Marina Mabrey exploded for 27 points off the bench for the Sun, while the Fever couldn’t buy a three in Game 1 in Connecticut.
All eight teams that made it to the WNBA Playoffs were in action on Sunday, as the league had a quadruple-header of Game 1s to get the postseason started. The opening game was an unsurprising blowout win by the top-seeded New York Liberty over the 8-seeded Atlanta Dream, but many hoped the second game of the day would produce some fireworks.
That game saw the Indiana Fever go on the road to face the Connecticut Sun, with Caitlin Clark looking to make a mark in her first career playoff game. However, the Sun had other plans as they steadily pulled ahead of the Fever until the floodgates opened in the fourth and the home team ran away with a 93-69 victory. Marina Mabrey led the way for Indiana with 27 points off the bench, as the big midseason acquisition showed why Connecticut went out and got her from Chicago at the deadline, burying 5-of-12 attempts from three on her way to a game-high 27 points on the afternoon.
