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New York Liberty @ Indiana Fever 78–83

2024-07-06 · WNBA · Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis IN · Att. 17,274 · CBS

New York Liberty 2024 · Indiana Fever 2024 · 2024 season

Score by period

	1	2	3	4	T
NYL	18	20	24	16	78
IND	24	15	16	28	83

Team stats

	Liberty	Fever
Field goals	29-71 .408	32-67 .478
Three-pointers	10-42 .238	7-24 .292
Free throws	10-16 .625	12-14 .857
Offensive rebounds	8	7
Defensive rebounds	23	34
Total rebounds	31	41
Assists	20	20
Steals	7	6
Blocks	1	2
Turnovers	10	15
Personal fouls	11	15
Technical fouls	1	0
Points in the paint	30	42
Fast-break points	14	9
Points off turnovers	12	17
Largest lead	11	12

New York Liberty

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3P	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton G	38	20	8-14	4-10	0-0	2	2	4	4	1	0	3	2	-4
Breanna Stewart F	36	14	3-11	0-5	8-10	1	5	6	6	2	1	1	4	-11
Sabrina Ionescu G	35	22	9-23	4-13	0-0	0	3	3	4	0	0	1	1	-9
Jonquel Jones C	31	6	2-5	0-3	2-6	2	10	12	2	3	0	2	2	-9
Courtney Vandersloot G	14	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	+4
Kayla Thornton F	28	7	3-9	1-7	0-0	3	1	4	1	1	0	0	2	-4
Kennedy Burke G	13	5	2-5	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	+10
Leonie Fiebich F	6	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-2
Total	200	78	29-71	10-42	10-16	8	23	31	20	7	1	10	11

FG .408 · 3P .238 · FT .625

Did not play: Ivana Dojkić (coach's decision), Jaylyn Sherrod (coach's decision), Nyara Sabally (coach's decision), Marquesha Davis (coach's decision)

Indiana Fever

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3P	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-
Caitlin Clark G	38	19	7-17	3-12	2-2	0	12	12	13	2	0	4	3	+9
Kelsey Mitchell G	36	14	5-14	2-7	2-2	1	3	4	2	1	0	1	0	+5
Aliyah Boston C	33	18	8-12	0-0	2-2	0	8	8	2	1	2	0	2	+6
NaLyssa Smith F	29	12	4-8	0-0	4-6	4	7	11	0	1	0	4	4	+22
Katie Lou Samuelson F	26	5	2-6	1-3	0-0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	3	-13
Lexie Hull G	19	6	2-3	0-0	2-2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	3	+5
Damiris Dantas C	7	7	3-3	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1
Erica Wheeler G	6	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-4
Kristy Wallace G	6	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	-4
Total	200	83	32-67	7-24	12-14	7	34	41	20	6	2	15	15

FG .478 · 3P .292 · FT .857

Did not play: Temi Fagbenle (right thumb injury), Grace Berger (coach's decision), Victaria Saxton (coach's decision)

