The 2021 Indiana Fever season was the franchise's 22nd season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season tipped off on May 14, 2021, at the New York Liberty.
The Fever started the season by losing four games before winning their first game on May 23. The team then went on a twelve-game losing streak, which included going 0–8 during the month of June. However, before the Olympic break, the Fever won three straight games, to end the first portion of the season with a 4–16 record. They lost the first two games in August coming out of the Olympic break, but won two of the next three. The Fever could not maintain that momentum in the final month of the season, finishing 0–7 in September. Their final record of 6–26 matched their win total from last year's shortened season. Their .188 winning percentage was the third lowest in franchise history, only ahead of the 2018 season and 2022. This was the third time in four years the team finished with only 6 wins.
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WNBA draft
The Fever made the following selections in the 2021 WNBA draft:
RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country 1 4 Kysre Gondrezick West Virginia 2 19 Unique Thompson Auburn 2 24 Trinity Baptiste Arizona 3 26 Chelsey Perry UT Martin 3 31 Florencia Chagas Empoli 3 33 Maya Caldwell Georgia
Trades and roster changes DateDetails December 18, 2020 Exercised Team Options on C Teaira McCowan and F Kennedy Burke February 1, 2021 Signed F Jantel Lavender February 3, 2021 Signed G Danielle Robinson February 8, 2021 Signed G Chanelle Molina to a Training Camp Contract February 15, 2021 Acquired G Lindsay Allen from Las Vegas and the 24th pick in the 2021 WNBA draft in exchange for the 14th pick in the 2021 Draft. Acquired the Minnesota Lynx's 1st and 3rd round Pick in the 2022 WNBA draft, G Odyssey Sims and negotiating rights to C Temi Fagbenle in exchange for the Fever's 2nd round Pick in the 2022 Draft. Waived G Odyssey Sims February 16, 2021 Signed F Jessica Breland March 6, 2021 Signed C Bernadett Határ to a Training Camp Contract March 17, 2021 Signed G Kelsey Mitchell to a Contract Extension April 16, 2021 Acquired G Aaliyah Wilson from Seattle in exchange for F Kennedy Burke April 18, 2021 Signed F Chelsey Perry to a Rookie Scale Contract April 19, 2021 Signed G Aaliyah Wilson and F Trinity Baptiste to a Rookie Scale Contracts April 22, 2021 Signed G Kysre Gondrezick to a Rookie Scale Contract Contract Tender made to G Florencia Chagas April 26, 2021 Waived G Chanelle MolinaApril 28, 2021 Signed G Florencia Chagas to a Rookie Scale Contract and Full Season Suspended Her Partial Season Suspended G Julie Allemand due to Overseas Commitments May 2, 2021 Waived F Maya Caldwell and F Trinity Baptiste May 12, 2021 Waived G Katheleen Doyle and F Unique Thompson May 13, 2021 Full Season Suspend G Julie Allemand May 14, 2021 Temporarily Suspend C Bernadett Határ May 17, 2021 Waived F Chelsey Perry Activate C Bernadett Határ from Temporarily Suspended List June 27, 2021 Waived F Lauren Cox June 28, 2021 Signed F Chelsey Perry July 28, 2021 Signed F Emma Cannon to 7-Day Contract August 22, 2021 Signed F Emma Cannon to a 2nd 7-Day Contract August 29, 2021 Signed F Emma Cannon to a 3rd 7-Day Contract September 6, 2021 Signed F Emma Cannon to a Rest of Season Contract
