INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 5, 2026) — The No. 2 Las Vegas Aces (21-9) are in Indianapolis for their third and final showdown against the No. 5 Fever (19-11) this season. The game, which tips off at 4 p.m. (all times listed as PT), plays at Gainbridge Fieldhouse and airs on Prime Video.

Game Notes v1 | Player Game-by-Game Statistics

Milestone Watch:

No. 16 Jewell Loyd (6,253) is 11 points from passing Lisa Leslie (6,263) for the No. 15 spot on the W’s all-time list.
No. 17 Loyd (2,082) needs 2 made field goals to pass DeLisha Milton-Jones (2,083) and become No. 18 on the list. Lauren Jackson (2,090) sits at No. 17.
No. 30 Chelsea Gray (472) needs 6 steals and No. 29 Loyd (474) needs 4 to pass Sophia Young-Malcolm (477) for No. 28.
Gray (467) is 2 3-pointers from passing Shekinna Stricklen (468) for No. 28 on the all-time list.
Gray (2,554) is 10 points from passing Adrienne Goodson (2,563) for the No. 7 spot on the franchise’s scoring list.
Gray and Loyd will each play in their 400^th career game Thursday, and will become the league’s 38^th and 39^thplayers to reach the milestone.

No 2. Las Vegas Aces (21-9)

The Aces are 39-23 in regular season play against the Fever since their first meeting in 2000, 19-11 on the road and 14-6 since Becky Hammon took over in 2022, including playoff action. However, Las Vegas has only won 4 of the last 10 meetings, 3 of which came in the 2025 semifinals. Further, Las Vegas dropped the first two games this season, both at home, 84-68 on July 5 and then a week later, 109-75 on July 12, for an average loss of 25.0 ppg.

This week’s WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week and Western Conference Player of the Month A’ja Wilson has been on a tear since the All-Star break. Since then, Wilson has averaged a league-leading 30.0 points, 10.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.8 blocks the last 4 games.

In the 4 games since the midseason classic, Jackie Young averaged 25.0 ppg on 60.7% shooting, along with 6.5 assists, and banking 90.9% of her free throw attempts. At Atlanta, Young tallied the franchise’s first ever 25-point triple-doublewith 28 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. She continues to be on pace to write new career-highs in scoring (17.8 ppg), assists (6.8 apg), rebounds (4.7 rpg) and free throw percentage (.929).

After missing a game due to illness, NaLyssa Smith bounced back and averaged 14.0 ppg in the last 3 outings, while shooting 60% from the floor and coming close to scoring 20 each of the last 2 games.

In the two previous games against Indiana this season, the Aces averaged only 71.5 ppg on 39.5% field goal shooting — almost 14 points less than Las Vegas scored against any other opponent this season.

Aces vs. Fever Shooting Spots: Las Vegas’ tried and true shooting spot has been in the paint this season — they’re atop the W in field goals made per game in the paint’s non-restricted area (6.6) and average 41.6 ppg in the paint overall. The Fever, on the other hand, allow a league-high 43.8 opponent points in the paint. Wilson also leads the W in paint scoring at 13.2 per game.

Las Vegas will need to run Indiana off the 3-point line Thursday, as the Fever are second in the league from deep (.387) and in made 3s per game (10.4). In the two games, the Aces made a combined 8 3-pointers and shot 22.2% from beyond the arc, and on the flip side, allowed the Fever to hit a combined 24 3s on 44.4% from deep.

Further, 2 out of the Aces lowest 3 field goal shooting games this season were against Indiana — 40.0% in the first game and 39.1% in the second. Of the 8 total quarters played, Las Vegas was held to less than 20 points in 5 of them, including all but the first quarter in the July 5 game, after which, the Aces averaged 14.7 ppg over the remaining 3 quarters.

Additionally, Indiana has a league-best 14 games with at least 100 points, while the Aces sit 2^nd in that category, tied with Minnesota at 10.

No. 5 Indiana (19-11)

Since their last matchup, Indiana has won 5 of its last 7, which included a 5-game winning streak, before falling to Minnesota 108-100 on Aug. 2, the Fever’s last game before facing the Aces.

Eastern Conference Player of the Week Caitlin Clark has scored in double figures in all but 2 games this season, including the last 8 straight. During the 8-game span, she averaged 23.9 ppg on 49.5% shooting, 8.4 assists and made just under 3 3s per game. Further, she tallied 3 double-doubles and 1 triple double during that time.

Eastern Conference Player of the Month Kelsey Mitchell, who is No. 2 in the league in scoring behind Wilson, is averaging 24.0 ppg on 50.2% shooting and 43.8% from 3-point this season. In the 7 games since the July 12 Aces contest, Mitchell recorded 28.1 ppg on 54.2% shooting from the floor and averaged above 50% from beyond the arc. Mitchell recorded 27 points in both outings against Las Vegas in 2026 and sunk a combined 18 of 20 from the free throw line.

Heading the Fever backcourt is Aliyah Boston, who is averaging career-bests in scoring (16.9 ppg), field goals made per game (6.3) and defensive rebounds (6.4 rpg), while shooting at a 44.4% clip from 3-point. She’s tallied double-digit scoring the last 11 games with 2 double-doubles. Against the Aces this season, she averaged 18.5 ppg and 10.5 rpg on a 59.3% shooting clip.

Clark and Wilson were sidelined in the July 5 game due to injury, but both returned for the second meeting. Wilson tallied a team-high 20 points, 12 rebounds and 2 blocks, and Clark posted 12 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

Up Next: The Aces play their third and final set of back-to-back games this weekend to wrap up their 5-game road swing. They face off against the No. 1 Minnesota Lynx (25-6) on Saturday before heading to Brooklyn for a contest against the No. 8 New York Liberty (18-13) Sunday. Saturday’s game at Minnesota will tip off at 10 a.m. and airs on CBS.

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