Atlanta Dream vs. Indiana Fever: game preview

Atlanta — The Atlanta Dream might be in a showdown tonight towards the Indiana Fever. The Dream will enter the sport because the favorites as they’ve the higher file at 5-5. The sport might be performed on the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind.

All eyes might be on Fever celebrity, Caitlin Clark, as she continues to dazzle along with her distinctive playmaking and scoring talents. Clark, broadly considered one of many higher rookies within the league, has skilled her ups and downs like most rookies, as she is averaging 16.3 factors, 4.9 rebounds, and 6.0 assists per recreation. Her mixture of pace, agility, and basketball IQ has made her a nightmare for opposing defenses and a pleasure for followers to look at.

Tonight, she’ll be seeking to proceed her All-Star caliber efficiency and lead her crew to a different victory. The Fever’s general file on the season is 3-10. Clark has such an enormous fanbase that the Dream needed to transfer their two house video games towards the Fever to State Farm Enviornment.

The Dream enter the sport coming off a disappointing misplaced to the Washington Mystics on Tuesday evening. The Dream are 3-1 on the highway as they appear to proceed their profitable methods on the highway.

A key matchup for the Dream might be Rhyne Howard vs Clark. Howard is second within the league with 2.5 steals per recreation. She does a fantastic job of transferring her toes and taking part in aggressive protection.

Within the Dream’s final recreation, Howard grew to become the youngest participant in WNBA historical past to make 200 profession 3-pointers. The previous Kentucky guard handed Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore, Sue Hen and Lauren Jackson.

Tonight’s recreation has the potential for others to attain important milestones. Nia Coffey is narrowing in on 1,000 profession factors as she is 26 factors away. Allisha Grey solely wants 16 extra rebounds to attain a 1,000. And Tina Charles will want 9 extra offensive rebounds to grow to be the third all-time main offensive rebounds in WNBA historical past.