{"id":36332,"date":"2025-09-20T05:05:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T09:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/fever-shocks-dream-and-advances-to-wnba-semifinals-dramatic-finish\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T05:05:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T09:05:30","slug":"fever-shocks-dream-and-advances-to-wnba-semifinals-dramatic-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wnba\/fever-shocks-dream-and-advances-to-wnba-semifinals-dramatic-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Fever Shocks Dream and Advances to WNBA Semifinals \u00a1Dramatic Finish!"},"content":{"rendered":"In a season full of obstacles, the Indiana Fever achieved an impressive feat by advancing to the WNBA semifinals, surpassing the Atlanta Dream in an exciting playoff match.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Path Full of Challenges<\/h2>\n\n\nThe Fever&#8217;s regular season was marked by adversity. Star Caitlin Clark missed a large part of the season due to injury, and the acquisition of free agent DeWanna Bonner left the team mid-season. In addition, several players suffered injuries that sidelined them, further complicating the outlook for the team.\n\nDespite these setbacks, the Fever demonstrated remarkable resilience in the crucial Game 3 of the first round, a direct elimination match. The team, seeded sixth, faced the third-seeded Dream and achieved a surprising victory.\n\nThe game remained close for most of the time, with the Fever trailing on the scoreboard for more than 29 minutes. However, in the last two and a half minutes, Indiana&#8217;s defense intensified, leaving the Dream scoreless and securing an 87-85 victory.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Moments and Outstanding Performance<\/h2>\n\n\nIn the final moments, Aliyah Boston almost lost the ball, but Kelsey Mitchell regained control, leading to a basket by Boston that gave the Fever the lead. Lexie Hull stole the ball on the Dream&#8217;s next possession, securing the victory.\n\nKelsey Mitchell, with 24 points, led the Fever&#8217;s offense. Natasha Howard praised the fight and team spirit. &#8220;I can&#8217;t put it into words. I&#8217;m speechless, just because of how we fought throughout this game.&#8221;\n\nThe victory marks the first time the Fever have reached the semifinals since 2015, a significant achievement considering the circumstances.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;We work very hard and I am very proud of our team for pushing through,&#8221; Hull said.<\/p><cite>Lexie Hull<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nCoach Stephanie White highlighted resilience, flexibility, and team spirit as key factors for the team&#8217;s success.\n\nThe Fever will face the Las Vegas Aces in the semifinals, a team that has dominated the league in recent weeks. The series, best-of-five games, will begin on Sunday.\n\nBrianna Turner highlighted the team&#8217;s ability to perform under pressure. &#8220;We perform well with our backs against the wall.&#8221;\n\nThe road to the semifinals was not easy, but the Indiana Fever demonstrated their ability to overcome adversity and their determination to compete in the postseason.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a season full of obstacles, the Indiana Fever achieved an impressive feat by advancing to the WNBA semifinals, surpassing the Atlanta Dream in an exciting playoff match. A Path Full of Challenges The Fever&#8217;s regular season was marked by adversity. Star Caitlin Clark missed a large part of the season due to injury, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[5758,780,7428,7019],"class_list":{"0":"post-36332","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-wnba","7":"tag-aliyah-boston","8":"tag-indiana-fever","9":"tag-kelsey-mitchell","10":"tag-wnba-playoffs"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36332\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}