Fresh off winning the first WNBA championship in the franchise’s history in 2024, the New York Liberty had gotten off to a fantastic 9-0 start to their 2025 regular season campaign before heading to Indianapolis to face the Indiana Fever on June 14. These two teams had already faced each other once in the season, when the Liberty sneaked past the Fever with a 90-88 win at home. But the defending champions weren’t so fortunate in this second go-around, as the Fever beat them at Gainbridge Fieldhouse Arena by a score of 102-88 after outscoring them by 11 points in the second half, thus handing New York its first loss of the year. This victory was largely owed to the performance that Fever superstar guard Caitlin Clark produced. After struggling from behind the three-point line early in the season, No. 22 erupted during this showdown against the Liberty, scoring 32 points (which would end up being her season-high) in 11 of 20 shooting from the field, including going 7 of 14 from three-point range. This included
