The Indiana Fever lost to the Dallas Wings on Thursday night, snapping a five-game winning streak, but it wasn't all bad news. 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.
"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 said 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 ended today, the Fever would meet the Atlanta Dream in a first-round series.
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