Fever suffer three losses in one against the Sun

The Indiana Fever came into their game against the Connecticut Sun with hopes that they'd be able to keep them winless on the year. Unfortunately, they were unable to do so thanks to numerous injuries throughout the game that decimated their guard depth and foul trouble that kept Aliyah Boston off the court for much of the contest.
Those injuries and a simple lack of an offense or structure on offense on the floor for the Fever led to them handing Connecticut their first win of the year. But, hats off to the Sun for their great defense down the stretch and excellent shooting that kept pace with DeWanna Bonner's heatcheck.
That all said, Indiana suffered three losses in one, essentially, after they lost back to back games and further dropped in the standings.
Fever suffer three losses in one go against Sun
Fever suffered two big injuries to their guard room
Sydney Colson injured her left leg while diving for a loose ball in the 1st quarter of the Fever game, leaving for the locker room and never returning to the floor. She has been starting in place of Caitlin Clark these last few games, and she's the only true facilitator off the bench for the Fever. Losing her was a big blow to Indiana's offense.
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On the scoring end, the team also saw Sophie Cunningham go down with an ankle injury late in the game and prior to a late push from Indiana to steal this one from Connecticut. She was getting to the free throw line and making the Sun pay for their discretions on defense prior to the injury.
Now, we have to wait to see what guards are even available to the Fever outside of Kelsey Mitchell and Lexie Hull ahead of the team's next game against the Washington Mystics next week.
Stephanie White and DeWanna Bonner had their revenge game spoiled
While this would've counted more had the teams played one another in Connecticut, this was still a revenge game of sorts for both White and Bonner who saw successful seasons with the Sun the last few years. Neither, though, were ever able to bring a chip to the team.
It would've been nice to see both White and Bonner manage to eek a win out against their former team, showing the growth they've both had beyond those "close, but no cigar" seasons they each had in Uncasville.
Indiana dropped their third game in a row and a game to a winless team
The Sun are not a bad team. They've simply needed time to get some chemistry going with so many new faces around being led by Marina Mabrey. They finally got over the hump of not getting a win with their victory over the Fever, which should be just a bit demoralizing for Indiana. They had some of the best offseason moves - on paper - of any team in the WNBA, so seeing them unable to survive these Clark-less games is really uninspiring.
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