FINAL · GAME DETAIL
Indiana Fever
vs New York Liberty
One game ID connects the final, quarter flow, leading player lines and season position.
Schedule note: WNBA Commissioner's Cup
| Team | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IND | 25 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 75 |
| NY | 21 | 16 | 17 | 29 | 83 |
GAME FLOW · NUMBERS
Reconstructing the game from the quarter line
New York Liberty finished ahead of Indiana Fever, 83-75, a 8-point margin. The first-half totals were 40 for Indiana Fever and 37 for New York Liberty; the third- and fourth-quarter totals were 35 and 46. The combined final of 158 matches the sum of the two quarter lines across 4 periods, including any overtime.
1Q: IND 25-NY 21, 25-21 cumulative; 2Q: IND 15-NY 16, 40-37 cumulative; 3Q: IND 17-NY 17, 57-54 cumulative; 4Q: IND 18-NY 29, 75-83 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 New York Liberty's high was 29; the final separation was 8 points.
The first-half margin was 3 points, compared with 11 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 40% from the field, 32% from three and 60% at the line; New York Liberty posted 36%, 11% and 83%. Rebounds finished 41-47, assists 20-14 and turnovers 14-11. The same team box reports a 38-40 split in paint points and 9-13 in offensive rebounds.
Kelsey Mitchell led Indiana Fever with 21 points. Aliyah Boston supplied a team-high 9 rebounds, while Caitlin Clark led with 9 assists. For New York Liberty, the corresponding leaders were Breanna Stewart with 30 points, Jonquel Jones with 12 rebounds and Jonquel Jones with 4 assists.
The player tables contain minutes, points, rebounds, assists, shooting and on-court differential for 9 recorded participants from IND and 10 from NY. 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. New York Liberty are 17-13, No. 8 overall and No. 4 in the East, 2.5 games back. Their cumulative point differentials are +183 and +64.
Counting only completed standard-season results through this game, Indiana Fever stood at 5-5 across 10 games and New York Liberty at 7-4 across 11. Their most recent sets of up to five finals were 2-3 and 4-1. Scoring in those short windows was 420-426 for the away team and 413-380 for the home team, keeping recent form separate from the full-season record.
Across 1 completed meetings in the same season, Indiana Fever recorded 0 wins and New York Liberty 1; aggregate scoring was 75-83. The teams are separated by 4 places in the overall order and by 2 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 | NY |
|---|---|---|
| FG% | 40 | 36 |
| 3P% | 32 | 11 |
| FT% | 60 | 83 |
| Rebounds | 41 | 47 |
| Assists | 20 | 14 |
| Turnovers | 14 | 11 |
| Paint points | 38 | 40 |
Indiana Fever
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monique Billings * | 35 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6-7 | 0 |
| Caitlin Clark * | 34 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 4-14 | 3 |
| Kelsey Mitchell * | 32 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 7-21 | -8 |
| Aliyah Boston * | 29 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 6-15 | -14 |
| Lexie Hull * | 19 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2-2 | 5 |
| Sophie Cunningham | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1-2 | -18 |
| Raven Johnson | 17 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2-7 | -6 |
| Myisha Hines-Allen | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1-4 | -1 |
| Makayla Timpson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | -1 |
| Grace VanSlooten | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Damiris Dantas | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Tyasha Harris | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Justine Pissott | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Bree Hall | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
New York Liberty
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breanna Stewart * | 33 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 6-15 | 17 |
| Leonie Fiebich * | 30 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1-7 | 15 |
| Jonquel Jones * | 28 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2-6 | 7 |
| Marine Johannes * | 25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3-7 | 2 |
| Pauline Astier * | 24 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4-6 | 8 |
| Satou Sabally | 22 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 5-11 | 10 |
| Rebekah Gardner | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1-3 | -6 |
| Betnijah Laney-Hamilton | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1-5 | -2 |
| Han Xu | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1-4 | -6 |
| Marine Fauthoux | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-2 | -5 |
| Raquel Carrera | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Rebecca Allen | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |