Entering Monday night, the Indiana Fever are closing in on their final stretch of games, and every single one is vital as they try to end a seven-year playoff drought.
However, the focal point continues to be around the questionable decision-making from Fever head coach Christie Sides. Many believed that Sides would make a change to the starting lineup Monday night, after dropping Saturday night’s game to the Minnesota Lynx , but she thought otherwise and is facing serious backlash because of it.
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On Saturday, Lexie Hull , Temi Fagbenle , and Damiris Dantas all played more minutes off the bench than NaLyssa Smith and Katie Lou Samuelson ; however, Sides wasn’t ready to make a change yet, despite Samuelson and Smith combining for two points on 1-8 shooting…