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SEVEN CONSECUTIVE <strong>WNBA</strong> PLAYOFF APPEARANCES<br />
GREAT DATES IN FRANCHISE HISTORY<br />
MAY 10, 2000<br />
Conducted first public practice on the main court of Bankers Life<br />
Fieldhouse. Following the 40-minute practice session, fans<br />
remained to watch the Indiana Pacers at Philadelphia 76ers in<br />
Game 3 of the NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals. The game<br />
was broadcast live on the Bankers Life Fieldhouse scoreboard.<br />
MAY 20, 2000<br />
First preseason game features a Purdue University reunion at<br />
Mackey Arena, as the Fever host the Orlando Miracle at West<br />
Lafayette. Orlando is coached by Carolyn Peck, who had been the<br />
head coach of the 1999 National Champion Purdue women’s team<br />
that included current Fever player Stephanie White.<br />
MAY 26, 2000<br />
Concluded a four-game preseason schedule with a win at Orlando.<br />
Indiana finishes the preseason with a 1-3 mark after dropping its<br />
first three games - two to Sacramento and one to Orlando.<br />
MAY 28, 2000<br />
The Fever’s inaugural season opening-day roster: Usha Gilmore,<br />
Donna Harrington, Monica Maxwell, Stephanie White, Texlin<br />
Quinney, Jurgita Streimikyte, Alicia Thompson, Chantel Tremitiere,<br />
Beverly Williams, Rita Williams and Kara Wolters.<br />
JUNE 1, 2000<br />
First regular season game in franchise history takes place at<br />
Miami. The nationally televised game airs on Lifetime Television<br />
for Women. The Fever trailed most of the game until a Rita<br />
Williams’ 3-pt FG with 2:48 remaining gives the franchise its first<br />
lead and its first victory, 57-54.<br />
JUNE 3, 2000<br />
Orlando visits Indianapolis for the first <strong>WNBA</strong> regular season<br />
game ever played at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Indiana relinquishes<br />
a nine-point halftime lead, and Orlando wins the game, 88-82.<br />
JUNE 5, 2000<br />
Indiana beats Miami for the second time in three games to open its<br />
inaugural season, recording its first win at Bankers Life<br />
Fieldhouse, 80-59.<br />
JULY 24, 2000<br />
Charlotte defeats Indiana 82-78 in the first overtime game in<br />
franchise history.<br />
AUGUST 9, 2000<br />
First <strong>WNBA</strong> season concludes with a 67-51 win over Charlotte as<br />
11,701 fans visit Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Fan Appreciation<br />
Night.<br />
APRIL 20, 2001<br />
With the first of five draft selections, Indiana selects Tamika<br />
Catchings with the No. 3 pick in the 2001 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft.<br />
JUNE 1, 2002<br />
After missing all of the 2001 season due to a college injury,<br />
Tamika Catchings makes her pro debut in a 79-62 opening win<br />
over the Shock.<br />
JUNE 8, 2002<br />
In the fifth game of her pro career, Catchings nets a thenfranchise-record<br />
32 points in a win over the Liberty.<br />
JULY 3, 2002<br />
Rookie sensation Tamika Catchings sets a Fever record with 6-of-<br />
6 shooting from beyond the 3-point arc during an overtime loss at<br />
Orlando.<br />
JULY 20, 2002<br />
Indiana finished the season 9-4 after its July 20 trade to bring point<br />
guard Coquese Washington from the Houston Comets. With<br />
Washington in the starting lineup, Indiana went 7-3 down the<br />
stretch, including wins in six of its final seven regular season<br />
games.<br />
JULY 26, 2002<br />
En route to a <strong>WNBA</strong> record 94 steals for the season, Catchings<br />
tied a league record with nine steals during a 73-63 home win over<br />
Minnesota.<br />
AUGUST 7, 2002<br />
Indiana notched what was a franchise record fourth straight win<br />
with a 70-63 victory over Orlando to keep the Fever in playoff<br />
contention. Tamika Catchings matched her own season high and<br />
franchise record with 32 points in the win.<br />
AUGUST 13, 2002<br />
Clinched the first playoff berth in franchise history with a 60-56 win<br />
at Cleveland on the final day of the regular season.<br />
AUGUST 16, 2002<br />
Defeated New York, 73-55, in Game 1 of the First Round of the<br />
2002 <strong>WNBA</strong> Playoffs – the first playoff game in Fever history.<br />
Tamika Catchings scores 29 points at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.<br />
Catchings was honored as the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s Rookie of the Year in a<br />
pregame ceremony.<br />
AUGUST 18, 2002<br />
Lost to New York, 84-65, in Game 2 of the first-round series of the<br />
2002 <strong>WNBA</strong> Playoffs. It was the first road playoff game in<br />
franchise history. New York’s victory tied the series, 1-1.<br />
AUGUST 20, 2002<br />
Lost the decisive Game 3 of the first-round series of the 2002<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> Playoffs at New York, 75-60. New York won the series, 2-1.<br />
MAY 29, 2003<br />
Sold franchise-record 18,345 tickets for the home opener against<br />
the Washington Mystics. Indiana won 71-60 before a national TV<br />
audience on ABC-TV and the first sellout in franchise history.<br />
JUNE 26, 2003<br />
Defeated Connecticut, 94-90, in the first double-overtime game in<br />
franchise history. Indiana defeated the Sun during the Fever’s first<br />
visit to Mohegan Sun Arena and registered a single-game scoring<br />
record.<br />
JULY 10, 2003<br />
Defeated New York, 76-69, to stay undefeated (8-0) at home and<br />
extend home court win streak to a franchise-record 13 games<br />
dating to 2002.<br />
JULY 23, 2003<br />
Defeated San Antonio, 81-47, at Bankers Life Fieldhouse to record<br />
what was the largest margin of victory, 34 points, in franchise<br />
history.<br />
Catchings led the Fever in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks as a rookie in 2002.<br />
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