2021 Indiana Fever season

The 2021 Indiana Fever season was the franchise's 22nd season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season tipped off on May 14, 2021 at the New York Liberty.

The Fever started the season by losing four games before winning their first game on May 23. The team then went on a twelve game losing streak, which included going 0–8 during the month of June. However, before the Olympic break, the Fever won three straight games, to end the first portion of the season with a 4–16 record. They lost the first two games in August coming out of the Olympic break, but won two of the next three. The Fever could not maintain that momentum in the final month of the season, finishing 0–7 in September. Their final record of 6–26 matched their win total from last year's shortened season. Their .188 winning percentage was the third lowest in franchise history, only ahead of the 2018 season and 2022. This was the third time in four years the team finished with only 6 wins.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The Fever made the following selections in the 2021 WNBA draft:

Trades and roster changes

Roster

Game log

Preseason

|- | 1 | May 9 | Chicago | W 82–65 | T. Mitchell<br>Perry (16) | Teaira McCowan (12) | Tiffany Mitchell (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>No Fans | 1–0 |- | 2 | May 11 | @ Chicago | L 70–83 | Victoria Vivians (15) | Teaira McCowan (6) | Chelsey Perry (4) | Wintrust Arena<br>No Fans | 1–1

Regular season

|- | 1 | May 14 | @ New York | L 87–90 | Kelsey Mitchell (23) | Teaira McCowan (16) | Danielle Robinson (4) | Barclays Center<br>1,139 | 0–1 |- | 2 | May 16 | New York | L 65–73 | Kelsey Mitchell (16) | Jantel Lavender (15) | Danielle Robinson (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>No Fans | 0–2 |- | 3 | May 19 | @ Connecticut | L 67–88 | Danielle Robinson (12) | Teaira McCowan (6) | Danielle Robinson (3) | Mohegan Sun Arena<br>2,084 | 0–3 |- | 4 | May 21 | Atlanta | L 79–83 | Kelsey Mitchell (19) | Jessica Breland (16) | Tiffany Mitchell (6) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>No Fans | 0–4 |- | 5 | May 23 | Washington | W 89–77 | Kelsey Mitchell (18) | Breland<br>McCowan (10) | Danielle Robinson (6) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>No Fans | 1–4 |- | 6 | May 25 | Washington | L 69–85 | Tiffany Mitchell (11) | Breland<br>McCowan (7) | Jessica Breland (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>No Fans | 1–5 |- | 7 | May 28 | @ Las Vegas | L 77–113 | Tiffany Mitchell (17) | Teaira McCowan (10) | K. Mitchell<br>Robinson (4) | Michelob Ultra Arena<br>No Fans | 1–6 |- | 8 | May 30 | @ Las Vegas | L 78–101 | Victoria Vivians (17) | Teaira McCowan (9) | Allen<br>Breland (4) | Michelob Ultra Arena<br>1,981 | 1–7

|- | 9 | June 1 | @ Seattle | L 73–88 | Breland<br>McCowan (12) | Teaira McCowan (14) | Lindsay Allen (6) | Angel of the Winds Arena<br>1,215 | 1–8 |- | 10 | June 3 | @ Los Angeles | L 63–98 | Kelsey Mitchell (15) | Danielle Robinson (8) | Kelsey Mitchell (5) | Los Angeles Convention Center<br>301 | 1–9 |- | 11 | June 9 | @ Chicago | L 76–92 | Kelsey Mitchell (24) | Jessica Breland (9) | Jessica Breland (6) | Wintrust Arena<br>1,090 | 1–10 |- | 12 | June 12 | Chicago | L 79–83 | Teaira McCowan (20) | Teaira McCowan (13) | Lindsay Allen (6) | Indiana Farmers Coliseum<br>No Fans | 1–11 |- | 13 | June 15 | Seattle | L 70–87 | Kelsey Mitchell (26) | Jessica Breland (9) | K. Mitchell<br>T. Mitchell (4) | Indiana Farmers Coliseum<br>No Fans | 1–12 |- | 14 | June 17 | Seattle | L 69–79 | Teaira McCowan (13) | Jessica Breland (11) | Kelsey Mitchell (4) | Indiana Farmers Coliseum<br>No Fans | 1–13 |- | 15 | June 19 | @ Washington | L 77–82 | Danielle Robinson (19) | Jessica Breland (10) | Danielle Robinson (6) | Entertainment and Sports Arena<br>2,100 | 1–14 |- | 16 | June 24 | Dallas | L 64–89 | Kelsey Mitchell (24) | Jessica Breland (7) | Danielle Robinson (4) | Indiana Farmers Coliseum<br>No Fans | 1–15

