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2019 Indiana Fever season

The 2019 Indiana Fever season was the franchise's 20th season in the WNBA and their 3rd and final season under head coach, Pokey Chatman. The Fever opened the season on May 24, 2019 against the New York Liberty.

The Fever had a promising start to their season, winning three of their first four games. However, from there they lost eight of their next ten to finish June with a 5–9 record. July proved disastrous for any playoff hopes the team had. Six losses in the month were book-ended by two wins. One bright spot from July was that Erica Wheeler was named WNBA All-Star Game MVP. The Fever's form improved into August where they posted a 4–5 record. Winning their last two games proved too little too late, as they missed out on a playoff spot for the third straight year.

After the season, it was announced that General Manager and Head Coach Pokey Chatman would not return for the 2020 season.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The Fever made three selections in the 2019 WNBA draft, which was held on April 10:

Trades and roster changes

Roster

Schedule

Preseason

|- | 1 | May 14 | @ Chicago Sky | W 69–58 | K. Mitchell (11) | McCowan (8) | K. Mitchell (4) | Wintrust Arena<br>4,033 | 1–0 |- | 2 | May 16 | Chicago Sky | W 76–65 | T. Mitchell (15) | Tied (7) | Wheeler (8) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>3,794 | 2–0 |- | 3 | May 19 | @ Dallas Wings | W 71–66 | K. Mitchell (26) | McCowan (6) | Johnson (6) | College Park Center<br>3,428 | 3–0

Regular season

|- | 1 | May 24 | @ New York Liberty | W 81–80 | T. Mitchell (22) | Dupree (7) | Wheeler (5) | Westchester County Center<br>1,965 | 1–0 |- | 2 | May 28 | @ Connecticut Sun | L 77–88 | Wheeler (26) | Dupree (8) | Wheeler (9) | Mohegan Sun Arena<br>4,781 | 1–1

|- | 3 | June 1 | New York Liberty | W 92–77 | K. Mitchell (23) | McCowan (6) | Wheeler (6) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>5,003 | 2–1 |- | 4 | June 7 | Dallas Wings | W 79–64 | Achonwa (17) | Tied (11) | Wheeler (9) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>3,671 | 3–1 |- | 5 | June 9 | Phoenix Mercury | L 87–94 | K. Mitchell (26) | Achonwa (7) | K. Mitchell (6) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>3,336 | 3–2 |- | 6 | June 11 | Seattle Storm | L 82–84 | K. Mitchell (21) | Dupree (15) | K. Mitchell (7) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>3,506 | 3–3 |- | 7 | June 13 | @ Dallas Wings | W 76–72 | Dupree (20) | Laney (11) | T. Mitchell (5) | College Park Center<br>3,562 | 4–3 |- | 8 | June 15 | Chicago Sky | L 64–70 | K. Mitchell (16) | T. Mitchell (8) | Wheeler (8) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>4,715 | 4–4 |- | 9 | June 19 | @ Atlanta Dream | L 78–88 | Dupree (19) | McCowan (14) | Wheeler (5) | State Farm Arena<br>6,474 | 4–5 |- | 10 | June 21 | @ Chicago Sky | W 76–69 | Wheeler (28) | McCowan (13) | Wheeler (8) | Wintrust Arena<br>4,945 | 5–5 |- | 11 | June 23 | @ Seattle Storm | L 61–65 | Wheeler (18) | McCowan (13) | Wheeler (4) | Alaska Airlines Arena<br>7,211 | 5–6 |- | 12 | June 25 | Minnesota Lynx | L 74–78 | K. Mitchell (17) | 3 tied (7) | Wheeler (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>4,692 | 5–7 |- | 13 | June 28 | @ Phoenix Mercury | L 69–91 | Dupree (15) | McCowan (10) | Wheeler (3) | Talking Stick Resort Arena<br>9,435 | 5–8 |- | 14 | June 29 | @ Las Vegas Aces | L 97–102 (OT) | K. Mitchell (21) | Achonwa (9) | Wheeler (8) | Mandalay Bay Events Center<br>4,581 | 5–9

|- | 15 | July 5 | @ Dallas Wings | W 76–58 | T. Mitchell (16) | McCowan (12) | Wheeler (7) | College Park Center<br>5,093 | 6–9 |- | 16 | July 10 | Las Vegas Aces | L 71–74 | Dupree (13) | McCowan (12) | Wheeler (7) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>9,247 | 6–10 |- | 17 | July 12 | Los Angeles Sparks | L 84–90 | Tied (11) | 3 tied (5) | K. Mitchell (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>7,849 | 6–11 |- | 18 | July 14 | Connecticut Sun | L 63–76 | K. Mitchell (14) | McCowan (8) | Tied (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>6,434 | 6–12 |- | 19 | July 19 | Washington Mystics | L 88–95 (OT) | Wheeler (18) | Achonwa (12) | Wheeler (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>6,726 | 6–13 |- | 20 | July 21 | @ Chicago Sky | L 70–78 | Wheeler (13) | McCowan (16) | Wheeler (9) | Wintrust Arena<br>6,614 | 6–14 |- | 21 | July 23 | @ Phoenix Mercury | L 77–95 | Wheeler (18) | McCowan (9) | Wheeler (9) | Talking Stick Resort Arena<br>8,528 | 6–15 |- | 22 | July 31 | Atlanta Dream | W 61–59 | Wheeler (15) | McCowan (14) | K. Mitchell (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>5,702 | 7–15

|- | 23 | August 3 | Minnesota Lynx | W 86–75 | K. Mitchell (20) | McCowan (8) | K. Mitchell (9) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>7,884 | 8–15 |- | 24 | August 8 | @ Washington Mystics | L 78–91 | K. Mitchell (18) | Mavunga (6) | K. Mitchell (6) | St. Elizabeth's East Arena<br>3,013 | 8–16 |- | 25 | August 10 | Atlanta Dream | W 87–82 | Wheeler (19) | Dupree (9) | Wheeler (7) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>7,923 | 9–16 |- | 26 | August 18 | @ Washington Mystics | L 68–107 | T. Mitchell (17) | McCowan (10) | Achonwa (5) | St. Elizabeth's East Arena<br>4,034 | 9–17 |- | 27 | August 20 | New York Liberty | L 76–82 | McCowan (24) | McCowan (8) | Tied (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>5,340 | 9–18 |- | 28 | August 22 | @ Los Angeles Sparks | L 65–98 | K. Mitchell (14) | McCowan (7) | Wheeler (6) | Staples Center<br>8,816 | 9–19 |- | 29 | August 25 | @ Seattle Storm | W 63–54 | McCowan (22) | McCowan (19) | Tied (3) | Alaska Airlines Arena<br>8,076 | 10–19 |- | 30 | August 27 | Las Vegas Aces | W 86–71 | McCowan (24) | McCowan (17) | 4 tied (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>6,958 | 11–19 |- | 31 | August 29 | Los Angeles Sparks | L 83–87 | McCowan (24) | McCowan (10) | K. Mitchell (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>5,641 | 11–20

|- | 32 | September 1 | @ Minnesota Lynx | L 73–81 | Dupree (18) | McCowan (11) | T. Mitchell (6) | Target Center<br>8,833 | 11–21 |- | 33 | September 6 | @ New York Liberty | W 86–81 | K. Mitchell (22) | McCowan (13) | Wheeler (6) | Westchester County Center<br>2,301 | 12–21 |- | 34 | September 8 | Connecticut Sun | W 104–76 | K. Mitchell (38) | McCowan (9) | Laney (7) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>5,451 | 13–21

Standings

Awards and honors

Statistics

Regular season

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References

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