FINAL · GAME DETAIL
Indiana Fever
vs Portland Fire
One game ID connects the final, quarter flow, leading player lines and season position.
| Team | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IND | 15 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 84 |
| POR | 29 | 21 | 37 | 13 | 100 |
GAME FLOW · NUMBERS
Reconstructing the game from the quarter line
Portland Fire finished ahead of Indiana Fever, 100-84, a 16-point margin. The first-half totals were 37 for Indiana Fever and 50 for Portland Fire; the third- and fourth-quarter totals were 47 and 50. The combined final of 184 matches the sum of the two quarter lines across 4 periods, including any overtime.
1Q: IND 15-POR 29, 15-29 cumulative; 2Q: IND 22-POR 21, 37-50 cumulative; 3Q: IND 25-POR 37, 62-87 cumulative; 4Q: IND 22-POR 13, 84-100 cumulative. Reading the period score beside the running score identifies exactly when the gap expanded or contracted. Indiana Fever's highest-scoring period was 25 points, while Portland Fire's high was 37; the final separation was 16 points.
The first-half margin was 13 points, compared with 3 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
Indiana Fever recorded 41% from the field, 23% from three and 89% at the line; Portland Fire posted 51%, 39% and 95%. Rebounds finished 26-25, assists 21-26 and turnovers 17-11. The same team box reports a 34-52 split in paint points and 9-8 in offensive rebounds.
Aliyah Boston led Indiana Fever with 18 points. Aliyah Boston supplied a team-high 7 rebounds, while Caitlin Clark led with 6 assists. For Portland Fire, the corresponding leaders were Megan DiLeo with 22 points, Emily Engstler with 10 rebounds and Carla Leite with 12 assists.
The player tables contain minutes, points, rebounds, assists, shooting and on-court differential for 11 recorded participants from IND and 10 from POR. 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, Indiana Fever are 19-10, No. 4 overall and No. 1 in the East, 0 games behind the conference leader. Portland Fire are 11-18, No. 10 overall and No. 5 in the West, 12.5 games back. Their cumulative point differentials are +183 and -171.
Counting only completed standard-season results through this game, Indiana Fever stood at 4-4 across 8 games and Portland Fire at 6-4 across 10. Their most recent sets of up to five finals were 3-2 and 4-1. Scoring in those short windows was 441-423 for the away team and 417-385 for the home team, keeping recent form separate from the full-season record.
Across 2 completed meetings in the same season, Indiana Fever recorded 1 wins and Portland Fire 1; aggregate scoring was 174-173. The teams are separated by 6 places in the overall order and by 8 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 | IND | POR |
|---|---|---|
| FG% | 41 | 51 |
| 3P% | 23 | 39 |
| FT% | 89 | 95 |
| Rebounds | 26 | 25 |
| Assists | 21 | 26 |
| Turnovers | 17 | 11 |
| Paint points | 34 | 52 |
Indiana Fever
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelsey Mitchell * | 33 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 4-9 | -11 |
| Aliyah Boston * | 26 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 7-13 | -14 |
| Caitlin Clark * | 22 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1-7 | -8 |
| Lexie Hull * | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-4 | -9 |
| Monique Billings * | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | -9 |
| Sophie Cunningham | 26 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 3-5 | -4 |
| Makayla Timpson | 25 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3-5 | -4 |
| Myisha Hines-Allen | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3-5 | 1 |
| Tyasha Harris | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1-5 | -5 |
| Raven Johnson | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1-4 | -11 |
| Grace VanSlooten | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | -6 |
| Damiris Dantas | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
Portland Fire
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridget Carleton * | 32 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 6-15 | 17 |
| Emily Engstler * | 29 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 7-10 | 15 |
| Megan DiLeo * | 28 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 8-8 | 15 |
| Carla Leite * | 27 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 6-12 | 20 |
| Nyadiew Puoch * | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1-3 | -4 |
| Sarah Ashlee Barker | 28 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 4-13 | 6 |
| Frieda Buhner | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3-5 | 14 |
| Luisa Geiselsoder | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-1 | 1 |
| Teja Oblak | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1-3 | -1 |
| Holly Winterburn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | -3 |
| Serah Williams | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Karlie Samuelson | RIGHT FOOT | – | – | – | –-– | – |