Fever defeat Dream in OT to secure key win as season winds down

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• Fever defeat Dream in OT to secure key win as season winds down

  The Fever defeated the Dream 95-91 in overtime Sunday. It was a game with playoff implications, and the environment inside State Farm Arena felt like the postseason.

  Publisher:ESPN WNBAArticle published: 2026-08-17 03:01:11.149Z

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• Clark praises Fever for being 'super resilient' in their hard-fought overtime win over Dream

  After the Indiana Fever's fourth straight win, Caitlin Clark said coach Stephanie White “made a great point” in her postgame talk with the team by saying “This felt like a playoff game.” If so, the Fever looked playoff-ready in their 95-91 overtime win over the Atlanta Dream on Sunday. Perhaps of more importance, Indiana responded to a major challenge from an Atlanta team that began the day one-half behind the Fever for the important fourth-place spot in the playoff standings.

  Publisher:Yahoo Sports WNBAArticle published: 2026-08-17 01:02:50 UTC

• Fever show championship mettle in win over Dream: ‘We’ve grown up’

  ATLANTA — Inside an overly warm, dimly lit, standing-room-only space usually reserved for Zamboni parking, Stephanie White offered a three-syllable summary of how the Indiana Fever have slogged through chaos to become a viable championship threat. “We’ve grown up,” White said Sunday evening. The latest case in point: A 95-91 overtime win over the Atlanta Dream at State Farm Arena in which both red-hot clubs stumbled badly and regularly. The Fever, with their all-world backcourt and an offense on

  Publisher:Yahoo Sports WNBAArticle published: 2026-08-17 01:46:02 UTC