Roster
Game log
Preseason
| 1 | May 9 | Chicago | W 82–65 | T. MitchellPerry (16) | Teaira McCowan (12) | Tiffany Mitchell (4) | Bankers Life FieldhouseNo Fans | 1–0 |- | 2 | May 11 | @ Chicago | L 70–83 | Victoria Vivians (15) | Teaira McCowan (6) | Chelsey Perry (4) | Wintrust ArenaNo Fans | 1–1
Regular season
| 1 | May 14 | @ New York | L 87–90 | Kelsey Mitchell (23) | Teaira McCowan (16) | Danielle Robinson (4) | Barclays Center1,139 | 0–1 |- | 2 | May 16 | New York | L 65–73 | Kelsey Mitchell (16) | Jantel Lavender (15) | Danielle Robinson (5) | Bankers Life FieldhouseNo Fans | 0–2 |- | 3 | May 19 | @ Connecticut | L 67–88 | Danielle Robinson (12) | Teaira McCowan (6) | Danielle Robinson (3) | Mohegan Sun Arena2,084 | 0–3 |- | 4 | May 21 | Atlanta | L 79–83 | Kelsey Mitchell (19) | Jessica Breland (16) | Tiffany Mitchell (6) | Bankers Life FieldhouseNo Fans | 0–4 |- | 5 | May 23 | Washington | W 89–77 | Kelsey Mitchell (18) | BrelandMcCowan (10) | Danielle Robinson (6) | Bankers Life FieldhouseNo Fans | 1–4 |- | 6 | May 25 | Washington | L 69–85 | Tiffany Mitchell (11) | BrelandMcCowan (7) | Jessica Breland (5) | Bankers Life FieldhouseNo Fans | 1–5 |- | 7 | May 28 | @ Las Vegas | L 77–113 | Tiffany Mitchell (17) | Teaira McCowan (10) | K. MitchellRobinson (4) | Michelob Ultra ArenaNo Fans | 1–6 |- | 8 | May 30 | @ Las Vegas | L 78–101 | Victoria Vivians (17) | Teaira McCowan (9) | AllenBreland (4) | Michelob Ultra Arena1,981 | 1–7
| 9 | June 1 | @ Seattle | L 73–88 | BrelandMcCowan (12) | Teaira McCowan (14) | Lindsay Allen (6) | Angel of the Winds Arena1,215 | 1–8 |- | 10 | June 3 | @ Los Angeles | L 63–98 | Kelsey Mitchell (15) | Danielle Robinson (8) | Kelsey Mitchell (5) | Los Angeles Convention Center301 | 1–9 |- | 11 | June 9 | @ Chicago | L 76–92 | Kelsey Mitchell (24) | Jessica Breland (9) | Jessica Breland (6) | Wintrust Arena1,090 | 1–10 |- | 12 | June 12 | Chicago | L 79–83 | Teaira McCowan (20) | Teaira McCowan (13) | Lindsay Allen (6) | Indiana Farmers ColiseumNo Fans | 1–11 |- | 13 | June 15 | Seattle | L 70–87 | Kelsey Mitchell (26) | Jessica Breland (9) | K. MitchellT. Mitchell (4) | Indiana Farmers ColiseumNo Fans | 1–12 |- | 14 | June 17 | Seattle | L 69–79 | Teaira McCowan (13) | Jessica Breland (11) | Kelsey Mitchell (4) | Indiana Farmers ColiseumNo Fans | 1–13 |- | 15 | June 19 | @ Washington | L 77–82 | Danielle Robinson (19) | Jessica Breland (10) | Danielle Robinson (6) | Entertainment and Sports Arena2,100 | 1–14 |- | 16 | June 24 | Dallas | L 64–89 | Kelsey Mitchell (24) | Jessica Breland (7) | Danielle Robinson (4) | Indiana Farmers ColiseumNo Fans | 1–15
