The Indiana Fever stumbled into the player the team and Catilin Clark long needed when they signed Aari McDonald in early June.

Tyrese Haliburton Reveals Fever Jersey He Needs, and It's Not Caitlin Clark's originally appeared on Athlon Sports. While some thought there was a chance that the Indiana Fever would come into Thursday's game against the Las Vegas Aces a tad sluggish, they hit the ground running in a big way.

The loss amplified a lack of late-game resolve that had plagued the Fever even after Clark's return. Indiana was talented, no doubt, but it struggled to maintain leads and weather adversity in crunch time. Losing Clark again and losing to the Sparks in the same day cemented that this Fever team just couldn't catch a break.