How to watch Fever at Storm: Caitlin Clark leads Indiana against surging Seattle
Caitlin Clark is looking to get right, and her Indiana Fever are trying to salvage their last leg of a dispiriting West Coast road trip. Clark's crew has another tough draw on Tuesday night, visiting the experienced and steely Seattle Storm. Paced by perennial All-WNBA talents Nneka Ogwumike and Skylar Diggins, the hosts take their floor with six wins in their last seven games. The forecast is calling for buckets.
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It's a relief and a delight to see Clark balling out again, after a late-May quad injury sidelined her for five games. Her immediate return was brain-scrambling in the very best way — 32 points, nine assists, eight boards and seven made 3s — as the Fever dealt the defending champion New York Liberty their first L of 2025. It hasn't been nearly as clean since then, though. Indiana hits Tuesday with two consecutive losses, while Clark is 1 for her last 17 behind the arc.
Sunday's stumble in Las Vegas must have stung. Aliyah Boston (26 points) and Kelsey Mitchell (20 points) led the way for the Fever, the pair combining to shoot 62.5 percent from the field with just two turnovers. Reigning MVP A'ja Wilson was held to 8-of-21 from the field. It was undone by 16 giveaways (eight from Clark) and a colossal free-throw disparity (21 for Vegas, nine for Indiana).
The Fever now wrap up their bummer of a Pacific Coast cruise against the red-hot, emerald-lit Storm. Behind the starry duo of Ogwumike and Diggins, Seattle has bloomed with a 6-2 record in June. Better still, the Storm have convincingly beaten two juggernauts, East-leading New York and the West-best Minnesota Lynx, by a combined 20 points.
The veteran leads have been buoyed by career years from Gabby Williams and Erica Wheeler. Both are averaging double figures in scoring and shooting better than 41 percent on 3s. All nine members of the rotation had a positive plus-minus in Sunday's win versus the shorthanded Liberty. Downtown Seattle continues to have one of the best crowds in the WNBA, no matter the date or opponent. A national TV look against the ultra-popular Clark will be feverish. Off [They] Go.
Jersey crossovers: Indiana forward Natasha Howard won Defensive Player of the Year with Seattle back in 2019. That same year, current Storm spark plug Erica Wheeler was the All-Star Game MVP in Fever threads.
Mascot mashup: A bad fever is nothing to mess with, but a bad storm can do widespread damage. Both are reasonable excuses for staying home from the summer barbecue.
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(Photo of Caitlin Clark and Nneka Ogwumike: Steph Chambers / Getty Images)
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