Fresh off a 32-point loss to the Atlanta Dream that saw coach Sydney Johnson get ejected for his displeasure with the officiating, the Washington Mystics looked primed for a comeback win before Caitlin Clark\u2019s game-winning three with 1.2 seconds remaining handed Washington a 78-76 loss.<\/p>\n
Clark dominated the opening quarter with 10 points on 4-for-7 FG. The Iowa product drilled a pair of triples but picked up her second foul with less than a minute remaining.<\/p>\n
Michaela Onyenwere kept Washington close with seven points on 4-for-4 FT as Indiana took a 21-16 lead into the second quarter.<\/p>\n
Sonia Citron drilled her first triple of the contest off a transition feed from Georgia Amoore to make it 25-19. But Indiana, behind two Kelsey Mitchell threes, answered with an 8-1 run to open a 13-point lead and force a Mystics timeout.<\/p>\n
The Fever took a 43-29 lead into halftime thanks to Washington\u2019s 10 turnovers and 9-for-26 FG as it inched toward its second straight loss.<\/p>\n
After Indiana took a 51-35 lead, it looked like the Mystics were en route to another blowout loss. Then Washington\u2019s bench got activated.<\/p>\n
Lauren Betts sank a trio of layups with an Onyenwere triple sandwiched between to cut the deficit to just seven points. Indiana responded with a run of its own to grow its advantage back to 12, but the Mystics refused to go away, instead embarking on a 7-0 run to make it 58-53 entering the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
Onyenwere continued with her impressive showing with another bucket \u2014 her 12th point of the night \u2014 to pull Washington within four at 60-56. Then Amoore got activated, drilling a triple before dishing one to Citron for another as Washington made it a two-point contest.<\/p>\n
The Mystics had several chances to tie or take the lead but missed contested layups and open threes before Caitlin Clark dimed two teammates to extend Indiana\u2019s lead to 73-67.<\/p>\n
With Washington on the ropes, Onyenwere stepped up again, this time draining a much-needed triple to make it 73-70 before diving on a loose ball, drawing a foul and drilling the ensuing free throws.<\/p>\n
After a defensive stop, Citron found Shakira Austin rolling to the bucket for an open layup to give the Mystics a 74-73 lead with 41.4 seconds remaining. Clark drew a foul but missed both free throws, which gave Washington a chance to extend its lead.<\/p>\n
But Austin couldn\u2019t handle Citron\u2019s entry feed, and Micthell capitalized with a go-ahead layup to give her squad a 75-74 lead with 11.3 left. Austin redeemed herself with a laser to a cutting Citron, who drew a foul and drilled both free throws with 4.3 remaining.<\/p>\n
Cotie McMahon gambled on the cross-court inbounds but couldn\u2019t grab the steal, which left Clark wide open for the game-winning triple to give Indiana a 78-76 win.<\/p>\n
Washington fell to 4-6 on the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresh off a 32-point loss to the Atlanta Dream that saw coach Sydney Johnson get ejected for his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":756302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3780],"tags":[7,6,682,4518,468,30656,3892,683],"class_list":["post-756301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-washington-wizards","tag-basketball","tag-nba","tag-washington","tag-washington-mystics","tag-washington-wizards","tag-washington-mystics-recaps","tag-washingtonwizards","tag-wizards"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116718085344889861","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/756302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}