2011 Indiana Fever season

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Fever's selections in the 2011 WNBA draft.

Transaction log

• February 2: The Fever signed Tangela Smith.
• February 4: The Fever re-signed Jessica Davenport and signed Shyra Ely to a training camp contract.
• February 8: The Fever re-signed Joy Cheek.
• February 14: The Fever signed Shannon Bobbitt to a training camp contract.
• March 11: The Fever signed Aisha Mohammed and Abi Olajuwon to training camp contracts.
• April 29: The Fever traded their second- and third-round picks in the 2012 Draft to the Seattle Storm and Washington Mystics, respectively, in exchange for Erin Phillips and a third-round pick in the 2012 Draft from Seattle.
• May 1: The Fever waived Jori Davis.
• May 5: The Fever waived Joy Cheek.
• May 19: The Fever waived Aisha Mohammed.
• May 30: The Fever waived Abi Olajuwon and Jene Morris.
• June 1: The Fever waived Jessica Moore.

Trades

Personnel changes

Additions

Subtractions

Roster

Depth

Season standings

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || May 24 || 1:00pm || @ Minnesota || 66–71 || Douglas (11) || Catchings (8) || January (7) || Concordia University 2,055 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || May 31 || 7:00pm || Minnesota || 70–76 || Douglas (15) || Catchings, Douglas (5) || 3 players (2) || Conseco Fieldhouse 3,817 || 0–2 |-

