2021 Indiana Fever season explained

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.^[1]

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.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2021 WNBA draft.

The Fever made the following selections in the 2021 WNBA draft:

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/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

Date	Details
December 18, 2020	Exercised Team Options on C Teaira McCowan and F Kennedy Burke[2]
February 1, 2021	Signed F Jantel Lavender[3]
February 3, 2021	Signed G Danielle Robinson[4]
February 8, 2021	Signed G Chanelle Molina to a Training Camp Contract[5]
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.[6]
	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[7]
March 6, 2021	Signed C Bernadett Határ to a Training Camp Contract[8]
March 17, 2021	Signed G Kelsey Mitchell to a Contract Extension[9]
April 16, 2021	Acquired G Aaliyah Wilson from Seattle in exchange for F Kennedy Burke[10]
April 18, 2021	Signed F Chelsey Perry to a Rookie Scale Contract[11]
April 19, 2021	Signed G Aaliyah Wilson and F Trinity Baptiste to a Rookie Scale Contracts[12]
April 22, 2021	Signed G Kysre Gondrezick to a Rookie Scale Contract[13]
	Contract Tender made to G Florencia Chagas
April 26, 2021	Waived G Chanelle Molina[14]
April 28, 2021	Signed G Florencia Chagas to a Rookie Scale Contract and Full Season Suspended Her[15]
	Partial Season Suspended G Julie Allemand due to Overseas Commitments
May 2, 2021	Waived F Maya Caldwell and F Trinity Baptiste[16]
May 12, 2021	Waived G Katheleen Doyle and F Unique Thompson[17]
May 13, 2021	Full Season Suspend G Julie Allemand[18]
May 14, 2021	Temporarily Suspend C Bernadett Határ[19]
May 17, 2021	Waived F Chelsey Perry
	Activate C Bernadett Határ from Temporarily Suspended List[20]
June 27, 2021	Waived F Lauren Cox[21]
June 28, 2021	Signed F Chelsey Perry[22]
July 28, 2021	Signed F Emma Cannon to 7-Day Contract[23]
August 22, 2021	Signed F Emma Cannon to a 2nd 7-Day Contract[24]
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[25]

Game log

Preseason

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1| May 9| Chicago| W 82–65| T. Mitchell
Perry (16)| Teaira McCowan (12)| Tiffany Mitchell (4)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
No Fans| 1–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| May 11| @ Chicago| L 70–83| Victoria Vivians (15)| Teaira McCowan (6)| Chelsey Perry (4)| Wintrust Arena
No Fans| 1–1

