The Indiana Fever survived a game that slipped away late and then came back in overtime to beat the Chicago Sky 114-106 on Thursday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Caitlin Clark, Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell powered the finish, combining for 85 points as Indiana won for the second straight time.
The result pushed the Fever to 7-5 and dropped the Sky to 4-9, another loss in a third straight defeat for Chicago. It also kept Indiana moving in the WNBA Commissioner's Cup, where every game carries its own edge because the standings are built from regular-season results and a loss can erase a night of work as fast as a win can lift it.
Sydney Taylor was the outlier on the other side. She came off the bench and scored 30 points, far above her 7.4-point average entering play, and had 25 by the time the fourth quarter began. Chicago also closed the halftime gap to six, then erupted for 39 points in the third quarter to take the lead, making the game look as if it had turned in the Sky's favor.
Then came the ending that changed everything. Indiana turned the ball over with five seconds left in regulation and allowed Skylar Diggins to hit a three-pointer that tied the score, turning what had been a 19-point Fever lead early in the second quarter into a scramble for survival. Clark and Stephanie White each picked up technical fouls, Sophie Cunningham was sidelined with an elbow injury, and Kamilla Cardoso fouled out before Indiana finally took control in overtime.
That was the part that mattered most. The Fever entered the night with the burden of being talked about as a contender but still living through inconsistency, and they left with a second straight win that should settle them for a day. They next face the Connecticut Sun on Saturday, where the question is not whether Indiana can score, but whether it can close before a late mistake forces another rescue.
