INDIANAPOLIS — The crowd at Gainbridge Fieldhouse held its breath with 5.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter of Friday’s game. The Indiana Fever trailed the Washington Mystics by 3 points after clawing their way back in the final frame, but needed one more shot.Caitlin Clark delivered a 3-pointer to tie the game near the end of regulation, but the Mystics held on for a 104-102 overtime victory. The Fever fell to 1-2 with the loss and have yet to win at home.Clark heats up lateThe season began with a cold 3-point shooting start for Clark, as she made just 3 of 16 in the Fever’s first two games. The two-time All-Star heated up early on Friday night, nailing back-to-back 3-pointers in the second quarter, but for most of the game she was held in check — until the fourth quarter.Through the first three quarters, Clark went 2-for-15 from the field for just 11 points, and the Fever entered the fourth quarter trailing 67-58. She took over in the final frame by drilling five 3-pointers, more than her total 3-pointers combined through the first two games of the season. Clark’s third triple gave Indiana a 70-69 lead with just under seven minutes to play as the Fever eventually erased an 11-point deficit to force overtime.Clark scored 17 of her 32 points in the fourth quarter and dished out eight assists. Her sixth-career 30-point game, however, wasn’t enough for the Fever to avoid their second loss in their first three games.Amoore runs the showMystics guard Georgia Amoore suffered a right ACL injury during training camp last year and missed her entire rookie season. Appearing in just her third WNBA game Friday, the 2025 No. 6 pick looked like a 10-year veteran. Amoore, who starred at Virginia Tech and Kentucky, played with poise as she orchestrated the Mystics’ offense. She provided arguably the most impressive pass of the game when she caught the ball on the left wing in the third quarter. Before Fever forward Mo Billings and Clark could trap her, Amoore jumped in the air and split the defense with a pinpoint bounce pass to Kiki Iriafen for a layup that gave Washington a 45-39 lead.
Despite Caitlin Clark’s late-game heroics, Indiana Fever fall in OT to Mystics
Aliyah Boston left the game with a lower leg injury in Friday's game.










