The 2023 Indiana Fever season was the franchise's 24th season in the Women's National Basketball Association , and their first season under new head coach Christie Sides .
The Fever named Sides their new head coach on November 4, 2022. She previously spent two seasons in Indiana as an assistant coach from 2018 to 2019 .[ 1]
The Fever won the 2023 WNBA Draft Lottery and were awarded the first overall pick for the first time in franchise history, where the team selected Aliyah Boston .[ 2]
The Fever started the season slowly going 1–3 in May, with their one win coming against Atlanta . The Fever showed improvement in June, finishing the season 4–7. However, they won four of six games in the middle of the month and took Chicago to overtime. Their improvement did not persist into July however, as the team went 1–9, including an eight game losing streak that spanned June and July. The team turned their fortunes around in August and finished 5–5. The team did lose five of six games in the middle of the month, but finished the month on a three game winning streak. The Fever finished September 2–3, with both wins coming against playoff teams. Their .325 winning percentage was the best since 2019 and their thirteen wins were the most since 2019.
Date
Transaction
November 4, 2022
Hired Christie Sides as Head Coach[ 3]
January 4, 2023
Waived Florencia Chagas
January 11, 2023
Extended Qualifying Offers to Emma Cannon , Victoria Vivians , Khayla Pointer , Rennia Davis , and Temi Fagbenle [ 4]
January 13, 2023
Traded Danielle Robinson to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Kristy Wallace [ 5]
January 20, 2023
Extended General Manager Contract for Lin Dunn and removed her Interim Tag. Promoted Hillary Spears to Assistant GM.[ 6]
February 1, 2023
Signed Erica Wheeler to a 2-Year Deal[ 7]
February 2, 2023
Signed Maya Caldwell to a 1-Year Deal[ 8]
Signed Chelsey Perry , Rennia Davis , and Khayla Pointer to Training Camp Contracts[ 9]
February 5, 2023
Signed Victoria Vivians [ 10]
February 8, 2023
Signed Emma Cannon to a 1-Year Deal[ 11]
February 15, 2023
Signed Bernadett Határ to a Training Camp Contract
March 29, 2023
Hired Paul Miller as Assistant Coach[ 12]
April 6, 2023
Waived Khayla Pointer [ 13]
April 14, 2023
Signed Grace Berger , Taylor Mikesell , LaDazhia Williams, and Victaria Saxton to Rookie Scale Contracts
April 17, 2023
Signed Aliyah Boston to a Rookie Scale Contract
April 23, 2023
Waived Chelsey Perry [ 14]
April 26, 2023
Waived Emily Engstler [ 15]
May 3, 2023
Waived Rennia Davis [ 16]
May 9, 2023
Waived LaDazhia Williams[ 17]
May 16, 2023
Waived Destanni Henderson [ 18]
May 17, 2023
Waived Taylor Mikesell [ 19]
May 18, 2023
Temporarily suspend the contract of Bernadett Határ due to Overseas Commitments[ 20]
June 8, 2023
Waived Bernadett Határ [ 21]
July 4, 2023
Traded Queen Egbo to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Amanda Zahui B [ 22]
2023 Indiana Fever roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Nat.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB From
Yrs
G 34
Berger, Grace
6' 0" (1.83m)
160 lb (73kg)
06-03-1999
Indiana
R
F/C 7
Boston, Aliyah
6' 5" (1.96m)
220 lb (100kg)
12-11-2001
South Carolina
R
G 11
Caldwell, Maya
5' 11" (1.8m)
160 lb (73kg)
12-15-1998
Georgia
1
F 32
Cannon, Emma
6' 2" (1.88m)
190 lb (86kg)
06-01-1989
Florida Southern
4
G 10
Hull, Lexie
6' 1" (1.85m)
155 lb (70kg)
09-13-1999
Stanford
1
G 0
Mitchell, Kelsey
5' 8" (1.73m)
160 lb (73kg)
1995-11-12
Ohio State
5
F 5
Saxton, Victaria
6' 2" (1.88m)
181 lb (82kg)
11-10-1999
South Carolina
R
F 1
Smith, NaLyssa
6' 4" (1.93m)
185 lb (84kg)
08-08-2000
Baylor
1
G 35
Vivians, Victoria
6' 1" (1.85m)
183 lb (83kg)
1994-11-17
Mississippi State
4
G 3
Wallace, Kristy
5' 11" (1.8m)
157 lb (71kg)
1996-01-03
Baylor
1
G 17
Wheeler, Erica
5' 7" (1.7m)
143 lb (65kg)
1991-05-02
Rutgers
7
F/C 30
Zahui B., Amanda
6' 5" (1.96m)
184 lb (83kg)
09-08-1993
Minnesota
7
Head coach
Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech )Assistant coaches
UIC ) Karima Christmas-Kelly (Duke ) Athletic trainer
Strength and conditioning coach
Legend (C) Team captain(FA) Free agent(IN) Inactive(S) Suspended
2023 game log
May: 1–3 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–2)
June
: 4–7 (Home: 1–3; Road: 3–4)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location
