A career-best year from Mitchell helped end Indiana's eight-year postseason drought—and provided safe harbor following the sudden loss of her father: "It saved my life."

Kelsey Mitchell played just four minutes and Caitlin Clark sat most of the second half in the regular-season finale which didn't matter for the Fever.

Marina Mabrey finished with 27 points, including five 3-point field goals, as the third-seeded Connecticut Sun defeated the No. 6 Indiana Fever 93-69 Sunday in their WNBA playoff opener