INDIANAPOLIS — A trip to the WNBA Finals is on the line tonight for the Indiana Fever in Las Vegas.
Two days after forcing Game 5 with a win on their home court , the Fever will play the Aces in a winner-take-all game in the WNBA semifinals.
Indiana topped the Aces in Game 1 of their best-of-five series in Las Vegas on Sept. 21, before Las Vegas won the next two games. But Kelsey Mitchell scored 25 points in Game 4, while Aliyah Boston added 24 points and 14 rebounds to even the series.
The Fever have reached the brink of the finals while battling through a litany of injuries, including the loss of star guard Caitlin Clark for all but 13 games this season. Mitchell has picked up the slack, averaging more than 20 points per game and a nod as a finalist for the league's MVP, which was won