Without Caitlin Clark, Fever falls to Azura Stevens and Kelsey Plum

The Faver played without Caitlin Clark due to an injury to the groin. Clark had recently returned from a quadriceps lesion that kept her down for five games.

Indianapolis – Azura Stevens He scored 23 points, Kelsey Plum 21 points plus six assists, and Los Angeles Sparks They put an end to a streak of four consecutive losses by winning the Indiana Fever 85-75 Thursday night.

Indiana played without Caitlin Clark due to one groin injury. Clark had recently returned from a quadriceps lesion that kept her down for five games. He returned on June 14 and scored 32 points to help the Faver achieve a 102-88 victory against Liberty.

Plum sported a triple to 4:13 from the end to give Los Angeles an advantage of 67-66, its first from the first minute of the second quarter. He added two free throws in his next possession to culminate a 21-8 streak that extended to the rest of the third quarter.

Los Angeles sealed the victory with two offensive rebounds less than a minute from the end. Dearica Hamby received a foul when making a tray, which gave the Sparks a 79-75 advantage. The free kick failed, but Stevens caught him and completed a three-point play to put the score in 81-75 with 49 seconds.

Hamby and Rickea Jackson scored 14 points each for angels (5-11).

Kelsey Mitchell led Indiana (7-8) with 20 points and Aliyah Boston added 12 points, 10 rebounds and five robberies.

Indiana won 31-22 before Los Angeles connected an 8-0 streak, culminated with a Triple of Shey Peddy to approach a point. Sophie Cunningham responded with a triple and the Faver went to rest with 34-30 advantage after forcing 15 ball losses.