Two of the WNBA’s best scorers will be on the court when Caitlin Clark (13th, 17.1 points per game) and the Indiana Fever (11-15) host Kahleah Copper (second, 23.4) and the Phoenix Mercury (14-12) on Friday, August 16, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. ET on ION.
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How to watch “Fever vs. Mercury”
Matchday: Friday, August 16, 2024
Playing time: 7:30 p.m. ET
TV channels: ION
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Arena: Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Live stream: Watch on Fubo
Tickets: Buy tickets for this game at Vivid Seats
Insights into the assessment of fever and mercury
The 81.8 points Indiana scores per game are only 3.2 points less than Phoenix allows (85).
When the Fever score more than 85 points, they have a record of 6-3.
Phoenix averages just 3.5 fewer points per game (83.8) than Indiana allows its opponents (87.3).
The Mercury have a record of 8-2 in games in which they have scored more than 87.3 points.
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Fieber’s latest performance
In their last 10 games, the Fever have scored 84.8 points per game, an average slightly higher than the 81.8 they scored over the course of the 2024 season.
Indiana has been a bit better defensively lately, allowing 85.4 points per game over its last 10 games, compared to the 87.3 points it has conceded per game this year.
The Fever have been on a downward trend in their three-point shooting percentage over their last ten games, making 8.1 three-pointers per game and shooting 31.4% from beyond the arc, compared to their season averages of 8.3 three-pointers and 33% from beyond the arc in 2024.
The recent development of Mercury
In the last ten games, the Mercury scored 87 points per game, 3.2 more than their season average (83.8).
Phoenix has given up 85 points per game over its last 10 games, the same number of points it has allowed per game this season.
The Mercury have made 0.9 fewer three-pointers per game in their last 10 games (8.2) than they did on the season (9.1), but they are shooting a higher three-point percentage in their last 10 games (36.3%) than they did on the season (34.3%).
Indiana’s top scorers
name
General medicine
PTS
REB
ASST
STL
Black
3 p.m
Caitlin Clark
26
17.1
5.8
8.2
1.5
0.8
2.7
Kelsey Mitchell
26
16.9
2.2
1.8
0.7
0.1
2.3
Aliyah Boston
26
14.2
8.7
2.7
0.8
1.5
0.3
NaLyssa Smith
26
11.6
7.7
1.2
0.7
1
0.5
Temi Fagbenle
11
8.5
5.5
1.1
0.7
0.8
0.1
Phoenix’s top scorers
name
General medicine
PTS
REB
ASST
STL
Black
3 p.m
Kahleah Copper
26
23.4
4.5
2.3
0.8
0.1
2.1
Brittney Griner
16
18.9
6.6
2.1
0.7
1.6
0.3
Diana Taurasi
22
15.9
4.5
2.7
0.7
0.4
2.7
Natasha Cloud
25
12
4.3
7.2
1.7
0.7
1
Sophie Cunningham
26
8
3.7
2.2
1
0.2
1.6
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Fever Injury Report
Fever: None
Mercury’s injury report
Mercury: Charisma Osborne: Out (leg), Rebecca Allen: Out (thigh)
