Their mandatory players' pregame outfits post featured a special guest as head coach Stephanie White found herself joining her players in the tunnel walk. It’s usually the likes of Caitlin Clark, Sophie Cunningham and Lexie Hull who dominate these outfit posts,

Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White spoke to ESPN about the excessive physicality in the WNBA and why it's so extreme this season.

No one disputes what a healthy Clark is capable of achieving; she set the WNBA assists record as a rookie in 2024 and ended Indiana's eight-year playoff drought. But the fact is that this season, Clark has missed 17 of the Fever's 30 games -- and the Fever is 10-7 without her, including last month's Commissioner's Cup win over the Minnesota Lynx.