| 17 | July 1 | Connecticut | L 80–86 | Kelsey Mitchell (21) | Teaira McCowan (8) | Danielle Robinson (7) | Indiana Farmers ColiseumNo Fans | 1–16 |- | 18 | July 3 | Connecticut | W 73–67 | Danielle Robinson (19) | Teaira McCowan (12) | T. MitchellRobinson (2) | Indiana Farmers ColiseumNo Fans | 2–16 |- | 19 | July 9 | New York | W 82–69 | Kelsey Mitchell (20) | Teaira McCowan (9) | T. MitchellRobinson (5) | Indiana Farmers ColiseumNo Fans | 3–16 |- | 20 | July 11 | @ Atlanta | W 79–68 | Teaira McCowan (21) | Teaira McCowan (14) | Danielle Robinson (9) | Gateway Center Arena1,897 | 4–16
| 21 | August 15 | @ Los Angeles | L 70–75 | Kelsey Mitchell (20) | Jessica Breland (8) | Tiffany Mitchell (3) | Staples Center2,029 | 4–17 |- | 22 | August 17 | @ Phoenix | L 80–84 | Kelsey Mitchell (20) | Teaira McCowan (10) | K. MitchellRobinsonVivians (3) | Phoenix Suns Arena4,089 | 4–18 |- | 23 | August 20 | @ Dallas | W 83–81 | Danielle Robinson (18) | McCowanVivians (6) | AllenRobinson (5) | College Park Center2,017 | 5–18 |- | 24 | August 28 | Las Vegas | L 71–87 | K. MitchellT. Mitchell (15) | Teaira McCowan (13) | Teaira McCowan (7) | Indiana Farmers ColiseumN/A | 5–19 |- | 25 | August 31 | Los Angeles | W 74–72 | Kelsey Mitchell (25) | Teaira McCowan (19) | AllenBrelandK. MitchellVivians (2) | Indiana Farmers ColiseumN/A | 6–19
| 26 | September 4 | Phoenix | L 65–87 | Kelsey Mitchell (18) | BrelandMcCowan (8) | Lindsay Allen (3) | Indiana Farmers ColiseumN/A | 6–20 |- | 27 | September 6 | Phoenix | L 81–86 | Kelsey Mitchell (23) | Teaira McCowan (15) | Lindsay Allen (7) | Indiana Farmers ColiseumN/A | 6–21 |- | 28 | September 10 | @ Minnesota | L 72–89 | Tiffany Mitchell (16) | LavenderMcCowan (9) | Lindsay Allen (6) | Target Center3,503 | 6–22 |- | 29 | September 12 | @ Minnesota | L 80–90 | Kelsey Mitchell (25) | Teaira McCowan (8) | Victoria Vivians (7) | Target Center3,434 | 6–23 |- | 30 | September 14 | @ Atlanta | L 78–85 | Kelsey Mitchell (18) | Teaira McCowan (14) | AllenCannon (5) | Gateway Center Arena1,208 | 6–24 |- | 31 | September 17 | Minnesota | L 73–92 | Kelsey Mitchell (26) | Teaira McCowan (12) | Lindsay Allen (7) | Indiana Farmers ColiseumN/A | 6–25 |- | 32 | September 19 | @ Chicago | L 87–98 | Kelsey Mitchell (32) | Teaira McCowan (9) | Lindsay Allen (10) | Wintrust ArenaN/A | 6–26
Standings
Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Statistics
Regular season
Source:
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Kelsey Mitchell 32 32 33.1 43.1 33.5 88.2 2.6 2.5 1.1 0.2 17.8 Tiffany Mitchell 28 25 27.3 42.1 25.5 88.0 2.9 2.0 0.6 0.0 12.0 Teaira McCowan 32 23 26.5 53.7 0.0 64.4 9.6 1.1 0.6 1.6 11.3 Danielle Robinson 24 24 27.5 41.7 20.0 88.9 3.5 3.7 1.5 0.1 9.9 Emma Cannon 12 6 18.4 44.3 21.4 71.4 4.5 1.0 0.4 0.2 6.9 Victoria Vivians 31 8 21.3 33.3 25.2 83.3 3.1 1.3 1.1 0.1 6.8 Jantel Lavender 27 14 20.0 40.4 20.0 90.0 3.9 1.5 0.0 0.1 6.4 Jessica Breland 26 18 20.9 37.0 31.3 68.4 6.3 2.0 0.6 1.5 5.8 Lindsay Allen 32 8 17.8 42.8 29.8 81.1 1.5 3.0 0.5 0.1 5.4 Bernadett Határ 7 2 15.1 48.3 0.0 85.7 2.6 0.3 0.4 0.4 4.9 Chelsey Perry 6 0 6.7 27.8 22.2 50.0 1.0 0.3 0.5 0.0 2.2 Kysre Gondrezick 19 0 9.1 28.3 28.6 50.0 1.0 0.9 0.4 0.0 1.9 Aaliyah Wilson 14 0 8.5 23.1 14.3 50.0 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.1 1.1
References
External links Official website of the Indiana Fever