Stephanie White Assigns Blame For Fever’s Third Loss Without Caitlin Clark originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
After winning two straight games without Caitlin Clark, Stephanie White and the Indiana Fever saw their fortunes take a turn.
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White and the Fever were handed their third loss without Clark on Tuesday afternoon, falling to 4-5 on the young 2025 WNBA season with a 77-58 loss to the Atlanta Dream.
Natasha Howard led the way for Indiana, tallying 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting and 10 rebounds, her first double-double of the season.
However, the Dream’s frontcourt of Brittney Griner and Brionna Jones proved to be too much. Griner notched nine points on 4-of-7 shooting and four rebounds, while Jones added 21 points on 9-of-14 shooting and 10 rebounds.
They also helped the Dream take full control of the game in the third quarter, outscoring the Fever 23-9.
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And the two Atlanta stars left their mark on White.
Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White.© Grace Smith-INDIANAPOLIS STAR-Imagn Images
After the loss, White addressed the media in her postgame press conference. When asked what went wrong in the third quarter, she said her team lacked physicality in the post.
“Their physicality on the defensive end really affected us,” White said. “It took us out of what we wanted to do and forced us to rush offensively. They’ve got really good shifty guards that can get downhill and and we didn’t do a good job of guarding our yard or being in rotation.”
White proceeded to comment on Atlanta’s post players.
“They’ve got great post players,” White added. “They got Olympians on this roster, right, and our ability to match that physicality on the defensive end, our positioning, our connectedness, I thought wasn’t there, and they took advantage of it.”
White and the Fever will now hope to get Clark back for their next game on Saturday, facing Sabrina Ionescu and the defending champion New York Liberty for the second time this year.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 11, 2025, where it first appeared.
