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 | 27 | 29 | 34 | 22 | 112 |
| POR | 25 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 98 |
GAME FLOW · NUMBERS
Reconstructing the game from the quarter line
Indiana Fever finished ahead of Portland Fire, 112-98, a 14-point margin. The first-half totals were 56 for Indiana Fever and 47 for Portland Fire; the third- and fourth-quarter totals were 56 and 51. The combined final of 210 matches the sum of the two quarter lines across 4 periods, including any overtime.
1Q: IND 27-POR 25, 27-25 cumulative; 2Q: IND 29-POR 22, 56-47 cumulative; 3Q: IND 34-POR 25, 90-72 cumulative; 4Q: IND 22-POR 26, 112-98 cumulative. Reading the period score beside the running score identifies exactly when the gap expanded or contracted. Indiana Fever's highest-scoring period was 34 points, while Portland Fire's high was 26; the final separation was 14 points.
The first-half margin was 9 points, compared with 5 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 53% from the field, 34% from three and 88% at the line; Portland Fire posted 52%, 45% and 78%. Rebounds finished 30-25, assists 24-26 and turnovers 13-20. The same team box reports a 46-40 split in paint points and 8-7 in offensive rebounds.
Caitlin Clark led Indiana Fever with 26 points. Caitlin Clark supplied a team-high 10 rebounds, while Caitlin Clark led with 10 assists. For Portland Fire, the corresponding leaders were Bridget Carleton with 26 points, Karlie Samuelson with 4 rebounds and Carla Leite with 12 assists.
The player tables contain minutes, points, rebounds, assists, shooting and on-court differential for 10 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 19-10 across 29 games and Portland Fire at 11-18 across 29. Their most recent sets of up to five finals were 5-0 and 1-4. Scoring in those short windows was 558-476 for the away team and 446-468 for the home team, keeping recent form separate from the full-season record.
Across 3 completed meetings in the same season, Indiana Fever recorded 2 wins and Portland Fire 1; aggregate scoring was 286-271. 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% | 53 | 52 |
| 3P% | 34 | 45 |
| FT% | 88 | 78 |
| Rebounds | 30 | 25 |
| Assists | 24 | 26 |
| Turnovers | 13 | 20 |
| Paint points | 46 | 40 |
Indiana Fever
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelsey Mitchell * | 36 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 9-21 | 15 |
| Caitlin Clark * | 34 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 5-9 | 23 |
| Aliyah Boston * | 30 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 5-10 | 3 |
| Monique Billings * | 29 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 5-9 | 17 |
| Lexie Hull * | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | -5 |
| Sophie Cunningham | 27 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 4-6 | 18 |
| Makayla Timpson | 20 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 7-8 | 6 |
| Tyasha Harris | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0-2 | -5 |
| Raven Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Grace VanSlooten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | -2 |
| Myisha Hines-Allen | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Damiris Dantas | NOT WITH TEAM | – | – | – | –-– | – |
Portland Fire
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridget Carleton * | 33 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 9-14 | -10 |
| Carla Leite * | 31 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 6-9 | -8 |
| Emily Engstler * | 28 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 4-7 | -15 |
| Megan DiLeo * | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2-8 | -13 |
| Nyadiew Puoch * | 18 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5-8 | -8 |
| Karlie Samuelson | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 3-8 | -2 |
| Serah Williams | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 5-6 | -1 |
| Frieda Buhner | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0-2 | 1 |
| Holly Winterburn | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-2 | -8 |
| Teja Oblak | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1-3 | -6 |
| Luisa Geiselsoder | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Sarah Ashlee Barker | LEFT KNEE | – | – | – | –-– | – |