Indiana Fever Secures 2024 Playoff Spot – Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather | Indiana Traffic

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indiana Fever are headed to the WNBA playoffs for the first time since 2016.

The Fever secured their spot on Tuesday night without even playing a single match, as the Atlanta Dream and Chicago Sky lost.

The 2024 postseason will be the franchise’s 14th playoff appearance. The Fever made the playoffs 12 straight times from 2005-16 and made their first postseason appearance in 2002.

The Fever can now finish the regular season in the eighth and final playoff spot, and also have a tie-break advantage over the Dream and Sky.

The team posted on X: “WE ARE IN THE GAME. We have officially secured a spot in the 2024 WNBA Playoffs.”

The WNBA postseason will begin on Sunday, September 22.

The league says the top eight teams, regardless of conference, will qualify for the playoffs and will be seeded based on their record. The first round of the playoffs is a best-of-three format, with teams seeded based on their regular-season record.

The Fever will return home on Wednesday night to face the Los Angeles Sparks at Gainbridge Fieldhouse at 7:00 PM.

Caitlin Clark has another reason to celebrate. The Fever is the WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the second straight week. Clark averaged 24 points, 9 assists and 5 rebounds per game as the Fever went 4-0 last week.

For more information on the Indiana Fever and the 2024 WNBA Playoffs, fans can visit FeverBasketball.com or text “Fever” to 42576 to receive the latest updates.