2012 Indiana Fever season

2012 Indiana Fever season

Head Coach

Arena

Attendance

7,582 per game

Results
Record	22–12 (.647)
Place	2nd (Eastern)
Playoff Finish	Won WNBA Finals 3-1 (Minnesota)
Team Leaders
Points	Catchings (17.4)
Rebounds	Catchings (7.6)
Assists	January (3.9)
Media
Radio	WFNI
Television	FS-I ESPN2, NBATV
Indiana Fever seasons
< 2011	2013 >

The 2012 WNBA season is the 13th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Transactions

WNBA Draft

The following are the Fever's selections in the 2012 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	11	Sasha Goodlett	United States	Georgia Tech
3	34 (from Sea.)	Courtney Hurt	United States	VCU

Transaction log

April 11, 2011: The Fever acquired a third-round pick in the 2012 Draft from the Seattle Storm as part of the Katie Smith transaction. The Fever sent a second-round pick to Seattle as part of the trade.
February 3: The Fever re-signed Erin Phillips.
February 8: The Fever re-signed Tamika Catchings.
February 14: The Fever re-signed Shyra Ely.
March 1: The Fever traded Tangela Smith to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for Roneeka Hodges.
March 14: The Fever signed Jenna Smith and Erlana Larkins.
March 16: The Fever re-signed Shannon Bobbitt.
April 24: The Fever signed La'Tangela Atkinson, and draft picks Sasha Goodlett and Courtney Hurt.
May 3: The Fever waived Courtney Hurt and Jenna Smith.
May 11: The Fever waived Shyra Ely and La'Tangela Atkinson.
May 14: The Fever waived Shannon Bobbitt.
July 2: The Fever traded Roneeka Hodges to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for Karima Christmas.

Trades

Date	Trade
March 1, 2012	To Indiana Fever	To San Antonio Silver Stars
March 1, 2012	Roneeka Hodges	Tangela Smith
July 2, 2012	To Indiana Fever	To Tulsa Shock
July 2, 2012	Karima Christmas	Roneeka Hodges

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Erlana Larkins	March 14, 2012	free agent
Sasha Goodlett	April 16, 2012	draft pick
Karima Christmas	July 2, 2012	Tulsa Shock

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Shyra Ely	2012	injured
Tangela Smith	March 1, 2012	San Antonio Silver Stars
Shannon Bobbitt	May 14, 2012	free agent

Roster

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Tammy Sutton-Brown	Jessica Davenport Sasha Goodlett
PF	Tamika Catchings	Erlana Larkins
SF	Katie Douglas	Karima Christmas
SG	Shavonte Zellous	Jeanette Pohlen
PG	Briann January	Erin Phillips

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Connecticut Sun ^y	25	9	.735	–	12–5	13–4	18–4
Indiana Fever ^x	22	12	.647	3.0	13–4	9–8	15–7
Atlanta Dream ^x	19	15	.559	6.0	11–6	8–9	12–10
New York Liberty ^x	15	19	.441	10.0	9–8	6–11	10–12
Chicago Sky ^o	14	20	.412	11.0	7–10	7–10	8–14
Washington Mystics ^o	5	29	.147	20.0	4–13	1–16	3–19

Schedule

Preseason

2012 Game Log: Preseason (May)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	Sat 5	8:00	@ San Antonio		69-67	Hodges (16)	Larkins (7)	Atkinson January Zellous (3)	Trinity University N/A	1-0
2	Wed 9	12:00	San Antonio		78-69	Hodges (10)	Davenport (5)	Bobbitt Catchings (4)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,270	2-0

Regular season

2012 Game Log: Regular Season

All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

May (3–0)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	Sat 19	7:00	Atlanta	FS-I SSO	92-84	Douglas (21)	Davenport (10)	Catchings Douglas January Phillips (3)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,403	1-0
2	Fri 25	8:30	@ Chicago	CN100	83-72	Catchings (22)	Zellous (7)	Catchings (5)	Allstate Arena 6,198	2-0
3	Sun 27	3:00	@ Atlanta	SSO	78-62	Catchings (25)	Catchings (12)	January (5)	Philips Arena 7,282	3-0