Officials: Charles Watson, Tim Greene, Biniam Maru

Play-by-play

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Quarter 1

10:00 Start of 1st Period (1:04 PM EST)
10:00 IND Jump Ball Boston vs. Jones: Tip to Vandersloot
9:45 IND Smith Violation:Kicked Ball
9:41 NYL MISS Stewart 15' Jump Shot
9:38 IND Smith REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
9:22 IND Clark 28' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Boston 1 AST) 0–3
9:02 NYL Vandersloot Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
9:02 IND Clark STEAL (1 STL)
8:57 IND MISS Clark 30' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
8:52 NYL Ionescu REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
8:47 NYL MISS Ionescu 32' 3PT Running Jump Shot
8:43 IND Clark REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
8:35 IND Clark 1' Driving Finger Roll Layup (5 PTS) 0–5
8:20 NYL MISS Ionescu 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
8:18 IND Boston REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
8:08 IND Boston 1' Layup (2 PTS) (Clark 1 AST) 0–7
7:53 NYL MISS Stewart 12' Pullup Jump Shot
7:49 IND Smith REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
7:33 IND MISS Mitchell 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
7:31 NYL Laney-Hamilton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
7:20 NYL MISS Ionescu Layup
7:20 IND Boston BLOCK (1 BLK)
7:16 IND Boston REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
7:08 NYL Jones S.FOUL (P1.T1)
7:08 IND MISS Smith Free Throw 1 of 2
7:08 FEVER Rebound
7:08 IND Smith Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
7:02 IND Smith S.FOUL (P1.T1)
7:02 NYL Stewart Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
7:02 NYL MISS Stewart Free Throw 2 of 2
7:01 IND Smith REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
6:43 IND Boston Driving Layup (4 PTS) 1–10
6:42 Liberty Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
6:25 NYL Stewart Finger Roll Layup (3 PTS) (Vandersloot 1 AST) 3–10
6:08 IND MISS Mitchell 1' Driving Layup
6:04 IND Mitchell REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
6:02 IND Mitchell Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) 3–12
5:34 Liberty Turnover: Shot Clock (T#2)
5:22 IND MISS Samuelson 4' Turnaround Bank Shot
5:20 NYL Stewart REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
5:17 NYL Laney-Hamilton 26' 3PT Running Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Stewart 1 AST) 6–12
5:07 IND Clark 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (8 PTS) 6–15
4:57 NYL Ionescu 24' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS) 9–15
4:49 IND Boston 1' Cutting Layup Shot (6 PTS) (Clark 2 AST) 9–17
4:38 NYL Laney-Hamilton 24' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Vandersloot 2 AST) 12–17
4:27 IND Smith 5' Driving Layup (3 PTS) (Clark 3 AST) 12–19
4:10 NYL MISS Ionescu 24' 3PT Jump Shot
4:07 IND Mitchell REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
4:04 IND Mitchell 18' Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (4 PTS) 12–21
3:42 NYL MISS Stewart 25' 3PT Jump Shot
3:40 IND Clark REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
3:27 IND MISS Smith 1' Layup
3:26 Liberty Rebound
3:26 NYL SUB: Fiebich FOR Vandersloot
3:26 NYL SUB: Thornton FOR Laney-Hamilton
3:13 NYL Jones Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T3)
3:13 IND Clark STEAL (2 STL)
3:04 IND Clark 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (11 PTS) 12–24
2:47 NYL MISS Jones 25' 3PT Jump Shot
2:44 IND Clark REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
2:39 IND Clark Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
2:39 NYL Jones STEAL (1 STL)
2:34 NYL MISS Ionescu 13' Running Layup
2:32 IND Boston REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
2:19 IND MISS Mitchell 29' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
2:16 Liberty Rebound
2:16 IND SUB: Wallace FOR Smith
2:16 NYL SUB: Burke FOR Jones
2:02 NYL Stewart 2' Layup (5 PTS) (Fiebich 1 AST) 14–24
1:34 IND MISS Mitchell 1' Driving Reverse Layup
1:34 NYL Stewart BLOCK (1 BLK)
1:34 FEVER Rebound
1:34 FEVER Turnover: Shot Clock (T#2)
1:34 IND SUB: Wheeler FOR Boston
1:34 IND SUB: Dantas FOR Clark
1:18 NYL MISS Stewart 24' 3PT Jump Shot
1:15 IND Wallace REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
1:02 IND MISS Mitchell 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
1:00 NYL Stewart REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
0:56 IND Samuelson P.FOUL (P1.T2)
0:56 NYL SUB: Laney-Hamilton FOR Ionescu
0:50 NYL MISS Thornton 3PT Jump Shot
0:46 IND Samuelson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
0:39 IND Wheeler Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)
0:39 NYL Laney-Hamilton STEAL (1 STL)
0:35 NYL Thornton 1' Running Layup (2 PTS) 16–24
0:11 IND MISS Wallace 3' Driving Layup
0:08 IND Wallace REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
0:08 NYL Stewart P.FOUL (P1.T2)
0:08 IND SUB: Clark FOR Wallace
0:06 IND Clark Step Out of Bounds Turnover (P2.T4)
0:06 IND SUB: Wallace FOR Clark
0:02 NYL Laney-Hamilton 19' Pullup Jump Shot (8 PTS) 18–24
0:00 End of 1st Period (1:23 PM EST)

