The 2008 Indiana Fever season was their 9th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). They finished 4th in the Eastern Conference with 17 wins and 17 losses on the season. The season marked the fourth consecutive season that the Fever earned a playoff berth. They were eliminated in the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals 2–1 by the Detroit Shock.
On October 26, 2007, the Fever announced that they declined the option for head coach, Brian Winters, ending his four-year tenure as head coach.[1] On December 12, 2007, assistant coach Lin Dunn was named as the replacement for Winters.[2]
In one of the biggest trades in WNBA history the Fever traded Tamika Whitmore and their first-round pick in the 2008 WNBA draft to the Connecticut Sun for Indianapolis native Katie Douglas on February 19, 2008.[3]
The following player was selected in the expansion draft by the Atlanta Dream :
See main article: 2008 WNBA draft. Indiana's selections from the 2008 WNBA draft in Tampa Bay.
The Fever were involved in the following transactions during the 2008 season.[6]
Date | Player Acquired | Acquired from | For | |
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February 19, 2008 | Tamika Whitmore, the 12th pick in the 2008 WNBA draft, and the rights to Jessica Foley | |||
May 14, 2008 | K.B. Sharp | |||
July 4, 2008 | Alison Bales |
Date | Player | Former team | |
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February 22, 2008 | Sacramento Monarchs | ||
March 20, 2008 | Free agent | ||
May 22, 2008 | Los Angeles Sparks | ||
August 14, 2008 | Seattle Storm |
Date | Player | New team | |
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May 22, 2008 | Atlanta Dream |
Date | Player | |
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February 19, 2008 | Tammy Sutton-Brown | |
February 22, 2008 | Ebony Hoffman | |
February 28, 2008 | Tamika Catchings | |
March 25, 2008 | K.B. Sharp |
Pos. | Starter | Bench | Reserve | Inactive | |
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C | Tammy Sutton-Brown | ||||
PF | Ebony Hoffman | ||||
SF | Tamika Catchings | ||||
SG | Katie Douglas | ||||
PG | Tully Bevilaqua | Sherill Baker LaToya Bond |
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1 || May 3 || @ Chicago || L 81-71 || Terry (12) || Bales (9) || Jinks (5) || Al McGuire Center
1,134 || 0-1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2 || May 7 || Minnesota || L 78-64 || White (16) || Bales (4) || White (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse
5,196 || 0-2|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 3 || May 10 || @ Seattle || L 75-64 || White (21) || Bales (7) || Selwyn, White (3) || KeyArena
5,475 || 0-3|-
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 1 || May 17 || Washington || W 64-53 || Douglas (24) || Douglas, White (7) || White (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse
10,533 || 1-0|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2 || May 21 || @ Detroit || L 76-71 || Douglas (26) || Hoffman (10) || White (6) || The Palace of Auburn Hills
6,842 || 1-1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 3 || May 27 || @ Connecticut || W 73-46 || Douglas (23) || Hoffman (13) || Douglas, Hoffman (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena
5,245 || 2-1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 4 || May 29 || Los Angeles || W 82-78 (2OT) || Douglas (25) || Hoffman (11) || Bevilaqua, White (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse
9,235 || 3-1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 5 || May 31 || Detroit || L 74-65 || White (14) || Hoffman (8) || Douglas (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse
9,219 || 3-2|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 6 || June 7 || Houston || W 84-75 || Douglas (20) || Hoffman (10) || Douglas, Hoffman (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse
8,214 || 4-2|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 7 || June 11 || @ San Antonio || L 64-53 || Douglas, White (13) || Hoffman (9) || Douglas (4) || AT&T Center
6,262 || 4-3|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 8 || June 13 || @ Atlanta || W 76-67 || White (21) || Sutton-Brown (12) || Douglas (7) || Philips Arena
8,167 || 5-3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 9 || June 15 || San Antonio || L 70-60 || Douglas (17) || Hoffman (10) || Hoffman (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse
7,412 || 5-4|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 10 || June 18 || New York || W 83-69 || Douglas (16) || Douglas (8) || Douglas (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse
6,333 || 6-4|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 11 || June 20 || @ Seattle || L 78-70 || Sutton-Brown (14) || Hoffman (10) || Catchings, White (4) || KeyArena
7,393 || 6-5|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 12 || June 22 || @ Los Angeles || L 77-63 || Catchings (17) || Hoffman (10) || Catchings (3) || Staples Center
9,463 || 6-6|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 13 || June 24 || Sacramento || W 78-73 || Hoffman (23) || Hoffman (13) || Bevilaqua, Feaster, Ebony Hoffman (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse
6,020 || 7-6|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 14 || June 26 || @ New York || L 102-96 (3OT) || Hoffman (26) || Sutton-Brown (15) || Bevilaqua (5) || Madison Square Garden
7,899 || 7-7|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 15 || June 28 || @ Houston || L 75-61 || Sutton-Brown (13) || Sutton-Brown (6) || Douglas (4) || Reliant Arena
7,008 || 7-8|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 16 || July 2 || Chicago || W 74-67 || Catchings (18) || Sutton-Brown (12) || Catchings, Douglas (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse
6,196 || 8-8|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 17 || July 5 || Connecticut || W 81-74 || Douglas, Sutton-Brown (18) || Sutton-Brown (9) || Douglas (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse
6,329 || 9-8|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 18 || July 8 || @ Washington || L 50-48 || Hoffman (16) || Hoffman (9) || Bevilaqua (4) || Verizon Center
7,587 || 9-9|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 19 || July 12 || Chicago || W 66-57 || Douglas (25) || Catchings (8) || Catchings (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse
7,134 || 10-9|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 20 || July 16 || Atlanta || L 81-77 || Catchings (18) || Catchings (12) || Catchings (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse
