2017 Indiana Fever season

The 2017 Indiana Fever season was the franchise's 18th season in the WNBA and their 1st season under head coach, Pokey Chatman. The Fever began play on May 14, 2017. The Fever started the season strong posting a 7–7 record in May and June. However the second half of the season was not as positive. The team finished 2–18 in the months of July August and September. This brought their final record to 9–25, which was 6th place in the Eastern Conference, and next to last in the league.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The Fever made two selections in the 2017 WNBA Entry Draft. The draft was held on April 13: Round Pick Player Nationality WNBA Team School/Team/Country217Erica McCall Indiana FeverStanford332Adrienne Motley Indiana FeverMiami (FL)

Trades DateTrade February 21, 2017 Candice Dupree is acquired from the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Camille Little and the draft rights to Jillian Alleyne from Connecticut Phoenix also traded its 2017 first-round draft pick (17th overall) to Indiana May 9, 2017 Jazmon Gwathmey is acquired from the San Antonio Stars in exchange for the Stars' 2018 third-round draft pick.

Personnel changes

Additions

PlayerSignedFormer team Candice Dupree February 21, 2017 Phoenix Mercury Erica McCall April 13, 2017 Draft Pick Adrienne Motley April 13, 2017 Draft Pick Jazmon Gwathmey May 9, 2017 San Antonio Stars

Subtractions PlayerLeftNew team Camille Little February 21, 2017 Phoenix Mercury Bashaara Graves May 8, 2017 Waived Victoria Macaulay May 8, 2017 Waived

Roster

Schedule

Game log

|-style="background:#fcc;" | 1 || May 14, 20177:00 pm || Seattle || L 82–87 || Johnson – 24 || Johnson – 8 || Johnson – 4 || KeyArena7,969 || 0–1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 2 || May 17, 201710:00 pm || Phoenix || L 62–85 || Dupree – 14 || Dupree – 9 || Mitchell – 4 || Talking Stick Resort Arena8,896 || 0–2 |-style="background:#bbffbb" | 3 || May 20, 20177:00 pm || Connecticut || W 81–79 || Dupree – 19 || Larkins – 9 || January – 4 || Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,385 || 1–2 |-style="background:#bbffbb" | 4 || May 24, 20177:00 pm || Los Angeles || W 93–90 || Coleman – 19 || Dupree – 8 || January – 6 || Bankers Life Fieldhouse5,875 || 2–2 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 5 || May 28, 20177:00 pm || Seattle || L 70–94 || Mitchell – 13 || Dupree – 5 || January – 3 || KeyArena4,722 || 2–3 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 6 || May 30, 20178:00 pm || Dallas || L 62–89 || Achonwa – 13 || Larkins – 6 || Dupree – 3 || College Park Center3,076 || 2–4

|-style="background:#bbffbb" | 7 || June 3, 20177:00 pm || Dallas || W 91–85 || Dupree – 18 || Achonwa – 7Larkins – 7 || January – 7 || Bankers Life Fieldhouse6,529 || 3–4 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 8 || June 7, 201710:00 pm || Phoenix || L 90–98 || Wheeler – 24 || Larkins – 7 || Johnson – 5 || Bankers Life Fieldhouse5,702 || 3–5 |-style="background:#bbffbb" | 9 || June 9, 20177:00 pm || Seattle || W 83–80 || Wheeler – 19 || Dupree – 12 || Wheeler – 6 || Bankers Life Fieldhouse6,166 || 4–5 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 10 || June 11, 20173:00 pm || Washington || L 70–88 || Wheeler – 15 || Mitchell – 5 || Wheeler – 6 || Verizon Center6,194 || 4–6 |-style="background:#bbffbb" | 11 || June 15, 20177:00 pm || Atlanta || W 85–74 || Wheeler – 20 || Dupree – 8 || Wheeler – 7 || Bankers Life Fieldhouse5,830 || 5–6 |-style="background:#bbffbb" | 12 || June 18, 20176:00 pm || Chicago || W 91–79 || Mitchell – 19 || Dupree – 8 || January – 7 || Allstate Arena4,551 || 6–6 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 13 || June 24, 20177:00 pm || Los Angeles || L 73–84 || Dupree – 14 || Larkins – 7 || Dupree – 3 || Bankers Life Fieldhouse9,241 || 6–7 |-style="background:#bbffbb" | 14 || June 28, 201712:30 pm || Chicago || W 82–75 || Dupree – 17 || Mitchell – 7 || January – 7 || Allstate Arena10,197 || 7–7

