The 2015 WNBA season was the 16th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association.FEVER: WNBA Announces Rules Changes for 2015 Season This was Fever's first season under head coach, Stephanie White, who was promoted to the position after Lin Dunn retired at the end of 2014 season.

Fever finished third in the Eastern Conference with a record of 20–14. Fever faced Chicago Sky in Round 1 of Playoffs, winning the series 2–1. They then faced New York Liberty in the eastern conference final. After losing Game 1 at the Madison Square Garden, Fever won the next two games to win the series 2–1 and make the 2015 WNBA Finals where they faced Minnesota Lynx.

In the Finals, Fever won game 1 (75–69) to take a 1–0 lead in the series. Fever lost the next two games to go behind 1–2 before winning the fourth game at home tying the series 2–2. The Fever fell in the decisive 5th game to the Lynx, 52–69.

During the 2015 season, Tamika Catchings broke multiple notable WNBA records. On August 26, she became the first player in WNBA history to record 1,000 career steals. And during the 2015 playoffs, she became the first to register 1,000 career playoff points and also the player with the most playoff appearances (65).

Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Club Outcome Ref. 2 21 Chelsea Gardner F Kansas Jayhawks Waived on May 29

Transactions

Front office and coaching DateDetails Ref. September 24, 2014 Promoted Stephanie White to head coach

Trades March To Indiana FeverShenise Johnson2015 No. 21 draft pick (Chelsea Gardner) To San Antonio Stars2015 No. 6 draft pick (Dearica Hamby)and 2015 No. 30 draft pick (Dragana Stanković)

Free agency Re-signed / extensions Player Date Notes Ref. Layshia Clarendon January 1 Exercised team option Sydney Carter February 10 Details not announced Lynetta Kizer Tamika Catchings February 26 Two-year deal Shavonte Zellous June 11 Activated Natalie Achonwa August 18 Briann January August 31 Multi-year contract extension

Additions Player Date Notes Former Team Ref. Jeanette Pohlen February 5 Training camp contract — Natalie Achonwa February 6 Rookie contract(2014 draft pick – No. 9) Notre Dame Fighting Irish Briana Butler February 10 Training camp contract Connecticut Sun Ty Marshall ACS Sepsi SIC Alicia DeVaughn March 10 Tarbes Gespe Bigorre Chelsea Gardner April 24 Rookie contract(2015 draft pick – No. 21) Kansas Jayhawks

Subtractions / Unsigned Player Date Reason New Team Ref. Krystal Thomas January 12 Free agency – restricted(qualifying offer extended) N/A – did not appear in leaguefor 2015 season Karima Christmas February 5 Free agency – restricted Tulsa Shock Sydney Carter May 29 Waived Atlanta Dream Alicia DeVaughn — Chelsea Gardner — Ty Marshall — Shavonte Zellous June 4 Suspended contract – temporary N/A – retained rights Briana Butler June 11 Waived — Natalie Achonwa August 7 Suspended contract – temporary N/A – retained rights

Roster Source

Depth Pos.StarterBench PG Briann January Maggie LucasLayshia Clarendon SG Shenise Johnson Shavonte ZellousJeanette Pohlen SF Marissa Coleman Natasha Howard PF Tamika Catchings Erlana Larkins C Natalie Achonwa Lynetta Kizer

Schedule

Preseason

|- bgcolor=#fcc | 1 | May 23 | Connecticut | L 68–76 | Shenise Johnson (13) | Natasha Howard (5) | Layshia Clarendon (3) | KFC Yum! Center6,437 | 0–1 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 2 | May 29 | Washington | W 76–74 | Marissa Coleman (19) | Briana Butler (6) | Marissa Coleman (4) | Corteva Coliseum5,245 | 1–1

