Fever can clinch WNBA title with Game 4 win over Lynx
By CLIFF BRUNT
ISL Editor
The Fever are almost there.
Indiana is one win away from an unlikely WNBA championship.
Even with No. 2 scorer Katie Douglas out with a severely sprained left ankle and backup guard Jeanette Pohlen out for the series with a torn ACL in her left knee, the Fever have a chance to clinch their first title. The city hasn’t won a professional basketball championship since the Pacers won the ABA championship in 1973.
Tamika Catchings, who has done everything but win a title, is trying to keep things in perspective as the reality that her long-awaited title might come to her at age 33. She is in line to be the series MVP, though Erlana Larkins might steal it from her with another 15-rebound effort.
Minnesota will not go quietly. The defending champs boast three Olympians in Seimone Augustus, Lindsay Whalen and Maya Moore. The Lynx were embarrassed after a 76-59 loss on Friday and will be out to avenge that loss and take the series back to Minnesota for Game 5.
Here is my Associated Press preview of the game.
Fever look to close out Lynx in 4
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