With Kelsey Mitchell posting her sixth straight game with 25 points or more, Indiana moves up to No. 4. Golden State holds on to the top spot.
was frustrated but succinct in pinpointing the root cause of the team's troubles after losing 106-92 at Los Angeles on Wednesday.
"Anything you want to do on the offensive end, you can't do when you don't defend the ball," Mitchell said. "Getting the ball out of the net every possession, you're discombobulated. " The Fever were preparing for games in Phoenix and Las Vegas over the next four days. It's a long season, but this felt like a pivotable point.
Aces gave the Fever a 3-1 record on their western road trip and sent them back to Indianapolis with a 14-9 record for the longest homestand they have for the remainder of this season. The Fever play their next four games before the All-Star break at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, starting Wednesday with a big matchup withand couldn't get into the flow of the game, finishing with nine points in 16 minutes.
She looked more comfortable Sunday in Las Vegas, playing 24 minutes and finishing with 12 points, seven rebounds and six assists. , who missed the loss to the Sparks with a leg injury, came back strong with 21 points and nine rebounds against the Mercury and 19 and 11 against the Aces. The Fever also had key performances such as' 15 points and Makayla Timpson's highlight-reel block against the backboard at Phoenix, and Sophie Cunningham's 20 points at Las Vegas.
The Fever defended better against the Mercury and the Aces, which gave them more transition opportunities and sparked their offense. Then there's Mitchell, the longest-tenured Fever player who at age 30 is having her best season in an outstanding career. She is averaging 22.7 points and shooting 48.8% from the field and 40.9% from 3-point range.
If those numbers hold to the end of the season, they would be career highs. Mitchell, who also works tirelessly on defense, has scored 25 or more points in six consecutive games, two short of the record held by Las Vegas' "She's the fastest player in the league with the ball in her hands," Fever coach Stephanie White said of Mitchell.
"The game is fast, but it's also slowed down for her in a way that she's become even more deadly of a playmaker. Her endurance is incredible. We rely heavily on her.
"The Valkyries are on a seven-game winning streak, with the last four victories coming on the road. They've had five different players lead them in scoring during the streak, an indication of how difficult they are to guard. This past week, Golden State won 83-75 at Toronto and 79-64 at Connecticut. Forwardtotaled 46 points and 13 rebounds while shooting 57.1% from the field.
The Valkyries are holding opponents to 76.2 points per game and have a 101.2 defensive rating, leading the league in both categories. After losing two in a row, the Lynx went 3-0 this past week and have the best record in the WNBA. Guardled the way with a combined 85 points in the three wins. The Lynx beat Connecticut 86-80 on Wednesday, then topped New York 90-85 on Saturday.
Then they held off a desperate Phoenix team for a 104-100 win Monday behind McBride's 37 points andkeeps making her case for the Most Improved Player award. The Wings won 88-77 at New York on July 7 behind Shepard's third triple-double of the season .
Then in Montreal on Friday, the Wings beat Toronto 108-95 led by Bueckers and Shepard . Back at home Sunday after playing six of the previous seven on the road, Dallas beat Chicago 96-91. Bueckers had 22 points and 11 assists, while Shepard had 19 points and 10 rebounds. After their loss at Los Angeles, the Fever rallied to win 92-89 at Phoenix behind Mitchell's 29 points.
Then the Fever's 109-75 win at Las Vegas on Sunday marked the eighth time this season they have reached 100, the most in the WNBA. But they have lost four of those 100-point games, which speaks to Mitchell's point about also needing to play defense.
With their next four games at home, the Fever will look to tighten up on D. They also hope that Clark's back issues allow her to play enough in every game to get into the kind of flow she did against the Aces.returned from a leg injury in Las Vegas' 88-80 win at Portland on Thursday, finishing with 32 points and 10 rebounds. Then the Aces trampled Phoenix 106-58, led by Wilson's 21 points and 15 rebounds.
But the Aces have had some games this season in which they started badly and never got back in it. That happened again Sunday in a 109-75 loss to Indiana, the third time Las Vegas has lost by 30 or more points in 2026. The 82-point turnaround is the largest point differential from one game to the next in WNBA history.
Wilson and coach Becky Hammon both acknowledged the Aces need some rest after three games in four days. They'll get that now.led the way with a season-high 27 points. After just one game last week, the Mystics have four in the next seven days. The Dream were 2-1 this past week, a step forward after they had lost five in a row.
But considering all three games were at home and vs. teams with losing records, this feels like a lost opportunity. Atlanta beat Seattle 89-78 on Thursday but fell 102-92 on Saturday to Portland as Dream forward. But that alone doesn't explain the Liberty's inconsistency. Since winning eight in a row from late May to mid-June, the Liberty are 2-7.
That doesn't include their Commissioner's Cup final victory over Las Vegas on June 30, which doesn't count in the standings. That win perhaps overshadowed the Liberty's offensive and defensive lapses, which led to an 0-3 week. They fell 88-77 at home to Dallas on Tuesday, 90-85 at Minnesota on Saturday and 93-91 to Toronto in Montreal on Sunday. The Tempo fell at home to Golden State on Wednesday.
Then, leaning into being "Canada's team," they played two games at Montreal's Bell Centre. They lost to Dallas 108-95 on Friday before thesaid she didn't mean to throw at her . Nonetheless, Laney-Hamilton was ejected for her second technical, Mabrey made the technical free throw and the Tempo ended their four-game losing streak.
Might Mabrey, aNew Jersey native, be on her way to becoming a Canadian legend? After falling 88-80 at home to Las Vegas on Thursday, the Fire had one of their best road victories of the season Saturday. They won 102-92 at Atlanta, shooting 60% from the field and getting seven players into double-figure scoring. The Dream were without Reese, but it was still a good win for the Fire.
This week, they finish a stretch in which they play eight of nine games on the road.on Sunday. Somewhat surprisingly, it came after two wins in a row: 106-92 over Indiana on Wednesday and 102-87 over Chicago on Friday. But the decision reflects more the fact that the Sparks, after Monday's 101-92 loss at Atlanta, are 3-6 in the past month and sit outside playoff position.
The franchise hopes to end its five-year playoff drought, but with star guardstill out with a leg injury, it's hard to say whether that will happen this season. Does the GM change indicate the Sparks will be looking to make some big moves before the Aug. 2 trade deadline? The Sky had one of their better defensive games on July 7 at Phoenix, winning 77-66.
That was followed by losses at Los Angeles on Friday and at Dallas on Sunday . Guardmissed all three games with a knee injury and has not seemed happy of late in her first season in Chicago. But rookie guardIt was a painful 0-4 week for the Mercury, starting with a lifeless 77-66 loss at home to Chicago on July 7. Phoenix played much better Thursday but lost 92-89 to visiting Indiana.
Saturday's trip to Las Vegas produced the biggest loss in Phoenix history . Before that 48-point drubbing, the Mercury's worst loss had been by 42 points in 2012. There was nothing to suggest the Mercury would pull it together in Minnesota on Monday, but they did, pushing the Lynx to the buzzer. But they still lost 104-100.
One bright spot is, who had a combined 82 points in the four games. The other is that Connecticut, which has the WNBA's worst record, visits Phoenix this week for two games. The Sun went 0-2 last week after their big win over Minnesota on July 6. They lost their rematch with the Lynx 86-80 on Wednesday and then fell to Golden State 79-64 on Friday.
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