Record
5
June 4
Las Vegas
L 80–84
Kelsey Mitchell (22)
Queen Egbo (10)
Berger Vivians (4)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 1–4
6
June 6
@ Chicago
L 103–108 (OT)
Aliyah Boston (25)
Aliyah Boston (11)
Erica Wheeler (12)
Wintrust Arena 1–5
7
June 9
@ Minnesota
W 71–69
Kelsey Mitchell (22)
NaLyssa Smith (12)
Grace Berger (4)
Target Center 2–5
8
June 11
Phoenix
L 82–85
NaLyssa Smith (29)
NaLyssa Smith (12)
Erica Wheeler (8)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 2–6
9
June 13
Washington
W 87–66
Aliyah Boston (23)
Aliyah Boston (14)
Aliyah Boston (6)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 3–6
10
June 15
@ Chicago
W 92–90
Aliyah Boston (19)
Boston Smith (8)
Kelsey Mitchell (5)
Wintrust Arena 4–6
11
June 18
Atlanta
L 94–100
Aliyah Boston (25)
NaLyssa Smith (7)
Erica Wheeler (8)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 4–7
12
June 22
@ Seattle
W 80–68
Kelsey Mitchell (25)
NaLyssa Smith (14)
Boston Wallace Wheeler (5)
Climate Pledge Arena 5–7
13
June 24
@ Las Vegas
L 88–101
NaLyssa Smith (26)
NaLyssa Smith (11)
Wallace Wheeler (6)
Michelob Ultra Arena 5–8
14
June 26
@ Las Vegas
L 80–88
Boston Wheeler (20)
Boston Smith (14)
Boston Wheeler (3)
Michelob Ultra Arena 5–9
15
June 29
@ Phoenix
L 63–85
Kelsey Mitchell (15)
Boston Smith (9)
Boston Mitchell Wheeler (4)
Footprint Center 5–10
July
: 1–9 (Home: 0–4; Road: 1–5)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location
Record
16
July 2
Chicago
L 87–89
NaLyssa Smith (27)
NaLyssa Smith (8)
Kelsey Mitchell (8)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 5–11
17
July 5
@ Minnesota
L 83–90
Aliyah Boston (22)
NaLyssa Smith (11)
Erica Wheeler (7)
Target Center 5–12
18
July 7
@ Washington
L 88–96
Lexie Hull (20)
Boston Smith (7)
Erica Wheeler (7)
Entertainment and Sports Arena 5–13
19
July 9
Dallas
L 76–77
Aliyah Boston (18)
Aliyah Boston (8)
Kelsey Mitchell (4)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 5–14
20
July 12
New York
L 87–95 (OT)
Aliyah Boston (23)
Boston Vivians (9)
Erica Wheeler (5)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 5–15
21
July 19
Washington
W 82–76
Kelsey Mitchell (18)
Aliyah Boston (8)
Kelsey Mitchell (5)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 6–15
22
July 23
@ New York
L 83–101
Victoria Vivians (16)
Caldwell Vivians (5)
Grace Berger (5)
Barclays Center 6–16
23
July 25
@ Los Angeles
L 78–79
Kelsey Mitchell (19)
Vivians Zahui B. (6)
Erica Wheeler (8)
Crypto.com Arena 6–17
24
July 27
@ Los Angeles
L 68–81
Erica Wheeler (17)
Erica Wheeler (8)
Erica Wheeler (7)
Crypto.com Arena 6–18
25
July 30
Seattle
L 62–85
Kelsey Mitchell (19)
Aliyah Boston (7)
Mitchell Wheeler (5)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 6–19
August
: 5–5 (Home: 4–4; Road: 1–1)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location
Record
26
August 1
Phoenix
W 72–71
Emma Cannon (23)
Aliyah Boston (11)
Aliyah Boston (4)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 7–19
27
August 4
Connecticut
L 72–88
Aliyah Boston (19)
Aliyah Boston (8)
Boston Wheeler (4)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 7–20
28
August 6
@ Atlanta
L 73–82
Aliyah Boston (25)
Aliyah Boston (10)
Erica Wheeler (5)
Gateway Center Arena 7–21
29
August 8
Los Angeles
L 80–87
Kelsey Mitchell (21)
Aliyah Boston (9)
Kristy Wallace (7)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 7–22
30
August 10
Minnesota
W 91–73
Kelsey Mitchell (24)
Aliyah Boston (10)
Erica Wheeler (10)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 8–22
31
August 13
New York
L 89–100
Kelsey Mitchell (22)
Boston Smith (9)
Aliyah Boston (5)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 8–23
32
August 18
Washington
L 79–83
Emma Cannon (17)
Aliyah Boston (10)
Kelsey Mitchell (7)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 8–24
33
August 20
@ Phoenix
W 83–73
Kelsey Mitchell (28)
NaLyssa Smith (11)
Grace Berger (5)
Footprint Center 9–24
34
August 24
Seattle
W 90–86
Kelsey Mitchell (36)
NaLyssa Smith (11)
Kristy Wallace (5)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 10–24
35
August 27
Atlanta
W 83–80
Kristy Wallace (20)
NaLyssa Smith (13)
Kelsey Mitchell (6)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 11–24
September
: 2–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–1)
2023 season schedule