June (5–5)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
4	Sat 2	7:00	New York	FS-I	91-68	Catchings (16)	Goodlett (6)	January (5)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,006	4-0
5	Sun 3	6:00	@ New York	MSG	72-87	Catchings (19)	Catchings January (6)	Zellous (4)	Prudential Center 4,905	4-1
6	Fri 8	7:00	Connecticut		81-89	Catchings (31)	Catchings Sutton-Brown (8)	January (6)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,041	4-2
7	Fri 15	7:00	@ Washington	CSN-MA	66-67	Catchings (15)	Catchings (9)	Douglas January (4)	Verizon Center 8,050	4-3
8	Sat 16	7:00	Chicago	CN100	84-70	Davenport (19)	Catchings (7)	Douglas (8)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,098	5-3
9	Tue 19	7:00	@ Connecticut	CPTV-S	85-88 (OT)	Douglas (23)	Douglas (9)	Catchings (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6,503	5-4
10	Thu 21	7:00	Connecticut	FS-I CPTV-S	95-61	January (20)	Catchings (10)	Catchings (8)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,326	6-4
11	Sat 23	8:00	@ Tulsa		73-70	Catchings (16)	Catchings (8)	Catchings Douglas January (4)	BOK Center 4,209	7-4
12	Tue 26	12:00	@ Atlanta	SSO	58-70	Catchings Davenport Douglas (8)	Larkins (7)	January (6)	Philips Arena 8,388	7-5
13	Wed 27	12:30	@ Chicago		81-72	Zellous (18)	Sutton-Brown (8)	Catchings (9)	Allstate Arena 6,312	8-5

July (2–2)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
14	Thu 5	7:00	San Antonio	NBATV	72-88	Douglas (19)	Catchings (15)	Catchings Douglas (4)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,088	8-6
15	Sat 7	7:00	Chicago	CN100	88-86 (OT)	Catchings (18)	Catchings (9)	Catchings (6)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,155	9-6
16	Tue 10	12:00	New York		84-82	Catchings (23)	Douglas (7)	January (4)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,216	10-6
17	Thu 12	7:00	Los Angeles	ESPN2	74-77	Catchings (27)	Catchings Larkins (6)	January (4)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,244	10-7
Summer Olympic break

August (6–1)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
Summer Olympic break
18	Thu 16	7:00	Washington	NBATV	84-66	Larkins (16)	Catchings (14)	Zellous (5)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,834	11-7
19	Sat 18	7:00	Atlanta	NBATV FS-I SSO	86-72	Douglas (29)	Catchings (9)	Catchings January (5)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,302	12-7
20	Tue 21	10:30	@ Los Angeles	TWC101	69-79	Douglas (22)	Larkins (8)	Catchings (3)	Staples Center 8,402	12-8
21	Thu 23	10:00	@ Seattle		68-66	Catchings (18)	Catchings (11)	January (4)	KeyArena 5,819	13-8
22	Sat 25	10:00	@ Phoenix		85-72	January (22)	Douglas Phillips Davenport (6)	Catchings (6)	US Airways Center 9,079	14-8
23	Tue 28	7:00	Washington		83-68	Douglas (18)	Catchings Davenport (5)	Catchings (5)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,525	15-8
24	Thu 30	7:00	@ New York	NBATV MSG	76-63	Catchings (22)	Catchings (5)	January (8)	Prudential Center 5,315	16-8

