Kelsey Mitchell appears to be on a mission to prove that the longer her season lasts, the stronger she gets. On Tuesday, she's out to give the Indiana Fever a commanding lead in the WNBA semifinals.
A finalist for the MVP award, Mitchell outplayed the actual MVP winner on Sunday to get a jump on A'ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces in Game 1 of the best-of-five series. Game 2 is in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
Mitchell scored 34 points in the 89-73 Game 1 victory at Las Vegas and will attempt to repeat that performance to help steal a second road game in the series before the matchup shifts to Indianapolis for Game 3 on Friday.
"Kelsey is just a tough shot-maker," said Fever head coach Stephanie White. "She's always in constant motion, she's fast as all get out (and) probably the fastest player