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Toronto Star
· collected 2026-09-23 · by Michael Marot The Associated Press
Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell led the Indiana Fever to a 96-77 victory over the Minnesota Lynx, with Clark scoring 27 points, nine assists, and seven rebounds, while Mitchell extended her single-season scoring record by adding 20 more points. The win kept alive the Fever’s slim chance of securing the No. 4 playoff seed and home-court advantage for one more game.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-23,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On Tuesday, the Minnesota Lynx faced off against the Indiana Fever in a crucial WNBA game. Despite being led by rookie Olivia Miles who recently broke Caitlin Clark's single-season scoring record for rookies with 769 points, Miles sat out due to a left calf injury. The absence of Miles heavily impacted Minnesota’s performance as they lost to Indiana 96-77. Kelsey Mitchell and Caitlin Clark spearheaded the Fever's victory with 20 and 27 points respectively, while Mitchell extended her league record to 27 consecutive games scoring over 20 points. Although this loss prevented the Lynx from clinching the No. 1 seed immediately, they secured it later when Portland Fire beat Golden State Valkyries, ensuring Minnesota's top playoff seeding despite the defeat.
Written for “WNBA Fever Versus Lynx” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 4 other(s) covering the same event.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark had 27 points, nine assists and seven rebounds, and Kelsey Mitchell added 20 points to her WNBA single-season scoring record as the Indiana Fever beat the Minnesota Lynx 96-77 on Tuesday night.
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Fever → have → night
Indiana kept alive its faint hopes of earning the No. 4 seed in the playoffs and home-court advantage in the first round for at least one more day.
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Indiana → keep → day
It also prevented the Lynx from clinching the No. 1 seed, at least until after Golden State plays later Tuesday.
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State → prevent → seed
Mitchell extended her league record to 27 consecutive games with 20 or more points by making a 3-pointer with a little more than two minutes to play.
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Mitchell → extend → minutes
Aliyah Boston added 17 points and seven rebounds for the Fever.
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Boston → add → Fever
Chloe Bibby scored all of her 15 points on 3s for Minnesota.
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Bibby → score → Minnesota
Liatu King finished with 12 points on a night the Lynx were without Olivia Miles.
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Lynx → finish → Miles
The record-breaking rookie was a late scratch because of an injured left calf, and her absence clearly had an impact.
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absence → break → impact
Miles broke Clark’s single-season scoring record by a rookie on Sunday.
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Miles → break → Sunday
Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve said she almost held Miles out Sunday against Connecticut and that they would take the injury day by day.
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they → say → day
Reeve also opted to bench her starters for most of the final 2 1/2 quarters because she didn’t want to risk other injuries after Indiana’s fast start.
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she → opt → start
Indiana took control with a 14-2 run to close the first quarter while opening up a 31-16 lead.
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Indiana → take → lead
The Fever extended the margin to 38-18 quickly in the second quarter and led by as much as 57-28 the first half.
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Fever → extend → half
But Minnesota spent the rest of the night charging back.
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Minnesota → spend → night
The Lynx — playing their backups — finally cut the deficit to single digits late in the third and when Aari McDonald drove past a defender for an uncontested layup, the deficit was 71-64 at the end of three.
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deficit → play → three
The Lynx were still within 74-66 with 8:15 left, but Monique Billings made two free throws before baskets from Clark, Mitchell and Boston made it 82-66 and the Fever pulled away late.
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Fever → leave → Clark
Fever: Closes out their regular season road schedule Thursday at Minnesota.
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Fever → close → Minnesota
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