2004 Indiana Fever season explained

The 2004 WNBA season was the 5th season for the Indiana Fever. The Fever missed the playoffs due to the strong competitivity in the Eastern Conference. As of the 2010 season, this was the last season Indiana had missed the playoffs.

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Fever's 2003 record, they would pick 5th in the Cleveland Rockers dispersal draft. The Fever picked Deanna Jackson.

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team
1 9 Ebony Hoffman (C) USC
3 31 Ieva Kublina (F/C) Virginia Tech

Regular season

Season schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
May 21 69-67 Win 1-0
May 23 67-68 Loss 1-1
May 28 41-63 Loss 1-2
June 1 79-60 Win 2-2
June 5 70-57 Win 3-2
June 9 79-83 Loss 3-3
June 11 72-68 Win 4-3
June 12 68-72 Loss 4-4
June 16 63-50 Win 5-4
June 19 70-65 Win 6-4
June 22 58-63 Loss 6-5
June 25 71-67 Win 7-5
June 26 37-46 Loss 7-6
June 29 69-68 Win 8-6
July 1 64-69 Loss 8-7
July 3 61-60 Win 9-7
July 6 77-79 (OT) Loss 9-8
July 8 58-56 Win 10-8
July 11 61-65 Loss 10-9
July 14 70-62 Win 11-9
July 16 85-73 Win 12-9
July 19 51-82 Loss 12-10
July 22 54-59 Loss 12-11
July 24 56-71 Loss 12-12
July 25 62-71 Loss 12-13
July 28 53-63 Loss 12-14
July 31 54-62 Loss 12-15
September 1 75-58 Win 13-15
September 3 69-61 Win 14-15
September 4 69-42 Win 15-15
September 10 65-82 Loss 15-16
September 13 70-76 Loss 15-17
September 16 71-77 (OT) Loss 15-18
September 19 60-80 Loss 15-19

Player stats

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
Tamika Catchings 34 249 115 67 38 568
Natalie Williams 34 235 62 40 23 349
Kelly Miller 34 108 106 37 5 348
Deanna Jackson 34 113 53 29 6 236
Kelly Schumacher 32 104 25 10 31 224
Kristen Rasmussen 33 113 47 21 14 152
Coretta Brown 26 34 41 7 1 104
Stephanie White 22 28 52 24 5 91
Ebony Hoffman 30 87 21 15 5 60
15 10 18 4 3 34
Kate Starbird 12 9 11 6 0 20
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta 10 11 4 1 3 12
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2004 Indiana Fever Stats.