MINNEAPOLIS – The Indiana Fever lost both games of a weekend back-to-back with the league-leading Minnesota Lynx, dropping the Sunday rematch at Target Center, 97-84 . It came after Indiana lost to Minnesota at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, 95-90, on Friday.

The two consecutive losses put Indiana at 19-18 on the season, in eighth place on the fringe of the playoffs with seven games left. Minnesota continues to be the league leader at 30-7.

Indiana will return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse to play the Seattle Storm on Tuesday.

Here are three observations:

Fever fall to 8th place in WNBA standings, on fringe of playoffs

Indiana's loss on Sunday, paired with Golden State's win, knocked the Fever down two spots in the standings. Indiana was previously 19-17, ahead of 20-18 Seattle (by win percent

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