The 2007 Indiana Fever season was the franchise's 8th season in the WNBA and their 4th season under head coach, Brian Winters. They finished 2nd in the Eastern Conference with 21 wins and 13 losses on the season. The season marked the third consecutive season that the Fever earned a playoff berth. They eliminated the Connecticut Sun, 2–1, in the First Round of the playoffs but then in turn were eliminated in the Eastern Conference Finals, 2–1, by the Detroit Shock.
Offseason On March 23, 2007, the Fever signed Tammy Sutton-Brown from the defunct Charlotte Sting, Sutton-Brown was one of the most sought-after free agents.
The following player was selected in the Dispersal Draft from the Charlotte Sting: Sheri Sam
2007 WNBA draft
Indiana's selections from the 2008 WNBA draft in Cleveland.
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/club team 1 9 Alison Bales Center Duke 2 22 Lyndsey Medders Point guard Iowa State 3 35 Ashley Key Shooting guard N.C. State
Roster
Depth Pos.StarterBenchReserveInactive C Tammy Sutton-Brown Alison Bales PF Tamika Whitmore Ebony Hoffman Kasha Terry SF Tamika Catchings Sheri Sam SG Anna DeForge Tan White Ann Strother PG Tully Bevilaqua K. B. Sharp
Season standings
Schedule
Preseason Game Date Opponent Score/Time High points High rebounds High assists Arena/Attendance Record 1 May 5 Seattle 75–58 Catchings (18) Catchings (8) Bevilaqua (8) Conseco Fieldhouse 3,033 1–0 2 May 10 Los Angeles L 81–76 Catchings, DeForge (13) Hoffman (9) Catchings (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 4,044 1–1 3 May 15 Chicago W 60–55 Catchings (16) Catchings (8) Bevilaqua (6) UIC Pavilion 3,005 2–1
Regular season Game Date Opponent Score/Time High points High rebounds High assists Arena/Attendance Record 1 May 19 Minnesota W 83–64 White (17) Catchings (7) Catchings (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,210 1–0 2 May 24 Los Angeles W 83–70 Catchings (24) Catchings (8) Catchings (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 5,058 2–0 3 May 29 @ Minnesota W 89–75 Catchings (21) Hoffman (7) Catchings (6) Target Center 6,238 3–0 4 June 3 Washington W 70–66 White (20) Catchings (9) DeForge (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,972 4–0 5 June 5 @ New York L 78–67 Catchings (21) Whitmore (8) Catchings (9) Madison Square Garden 7,282 4–1 6 June 6 Houston W 84–59 Sutton-Brown (17) Catchings (7) Sharp (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 5,909 5–1 7 June 8 @ Washington W 74–69 Catchings (24) Catchings (12) Bevilaqua (5) Verizon Center 7,110 6–1 8 June 10 New York W 80–61 Sutton-Brown, Whitmore (22) Sutton-Brown (13) Bevilaqua, Catchings (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,938 7–1 9 June 13 Seattle W 90–62 White (23) Catchings (10) Whitmore (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 5,838 8–1 10 June 15 Phoenix L 89–78 Catchings, Sutton-Brown (17) Catchings (15) Bevilaqua (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,579 8–2 11 June 16 @ Detroit W 77–67 Catchings (26) Catchings (14) Whitmore (4) Palace of Auburn Hills 8,812 9–2 12 June 22 Connecticut L 78–74 White, Whitmore (15) Catchings (12) Catchings (7) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,240 9–3 13 June 24 @ New York W 74–63 Catchings (18) Sutton-Brown (7) Catchings (6) Madison Square Garden 7,554 10–3 14 June 29 @ Connecticut L 72–67 Whitmore (13) Catchings (11) Sutton-Brown (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,617 10–4 15 July 1 @ Washington W 69–62 Catchings, White (14) White (8) Catchings (3) Verizon Center 7,233 11–4 16 July 5 @ Los Angeles W 57–56 Catchings (17) Catchings (11) Catchings (5) Staples Center 8,262 12–4 17 July 8 Chicago W 86–70 Catchings (16) Catchings (7) Catchings (1) Conseco Fieldhouse 8,247 13–4 18 July 10 @ Houston W 79–77 Catchings (23) Catchings, Sutton-Brown (6) Catchings (5) Toyota Center 7,226 14–4 19 July 12 New York W 79–63 White (16) Catchings (10) Catchings (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,095 15–4 20 July 18 Chicago W 75–74 Catchings (22) Catchings (13) Catchings (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 10,542 16–4 21 July 20 Detroit L 89–90 Sutton-Brown (16) Catchings (8) Catchings (7) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,210 16–5 22 July 21 @ Chicago L 68–65 Whitmore (26) Bevilaqua, DeForge (5) Bevilaqua (5) UIC Pavilion 3,383 16–6 23 July 24 San Antonio L 71–63 (OT) DeForge (15) Sutton-Brown (6) Sam (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,028 16–7 24 July 26 @ Sacramento L 60–50 White (14) Hoffman (8) Bevilaqua, Hoffman, Sam, Sharp, Whitmore (2) Arco Arena 13,320 16–8 25 July 27 @ Seattle L 89–75 DeForge (12) Sutton-Brown (5) White (4) KeyArena 8,052 16–9 26 July 29 @ Phoenix L 80–75 White (25) Sutton-Brown (9) Bevilaqua (5) US Airways Center 7,495 16–10 27 July 31 Washington W 66–57 White (20) Whitmore (15) Bevilaqua (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,012 17–10 28 August 4 @ Connecticut L 84–59 Sharp (14) Sutton-Brown (8) Sam (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 9,493 17–11 29 August 5 Sacramento W 63–55 Whitmore (16) Hoffman, Sutton-Brown, White (6) Bevilaqua, DeForge (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,645 18–11 30 August 7 @ Chicago W 75–70 (2OT) DeForge (16) DeForge (9) White (5) UIC Pavilion 5,029 19–11 31 August 11 @ Detroit L 74–69 White (15) DeForge (7) White (4) Palace of Auburn Hills 10,857 19–12 32 August 15 Connecticut L 77–74 DeForge (29) Sutton-Brown (10) White (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,433 19–13 33 August 17 @ San Antonio W 59–55 Whitmore (12) Sam (7) Sharp (3) AT&T Center 8,952 20–13 34 August 19 Detroit W 72–66 Whitmore (18) DeForge (8) Bevilaqua (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 8,899 21–13
Playoffs
First round Game Date Opponent Score/Time High points High rebounds High assists Arena/Attendance Series 1 August 23 @ Connecticut L 93–88 (3OT) DeForge (31) Catchings (20) Catchings (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,271 Sun 1–0 2 August 25 Connecticut W 78–59 DeForge (26) Catchings (13) White, Whitmore (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,298 Tied 1–1 3 August 27 Connecticut W 93–88 Catchings (30) Catchings (13) Catchings (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,012 Fever win 2–1
Eastern Conference Finals Game Date Opponent Score/Time High points High rebounds High assists Arena/Attendance Series 1 August 31 Detroit W 75–65 Catchings (22) Catchings (10) Bevilaqua (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,623 Fever 1–0 2 September 2 @ Detroit L 77–63 DeForge (13) Catchings, DeForge, Sam (4) Whitmore (4) Palace of Auburn Hills 10,153 Tied 1–1 3 September 3 @ Detroit L 81–65 Sutton-Brown (17) Sutton-Brown, Sam (10) Sam, Whitmore (4) Palace of Auburn Hills 9,856 Shock win 2–1
Awards and records
Awards Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award: Tully Bevilaqua
Records
Player stats
Season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 17 0 9.9 .571 .000 .875 2.6 .1 .24 .76 3.2 34 34 26.5 .440 .371 .682 2.2 2.7 1.65 .06 5.3 21 21 32.3 .417 .311 .820 9.0 4.7 3.14 1.05 16.6 34 34 23.4 .418 .410 .906 3.3 1.5 .76 .12 8.7 34 10 17.1 .445 .400 .824 4.0 .8 .62 .53 4.2 33 4 17.9 .339 .273 .690 2.9 1.3 .88 .18 5.0 34 0 13.4 .412 .286 .724 .90 1.4 .38 .00 3.2 12 0 5.8 .323 .400 1.000 .8 .3 .00 .00 2.3 34 33 25.3 .485 .000 .716 5.4 .9 1.03 1.38 12.0 9 0 6.0 .250 .000 .750 1.6 .1 .22 .33 1.0 34 9 24.7 .386 .339 .841 2.6 1.9 1.06 .29 10.8 34 25 25.9 .415 .300 .763 5.0 1.5 .59 .32 10.9
Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 4 0 4.3 .000 .000 .000 .5 .3 .00 .00 0.0 6 6 35.8 .295 .286 .833 2.70 3.2 1.83 .00 7.3 6 6 32.7 .370 .263 .878 11.0 3.2 2.17 .50 15.8 6 6 32.8 .467 .393 1.000 3.7 1.0 1.33 .17 16.8 4 0 10.5 .417 .000 .00 2.3 .3 .00 .25 2.5 6 5 30.8 .373 .500 .500 5.3 2.2 1.00 .17 8.0 6 0 7.7 .100 .00 .833 .80 .5 .17 .00 1.2 3 0 5.0 .429 .333 .000 1.0 .7 .33 .00 2.3 6 6 20.5 .349 .000 .571 4.70 .7 .17 2.00 7.0 0 0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 .0 .0 .00 .00 0.0 5 1 16.4 .267 .167 .000 1.8 2.0 1.0 .40 1.8 6 0 30.7 .448 .565 .615 5.3 2.7 .50 .17 16.5
Transactions February 14, 2007 re-signed Tully Bevilaqua. March 7, 2007 traded Olympia Scott to the Phoenix Mercury for Ann Strother. March 14, 2007 exercised the 2008 option on Tan White's contract. March 23, 2007 traded La'Tangela Atkinson to the Sacramento Monarchs for the 24th pick in the 2008 WNBA draft March 23, 2007 re-signed Anna DeForge and signed free agent Tammy Sutton-Brown. April 13, 2007 waived Linda Frohlich. April 13, 2007 traded the 40th pick in the 2008 WNBA draft for Jessica Dickson. May 7, 2007 waived Lyndsey Medders. May 9, 2007 waived Erin Lawless and Ashley Key. May 16, 2007 waived Jessica Dickson and Jennifer Humphrey.
References
External links Official Indiana Fever website Official WNBA website