9,303 || 10-10|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 21 || July 18 || Seattle || L 65-59 || Sutton-Brown (12) || Sutton-Brown (7) || Bevilaqua, Bond (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse
7,450 || 10-11|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 22 || July 19 || @ New York
Liberty Outdoor Classic || W 71-55 || Douglas (20) || Catchings, Sutton-Brown (9) || Catchings, Douglas (4) || Arthur Ashe Stadium
19,393 || 11-11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 23 || July 22 || @ Chicago || L 68-60 || Douglas, Sutton-Brown (14) || Sutton-Brown (10) || Catchings (4) || UIC Pavilion
3,035 || 11-12|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 24 || July 24 || Minnesota || L 84-80 || Catchings, Hoffman (17) || Sutton-Brown (9) || Catchings (9) || Conseco Fieldhouse
6,010 || 11-13|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 25 || July 26 || @ Sacramento || L 70-62 || Douglas (23) || Hoffman (8) || Catchings, White (4) || Arco Arena
7,082 || 11-14|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 26 || July 27 || @ Phoenix || W 84-80 || Catchings (25) || Hoffman (7) || Catchings (6) || US Airways Center
7,924 || 12-14|-|-| colspan="9" align="center" valign="middle" | Summer Olympic break|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 27 || August 28 || Connecticut || L 84-58 || Bevilaqua, Sutton-Brown (9) || Hoffman (5) || White (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse
6,435 || 12-15|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 28 || August 30 || Atlanta || W 87-72 || Catchings (23) || Hoffman (14) || Douglas (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse
9,280 || 13-15|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 29 || September 2 || @ Washington || W 79-68 || Catchings (26) || Catchings (9) || Douglas (4) || Verizon Center
7,244 || 14-15|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 30 || September 5 || @ Detroit || L 68-90 || Catchings (20) || Catchings (10) || Bevilaqua (4) || The Palace of Auburn Hills
9,287 || 14-16|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 31 || September 8 || @ Atlanta || W 81-77 || White (24) || Catchings (10) || Catchings (6) || Philips Arena
7,706 || 15-16|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 32 || September 9 || @ Minnesota || L 86-76 || White (21) || Sutton-Brown (11) || Catchings (7) || Target Center
6,706 || 15-17|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 33 || September 11 || New York || W 74-59 || Sutton-Brown (16) || Catchings (8) || Douglas (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse
7,062 || 16-17|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 34 || September 14 || Phoenix || W 103-89 || Sutton-Brown (26) || Catchings (9) || Douglas (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse
8,776 || 17-17|-
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1 || September 19 || Detroit || L 81-72 || Catchings, Hoffman (19) || Sutton-Brown (6) || Catchings (7) || Conseco Fieldhouse
7,613 || Shock lead 1-0|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 2 || September 21 || @ Detroit || W 89-82 (OT) || Catchings (27) || Hoffman (12) || Bevilaqua (5) || The Palace of Auburn Hills
8,219 || Tied 1-1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 3 || September 23 || @ Detroit || L 80-61 || Sutton-Brown (20) || Hoffman (10) || Catchings (8) || The Palace of Auburn Hills
8,296 || Shock win 2-1|-
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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13 | 0 | 8.5 | .324 | .000 | .735 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 3.8 | |
14 | 0 | 9.0 | .389 | .400 | .778 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 2.6 | |
30 | 30 | 29.2 | .405 | .337 | .607 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 5.8 | |
32 | 1 | 10.2 | .289 | .214 | .813 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2.3 | |
25 | 17 | 27.8 | .391 | .432 | .800 | 6.3 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 13.3 | |
33 | 33 | 34.4 | .371 | .324 | .799 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 15.6 | |
33 | 0 | 9.1 | .337 | .307 | 1.000 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.6 | |
8 | 0 | 7.0 | .350 | .286 | .000 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.0 | |
33 | 33 | 30.7 | .465 | .456 | .829 | 7.8 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 10.4 | |
5 | 0 | 6.2 | .250 | .000 | .000 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
31 | 1 | 7.3 | .476 | .000 | .719 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.7 | |
33 | 33 | 29.0 | .495 | .000 | .673 | 6.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 11.8 | |
2 | 0 | 12.0 | .200 | .000 | .000 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
33 | 22 | 27.1 | .366 | .325 | .850 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 9.9 | |
22 | 0 | 8.5 | .386 | .000 | .529 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 2.0 | |
* Statistics include games only played with Fever
Team | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
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Indiana Fever | |||||||||
Opponents |
The Fever clinched a playoff berth on September 9.
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 0 | 0.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
3 | 3 | 31.3 | .292 | .278 | 1.000 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | |
0 | 0 | 0.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
3 | 3 | 37.7 | .441 | .273 | .933 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 20.3 | |
3 | 3 | 31.0 | .318 | .125 | .700 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 7.3 | |
2 | 0 | 4.0 | .500 | .500 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
2 | 0 | 12.5 | .375 | .400 | .000 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | |
3 | 3 | 34.0 | .424 | .364 | .667 | 8.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 11.3 | |
3 | 0 | 10.0 | .444 | .333 | .000 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.3 | |
1 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
3 | 3 | 31.0 | .387 | .000 | .952 | 5.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 14.7 | |
3 | 0 | 14.0 | .375 | .250 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 5.3 | |
3 | 0 | 8.0 | .250 | .000 | .000 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 | |
Team | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
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Indiana Fever | .380 | .292 | .897 | 30.7 | 15.0 | 7.0 | 3.7 | 74.0 | |
Opponents | .432 | .372 | .917 | 35.7 | 14.3 | 8.3 | 3.0 | 81.0 |
Statistics last updated September 24, 2008.[13]