FINAL · GAME DETAIL

Washington Mystics
vs Indiana Fever

One game ID connects the final, quarter flow, leading player lines and season position.

StatusFinal

Korea timeMay 16, 8:30 AM GMT+9

Venue localMay 15, 7:30 PM EDT

VenueGainbridge Fieldhouse · Indianapolis · IN

Washington Mystics104

Indiana Fever102

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	OT	Total
WSH	21	20	26	22	15	104
IND	28	9	21	31	13	102

GAME FLOW · NUMBERS

Reconstructing the game from the quarter line

Washington Mystics finished ahead of Indiana Fever, 104-102, a 2-point margin. The first-half totals were 41 for Washington Mystics and 37 for Indiana Fever; the third- and fourth-quarter totals were 48 and 52. The combined final of 206 matches the sum of the two quarter lines across 5 periods, including any overtime.

1Q: WSH 21-IND 28, 21-28 cumulative; 2Q: WSH 20-IND 9, 41-37 cumulative; 3Q: WSH 26-IND 21, 67-58 cumulative; 4Q: WSH 22-IND 31, 89-89 cumulative; OT: WSH 15-IND 13, 104-102 cumulative. Reading the period score beside the running score identifies exactly when the gap expanded or contracted. Washington Mystics's highest-scoring period was 26 points, while Indiana Fever's high was 31; the final separation was 2 points.

The first-half margin was 4 points, compared with 4 across the third and fourth quarters. Splitting the final this way preserves two distinct parts of the game instead of reducing it to one score. The quarter table above provides the same sequence as team scores and cumulative totals for direct comparison.

BOX SCORE READ

Team indicators and leading player lines

Washington Mystics recorded 56% from the field, 38% from three and 79% at the line; Indiana Fever posted 39%, 40% and 68%. Rebounds finished 44-29, assists 18-23 and turnovers 20-11. The same team box reports a 58-28 split in paint points and 8-11 in offensive rebounds.

Sonia Citron led Washington Mystics with 30 points. Kiki Iriafen supplied a team-high 13 rebounds, while Shakira Austin led with 5 assists. For Indiana Fever, the corresponding leaders were Caitlin Clark with 32 points, Monique Billings with 9 rebounds and Caitlin Clark with 10 assists.

The player tables contain minutes, points, rebounds, assists, shooting and on-court differential for 10 recorded participants from WSH and 11 from IND. Reading those rows beside the team totals connects the final score, shooting efficiency and possession outcomes to specific player production without substituting an unsupported judgment for the box score.

SEASON CONTEXT · 2026

Locating both teams through standings and head-to-head results

In the current table, Washington Mystics are 16-12, No. 7 overall and No. 3 in the East, 2.5 games behind the conference leader. Indiana Fever are 19-10, No. 4 overall and No. 1 in the East, 0 games back. Their cumulative point differentials are -47 and +183.

Counting only completed standard-season results through this game, Washington Mystics stood at 2-1 across 3 games and Indiana Fever at 1-2 across 3. Their most recent sets of up to five finals were 2-1 and 1-2. Scoring in those short windows was 265-265 for the away team and 293-289 for the home team, keeping recent form separate from the full-season record.

Across 1 completed meetings in the same season, Washington Mystics recorded 1 wins and Indiana Fever 0; aggregate scoring was 104-102. The teams are separated by 3 places in the overall order and by 3 cumulative wins. Standings, the recent five-game window and the season series cover different sample sizes, so they are presented as three numerical views of the same matchup rather than collapsed into one rating.

Team box score

Stat	WSH	IND
FG%	56	39
3P%	38	40
FT%	79	68
Rebounds	44	29
Assists	18	23
Turnovers	20	11
Paint points	58	28