2015 Indiana Fever season

The 2015 WNBA season was the 16th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association. This was Fever's first season under head coach, Stephanie White, who was promoted to the position after Lin Dunn retired at the end of 2014 season.

Fever finished third in the Eastern Conference with a record of 20–14. Fever faced Chicago Sky in Round 1 of Playoffs, winning the series 2-1. They then faced New York Liberty in the eastern conference final. After losing Game 1 at the Madison Square Garden, Fever won the next two games to win the series 2–1 and make the 2015 WNBA Finals where they faced Minnesota Lynx.

In the Finals, Fever won game 1 (75–69) to take a 1–0 lead in the series. Fever lost the next two games to go behind 1–2 before winning the fourth game at home tying the series 2–2. The Fever fell in the decisive 5th game to the Lynx, 52–69.

During the 2015 season, Tamika Catchings broke multiple notable WNBA records. On August 26, she became the first player in WNBA history to record 1,000 career steals. And during the 2015 playoffs, she became the first to register 1,000 career playoff points and also the player with the most playoff appearances (65).

Draft

Transactions

Front office and coaching

Trades

Free agency

Re-signed / extensions

Additions

Subtractions / Unsigned

Roster

Source

Depth

Schedule

Preseason

|- bgcolor=#fcc | 1 | May 23 | Connecticut | L 68–76 | Shenise Johnson (13) | Natasha Howard (5) | Layshia Clarendon (3) | KFC Yum! Center<br>6,437 | 0–1 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 2 | May 29 | Washington | W 76–74 | Marissa Coleman (19) | Briana Butler (6) | Marissa Coleman (4) | Corteva Coliseum<br>5,245 | 1–1

Regular season

|- bgcolor=#fcc | 1 | June 5 | @ Chicago | L 72–95 | Marissa Coleman (18) | Natasha Howard (8) | Briann January (3) | Allstate Arena <br>8,123 | 0–1 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 2 | June 6 | Minnesota | L 69–78 | Marissa Coleman (16) | ' (5) | ' (3) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse <br>9,034 | 0–2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 3 | June 9 | @ New York | L 79–86 | Layshia Clarendon (14) | Tamika Catchings (7) | Briann January (5) | Madison Square Garden<br>5,663 | 0–3 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 4 | June 12 | Phoenix | W 77–74 | Tamika Catchings (27) | Tamika Catchings (13) | Catchings, Johnson (2) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>6,987 | 1–3 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 5 | June 14 | Chicago | L 72–98 | Marissa Coleman (16) | Shenise Johnson (7) | Shenise Johnson (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse <br>6,433 | 1–4 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 6 | June 16 | @ Atlanta | W 90–79 | Marissa Coleman (18) | Tamika Catchings (10) | Layshia Clarendon (7) | Philips Arena<br>9,814 | 2–4 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 7 | June 19 | @ New York | W 80–63 | Maggie Lucas (23) | Tamika Catchings (8) | Marissa Coleman (7) | Madison Square Garden<br>7,815 | 3–4 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 8 | June 20 | Washington | L 75–87 | Kizer, January (14) | Lynetta Kizer (6) | Briann January (7) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>7,627 | 3–5 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 9 | June 26 | Chicago | L 77–83 | Marissa Coleman (16) | Marissa Coleman (8) | Briann January (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>6,889 | 3–6 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 10 | June 30 | @ Connecticut | W 92–84 | Tamika Catchings (26) | Tamika Catchings (10) | Briann January (7) | Mohegan Sun Arena <br>5,083 | 4–6

|- bgcolor=#cfc | 11 | July 2 | Washington | W 73–50 | Shenise Johnson (16) | Shenise Johnson (11) | Tamika Catchings (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>7,573 | 5–6 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 12 | July 8 | Seattle | W 88–65 | Lynetta Kizer (17) | Coleman, Kizer (6) | Layshia Clarendon (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>12,189 | 6–6 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 13 | July 10 | San Antonio | W 83–76 | Marissa Coleman (25) | Coleman, Larkins (6) | Briann January (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse <br>6,457 | 7–6 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 14 | July 15 | Tulsa | W 83–80 | Shavonte Zellous (16) | Catchings, Howard (11) | Layshia Clarendon (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>6,435 | 8–6 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 15 | July 17 | @ Washington | L 50–68 | Marissa Coleman (11) | Lynetta Kizer (8) | Layshia Clarendon (4) | Capital One Arena <br>7,111 | 8–7 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 16 | July 21 | @ San Antonio | L 80–62 | Tamika Catchings (20) | ' (3) | Shavonte Zellous (4) | Freeman Coliseum<br>6,846 | 8–8 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 17 | July 28 | @ Connecticut | W 75–73 | Shavonte Zellous (19) | Catchings, Larkins (8) | ' (2) | Mohegan Sun Arena <br>4,868 | 9–8 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 18 | July 29 | New York | W 84–72 | Shenise Johnson (19) | Shenise Johnson (8) | Briann January (8) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>6,807 | 10–8