Quarter 2

10:00 Start of 2nd Period (1:27 PM EST)
9:38 IND MISS Clark 1' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot
9:35 IND Smith REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
9:33 IND Smith Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T5)
9:33 NYL Thornton STEAL (1 STL)
9:26 NYL MISS Fiebich 25' 3PT Jump Shot
9:24 FEVER Rebound
9:03 IND Dantas 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Wallace 1 AST) 18–27
8:41 IND Smith P.FOUL (P2.T1)
8:39 NYL MISS Stewart 25' 3PT Jump Shot
8:35 IND Smith REBOUND (Off:1 Def:4)
8:24 IND Wheeler Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Clark 4 AST) 18–29
8:14 NYL MISS Burke 25' 3PT Jump Shot
8:11 NYL Stewart REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
8:08 NYL Fiebich 1' Reverse Layup (2 PTS) (Stewart 2 AST) 20–29
7:48 IND Clark 5' Turnaround Fadeaway (13 PTS) 20–31
7:32 IND Clark P.FOUL (P1.T2)
7:32 NYL SUB: Vandersloot FOR Fiebich
7:22 NYL Thornton 27' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Laney-Hamilton 1 AST) 23–31
7:10 IND MISS Wheeler 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
7:07 NYL Stewart REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
6:53 NYL MISS Thornton 3PT Jump Shot
6:51 IND Clark REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
6:38 IND Smith Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T6)
6:38 IND SUB: Samuelson FOR Smith
6:38 IND SUB: Hull FOR Wallace
6:38 IND SUB: Boston FOR Dantas
6:38 NYL SUB: Jones FOR Burke
6:30 NYL MISS Vandersloot 10' Pullup Jump Shot
6:26 NYL Thornton REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
6:26 NYL Thornton 1' Putback Layup (7 PTS) 25–31
6:07 IND MISS Wheeler 1' Driving Layup
6:04 NYL Jones REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
5:56 NYL MISS Thornton 3PT Jump Shot
5:54 IND Clark REBOUND (Off:0 Def:5)
5:48 IND MISS Clark 25' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
5:44 NYL Stewart REBOUND (Off:1 Def:4)
5:33 NYL Vandersloot Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P2.T4)
5:33 Timeout: Official
5:33 IND SUB: Mitchell FOR Wheeler
5:33 NYL SUB: Ionescu FOR Vandersloot
5:33 NYL SUB: Burke FOR Stewart
5:33 FEVER Turnover: 5 Second Violation (T#7)
5:23 NYL MISS Jones 24' 3PT Jump Shot
5:20 NYL Thornton REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
5:13 NYL Burke 3' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (Laney-Hamilton 2 AST) 27–31
4:56 IND MISS Clark 28' 3PT Jump Shot
4:53 NYL Ionescu REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
4:48 NYL Ionescu Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T5)
4:48 IND Samuelson STEAL (1 STL)
4:42 IND MISS Samuelson 29' 3PT Running Jump Shot
4:37 NYL Jones REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
4:28 NYL Jones 3' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Ionescu 1 AST) 29–31
4:12 IND MISS Boston 1' Driving Finger Roll Layup
4:11 NYL Burke REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
4:06 IND Samuelson S.FOUL (P2.T3)
4:06 NYL MISS Jones Free Throw 1 of 2
4:06 Liberty Rebound
4:06 NYL Jones Free Throw 2 of 2 (3 PTS)
3:47 IND MISS Boston 1' Hook Shot
3:44 NYL Jones REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
3:32 NYL MISS Ionescu 1' Driving Layup
3:30 IND Boston REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
3:15 NYL Jones P.FOUL (P2.T1)
3:15 FEVER Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
3:05 IND Mitchell Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T8)
2:55 IND Boston P.FOUL (P1.T4)
2:55 IND SUB: Smith FOR Samuelson
2:55 NYL SUB: Stewart FOR Burke
2:50 NYL Jones 2' Driving Layup (5 PTS) 32–31
2:42 IND Smith 1' Cutting Layup Shot (5 PTS) (Clark 5 AST) 32–33
2:27 NYL Ionescu 27' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Stewart 3 AST) 35–33
2:05 IND Smith 1' Layup (7 PTS) (Clark 6 AST) 35–35
1:54 NYL MISS Laney-Hamilton 25' 3PT Jump Shot
1:51 IND Hull REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
1:42 IND Boston 1' Cutting Layup Shot (8 PTS) (Clark 7 AST) 35–37
1:26 IND Smith S.FOUL (P3.PN)
1:26 NYL Stewart Free Throw 1 of 2 (6 PTS)
1:26 NYL MISS Stewart Free Throw 2 of 2
1:25 IND Boston REBOUND (Off:0 Def:5)
1:11 IND Boston 2' Layup (10 PTS) 36–39
0:44 NYL MISS Thornton 24' 3PT Jump Shot
0:41 NYL Thornton REBOUND (Off:3 Def:0)
0:40 NYL MISS Ionescu 28' 3PT Jump Shot
0:36 Liberty Rebound
0:36 IND SUB: Samuelson FOR Smith
0:28 IND Hull S.FOUL (P1.PN)
0:28 NYL Stewart Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)
0:28 NYL Stewart Free Throw 2 of 2 (8 PTS)
0:19 NYL Laney-Hamilton P.FOUL (P1.T2)
0:10 NYL Laney-Hamilton Violation:Kicked Ball
0:06 IND MISS Mitchell 24' 3PT Jump Shot
0:03 NYL Jones REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
0:00 End of 2nd Period (1:50 PM EST)

