2023 Indiana Fever season

The 2023 Indiana Fever season will be the franchise's 24th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and their first season under new head coach Christie Sides.

2023 Indiana Fever season
CoachChristie Sides
ArenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
Attendanceper game
Results
Record0–0
Place0th (Eastern)
2024 season →

The Fever named Sides their new head coach on November 4, 2022. She previously spent two seasons in Indiana as an assistant coach from 2018 to 2019.[1]

The Fever won the 2023 WNBA Draft Lottery and were awarded the first overall pick for the first time in franchise history.[2]

Transactions

WNBA Draft
See also: 2023 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 1 Aliyah Boston  United States South Carolina
1 7 Grace Berger  United States Indiana
2 13 Taylor Mikesell  United States Ohio State
2 17 LaDazhia Williams  United States LSU
3 25 Victaria Saxton  United States South Carolina

Transactions
Date Transaction
November 4, 2022 Hired Christie Sides as Head Coach[3]
January 4, 2023 Waived Florencia Chagas
January 11, 2023 Extended Qualifying Offers to Emma Cannon, Victoria Vivians, Khayla Pointer, Rennia Davis, and Temi Fagbenle[4]
January 13, 2023 Traded Danielle Robinson to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Kristy Wallace[5]
January 20, 2023 Extended General Manager Contract for Lin Dunn and removed her Interim Tag. Promoted Hillary Spears to Assistant GM.[6]
February 1, 2023 Signed Erica Wheeler to a 2-Year Deal[7]
February 2, 2023 Signed Maya Caldwell to a 1-Year Deal[8]
Signed Chelsey Perry, Rennia Davis, and Khayla Pointer to Training Camp Contracts[9]
February 5, 2023 Signed Victoria Vivians[10]
February 8, 2023 Signed Emma Cannon to a 1-Year Deal[11]
February 15, 2023 Signed Bernadett Határ to a Training Camp Contract
March 29, 2023 Hired Paul Miller as Assistant Coach[12]
April 6, 2023 Waived Khayla Pointer[13]
April 14, 2023 Signed Grace Berger, Taylor Mikesell, LaDazhia Williams, and Victaria Saxton to Rookie Scale Contracts
April 17, 2023 Signed Aliyah Boston to a Rookie Scale Contract
April 23, 2023 Waived Chelsey Perry[14]
April 26, 2023 Waived Emily Engstler[15]
May 3, 2023 Waived Rennia Davis[16]
May 9, 2023 Waived LaDazhia Williams[17]
May 16, 2023 Waived Destanni Henderson[18]
May 17, 2023 Waived Taylor Mikesell[19]

Roster Changes

Roster
Indiana Fever roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G34United StatesBerger, Grace6' 0" (1.83m)160 lb (73kg)1999-06-03IndianaR
F/C7United StatesBoston, Aliyah6' 5" (1.96m)220 lb (100kg)2001-12-11South CarolinaR
G11United StatesCaldwell, Maya5' 11" (1.8m)160 lb (73kg)1998-12-15Georgia1
F32United StatesCannon, Emma6' 2" (1.88m)190 lb (86kg)1989-06-01Florida Southern4
F/C4United StatesEgbo, Queen6' 4" (1.93m)190 lb (86kg)2000-06-29Baylor1
C44HungaryHatár, Bernadett6' 10" (2.08m)208 lb (94kg)1994-08-24Hungary1
G10United StatesHull, Lexie6' 1" (1.85m)155 lb (70kg)1999-09-13Stanford1
G0United StatesMitchell, Kelsey5' 8" (1.73m)160 lb (73kg)1995-11-12Ohio State5
F5United StatesSaxton, Victaria6' 2" (1.88m)1999-11-10South CarolinaR
F1United StatesSmith, NaLyssa6' 4" (1.93m)185 lb (84kg)2000-08-08Baylor1
G35United StatesVivians, Victoria6' 1" (1.85m)183 lb (83kg)1994-11-17Mississippi State4
G3AustraliaWallace, Kristy5' 11" (1.8m)157 lb (71kg)1996-01-03Baylor1
G17United StatesWheeler, Erica5' 7" (1.7m)143 lb (65kg)1991-05-02Rutgers7
Head coach
United States Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech)
Assistant coaches
United States Jessie Miller (UIC)
United States Karima Christmas-Kelly (Duke)
United States Paul Miller (Lake Forest College)
Athletic trainer
United States Garrett Hueber
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Shannon Patterson
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured
  WNBA roster page
East
ATL
CHI
CON
IND
NY
WAS
West
DAL
LV
LA
MIN
PHO
SEA

Schedule

Preseason
2023 pre-season game log
Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 May 7 @ Chicago L 56–81 Kelsey Mitchell (9) NaLyssa Smith (5) Destanni Henderson (3) Wintrust Arena
2,024		 0–1
2 May 13 Dallas W 90–83 Kelsey Mitchell (29) Queen Egbo (9) Erica Wheeler (9) Gainbridge Fieldhouse
2,084		 1–1
2023 pre-season schedule

