Minneapolis-Natasha Howard scored 16 points and caught 12 rebounds, and Indiana fever held the WNBA Commissioner Cup on Tuesday night to win a 74-59 win over Minnesota Links to win the WNBA Commissioner Cup.
Fever was played without Cateline Clarke, which remained out due to a back injury. Clarke watched the game from the bench and raised her arms at the festival in the final Bajra.
Aliah Boston scored 12 points and 11 rebounds for Indiana (9-8), which won the this-season tournament for the first time in the history of the franchise. Sophie Cunningham scored 13 points from the bench, and Kelsey Michel ended with 12 points.
After winning the tournament, fever took the $ 500,000 prize to the bulk of the pool. Indianna players gathered in the Half Court to accept the Commissioner Cup Trophy after the game.
Alana Smith scored 15 points to lead Minnesota (14-3). Neeffa Kolier finished with 12 points and courtney Williams contributed 11.
Links tried to erase double -points deficiency in the fourth quarter, but struggled to find a rhythm on crime. Jessica Shepard made a basket to close the gap by 52-45 with 8:45 to play, fever scored the next six points and re-established the profit of 13 points.
At the end of the third quarter, Indiana led 52–42.
Fever took its lead for 14 points in the third quarter. The saw McDonald knocked the 3-pointer to make 48-34 with 3:01.
Fever led half to 32-27.
Indiana exceeded 13 points in the first half, but ended the second quarter for 18–0 runs. Links went to the final 8:13 of the first half without scoring a point.
McDonald’s sorted a trimmed to start scoring runs for fever, which rally rally with a shortage of 27–14. Cunningham knocked a 3-pointer from the left corner, leading to Indiana by 28–27, with half the left of 2:13.
Howard made four free throw to eliminate the first half scoring for fever.
Colier made 54 seconds in the second half to snap the scoring drought of the links.
-Tom Musk, Field Level Media