Quarter 3

10:00 Start of 3rd Period (2:07 PM EST)
9:41 IND Mitchell 2' Cutting Layup Shot (6 PTS) (Boston 2 AST) 38–41
9:26 NYL MISS Laney-Hamilton 24' 3PT Jump Shot
9:25 NYL Jones REBOUND (Off:1 Def:4)
9:25 IND Smith P.FOUL (P4.T1)
9:19 NYL Vandersloot 1' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) 40–41
9:00 IND Samuelson 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Mitchell 1 AST) 40–44
8:47 NYL Stewart 2' Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot (10 PTS) (Ionescu 2 AST) 42–44
8:36 IND MISS Clark 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
8:32 NYL Jones REBOUND (Off:1 Def:5)
8:13 NYL Laney-Hamilton 2' Cutting Layup Shot (10 PTS) (Ionescu 3 AST) 44–44
7:54 IND Samuelson 10' Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Clark 8 AST) 44–46
7:33 NYL Laney-Hamilton Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T6)
7:33 IND Smith STEAL (1 STL)
7:26 IND Clark Bad Pass Turnover (P3.T9)
7:26 NYL Stewart STEAL (1 STL)
7:19 NYL Ionescu 18' Pullup Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Stewart 4 AST) 46–46
7:12 IND MISS Mitchell 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup
7:10 NYL Vandersloot REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
7:03 IND Samuelson S.FOUL (P3.T2)
7:03 NYL Stewart Free Throw 1 of 2 (11 PTS)
7:03 NYL Stewart Free Throw 2 of 2 (12 PTS)
6:53 IND Clark Bad Pass Turnover (P4.T10)
6:53 NYL Jones STEAL (2 STL)
6:49 NYL Ionescu 4' Running Layup (10 PTS) (Jones 1 AST) 50–46
6:24 IND MISS Smith 4' Driving Layup
6:20 NYL Ionescu REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
6:16 NYL MISS Stewart 25' 3PT Running Jump Shot
6:13 IND Clark REBOUND (Off:0 Def:6)
6:06 IND Smith 1' Cutting Layup Shot (9 PTS) (Clark 9 AST) 50–48
5:46 NYL MISS Stewart 27' 3PT Jump Shot
5:44 IND Clark REBOUND (Off:0 Def:7)
5:38 IND Boston 1' Running Layup (12 PTS) (Clark 10 AST) 50–50
5:19 NYL Laney-Hamilton 12' Pullup Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Jones 2 AST) 52–50
5:08 IND MISS Boston 1' Layup
5:07 NYL Jones REBOUND (Off:1 Def:6)
5:00 NYL Ionescu 2' Running Jump Shot (12 PTS) 54–50
4:43 IND Smith Lost Ball Turnover (P3.T11)
4:43 NYL Stewart STEAL (2 STL)
4:39 NYL Ionescu 27' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (15 PTS) 57–50
4:38 FEVER Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
4:38 NYL SUB: Thornton FOR Vandersloot
4:14 FEVER Turnover: Shot Clock (T#12)
3:55 NYL MISS Jones 25' 3PT Jump Shot
3:52 IND Smith REBOUND (Off:1 Def:5)
3:41 IND MISS Samuelson 11' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
3:38 NYL Jones REBOUND (Off:1 Def:7)
3:29 NYL MISS Thornton 3PT Jump Shot
3:26 IND Boston REBOUND (Off:0 Def:6)
3:05 IND MISS Smith 4' Turnaround Jump Shot
3:03 NYL Jones REBOUND (Off:1 Def:8)
2:47 NYL MISS Ionescu 2' Driving Layup
2:45 IND Boston REBOUND (Off:0 Def:7)
2:38 NYL Ionescu P.FOUL (P1.T1)
2:38 IND SUB: Hull FOR Smith
2:30 IND MISS Clark 32' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
2:26 NYL Jones REBOUND (Off:1 Def:9)
2:17 NYL MISS Stewart 14' Pullup Jump Shot
2:13 IND Samuelson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
2:06 IND MISS Samuelson 24' 3PT Jump Shot
2:02 NYL Jones REBOUND (Off:1 Def:10)
2:00 NYL Jones Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T7)
2:00 IND Boston STEAL (1 STL)
1:55 IND Mitchell 24' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Samuelson 1 AST) 57–53
1:54 Liberty Timeout: Regular (Reg.2 Short 0)
1:38 NYL MISS Ionescu 1' Driving Layup
1:36 NYL Jones REBOUND (Off:2 Def:10)
1:32 NYL Laney-Hamilton 26' 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Ionescu 4 AST) 60–53
1:05 IND Boston 1' Driving Layup (14 PTS) 60–55
0:43 NYL MISS Ionescu 30' 3PT Jump Shot
0:40 IND Boston REBOUND (Off:0 Def:8)
0:19 IND MISS Hull 13' Pullup Jump Shot
0:16 NYL Laney-Hamilton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
0:03 NYL Laney-Hamilton 19' Pullup Jump Shot (17 PTS) 62–55
0:00 End of 3rd Period (2:24 PM EST)

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