Regular season Indiana Fever 2015 Schedule - Fever Home and Away - ESPN

|- bgcolor=#fcc | 1 | June 5 | @ Chicago | L 72–95 | Marissa Coleman (18) | Natasha Howard (8) | Briann January (3) | Allstate Arena 8,123 | 0–1 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 2 | June 6 | Minnesota | L 69–78 | Marissa Coleman (16) | (5) | (3) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,034 | 0–2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 3 | June 9 | @ New York | L 79–86 | Layshia Clarendon (14) | Tamika Catchings (7) | Briann January (5) | Madison Square Garden5,663 | 0–3 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 4 | June 12 | Phoenix | W 77–74 | Tamika Catchings (27) | Tamika Catchings (13) | Catchings, Johnson (2) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse6,987 | 1–3 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 5 | June 14 | Chicago | L 72–98 | Marissa Coleman (16) | Shenise Johnson (7) | Shenise Johnson (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,433 | 1–4 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 6 | June 16 | @ Atlanta | W 90–79 | Marissa Coleman (18) | Tamika Catchings (10) | Layshia Clarendon (7) | Philips Arena9,814 | 2–4 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 7 | June 19 | @ New York | W 80–63 | Maggie Lucas (23) | Tamika Catchings (8) | Marissa Coleman (7) | Madison Square Garden7,815 | 3–4 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 8 | June 20 | Washington | L 75–87 | Kizer, January (14) | Lynetta Kizer (6) | Briann January (7) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,627 | 3–5 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 9 | June 26 | Chicago | L 77–83 | Marissa Coleman (16) | Marissa Coleman (8) | Briann January (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse6,889 | 3–6 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 10 | June 30 | @ Connecticut | W 92–84 | Tamika Catchings (26) | Tamika Catchings (10) | Briann January (7) | Mohegan Sun Arena 5,083 | 4–6

|- bgcolor=#cfc | 11 | July 2 | Washington | W 73–50 | Shenise Johnson (16) | Shenise Johnson (11) | Tamika Catchings (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,573 | 5–6 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 12 | July 8 | Seattle | W 88–65 | Lynetta Kizer (17) | Coleman, Kizer (6) | Layshia Clarendon (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse12,189 | 6–6 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 13 | July 10 | San Antonio | W 83–76 | Marissa Coleman (25) | Coleman, Larkins (6) | Briann January (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,457 | 7–6 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 14 | July 15 | Tulsa | W 83–80 | Shavonte Zellous (16) | Catchings, Howard (11) | Layshia Clarendon (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse6,435 | 8–6 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 15 | July 17 | @ Washington | L 50–68 | Marissa Coleman (11) | Lynetta Kizer (8) | Layshia Clarendon (4) | Capital One Arena 7,111 | 8–7 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 16 | July 21 | @ San Antonio | L 80–62 | Tamika Catchings (20) | (3) | Shavonte Zellous (4) | Freeman Coliseum6,846 | 8–8 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 17 | July 28 | @ Connecticut | W 75–73 | Shavonte Zellous (19) | Catchings, Larkins (8) | (2) | Mohegan Sun Arena 4,868 | 9–8 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 18 | July 29 | New York | W 84–72 | Shenise Johnson (19) | Shenise Johnson (8) | Briann January (8) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse6,807 | 10–8

|- bgcolor=#cfc | 19 | August 2 | Connecticut | W 83–70 | Shenise Johnson (16) | Erlana Larkins (13) | Briann January (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,601 | 11–8 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 20 | August 4 | @ Chicago | L 82–106 | Maggie Lucas (14) | Tamika Catchings (8) | Shenise Johnson (4) | Allstate Arena 4,979 | 11–9 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 21 | August 7 | Atlanta | W 106–77 | Marissa Coleman (19) | Shenise Johnson (7) | Marissa Coleman (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,869 | 12–9 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 22 | August 11 | @ Washington | W 73–62 | Tamika Catchings (20) | Shenise Johnson (9) | Briann January (6) | Capital One Arena 7,236 | 13–9 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 23 | August 16 | @ Phoenix | W 75–63 | Lynetta Kizer (19) | Tamika Catchings (9) | Shenise Johnson (5) | US Airways Center11,336 | 14–9 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 24 | August 18 | @ Los Angeles | W 79–68 | Tamika Catchings (20) | Lynetta Kizer (11) | Briann January (3) | STAPLES Center7,046 | 15–9 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 25 | August 21 | @ Seattle | W 75–63 | Shenise Johnson (16) | Johnson, Kizer (5) | Marissa Coleman (4) | KeyArena5,726 | 16–9 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 26 | August 23 | New York | W 80–79 | Tamika Catchings (14) | Tamika Catchings (7) | Briann January (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,240 | 17–9 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 27 | August 26 | Los Angeles | L 79–81 | Shenise Johnson (16) | Tamika Catchings (10) | Shavonte Zellous (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse6,822 | 17–10 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 28 | August 28 | Atlanta | L 84–90 | Tamika Catchings (24) | Tamika Catchings (7) | Tamika Catchings (3) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,303 | 17–11 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 29 | August 30 | @ Tulsa | L 70–76 | Tamika Catchings (22) | Tamika Catchings (13) | Shenise Johnson (6) | BOK Center4,512 | 17–12