September (6–4)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
25	Sat 1	7:00	Chicago	NBATV CN100	81-64	January (19)	Catchings (10)	January (4)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,307	17-8
26	Wed 5	7:00	@ Atlanta	NBATV FS-I FS-S	64-71	Douglas (23)	Catchings (9)	January (5)	Philips Arena 4,112	17-9
27	Fri 7	8:00	@ San Antonio		82-78	Catchings (26)	Catchings (11)	January (6)	AT&T Center 8,097	18-9
28	Sun 9	6:00	Phoenix	NBATV FS-I	89-83	Douglas (30)	Catchings Larkins (5)	January (5)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,971	19-9
29	Wed 12	7:00	Seattle	NBATV	72-48	Douglas (16)	Catchings Larkins (7)	Larkins (4)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,337	20-9
30	Fri 14	7:00	Minnesota		64-66	January (16)	Catchings (12)	January (4)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,819	20-10
31	Sun 17	8:00	@ Minnesota	NBATV FS-I	79-86	Catchings (19)	Catchings (10)	January Phillips (5)	Target Center 9,523	20-11
32	Wed 19	7:00	@ Connecticut		67-73	Douglas (19)	Christmas (6)	Catchings Christmas (3)	Mohegan Sun Arena 5,811	20-12
33	Fri 21	7:00	@ Washington	NBATV	66-53	Phillips (19)	Larkins (11)	Catchings (4)	Verizon Center 7,702	21-12
34	Sun 23	5:00	Tulsa	NBATV FS-I	91-58	Phillips (21)	Catchings (10)	Larkins Sutton-Brown Christmas (3)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,225	22-12

Postseason

2012 Game Log: Postseason

Eastern Conference Semifinals

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Series
1	September 28	7:00	Atlanta	ESPN2	66-75	Douglas (13)	Catchings (11)	Catchings January (3)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,776	0-1
2	September 30	4:00	@ Atlanta	ESPN	103-88	Catchings (25)	Catchings (13)	January (7)	Philips Arena 6,890	1-1
3	October 2	7:00	Atlanta	NBATV	75-64	Douglas (24)	Larkins (20)	January (5)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,840	2-1

Eastern Conference Finals

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Series
1	October 5	8:00	@ Connecticut	ESPN2	64-76	Douglas (27)	Catchings (9)	Catchings (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 7,599	0-1
2	October 8	8:00	Connecticut	ESPN2	78-76	Douglas (24)	Larkins (11)	Douglas January (2)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,225	1-1
3	October 11	8:30	@ Connecticut	ESPN2	87-71	Catchings (22)	Catchings (13)	Catchings January (4)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6,516	2-1

WNBA Finals

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Series
1	October 14	8:00	@ Minnesota	ESPN2	76-70	Catchings (20)	Larkins (15)	January (6)	Target Center 14,322	1-0
2	October 17	8:00	@ Minnesota	ESPN	71-83	Catchings (27)	Catchings (8)	Phillips (4)	Target Center 13,478	1-1
3	October 19	8:00	Minnesota	ESPN2	76-59	Zellous (30)	Larkins (15)	Davenport (4)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165	2-1
4	October 21	8:00	Minnesota	ESPN2	87-78	Catchings (25)	Larkins (13)	Catchings (8)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 15,213	3-1

Postseason

2012 Game Log: Postseason

Eastern Conference Semifinals

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Location/Attendance
1	September 28	7:00pm	Atlanta	ESPN2	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
1	September 30	4:00pm	@ Atlanta	ESPN	Philips Arena
1	October 2	TBD	Atlanta	TBD	Bankers Life Fieldhouse

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

References

External links

Indiana Fever

Founded in 2000 Based in Indianapolis, Indiana

The Franchise	Franchise Current season

Arenas	Bankers Life Fieldhouse

Head Coaches	Anne Donovan Nell Fortner Brian Winters Lin Dunn Stephanie White

Administration	Owner: Herb and Melvin Simon Herb Simon Sponsor: Finish Line, Inc. General Manager: Nell Fortner Kelly Krauskopf

All-Stars	Tamika Catchings Marissa Coleman Anna DeForge Katie Douglas Briann January Tammy Sutton-Brown Tamika Whitmore Natalie Williams Shavonte Zellous

Seasons	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Playoff Appearances	2002 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Conference Titles	2009 2012

WNBA Titles	2012

Rivals	Atlanta Dream Connecticut Sun Detroit Shock New York Liberty

Media	TV: FS Indiana (FS-I) Radio: WFNI (The Fan) Announcers: Debbie Antonelli, Chris Denari

2012 WNBA season by team

Draft Playoffs Finals

Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics

Western	Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm Tulsa Shock

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