The 2020 Indiana Fever season was the franchise's 21st season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season tipped off on July 25, 2020, versus the Washington Mystics.

During the off-season the Fever announced that head coach Pokey Chatman would not return for the 2020 season. Chatman was replaced by Marianne Stanley. This will be Stanley's first head coaching job in the WNBA. She was previously an assistant with the Washington Mystics, Los Angeles Sparks, and New York Liberty.

Also, it was announced that the Bankers Life Fieldhouse would undergo renovations, which would force the Fever to host home games at the Hinkle Fieldhouse for the 2020 season.

This WNBA season will feature an all-time high 36 regular-season games. However, the plan for expanded games was put on hold on April 3, when the WNBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under a plan approved on June 15, the league is scheduled to hold a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present, starting on July 24.

The Fever started the season in a back-and-forth manner. The Fever went 2–2 in their first four games, alternating wins and losses. The season took a downward turn as the Fever lost five of their next seven games to be 4–7 at the halfway mark of the season. The second half started with a win but was marred by an eight-game losing streak. The Fever won the next to last game and lost on the final day of the season to finish 6–16. Their .273 winning percentages was the third worst in franchise history.

Transactions

WNBA draft The Fever will make the following selections in the 2020 WNBA draft. RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country 1 3 Lauren Cox Baylor 2 14 Kathleen Doyle Iowa 3 28 Kamiah Smalls James Madison

Trades and roster changes DateDetails February 13, 2020 Re-signed G Tiffany Mitchell February 13, 2020 Re-signed F Betnijah Laney February 19, 2020 Signed C Bernadett Határ March 2, 2020 Signed G Julie Allemand March 6, 2020 Traded G Shenise Johnson and the 16th pick in the 2020 WNBA draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the 14th pick in the 2020 WNBA draft and Minnesota's second-round pick in the 2021 WNBA draft. April 22, 2020 Released G Paris Key Released F Erica McCall August 28, 2020 Acquired C Jantel Lavender and the Chicago Sky's second and third-round picks in the 2021 Draft in exchange for F Stephanie Mavunga.

Roster

Game log

Regular season

| 1 | July 25 | Washington Mystics | L 76–101 | K. Mitchell (25) | Achonwa (7) | Tied (3) | IMG Academy0 | 0–1 |- | 2 | July 29 | Phoenix Mercury | W 106–100 | T. Mitchell (24) | McCowan (13) | K. Mitchell (5) | IMG Academy0 | 1–1 |- | 3 | July 31 | Dallas Wings | L 73–76 | Tied (11) | Tied (8) | Allemand (11) | IMG Academy0 | 1–2

| 4 | August 2 | Atlanta Dream | W 93–77 | K. Mitchell (23) | Allemand (7) | Allemand (9) | IMG Academy0 | 2–2 |- | 5 | August 5 | Los Angeles Sparks | L 75–86 | K. Mitchell (24) | Dupree (7) | T. Mitchell (5) | IMG Academy0 | 2–3 |- | 6 | August 7 | Minnesota Lynx | L 80–87 | Tied (15) | McCowan (12) | Allemand (6) | IMG Academy0 | 2–4 |- | 7 | August 9 | Washington Mystics | W 91–84 | K. Mitchell (29) | McCowan (11) | Allemand (5) | IMG Academy0 | 3–4 |- | 8 | August 11 | Las Vegas Aces | L 79–98 | Dupree (20) | McCowan (8) | Allemand (6) | IMG Academy0 | 3–5 |- | 9 | August 13 | New York Liberty | W 86–79 | T. Mitchell (19) | McCowan (13) | Allemand (5) | IMG Academy0 | 4–5 |- | 10 | August 15 | Los Angeles Sparks | L 76–90 | K. Mitchell (25) | T. Mitchell (8) | Tied (4) | IMG Academy0 | 4–6 |- | 11 | August 18 | Connecticut Sun | L 62–84 | K. Mitchell (15) | Allemand (8) | Tied (5) | IMG Academy0 | 4–7 |- | 12 | August 20 | Seattle Storm | W 90–84 | Burke (23) | McCowan (10) | Allemand (6) | IMG Academy0 | 5–7 |- | 13 | August 22 | Chicago Sky | L 76–87 | Dupree (18) | Cox (6) | Allemand (7) | IMG Academy0 | 5–8 |- | 14 | August 25 | Seattle Storm | L 74–87 | Burke (17) | McCowan (11) | Tied (5) | IMG Academy0 | 5–9 |- | 15 | August 29 | Dallas Wings | L 78–82 | K. Mitchell (19) | Dupree (9) | K. Mitchell (4) | IMG Academy0 | 5–10 |- | 16 | August 31 | Chicago Sky | L 77–100 | McCowan (15) | McCowan (11) | Allemand (10) | IMG Academy0 | 5–11

| 17 | September 1 | Atlanta Dream | L 90–102 | Tied (20) | Tied (7) | Tied (5) | IMG Academy0 | 5–12 |- | 18 | September 3 | Phoenix Mercury | L 81–105 | K. Mitchell (16) | Achonwa (10) | Dupree (5) | IMG Academy0 | 5–13 |- | 19 | September 5 | Connecticut Sun | L 77–96 | K. Mitchell (16) | McCowan (7) | Allemand (8) | IMG Academy0 | 5–14 |- | 20 | September 8 | Las Vegas Aces | L 86–92 | K. Mitchell (24) | McCowan (9) | Allemand (8) | IMG Academy0 | 5–15 |- | 21 | September 10 | New York Liberty | W 85–75 | Dupree (22) | Dupree (6) | Dupree (7) | IMG Academy0 | 6–15 |- | 22 | September 12 | Minnesota Lynx | L 86–98 | K. Mitchell (20) | McCowan (9) | Allemand (9) | IMG Academy0 | 6–16

Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Julie Allemand All-Rookie Team September 27, 2030

Standings

Statistics

Regular season

Source:

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Kelsey Mitchell 22 22 32.1 44.8 38.9 84.9 2.2 2.8 0.6 0.1 17.9 Tiffany Mitchell 19 11 26.4 34.6 23.3 95.1 3.4 2.6 0.6 0.1 12.7 Candice Dupree 22 22 30.2 46.2 16.7 85.4 5.7 2.5 0.7 0.4 12.5 Teaira McCowan 22 10 21.0 53.6 0 75.0 7.3 0.6 0.3 1.0 10.9 Julie Allemand 22 22 32.5 45.9 47.8 73.3 4.5 5.8 1.1 0.4 8.5 Natalie Achonwa 18 11 20.2 49.6 0 81.3 5.5 1.7 0.5 0.6 7.8 Kennedy Burke 22 11 18.3 44.9 31.3 71.4 1.8 1.1 0.6 0.4 7.2 Victoria Vivians 6 0 14.2 34.5 18.2 87.5 2.3 0.5 0.2 0 4.8 Kamiah Smalls 7 0 14.3 45.0 58.3 100 1.1 2.0 0.1 0.1 3.9 Lauren Cox 14 1 13.1 41.9 50.0 73.3 0.8 1.1 0.4 0 3.6 Kathleen Doyle 18 0 8.6 24.4 23.8 50.0 0.8 1.1 0.4 0 1.5

References

External links Official website of the Indiana Fever