|- bgcolor=#cfc | 30 | September 1 | Connecticut | W 81–51 | Tamika Catchings (13) | Erlana Larkins (8) | Tamika Catchings (3) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse5,768 | 18–12 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 31 | September 4 | @ Minnesota | L 65–81 | Marissa Coleman (16) | Tamika Catchings (9) | Clarendon, Johnson (3) | Target Center9,034 | 18–13 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 32 | September 8 | @ Washington | L 72–76 | Layshia Clarendon (15) | Tamika Catchings (7) | (3) | Capital One Arena5,262 | 18–14 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 33 | September 11 | @ Atlanta | W 75–67 | Shavonte Zellous (14) | Natalie Achonwa (9) | Shavonte Zellous (5) | Philips Arena5,823 | 19–14 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 34 | September 13 | New York | W 81–76 | Shavonte Zellous (22) | Erlana Larkins (8) | Larkins, Zellous (3) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse9,210 | 20–14

Playoffs

|- bgcolor=#fcc | 1 | September 17 | @ Chicago | L 72–77 | Tamika Catchings (21) | Erlana Larkins (10) | Briann January (7) | UIC Pavilion4,098 | 0–1 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 2 | September 19 | Chicago | W 89–82 | Tamika Catchings (22) | Erlana Larkins (12) | Shavonte Zellous (8) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,124 | 1–1 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 3 | September 21 | @ Chicago | W 100–89 | Tamika Catchings (27) | Tamika Catchings (9) | Briann January (8) | Allstate Arena2,882 | 2–1

|- bgcolor=#fcc | 1 | September 23 | @ New York | L 67–84 | Shenise Johnson (12) | Shavonte Zellous (5) | (2) | Madison Square Garden7,229 | 0–1 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 2 | September 27 | New York | W 70–64 | Tamika Catchings (25) | Tamika Catchings (7) | Briann January (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,505 | 1–1 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 3 | September 29 | @ New York | W 66–51 | Marissa Coleman (15) | Erlana Larkins (8) | Briann January (8) | Madison Square Garden10,120 | 2–1

|- bgcolor=#cfc | 1 | October 4 | @ Minnesota | W 75–69 | Briann January (19) | Erlana Larkins (8) | Briann January (6) | Target Center11,023 | 1–0 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 2 | October 6 | @ Minnesota | L 71–77 | Briann January (17) | (9) | (5) | Target Center12,134 | 1–1 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 3 | October 9 | Minnesota | L 77–80 | Shenise Johnson (17) | Tamika Catchings (10) | Briann January (8) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse16,332 | 1–2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 4 | October 11 | Minnesota | W 75–69 | Shenise Johnson (15) | Erlana Larkins (6) | Briann January (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse10,582 | 2–2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 5 | October 14 | @ Minnesota | L 52–69 | Tamika Catchings (18) | Tamika Catchings (11) | (3) | Target Center18,933 | 2–3

Standings

Bracket

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Statistics

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG Tamika Catchings 303026.6.382.295.8687.12.21.80.81.72.513.1 Shenise Johnson 312726.2.467.413.8054.92.41.10.21.82.210.9 Marissa Coleman 343424.8.384.336.7473.51.61.20.31.91.910.4 Shavonte Zellous 23122.2.379.241.7712.31.91.00.31.23.08.4 Lynetta Kizer 331417.9.491.000.8793.50.40.60.21.42.88.3 Briann January 292927.0.426.431.8451.83.41.00.22.22.28.1 Natalie Achonwa 281717.3.550—.7463.50.60.50.51.32.18.0 Layshia Clarendon291220.8.445.406.7652.72.00.70.01.62.06.7 Maggie Lucas 30015.0.372.373.8380.80.90.40.10.61.45.7 Natasha Howard 30211.4.379.000.7212.60.40.40.40.92.04.2 Erlana Larkins 21316.8.407—.6844.21.31.00.20.71.63.5 Jeanette Pohlen 26110.0.404.395.7500.80.60.50.00.40.92.4 Briana Butler ‡307.7.200.000—0.70.00.30.30.30.30.7 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season

Playoffs