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Indiana Fever vs. Atlanta Dream | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | May 22, 2025

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00:00This game on Tuesday was balanced.

00:02Can we see it here tonight as Atlanta starts off with The Rock?

00:07And Tahina Pow Pow being guarded by Dawana Bonner.

00:10That's a little bit of a different look, too, that we're going to see.

00:13Dawana Bonner's minutes have been limited,

00:15with Stephanie White mentioning the rotations with the anchor.

00:19As right away, a three goes up for Bree Jones.

00:23I'm out here, too. I don't have to just dominate in the paint.

00:25Atlanta coming off of back-to-back games, scoring 90-plus points,

00:30and Kaitlin Clark can score with the best of the season

00:33with back-to-back 20-point, 10-assist games.

00:37And by the way, that first game was a triple-double against the Chicago Sky.

00:41And right away, Bree Jones.

00:43And the first game of the season, just not Bonner-like.

00:47BG going against Natasha Howard.

00:50And another bucket. How about the free agency picks?

00:53Much like Tuesday, Atlanta off to a very efficient offensive start.

00:58Nine on the shot clock.

01:00Aaliyah Boston going against BG.

01:02Bad idea.

01:03Gets it back to Natasha Howard.

01:04Three on the shot clock and gets it to drop.

01:07Natasha Howard, in her own right, is a rebounder.

01:09She's a veteran in this league.

01:10She knows how to play around the rim.

01:12Ryan Howard.

01:14When that goes through the net early for Ryan.

01:18Connections and links between these two teams.

01:20Hull going right at Tahina Pow Pow and gets the bucket.

01:25A much-needed bucket for Indiana.

01:27Faded her and said, I dare you to shoot that ball.

01:30She's 50% in this game from three, but she can knock it down.

01:33Back-to-back buckets for Indiana.

01:36Now things are starting to groove.

01:38From Coach Mesko of why she's needed and the impact she can make on both ends.

01:42Absolutely.

01:42We didn't like seeing that she didn't touch the court the first game.

01:45And we said, how are they going to work at Nats Hillman?

01:46He found a way.

01:47Bree Jones did it last game, does it again, going the distance.

01:54Kaitlin gets it back, tries to send it over.

01:57Cunningham, gets it to go.

01:59One field goal made since the nine-minute mark.

02:05But it's how everyone else gets involved.

02:08Natasha Howard with a beautiful dive to the rim.

02:10Sophie Cunningham smothering defense on Alicia Gray.

02:17The double team comes over for BG.

02:20She has five seconds to work with.

02:22In and out.

02:23Bree Jones tried to get it up.

02:25That's blocked by Howard.

02:26There were only 13 jobs available.

02:28So when I heard the dream might be interested,

02:30I wanted to hear what they had to say.

02:32And right away, they had the same vision.

02:34I think Sodom will right now.

02:36The fever has come alive in the second quarter.

02:41Indiana's bench has 11 points.

02:44Good block.

02:45Good block by Ryan Howard, who thought it went off to Kelsey Mitchell.

02:52Pow, pow.

02:53Thought about it.

02:54Sends it to Bree Jones.

02:56Lines it up.

02:56Another one.

02:57I love it.

02:58Brianna Jones and Brittany Griner, who could knock down that three ball.

03:01Unstoppable.

03:07Kaitlyn.

03:08We know very well she likes to let it fly from the left.

03:11Pulls up.

03:12Baseline.

03:13Good to go.

03:14It was the hesitation that got that shot to go on her way for a third one.

03:21Atlanta's just doing a really good job of trapping Kaitlyn Clark on that left side.

03:25Natasha Howard, so shifty.

03:27That footwork.

03:29Griner.

03:31Hovered on the inside.

03:33Had to send it out.

03:34Three on the shot clock for Atlanta.

03:37Sometimes that's what Ryan Howard is most successful in the last second heaves.

03:42You know what?

03:43That's been a few times they went down to the end of the shot clock as Howard slips through

03:47and Kaitlyn Clark finds her.

03:49Last season's assist leader.

03:51It's how Kaitlyn Clark starts the initiative.

03:59Quickly, Sophie Cunningham.

04:00Quickly, Sophie Cunningham.

04:02What a first game back we're seeing from her.

04:04The strip by Kelsey Mitchell.

04:06Here comes the Jets.

04:10Quickly, Sophie Cunningham.

04:11What a first game back we're seeing from her.

04:14The strip by Kelsey Mitchell.

04:15Here comes the Jets.

04:16Atlanta needs a response here.