|-style="background:#fcc;" | 15 || July 1, 20174:00 pm || Connecticut || L 85–91 || Johnson – 22 || Dupree – 11 || Wheeler – 5 || Bankers Life Fieldhouse6,473 || 7–8 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 16 || July 7, 20177:30 pm || Atlanta || L 68–89 || Johnson – 15 || Dupree – 5 || Tied – 3 || McCamish Pavilion3,359 || 7–9 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 17 || July 12, 201712:00 pm || San Antonio || L 72–79|| Dupree – 14 || Tied – 3 || January – 6 || Bankers Life Fieldhouse12,282 || 7–10 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 18 || July 14, 20177:00 pm || Washington || L 52–78 || January – 15 || Mitchell – 8 || January – 4 || Bankers Life Fieldhouse8,007 || 7–11 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 19 || July 17, 201710:30 pm || Los Angeles || L 62–80 || January – 12 || Achonwa – 8 || Dupree – 4 || Staples Center11,386 || 7–12 |-style="background:#bbffbb" | 20 || July 19, 20173:30 pm || Phoenix || W 84–77 || Wheeler – 20 || January – 7 || Tied – 7 || Talking Stick Resort Arena11,371 || 8–12 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 21 || July 20, 20178:00 pm || San Antonio || L 61–85 || Mitchell – 13 || Dupree – 6 || January – 4 || AT&T Center7,306 || 8–13 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 22 || July 25, 20178:00 pm || Dallas || L 82–84 || January – 16 || Dupree – 6 || Wheeler – 9 || College Park Center3,701 || 8–14 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 23 || July 28, 20177:00 pm || New York || L 84–85 || Anchowa – 19 || Anchowa – 7 || Wheeler – 7 || Bankers Life Fieldhouse6,617 || 8–15 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 24 || July 30, 20173:00 pm || Connecticut || L 73–89 || Tied – 13 || McCall – 9 || Tied – 4 || Mohegan Sun Arena6,145 || 8–16

|-style="background:#fcc;" | 25 || August 4, 20177:00 pm || Chicago || L 70–81 || Dupree – 18 || Mitchell – 7 || January – 8 || Bankers Life Fieldhouse8,052 || 8–17 |-style="background:#bbffbb" | 26 || August 6, 20175:00 pm || Minnesota || W 84–82 || Dupree – 31 || Dupree – 9 || Wheeler – 7 || Bankers Life Fieldhouse8,226 || 9–17 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 27 || August 8, 20177:00 pm || New York || L 76–81 || Wheeler – 33 || Gwathmey-7 || January – 3 || Madison Square Garden10,068 || 9–18 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 28 || August 12, 20177:30 pm || Washington || L 80–100 || Dupree – 26 || Dupree – 8 || Wheeler – 8 || Verizon Center7,337 || 9–19 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 29 || August 18, 20178:00 pm || Minnesota || L 52–111 || Gwathmey-12 || Tied – 4 || Tied – 3 || Target Center 9,621 || 9–20 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 || August 20, 20175:00 pm || Washington || L 82–87 || Coleman – 20 || McCall – 6 || Dupree – 7 || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,593 || 9–21 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 31 || August 23, 20177:00 pm || New York || L 50–71 || Tied – 10 || Dupree – 6 || Wheeler – 5 || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,118 || 9–22 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 32 || August 26, 20176:00 pm || Atlanta || L 74–79 || Wheeler – 23 || Achonwa – 9 || Coleman – 4 || McCamish Pavilion5,029 || 9–23 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 33 || August 30, 20177:00 pm || Minnesota || L 69–80 || Wheeler – 17 || Dupree – 10 || Wheeler – 7 || Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,625 || 9–24

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 34 || September 2, 20177:00 pm || San Antonio || L 71–75 || Dupree – 19 || Dupree – 13 || Wheeler – 6 || Bankers Life Fieldhouse9,420 || 9–25

Standings

Statistics

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Candice Dupree 33 33 31.8 49.4% 0.0% 88.2% 5.8 1.6 0.9 0.5 15.0 Erica Wheeler 34 26 26.4 40.0% 33.1% 79.2% 2.2 4.1 1.4 0.0 11.8 Shenise Johnson 14 13 24.9 43.3% 33.3% 95.0% 3.4 2.5 1.5 0.3 11.3 Tiffany Mitchell 27 9 24.9 34.9% 24.6% 92.2% 3.2 1.4 1.1 0.2 10.3 Briann January 25 24 26.3 39.5% 31.6% 81.7% 1.5 3.9 0.9 0.2 9.5 Natalie Achonwa 34 17 18.3 55.7% — 76.3% 3.7 0.7 0.4 0.5 7.1 Jazmon Gwathmey 28 7 17.1 36.0% 23.6% 75.0% 2.0 0.8 0.5 0.8 6.2 Erlana Larkins 34 17 18.8 58.1% — 91.2% 4.2 1.1 0.5 0.3 4.9 Marissa Coleman 34 23 18.7 32.7% 32.2% 83.3% 2.0 1.0 0.3 0.1 4.9 Jeanette Pohlen-Mavunga 29 0 12.9 40.5% 38.5% 82.6% 1.0 0.7 0.2 0.0 3.4 Erica McCall 30 1 10.7 40.6% 33.3% 68.2% 2.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 3.3 Jennie Simms 4 0 13.5 30.8% 33.3% 50.0% 1.3 0.5 0.5 0.0 2.8 Jennifer Hamson 12 0 7.2 55.6% — 85.7% 2.1 0.2 0.1 0.9 2.2 Nadia Colhado 5 0 2.6 100% — — 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4

References

External links The Official Site of the Indiana Fever