It looked as if it was going to be a fight for an advantage in the WNBA semifinals, but then the Fever and their ice-cold shooting faded to the brink of elimination.
Kelsey Mitchell was 8 for 26 on Friday night. Her made 3 late in the third quarter started a near nine-minute shooting drought.
Game 4: Aces at Fever, 3 p.m. Sunday
INDIANAPOLIS — For almost three quarters, the No. 6-seed Indiana Fever were neck-and-neck with the No. 2 Las Vegas Aces.
Both teams were fighting for an advantage — the series shifted to Gainbridge Fieldhouse tied at 1-1 after Indiana stole Game 1 in Las Vegas and the Aces rebounded with a commanding win in Game 2 .
It looked like it would be a fight to the finish.
Then, the Fever started to flame out.
Indiana didn’t make a field goal for about nine