Regular season

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| May 14| @ New York| L 87–90| Kelsey Mitchell (23)| Teaira McCowan (16)| Danielle Robinson (4)| Barclays Center
1,139| 0–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| May 16| New York| L 65–73| Kelsey Mitchell (16)| Jantel Lavender (15)| Danielle Robinson (5)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
No Fans| 0–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| May 19| @ Connecticut| L 67–88| Danielle Robinson (12)| Teaira McCowan (6)| Danielle Robinson (3)| Mohegan Sun Arena
2,084| 0–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| May 21| Atlanta| L 79–83| Kelsey Mitchell (19)| Jessica Breland (16)| Tiffany Mitchell (6)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
No Fans| 0–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 5| May 23| Washington| W 89–77| Kelsey Mitchell (18)| Breland
McCowan (10)| Danielle Robinson (6)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
No Fans| 1–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| May 25| Washington| L 69–85| Tiffany Mitchell (11)| Breland
McCowan (7)| Jessica Breland (5)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
No Fans| 1–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| May 28| @ Las Vegas| L 77–113| Tiffany Mitchell (17)| Teaira McCowan (10)| K. Mitchell
Robinson (4)| Michelob Ultra Arena
No Fans| 1–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| May 30| @ Las Vegas| L 78–101| Victoria Vivians (17)| Teaira McCowan (9)| Allen
Breland (4)| Michelob Ultra Arena
1,981| 1–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 9| June 1| @ Seattle| L 73–88| Breland
McCowan (12)| Teaira McCowan (14)| Lindsay Allen (6)| Angel of the Winds Arena
1,215| 1–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10| June 3| @ Los Angeles| L 63–98| Kelsey Mitchell (15)| Danielle Robinson (8)| Kelsey Mitchell (5)| Los Angeles Convention Center
301| 1–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11| June 9| @ Chicago| L 76–92| Kelsey Mitchell (24)| Jessica Breland (9)| Jessica Breland (6)| Wintrust Arena
1,090| 1–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12| June 12| Chicago| L 79–83| Teaira McCowan (20)| Teaira McCowan (13)| Lindsay Allen (6)| Indiana Farmers Coliseum
No Fans| 1–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 13| June 15| Seattle| L 70–87| Kelsey Mitchell (26)| Jessica Breland (9)| K. Mitchell
T. Mitchell (4)| Indiana Farmers Coliseum
No Fans| 1–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 14| June 17| Seattle| L 69–79| Teaira McCowan (13)| Jessica Breland (11)| Kelsey Mitchell (4)| Indiana Farmers Coliseum
No Fans| 1–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15| June 19| @ Washington| L 77–82| Danielle Robinson (19)| Jessica Breland (10)| Danielle Robinson (6)| Entertainment and Sports Arena
2,100| 1–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 16| June 24| Dallas| L 64–89| Kelsey Mitchell (24)| Jessica Breland (7)| Danielle Robinson (4)| Indiana Farmers Coliseum
No Fans| 1–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 17| July 1| Connecticut| L 80–86| Kelsey Mitchell (21)| Teaira McCowan (8)| Danielle Robinson (7)| Indiana Farmers Coliseum
No Fans| 1–16|- style="background:#cfc;"| 18| July 3| Connecticut| W 73–67| Danielle Robinson (19)| Teaira McCowan (12)| T. Mitchell
Robinson (2)| Indiana Farmers Coliseum
No Fans| 2–16|- style="background:#cfc;"| 19| July 9| New York| W 82–69| Kelsey Mitchell (20)| Teaira McCowan (9)| T. Mitchell
Robinson (5)| Indiana Farmers Coliseum
No Fans| 3–16|- style="background:#cfc;"| 20| July 11| @ Atlanta| W 79–68| Teaira McCowan (21)| Teaira McCowan (14)| Danielle Robinson (9)| Gateway Center Arena
1,897| 4–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 21| August 15| @ Los Angeles| L 70–75| Kelsey Mitchell (20)| Jessica Breland (8)| Tiffany Mitchell (3)| Staples Center
2,029| 4–17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 22| August 17| @ Phoenix| L 80–84| Kelsey Mitchell (20)| Teaira McCowan (10)| K. Mitchell
Robinson
Vivians (3)| Phoenix Suns Arena
4,089| 4–18|- style="background:#cfc;"| 23| August 20| @ Dallas| W 83–81| Danielle Robinson (18)| McCowan
Vivians (6)| Allen
Robinson (5)| College Park Center
2,017| 5–18|- style="background:#fcc;"| 24| August 28| Las Vegas| L 71–87| K. Mitchell
T. Mitchell (15)| Teaira McCowan (13)| Teaira McCowan (7)| Indiana Farmers Coliseum
N/A| 5–19|- style="background:#cfc;"| 25| August 31| Los Angeles| W 74–72| Kelsey Mitchell (25)| Teaira McCowan (19)| Allen
Breland
K. Mitchell
Vivians (2)| Indiana Farmers Coliseum
N/A| 6–19|- style="background:#fcc;"| 26| September 4| Phoenix| L 65–87| Kelsey Mitchell (18)| Breland
McCowan (8)| Lindsay Allen (3)| Indiana Farmers Coliseum
N/A| 6–20|- style="background:#fcc;"| 27| September 6| Phoenix| L 81–86| Kelsey Mitchell (23)| Teaira McCowan (15)| Lindsay Allen (7)| Indiana Farmers Coliseum
N/A| 6–21|- style="background:#fcc;"| 28| September 10| @ Minnesota| L 72–89| Tiffany Mitchell (16)| Lavender
McCowan (9)| Lindsay Allen (6)| Target Center
3,503| 6–22|- style="background:#fcc;"| 29| September 12| @ Minnesota| L 80–90| Kelsey Mitchell (25)| Teaira McCowan (8)| Victoria Vivians (7)| Target Center
3,434| 6–23|- style="background:#fcc;"| 30| September 14| @ Atlanta| L 78–85| Kelsey Mitchell (18)| Teaira McCowan (14)| Allen
Cannon (5)| Gateway Center Arena
1,208| 6–24|- style="background:#fcc;"| 31| September 17| Minnesota| L 73–92| Kelsey Mitchell (26)| Teaira McCowan (12)| Lindsay Allen (7)| Indiana Farmers Coliseum
N/A| 6–25|- style="background:#fcc;"| 32| September 19| @ Chicago| L 87–98| Kelsey Mitchell (32)| Teaira McCowan (9)| Lindsay Allen (10)| Wintrust Arena
N/A| 6–26

