Fever top Sun 85-75 as White dismisses discord talk
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- Indiana Fever beat the Connecticut Sun 85-75 in Uncasville, Conn., improving to 8-5 and extending their winning streak to three games (four of their past five).
- Stephanie White shut down reports of team discord, saying "I don't think you're talking about journalism" and arguing that "legitimate news sources need to report legitimate news" rather than amplify social media speculation.
- Caitlin Clark tied Cynthia Cooper's WNBA record with her 14th career 25-point, 5-assist game within a player's first three seasons, finishing Saturday with 25 points and five assists.
- Caitlin Clark drew two technical fouls in the final 2:30 — a team delay-of-game after she kicked the ball off the scorer's table and a personal tech with 22.2 seconds left — calling the first call "ridiculous."
- Sophie Cunningham scored all 11 of her points in the fourth quarter to help Indiana hang on; the Fever are now 6-0 this season when holding opponents under 80 points, versus 2-5 when they don't.
- Connecticut Sun dropped to 2-13, tying the franchise's worst start through 15 games, and were led by Olivia Nelson-Ododa's 12 points.
- The Fever are 4-1 in Commissioner's Cup play and still in the hunt to repeat last year's in-season tournament title.
Why it matters: Indiana sits 4-1 in Commissioner's Cup play and is defending last year's in-season tournament title, so the win streak matters for seeding. Meanwhile, the Sun's 2-13 start ties a franchise-worst through 15 games — a stark gap between a contender and a team in crisis. White and Clark's aggressive, on-camera dismissal of the discord narrative signals the Fever are trying to close the door on the story before it metastasizes.
