The Indiana Fever are back in the Playoffs for the 7th straight year. The Fever finished 21-13 and atop the Eastern Conference in the WNBA and will have home court advantage throughout the playoffs.
The Fever are led by one of the best women basketball players in the world, Tamika Catchings. Catchings has achieved so much, but has never won a WNBA Championship. The 32-year old forward has two Olympic Gold Medals, a collegiate national championship, and a four-time defensive player of the year in the WNBA. She says that not winning a championship has been a burden on her and is determined to lead her teammates to the top.
Catchings doesn’t have to do it by herself though. Teammate and Purdue graduate, Katie Douglas, has proved to be a great player in the WNBA. Douglas is the Fever's starting guard and has averaged 14 points per game and a .440 three point shooting average in 2011.
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| Tamika Catchings (left) and Katie Douglas (right) |
Catchings, Douglas, and the rest of the Fever begin a best-of-three series against the New York Liberty tonight.
9/15: Liberty at Fever - 8pm on ESPN 2
9/17: Fever at Liberty- 4pm on NBA TV
9/19: Liberty at Fever- 8pm on ESPN 2*
*-if necessary
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