|- | 17 | July 1 | Connecticut | L 80–86 | Kelsey Mitchell (21) | Teaira McCowan (8) | Danielle Robinson (7) | Indiana Farmers Coliseum<br>No Fans | 1–16 |- | 18 | July 3 | Connecticut | W 73–67 | Danielle Robinson (19) | Teaira McCowan (12) | T. Mitchell<br>Robinson (2) | Indiana Farmers Coliseum<br>No Fans | 2–16 |- | 19 | July 9 | New York | W 82–69 | Kelsey Mitchell (20) | Teaira McCowan (9) | T. Mitchell<br>Robinson (5) | Indiana Farmers Coliseum<br>No Fans | 3–16 |- | 20 | July 11 | @ Atlanta | W 79–68 | Teaira McCowan (21) | Teaira McCowan (14) | Danielle Robinson (9) | Gateway Center Arena<br>1,897 | 4–16

|- | 21 | August 15 | @ Los Angeles | L 70–75 | Kelsey Mitchell (20) | Jessica Breland (8) | Tiffany Mitchell (3) | Staples Center<br>2,029 | 4–17 |- | 22 | August 17 | @ Phoenix | L 80–84 | Kelsey Mitchell (20) | Teaira McCowan (10) | K. Mitchell<br>Robinson<br>Vivians (3) | Phoenix Suns Arena<br>4,089 | 4–18 |- | 23 | August 20 | @ Dallas | W 83–81 | Danielle Robinson (18) | McCowan<br>Vivians (6) | Allen<br>Robinson (5) | College Park Center<br>2,017 | 5–18 |- | 24 | August 28 | Las Vegas | L 71–87 | K. Mitchell<br>T. Mitchell (15) | Teaira McCowan (13) | Teaira McCowan (7) | Indiana Farmers Coliseum<br>N/A | 5–19 |- | 25 | August 31 | Los Angeles | W 74–72 | Kelsey Mitchell (25) | Teaira McCowan (19) | Allen<br>Breland<br>K. Mitchell<br>Vivians (2) | Indiana Farmers Coliseum<br>N/A | 6–19

|- | 26 | September 4 | Phoenix | L 65–87 | Kelsey Mitchell (18) | Breland<br>McCowan (8) | Lindsay Allen (3) | Indiana Farmers Coliseum<br>N/A | 6–20 |- | 27 | September 6 | Phoenix | L 81–86 | Kelsey Mitchell (23) | Teaira McCowan (15) | Lindsay Allen (7) | Indiana Farmers Coliseum<br>N/A | 6–21 |- | 28 | September 10 | @ Minnesota | L 72–89 | Tiffany Mitchell (16) | Lavender<br>McCowan (9) | Lindsay Allen (6) | Target Center<br>3,503 | 6–22 |- | 29 | September 12 | @ Minnesota | L 80–90 | Kelsey Mitchell (25) | Teaira McCowan (8) | Victoria Vivians (7) | Target Center<br>3,434 | 6–23 |- | 30 | September 14 | @ Atlanta | L 78–85 | Kelsey Mitchell (18) | Teaira McCowan (14) | Allen<br>Cannon (5) | Gateway Center Arena<br>1,208 | 6–24 |- | 31 | September 17 | Minnesota | L 73–92 | Kelsey Mitchell (26) | Teaira McCowan (12) | Lindsay Allen (7) | Indiana Farmers Coliseum<br>N/A | 6–25 |- | 32 | September 19 | @ Chicago | L 87–98 | Kelsey Mitchell (32) | Teaira McCowan (9) | Lindsay Allen (10) | Wintrust Arena<br>N/A | 6–26

Standings

Awards and honors

Statistics

Regular season

Source:

References

External links

• Official website of the Indiana Fever