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || June 4 || 7:00pm || Chicago || FS-I CN100 || 65–57 || Douglas (19) || Catchings (9) || January (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 8,024 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || June 10 || 7:00pm || New York || || 80–81 || Douglas (27) || Catchings Davenport Smith (6) || Catchings Phillips (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,703 || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || June 11 || 7:00pm || @ New York || MSG || 86–80 || Catchings (19) || Davenport (8) || Catchings Douglas Phillips (4) || Prudential Center 7,835 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || June 14 || 7:00pm || Tulsa || ESPN2 || 82–74 || Douglas (22) || Catchings Davenport Douglas (7) || January (10) || Conseco Fieldhouse 6,024 || 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || June 17 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || || 54–68 || Douglas (11) || Catchings (14) || January (3) || KeyArena 8,178 || 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || June 19 || 6:00pm || @ Phoenix || || 89–93 (OT) || Davenport (20) || Catchings (15) || Bobbitt January (6) || US Airways Center 7,701 || 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || June 21 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || CSN-MA || 89–80 || Zellous (21) || Catchings Davenport (6) || January (9) || Verizon Center 7,980 || 4–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || June 25 || 7:00pm || Connecticut || NBATV CSN-NE || 75–70 || Catchings (13) || Catchings (12) || Catchings (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,100 || 5–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || June 26 || 7:00pm || @ Minnesota || NBATV FS-N || 78–75 || Douglas (22) || Douglas (8) || January (4) || Target Center 7,117 || 6–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || June 28 || 7:00pm || Phoenix || || 91–86 || Douglas (26) || Sutton-Brown (6) || Catchings (7) || Conseco Fieldhouse 6,625 || 7–3 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || July 5 || 7:00pm || Seattle || FS-I || 78–61 || Davenport (15) || Davenport (7) || Phillips (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse 6,525 || 8–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || July 9 || 7:00pm || Washington || || 68–57 || Phillips (14) || Catchings (7) || Catchings (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,056 || 9–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || July 13 || 1:00pm || Connecticut || || 90–78 || Douglas (20) || Catchings Phillips (5) || Catchings (7) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,045 || 10–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || July 15 || 7:00pm || Minnesota || || 70–80 || Catchings (22) || Catchings Davenport (5) || Zellous (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,538 || 10–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || July 17 || 5:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 71–76 || Catchings (18) || Catchings (15) || Phillips Pohlen Smith (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,075 || 10–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || July 19 || 12:00pm || @ Atlanta || NBATV SSO || 74–84 || Catchings (22) || Catchings (8) || Catchings (6) || Philips Arena 7,645 || 10–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || July 21 || 7:00pm || Chicago || NBATV FS-I CN100 || 77–63 || Davenport (20) || Catchings Davenport Douglas (7) || Douglas (7) || Conseco Fieldhouse 8,050 || 11–6 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || July 28 || 7:30pm || @ Connecticut || || 69–58 || Catchings (16) || Davenport (10) || Bobbitt (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,329 || 12–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || July 29 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || NBATV CSN-MA || 61–59 || Catchings (16) || Catchings (9) || Catchings (5) || Verizon Center 11,587 || 13–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || July 31 || 6:00pm || Los Angeles || || 98–63 || Davenport (16) || Catchings (11) || Catchings (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,256 || 14–6 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || August 5 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || || 85–65 || Davenport (17) || Zellous (5) || Phillips (4) || BOK Center 5,013 || 15–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || August 7 || 6:00pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 69–88 || Douglas (14) || Phillips (8) || Catchings (5) || Allstate Arena 5,794 || 15–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || August 9 || 7:00pm || San Antonio || || 81–68 || Catchings (21) || Davenport (8) || Catchings Douglas (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,520 || 16–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || August 13 || 7:00pm || New York || NBATV || 82–71 || Catchings (32) || Phillips (6) || Phillips (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,237 || 17–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || August 16 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 65–63 || Catchings (26) || Bobbitt (6) || Catchings Pohlen Zellous (2) || AT&T Center 6,358 || 18–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 || August 18 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || || 70–75 || Catchings Phillips (16) || Smith (9) || Phillips Smith (5) || Staples Center 8,102 || 18–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || August 21 || 6:00pm || Washington || NBATV FS-I || 83–51 || Douglas (15) || Catchings (8) || Catchings (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,935 || 19–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || August 27 || 7:00pm || Atlanta || NBATV FS-I SSO || 80–86 || Catchings (22) || Sutton-Brown (6) || Douglas (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,242 || 19–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || August 30 || 7:30pm || @ Atlanta || SSO || 90–92 || Phillips (21) || Catchings (7) || Douglas (4) || Philips Arena 6,467 || 19–10 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || September 2 || 7:30pm || @ Connecticut || || 55–83 || Douglas (12) || Catchings (8) || Catchings (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,991 || 19–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || September 4 || 6:00pm || @ Chicago || NBATV CN100 || 88–80 || Catchings Douglas (17) || Catchings (7) || Catchings (6) || Allstate Arena 6,199 || 20–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || September 7 || 7:00pm || Washington || NBATV || 87–69 || Douglas (21) || Catchings (10) || Douglas (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse 8,514 || 21–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || September 9 || 7:00pm || @ New York || NBATV MSG+ || 75–83 || Douglas (17) || Catchings (6) || Bobbitt (7) || Prudential Center 8,015 || 21–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || September 11 || 5:00pm || Atlanta || NBATV FS-I SSO || 88–93 || Douglas (30) || Davenport (9) || Bobbitt (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse 11,521 || 21–13 |- | All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Postseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || September 15 || 8:00pm || New York || ESPN2 || 74–72 || Douglas (25) || Sutton-Brown (7) || Bobbitt Phillips (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,608 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || September 17 || 4:00pm || @ New York || NBATV MSG || 72–87 || Douglas (20) || Catchings (9) || Bobbitt Phillips (4) || Prudential Center 8,508 || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || September 19 || 8:00pm || New York || ESPN2 || 72–62 || Douglas (21) || Catchings (8) || Catchings (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,368 || 2–1 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || September 22 || 7:00pm || Atlanta || ESPN2 || 82–74 || Smith (25) || Catchings (13) || Catchings Douglas Zellous (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 8,253 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || September 25 || 3:00pm || @ Atlanta || ESPN2 || 77–94 || Douglas (25) || Catchings (9) || Douglas (6) || Philips Arena 8,052 || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || September 27 || 8:00pm || Atlanta || ESPN2 || 67–83 || Douglas (16) || Douglas Sutton-Brown (9) || Catchings Phillips (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,036 || 1–2 |-

Statistics

Regular season

Postseason

Awards and honors

• Katie Douglas was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 3, 2011.
• Tamika Catchings was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a starter.
• Katie Douglas was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a starter.
• Tamika Catchings was named to the All-Defensive First Team.
• Katie Douglas was named to the All-Defensive Second Team.
• Tamika Catchings was named to the All-WNBA First Team.
• Tamika Catchings was named Most Valuable Player.

References

References

1. (February 2, 2011). "Tangela Smith signs with Fever". [[ESPN]].
2. (May 5, 2011). "Indiana Fever waives Joy Cheek before camp opens". [[The Washington Times]].
3. (September 22, 2011). "Tamika Catchings Named M.V.P.". [[The New York Times]].