Regular Season
2023 game log
Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 May 19 Connecticut Gainbridge Fieldhouse
2 May 21 @ New York Barclays Center
3 May 28 @ Atlanta Gateway Center Arena
4 May 30 @ Connecticut Mohegan Sun Arena
June : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
5 June 4 Las Vegas Gainbridge Fieldhouse
6 June 6 @ Chicago Wintrust Arena
7 June 9 @ Minnesota Target Center
8 June 11 Phoenix Gainbridge Fieldhouse
9 June 13 Washington Gainbridge Fieldhouse
10 June 15 @ Chicago Wintrust Arena
11 June 18 Atlanta Gainbridge Fieldhouse
12 June 22 @ Seattle Climate Pledge Arena
13 June 24 @ Las Vegas Michelob Ultra Arena
14 June 26 @ Las Vegas Michelob Ultra Arena
15 June 29 @ Phoenix Footprint Center
July : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
16 July 2 Chicago Gainbridge Fieldhouse
17 July 5 @ Minnesota Target Center
18 July 7 @ Washington Entertainment and Sports Arena
19 July 9 Dallas Gainbridge Fieldhouse
20 July 12 New York Gainbridge Fieldhouse
21 July 19 Washington Gainbridge Fieldhouse
22 July 23 @ New York Barclays Center
23 July 25 @ Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena
24 July 27 @ Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena
25 July 30 Seattle Gainbridge Fieldhouse
August : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
26 August 1 Phoenix Gainbridge Fieldhouse
27 August 4 Connecticut Gainbridge Fieldhouse
28 August 6 @ Atlanta Gateway Center Arena
29 August 8 Los Angeles Gainbridge Fieldhouse
30 August 10 Minnesota Gainbridge Fieldhouse
31 August 13 New York Gainbridge Fieldhouse
32 August 18 Washington Gainbridge Fieldhouse
33 August 20 @ Phoenix Footprint Center
34 August 24 Seattle Gainbridge Fieldhouse
35 August 27 Atlanta Gainbridge Fieldhouse
September : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
36 September 1 Dallas Gainbridge Fieldhouse
37 September 3 @ Dallas College Park Center
38 September 5 Chicago Gainbridge Fieldhouse
39 September 8 @ Connecticut Mohegan Sun Arena
40 September 10 Minnesota Gainbridge Fieldhouse
2023 season schedule

Standings
# Team
W L PCT GB Conf. Home Road Cup
1 Atlanta Dream00.000-0–00–00–00–0
2 Chicago Sky00.000-0–00–00–00–0
3 Connecticut Sun00.000-0–00–00–00–0
4 Dallas Wings00.000-0–00–00–00–0
5 Indiana Fever00.000-0–00–00–00–0
6 Las Vegas Aces00.000-0–00–00–00–0
7 Los Angeles Sparks00.000-0–00–00–00–0
8 Minnesota Lynx00.000-0–00–00–00–0
9 New York Liberty00.000-0–00–00–00–0
10 Phoenix Mercury00.000-0–00–00–00–0
11 Seattle Storm00.000-0–00–00–00–0
12 Washington Mystics00.000-0–00–00–00–0

Notes

(#) – League Standing
x – Clinched playoff berth
e – Eliminated from playoff contention
Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

Statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

Regular Season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG

Awards and Honors
Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.

References
  1. "Christie Sides Introduced as Fever Head Coach". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  2. "Indiana Fever Land No. 1 Overall Pick in 2023 WNBA Draft". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  3. "Indiana Fever Hire Christie Sides as Head Coach". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  4. @RachGall (January 11, 2023). "The Indiana Fever extended Qualifying Offers to Khayla Pointer, Rennia Davis, Temi Fagbenle, Emma Cannon and Victoria Vivians. @Winsidr" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. "Fever Acquire Guard in Trade with Atlanta Dream". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  6. "Indiana Fever Extend Lin Dunn's Contract as General Manager". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  7. "Indiana Fever Sign Free Agent Erica Wheeler". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  8. "Indiana Fever Sign Free Agent Maya Caldwell". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  9. "Indiana Fever Sign Three Players to Training Camp Contracts". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  10. "Indiana Fever Re-Sign Veteran Guard Victoria Vivians". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  11. "Indiana Fever Re-Sign Veteran Forward Emma Cannon". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  12. "Indiana Fever Add Paul Miller as Assistant Coach". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  13. "Fever Waive Khayla Pointer". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  14. "Fever Waive Chelsey Perry". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  15. "Fever Waive Emily Engstler". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  16. "Fever Waive Rennia Davis". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  17. "Fever Waive LaDazhia Williams". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  18. "Fever Waive Destanni Henderson". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  19. "Fever Waive Taylor Mikesell". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
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