Statistics

Regular Season

Source:^[26]

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

External links

• Official website of the Indiana Fever

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021 Indiana Fever Schedule. WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. en. April 28, 2021.
2. Web site: WNBA Transactions. WNBA. wnba.com. December 18, 2020. June 3, 2021.
3. Web site: Fever Sign Jantel Lavender. WNBA. fever.wnba.com. February 1, 2021. April 28, 2021.
4. Web site: Danielle Robinson signs with the Fever. WNBA. fever.wnba.com. February 3, 2021. April 28, 2021.
5. Web site: WNBA Transactions. WNBA. wnba.com. February 8, 2021. June 3, 2021.
6. Web site: Fever Complete Trades with Las Vegas and Minnesota. WNBA. fever.wnba.com. February 15, 2021. April 28, 2021.
7. Web site: Fever Sign Jessica Breland. WNBA. fever.wnba.com. February 16, 2021. April 28, 2021.
8. Web site: WNBA Transactions. WNBA. wnba.com. March 6, 2021. June 3, 2021.
9. Web site: Kelsey Mitchell Signs Multi-Year Contract. WNBA. fever.wnba.com. March 17, 2021. April 28, 2021.
10. Web site: Fever Add Another First Round Pick To 2021 Draft Haul. WNBA. fever.wnba.com. April 16, 2021. April 28, 2021.
11. Web site: WNBA Transactions. WNBA. wnba.com. April 18, 2021. June 3, 2021.
12. Web site: WNBA Transactions. WNBA. wnba.com. April 19, 2021. June 3, 2021.
13. Web site: WNBA Transactions. WNBA. wnba.com. April 22, 2021. June 3, 2021.
14. Web site: WNBA Transactions. WNBA. wnba.com. April 26, 2021. June 3, 2021.
15. Web site: WNBA Transactions. WNBA. wnba.com. April 28, 2021. June 3, 2021.
16. Web site: WNBA Transactions. WNBA. wnba.com. May 2, 2021. June 3, 2021.
17. Web site: fromkurtis Tweet. Twitter. twitter.com. May 12, 2021. June 3, 2021.
18. Web site: WNBA Transactions. WNBA. wnba.com. May 13, 2021. June 3, 2021.
19. Web site: WNBA Transactions. WNBA. wnba.com. May 14, 2021. June 3, 2021.
20. Web site: Transactions – Player Movement. Across The Timeline. acrossthetimeline.com. May 17, 2021. June 3, 2021.
21. Web site: Roster Update: We have waived forward Lauren Cox.. Twitter. twitter.com. June 27, 2021. July 6, 2021.
22. Web site: Fever Sign Chelsey Perry. fever.wnba.com. wnba.com. June 28, 2021. July 6, 2021.
23. Web site: Fever Sign Emma Cannon to 7-Day Contract. fever.wnba.com. wnba.com. July 28, 2021. July 30, 2021.
24. Web site: Transactions – Player Movement. Across The Timeline. acrossthetimeline.com. August 22, 2021. August 30, 2021.
25. Web site: Fever Sign Emma Cannon For Remainder of Regular Season. WNBA. fever.wnba.com. September 6, 2021. September 6, 2021.
26. Web site: Team Stats. WNBA. fever.wnba.com. September 23, 2021.