‡ Waived/Released during the season
† Traded during the season
≠ Acquired during the season
^ "Christie Sides Introduced as Fever Head Coach" . fever.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved November 20, 2022 .^ "Indiana Fever Land No. 1 Overall Pick in 2023 WNBA Draft" . fever.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved November 20, 2022 .^ "Indiana Fever Hire Christie Sides as Head Coach" . fever.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved November 20, 2022 .^ @RachGall (January 11, 2023). "The Indiana Fever extended Qualifying Offers to Khayla Pointer, Rennia Davis, Temi Fagbenle, Emma Cannon and Victoria Vivians. @Winsidr" (Tweet ) – via Twitter . ^ "Fever Acquire Guard in Trade with Atlanta Dream" . fever.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved January 15, 2023 .^ "Indiana Fever Extend Lin Dunn's Contract as General Manager" . fever.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved January 22, 2023 .^ "Indiana Fever Sign Free Agent Erica Wheeler" . fever.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved February 3, 2023 .^ "Indiana Fever Sign Free Agent Maya Caldwell" . fever.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved February 3, 2023 .^ "Indiana Fever Sign Three Players to Training Camp Contracts" . fever.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved February 3, 2023 .^ "Indiana Fever Re-Sign Veteran Guard Victoria Vivians" . fever.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved February 6, 2023 .^ "Indiana Fever Re-Sign Veteran Forward Emma Cannon" . fever.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved February 12, 2023 .^ "Indiana Fever Add Paul Miller as Assistant Coach" . fever.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved April 1, 2023 .^ "Fever Waive Khayla Pointer" . fever.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved April 7, 2023 .^ "Fever Waive Chelsey Perry" . fever.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved April 25, 2023 .^ "Fever Waive Emily Engstler" . fever.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved April 26, 2023 .^ "Fever Waive Rennia Davis" . fever.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved May 4, 2023 .^ "Fever Waive LaDazhia Williams" . fever.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved May 13, 2023 .^ "Fever Waive Destanni Henderson" . fever.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved May 18, 2023 .^ "Fever Waive Taylor Mikesell" . fever.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved May 18, 2023 .^ "Indiana Fever Announce 2023 Opening Night Roster" . fever.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved May 21, 2023 .^ "Fever Waive Bernadett Hatar" . fever.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved June 12, 2023 .^ "Mystics Acquire Queen Egbo" . mystics.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2023 .^ "Aliyah Boston Named WNBA Rookie of the Month" . fever.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved June 19, 2023 .^ @WNBA (June 20, 2023). "🏀 Week 4 Players of the Week 🏀 Eastern Conference: @aa_boston @IndianaFever 22.3 PPG, 9.3 RPG, 1.7 BPG 2-1 week record Western Conference: @jewellloyd @seattlestorm 24.3 PPG, 3.7 APG, 1.0 SPG 2-1 week record #MoreThanGame" (Tweet ) – via Twitter . ^ M.A. Voepel (June 25, 2023). "Brittney Griner, Aliyah Boston named WNBA All-Star starters" . ESPN . Retrieved June 23, 2023 .^ "Aliyah Boston Earns Second Rookie of the Month Award" . fever.wnba.com . WNBA. July 5, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2023 .^ "Aliyah Boston Earns Third WNBA Rookie of the Month Recognition" . fever.wnba.com . WNBA. September 6, 2023. Retrieved September 6, 2023 .^ "Indiana Fever's Aliyah Boston Named 2023 Kia WNBA Rookie of the Year" . WNBA . October 2, 2023. Retrieved October 2, 2023 .^ "Connecticut Sun's Alyssa Thomas, Washington Mystics' Elena Delle Donne Highlight Reserves For 2023 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game" . wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved July 1, 2023 .^ "Kelsey Mitchell Named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week" . liberty.wnba.com . WNBA . August 29, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2023 .
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