Kelsey Mitchell’s Heroics Fuel Fever’s Stunning Win
The Indiana Fever, limping through a brutal stretch of injuries, somehow turned heartbreak into triumph with a shocking 92-70 win over the Chicago Sky. And at the center of it all was veteran guard Kelsey Mitchell, delivering not just buckets, but leadership the team desperately needed.
After the game, Mitchell summed up the night with a line that perfectly captured the Fever’s resilience: “We got to laugh to keep from crying.” Those words weren’t empty. They reflected a roster devastated by setbacks — losing superstar Caitlin Clark for ten straight games, then watching Sydney Colson and Aari McDonald fall to season-ending injuries. In short, the Fever were left without a point guard, the position that keeps an offense alive.
But instead of folding, Mitchell transformed. Known as a pure scorer, she reinvented herself into the team’s floor general. Her stat line — 26 points and a season-high eight assists — told the story of a star willing to change her game to keep her team afloat. She attacked, she facilitated, and above all, she led.
Even in victory, Mitchell was quick to honor her missing teammates, especially Clark: “Not having CC is even bigger.” That honesty shut down any idea that the Fever might thrive without their phenom.
By the final buzzer, this battered squad had found its joy. Their playful booing of Coach Stephanie White wasn’t defiance — it was survival. In adversity, the Fever proved that laughter, unity, and fight are their deadliest weapons.
