Fever Star Sets Incredible WNBA Record — And It's Not Caitlin Clark

For context, the Indiana Fever lost to the Dallas Wings on Thursday night, snapping a five-game winning streak, but it wasn't all bad news.

Key points

• Indiana may have fallen in Dallas, but the Fever are 8-3 since the All-Star break to improve to 24-13 on the season.
• Fever All-Star guard Kelsey Mitchell exploded for 37 points on 9-for-18 shooting, and it was a night for the WNBA record books.
• Kelsey Mitchell now has 21 straight games with 20+ points, and she has done it all in one season! The WNBA posted on X.
• "I wanted to get the dub, and we didn't get that, " Mitchell continued, referencing the Fever's loss.
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Kelsey Mitchell now has 21 straight games with 20+ points, and she has done it all in one season! the WNBA posted on X. Tonight marks Kelsey Mitchell's 21st consecutive game with 20+ points, passing A'ja Wilson for the longest such streak in WNBA history!

"I think that it's a part of the game, so for one, I just want to congratulate my team for making me look good, " Mitchell remarked in her postgame press conference alongside head coach Stephanie White and guard Lexie Hull. "But I think, ultimately, it just comes down obviously to the work. But I don't really take statistics really that serious, so a lot of this stuff is really circumstantial to me."

"I wanted to get the dub, and we didn't get that, " Mitchell continued, referencing the Fever's loss. "So I think keep my focus on the right thing, keeping the main thing the main thing, is important."

Indiana may have fallen in Dallas, but the Fever are 8-3 since the All-Star break to improve to 24-13 on the season. That's good for the No. 4 seed, with seven regular-season games remaining before the WNBA playoffs start in late September. If the season concluded today, the Fever would meet the Atlanta Dream in a first-round series.

Taken together, the developments around fever Star Sets Incredible WNBA Record – And It& #039; s Not Caitlin Clark point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.