04:21They got four on the shot clock.

04:23Howard pulls up.

04:24Triple.

04:25Good.

04:27When you get Ryan Howard mad, this is what happens.

04:30But that first quarter was just so much fun.

04:32We barely heard any whistles and we just allowed them to play.

04:35The pace was the game that we wanted to see.

04:38He asked for pace and she'll deliver.

04:40Kelsey Mitchell off the deck.

04:42For Indiana, Natasha Howard looking for cutters.

04:47Indiana out-rebounding Atlanta by three

04:50and capitalizing on the second chance points.

04:53Natasha Howard and Kelsey Mitchell have been intentional in this second half.

04:57Found herself a rebound.

05:00Sending it up the floor.

05:01Tahina Pow-Pow again.

05:02Pow-Pow.

05:04Pow-Pow for three.

05:06Here in the W, the pace is faster, reads are faster,

05:09and you have to be okay with your decisions.

05:11She's been leaning on Jordan Canada,

05:13saying she's been walking her throughout this entire process.

05:16Absolutely as Atlanta regains the lead here off the BG bucket.

05:23It's been by Comiteous.

05:24Kelsey Mitchell relentless.

05:26Gets it at the rim.

05:28To come off the screen, you have to be set.

05:33Turnover for Mia Coffey.

05:35Sophie Cunningham outside.

05:37Triple finds a bottom of the net.

05:39Three minutes left in the third quarter.

05:42Indiana with hole in the pull-up,

05:44and Mia Coffey gets the block.

05:46Mia Coffey had that big-time block to seal the game a couple seasons ago,

05:50but she's come in this season with authority,

05:53and she's been looking good at both ends for the dream.

05:55Who would have thought Atlanta?

05:58Eight threes already.

06:00Got a Brianna Jones who can shoot threes and stretch the floor.

06:03I'll call that for Atlanta.

06:05Backdoor, more movement from Indiana gets another bucket.

06:08It's a little bit of a seesaw.

06:14Clark found a lane, and she'll take it.

06:17Now Atlanta has three players in the starting lineup with three or more fouls.

06:21BG on the bench right now at five as Aaliyah Boston's strong move gets the bucket.

06:29Ryan Howard, Kaitlin Clark finding a way to miss.

06:34Excellent.

06:35Shifty getting into the paint.

06:38Some self-talk on the way back down the floor.

06:42Gray taking on the committee.

06:44Pull up.

06:44Two more for Aaliyah Gray.

06:47Back-to-back bucket says it's a one-point game.

06:55Ryan Howard has been more aggressive in this quarter.

06:57A lot to unpack there.

07:00They'll count the bucket for Ryan Howard.

07:02Getting another test.

07:04The kickout, Natasha Howard had all the time.

07:07Gets her own miss.

07:09Fakes it outside.

07:10Three out of the four, Kelsey Mitchell, Kaitlin Clark, and Aaliyah Boston

07:15all just frustrated in this game with their shots.

07:20On the other side, they're saying, baby, make it rain.

07:23Another triple for I.

07:25Ryan Howard said, I ain't done yet.

07:28She remembers that sweep from last season as Lexi Hall buries one.

07:32The defense went under the screen, and Hall said, that's too much space for me.

07:35That's too much space for me.

07:37Oh, you've got to love it, and Ryan Howard coming back, trying to get the face.

07:40Oh, another bucket for Ryan Howard.

07:44This is what the people came to see.

07:46And last year, we had more CeCe fans in this building,

07:49but just now, when she was at the free throw line,

07:51I got more boos or more yays when she missed the free throw.

07:56Gray gets those fans you were talking about out of their seats.

08:01Finds the hands of Natasha Howard.

08:06Flips that one in.

08:08Add that to the circus reel.

08:13Big stop for Atlanta here.

08:15Kelsey lines it up.

08:17Why not?

08:19What a time to come alive and hit your first three if you're Kelsey Mitchell.

08:24Kaitlin Clark has not hit a three in this game.

08:27Stops on the dime, looking to pull up.

08:31Finds Aaliyah Boston, who gets the bucket to go.

08:34Still a one-possession game.

08:37I'm just going to wait until the buzzer sounds.

08:41Ryan Howard looking for someone on the inbounds.

08:45Finds Gray.

08:46Gray is short on the three,

08:47and Kelsey Mitchell comes out of the path with the Rock

08:50as the clock hits zero,

08:53and the get-back has been completed for the Indiana Fever.

08:56Thank you for having me.

Indiana Fever vs. Atlanta Dream | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | May 22, 2025

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