Already without Caitlin Clark, the Fever's two other point guards (Sydney Colson and Aari McDonald) suffered injuries in Thursday's loss to Mercury.

PHOENIX – After an eight-day, four-game road trip, the Indiana Fever return to Indianapolis after a debilitating loss — in multiple ways.

Playing their fifth game in nine days, the Fever suffered their worst defeat of the season Thursday night, a 95-60 loss to Phoenix .

The Fever, who have now lost two straight after a five-game win streak, just couldn’t find their stride against the physical Mercury. They were outrebounded 44-32, turned the ball over 20 times and allowed 23 second-chance points.

“I thought defensively, we had some slippages early on, and that got them on some easy buckets at the rim, their second chance points, that w

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