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07/05 20:35 CDT Fever, without Caitlin Clark, beat A'ja Wilson-less Aces 84-68
Fever, without Caitlin Clark, beat A'ja Wilson-less Aces 84-68
LAS VEGAS (AP) --- Kelsey Mitchell scored 27 points, Aliyah Boston totaled 18
points and 10 rebounds and Indiana beat the Aces for the first time in Las
Vegas 84-68 with a couple of All-Stars sidelined on Sunday night.
Las Vegas played without A'ja Wilson, the four-time league MVP who has missed
three straight games with an ankle injury, and Indiana's Caitlin Clark was held
out for a third game as she recovers from a back injury. Both players were
selected to start in the All-Star Game on July 25 in Chicago.
Wilson and Clark are both expected back soon. Aces coach Becky Hammon said
before the game that had it been a playoff game Wilson most likely would have
played. Clark has returned to practice this week.
Mitchell made 7 of 18 shots and 10 of 12 free throws for Indiana (12-8) and
Boston posted her sixth double-double this season. Lexie Hull scored 10.
Jackie Young had 15 points for Las Vegas (15-6) in its lowest-scoring game of
the season. Jewell Loyd scored 12, and Chelsea Gray contributed 10 points and
six assists.
Las Vegas led 24-23 after one quarter and Indiana led 42-41 at halftime on
Hull's jumper that just beat the buzzer.
Boston, Sophie Cunningham and Mitchell made three 3-pointers apiece and each of
them sank one in a 9-2 third-quarter run for a 56-49 lead. Mitchell was fouled
beyond the arc and made three free throws before adding a three-point play, and
Raven Johnson followed with a layup to put the Fever up 64-51 with three
minutes left.
Indiana led 68-55 after three quarters and maintained a double-digit lead in
the fourth.
Up next
Indiana: At Los Angeles on Wednesday.
Las Vegas: At Portland on Thursday.
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