|- bgcolor=#cfc | 19 | August 2 | Connecticut | W 83–70 | Shenise Johnson (16) | Erlana Larkins (13) | Briann January (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse <br>6,601 | 11–8 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 20 | August 4 | @ Chicago | L 82–106 | Maggie Lucas (14) | Tamika Catchings (8) | Shenise Johnson (4) | Allstate Arena <br>4,979 | 11–9 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 21 | August 7 | Atlanta | W 106–77 | Marissa Coleman (19) | Shenise Johnson (7) | Marissa Coleman (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>7,869 | 12–9 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 22 | August 11 | @ Washington | W 73–62 | Tamika Catchings (20) | Shenise Johnson (9) | Briann January (6) | Capital One Arena <br>7,236 | 13–9 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 23 | August 16 | @ Phoenix | W 75–63 | Lynetta Kizer (19) | Tamika Catchings (9) | Shenise Johnson (5) | US Airways Center<br>11,336 | 14–9 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 24 | August 18 | @ Los Angeles | W 79–68 | Tamika Catchings (20) | Lynetta Kizer (11) | Briann January (3) | STAPLES Center<br>7,046 | 15–9 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 25 | August 21 | @ Seattle | W 75–63 | Shenise Johnson (16) | Johnson, Kizer (5) | Marissa Coleman (4) | KeyArena<br>5,726 | 16–9 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 26 | August 23 | New York | W 80–79 | Tamika Catchings (14) | Tamika Catchings (7) | Briann January (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>7,240 | 17–9 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 27 | August 26 | Los Angeles | L 79–81 | Shenise Johnson (16) | Tamika Catchings (10) | Shavonte Zellous (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>6,822 | 17–10 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 28 | August 28 | Atlanta | L 84–90 | Tamika Catchings (24) | Tamika Catchings (7) | Tamika Catchings (3) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>7,303 | 17–11 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 29 | August 30 | @ Tulsa | L 70–76 | Tamika Catchings (22) | Tamika Catchings (13) | Shenise Johnson (6) | BOK Center<br>4,512 | 17–12

|- bgcolor=#cfc | 30 | September 1 | Connecticut | W 81–51 | Tamika Catchings (13) | Erlana Larkins (8) | Tamika Catchings (3) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>5,768 | 18–12 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 31 | September 4 | @ Minnesota | L 65–81 | Marissa Coleman (16) | Tamika Catchings (9) | Clarendon, Johnson (3) | Target Center<br>9,034 | 18–13 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 32 | September 8 | @ Washington | L 72–76 | Layshia Clarendon (15) | Tamika Catchings (7) | ' (3) | Capital One Arena<br>5,262 | 18–14 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 33 | September 11 | @ Atlanta | W 75–67 | Shavonte Zellous (14) | Natalie Achonwa (9) | Shavonte Zellous (5) | Philips Arena<br>5,823 | 19–14 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 34 | September 13 | New York | W 81–76 | Shavonte Zellous (22) | Erlana Larkins (8) | Larkins, Zellous (3) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>9,210 | 20–14

Playoffs

|- bgcolor=#fcc | 1 | September 17 | @ Chicago | L 72–77 | Tamika Catchings (21) | Erlana Larkins (10) | Briann January (7) | UIC Pavilion<br>4,098 | 0–1 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 2 | September 19 | Chicago | W 89–82 | Tamika Catchings (22) | Erlana Larkins (12) | Shavonte Zellous (8) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>7,124 | 1–1 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 3 | September 21 | @ Chicago | W 100–89 | Tamika Catchings (27) | Tamika Catchings (9) | Briann January (8) | Allstate Arena<br>2,882 | 2–1

|- bgcolor=#fcc | 1 | September 23 | @ New York | L 67–84 | Shenise Johnson (12) | Shavonte Zellous (5) | ' (2) | Madison Square Garden<br>7,229 | 0–1 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 2 | September 27 | New York | W 70–64 | Tamika Catchings (25) | Tamika Catchings (7) | Briann January (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>7,505 | 1–1 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 3 | September 29 | @ New York | W 66–51 | Marissa Coleman (15) | Erlana Larkins (8) | Briann January (8) | Madison Square Garden<br>10,120 | 2–1

|- bgcolor=#cfc | 1 | October 4 | @ Minnesota | W 75–69 | Briann January (19) | Erlana Larkins (8) | Briann January (6) | Target Center<br>11,023 | 1–0 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 2 | October 6 | @ Minnesota | L 71–77 | Briann January (17) | ' (9) | ' (5) | Target Center<br>12,134 | 1–1 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 3 | October 9 | Minnesota | L 77–80 | Shenise Johnson (17) | Tamika Catchings (10) | Briann January (8) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>16,332 | 1–2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 4 | October 11 | Minnesota | W 75–69 | Shenise Johnson (15) | Erlana Larkins (6) | Briann January (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>10,582 | 2–2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 5 | October 14 | @ Minnesota | L 52–69 | Tamika Catchings (18) | Tamika Catchings (11) | ' (3) | Target Center<br>18,933 | 2–3

Standings

Bracket

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Statistics

Regular season

<br />^‡Waived/Released during the season <br />^â€ÂTraded during the season <br />^â‰ÂAcquired during the season

Playoffs

Awards and honors

References

External links

• The Official Site of the Indiana Fever