{"id":42003,"date":"2025-09-30T05:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T09:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/fever-vs-aces-indiana-forces-game-5-after-epic-wnba-playoffs-victory\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T05:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T09:10:12","slug":"fever-vs-aces-indiana-forces-game-5-after-epic-wnba-playoffs-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wnba\/fever-vs-aces-indiana-forces-game-5-after-epic-wnba-playoffs-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Fever vs Aces: Indiana Forces Game 5 After Epic WNBA Playoffs Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"In a season full of challenges, the Indiana Fever have shown remarkable resilience, especially in critical moments. In Game 4 against the Las Vegas Aces, the team faced its third elimination situation this postseason.\n\nDespite the pressure, the Fever, led by their coach Stephanie White, have shown their best game in these circumstances. The team, seeded in sixth place, achieved a crucial victory with a score of 90-83, forcing a decisive Game 5.\n\nThis victory is even more impressive considering the team&#8217;s absences, including their star Caitlin Clark and five other players due to injuries. The Fever have won four games as &#8220;underdogs&#8221; this postseason, the most since the Chicago Sky in 2021, and their three elimination game wins are the most since the Connecticut Sun in 2022.\n\nThe desperation and urgency with which we play in those positions is exactly what we need.\n\nAfter a Game 3 loss, Indiana showed great determination, leading the game for almost 35 minutes. An 11-2 run in the second quarter gave them a 46-38 lead at halftime, thanks to Aliyah Boston&#8217;s outstanding performance.\n\nBoston scored 17 points and nine rebounds in the second half, including 11 free throws in the third quarter, reaching a personal playoff record of 24 points. In addition, she joined team legend Tamika Catchings as the only Fever players to record 20 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists in a playoff game.\n\nThe Fever&#8217;s performance was boosted by the performances of Kelsey Mitchell (25 points) and Odyssey Sims (18 points), who, along with Boston, accumulated 67 points.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We were aggressive and moved the ball, and good things happen.<\/p><cite>Stephanie White<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nOdyssey Sims added that the team knew it was a crucial match and that they had to play with more intensity.\n\nDespite the efforts of the Aces&#8217; A&#8217;ja Wilson, who scored 31 points, Las Vegas committed 17 turnovers, resulting in 25 points for Indiana.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0928%2Fr1552645_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Aliyah Boston&#039;s 24 points Sunday marked a playoff career high. She also joined franchise legend Tamika Catchings as the only Fever players to record 20 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists in a playoff game.\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Aliyah Boston&#8217;s 24 puntos el domingo marcaron un r\u00e9cord personal en playoffs. Tambi\u00e9n se uni\u00f3 a la leyenda de la franquicia Tamika Catchings como las \u00fanicas jugadoras de las Fever en registrar 20 puntos, 10 rebotes y 5 asistencias en un juego de playoffs.\nDoug McSchooler\/AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nAces coach Becky Hammon acknowledged that her team needs to improve their performance. The Aces managed to get within two points in the final quarter, but the Fever kept their cool. A shot by Mitchell and an additional free throw sealed the victory.\n\nThe Aces expressed their dissatisfaction with the refereeing, especially regarding the difference in free throws. Hammon responded to A&#8217;ja Wilson&#8217;s comments about her teammates&#8217; fouls.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a season full of challenges, the Indiana Fever have shown remarkable resilience, especially in critical moments. In Game 4 against the Las Vegas Aces, the team faced its third elimination situation this postseason. Despite the pressure, the Fever, led by their coach Stephanie White, have shown their best game in these circumstances. The team, [&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":[3888,5758,4215,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-42003","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-wnba","7":"tag-aces","8":"tag-aliyah-boston","9":"tag-fever","10":"tag-playoffs"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42003","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=42003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}