The Indiana Fever needed a wake-up call in their do-or-die Game 3 against the Atlanta Dream on Thursday.

They found it during an unlikely moment.

The Fever advanced to the semifinals of the playoffs after escaping the Dream, 87-85, at Gateway Center Arena behind the late-game heroics of Aliyah Boston and Lexie Hull.

After the game, Fever coach Stephanie White lauded how her players responded to the challenge .

“We knew that we just had to keep it tight. It just takes a couple of breaks to go your way,” said White, as quoted by Fever reporter Tony East.

East noted that White said Boston getting whistled for a technical foul at the 5:44 mark of the third quarter was the “turning point” and “composure check.”

Boston threw Brionna Jones to the ground after the latter was called

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