UNCASVILLE, Conn. — It has been some four months since the Indiana Fever rolled in here for their first game of the season and found themselves stonewalled by the Connecticut Sun. The months in between have seen Indiana fix its rotations, figure out its offensive identity and navigate unprecedented media attention—evolving into a bona fide playoff team along the way. But this matchup on Sunday felt somewhat like rolling back the clock.
Even after that considerable growth, all of that change, the result was the same for the playoff opener in September as it had been for the season opener back in May. The Fever lost to the Sun by more than 20 points. Connecticut did not fully turn off the Caitlin Clark Show on Sunday. But it turned the volume down more than any opponent had in weeks.
