 2024. (AP Photos/Darron Cummings)
“I think it’s great to find a way to win, it just shows the toughness, toughness, toughness that they are playing with now. You can see them all play together. So, it’s exciting for them, it’s exciting for the city.”
Fever Star Sophie Cunningham Responded to Steichen’s comments. She wrote on X: “Wait!
at the same time, Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell After Indiana reached the semi-finals, she praised her head coach Stephanie White.
“I have a lot of coaches in eight years, and I’ve been the worst record team in Indiana fever (history), so I know where my career started,” Mitchell said. “The fever in the sixth seed rose at the last minute, beating the dream 87-85 of the third seed, and in a decisive 37-85 I’ve never been a driver like me, and I’ve become my position. Never felt this. ”
Indiana fever head coach Stephanie White is on the sideline in Game 2 of the WNBA’s first-round playoff showdown between Indiana’s first-round playoff showdown and Indianapolis’ Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Dream ended the regular season with 30 wins, the most wins in the Eastern Conference. Atlanta entered the playoffs and was one of the favorites to reach the WNBA finals.
Although it was briefly performed for most of the year due to injuries WNBA Specialist Cup And won 24 games.
Five players in the fever lineup started the 2025 season and lost end-of-season damage. Worse, these setbacks occur in a two-month window.
In early September, Caitlin Clark announced that she was excluded for the rest of the season. Clark has been injured in a game against the Connecticut Suns on July 15.
The Indiana craze players reacted after their third game after defeating Atlanta Dream in the first round of the playoffs at the Gateway Center Arena in Atlanta on Thursday. (Dale Zanine/Imagn image)
“I spent hours in the gym every day, and a weird goal was to get back there, disappointment wasn’t enough to describe how I felt,” the point guard said. Written on X September 4.
In a matchup with Phoenix Mercury last month, fellow fever guards Sydney Colson and Aari McDonald suffered serious injuries in their match against Phoenix Mercury. Colson suffered a torn ACL while McDonald’s was diagnosed with a foot fracture.
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Cunningham suffered an end-of-season MCL injury on August 27.
Fever will meet Las Vegas ace in the semifinals. Game 1 is closed on Sunday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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