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Indiana Fever -vagt Sophie Cunningham made a passionate statement about the team’s condition as it deals with Caitlin Clark’s injuries and tries to prevent the season from spiraling.
Cunningham talked to journalists about being the team that everyone in the league has circled on their calendars before their victory over Dallas Wings on Friday.
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Indiana Fever -Guard Sophie Cunningham against the wings of the American Airlines Center in Dallas, June 27, 2025. (Jerome Miron-Preferred Pictures)
It was the second night in a back-to-back when they got out of a loss to Los Angeles Sparks.
“I think so far this season, we’ve had a lot of distractions. Some injuries “Let’s go through the adversity early. Let’s learn from it. Good news is that we won’t top up too early, so I mean it’s a positive. It’s not an excuse. Everyone plays a back-to-back. Everyone has this kind of rough schedule. For us we get another opportunity tomorrow and we have to take advantage of it. Dallas is a team that is hungry after a win.
“We’ve talked about this, we’re circulated on everyone’s schedule. No one likes us, right? So, everyone in our dressing room? That’s the only type of people we have that we can lean on. We need to be better in this area. We have to stay disciplined, we have to keep focused, we have to come to be constant and we have to make it. Have a little bit of a little bit that we have a bit of our own islands.
Indiana Fever Guard Sophie Cunningham runs up the field during the Wings game in Dallas, June 27, 2025. (Jerome Miron-Preferred Pictures)
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Cunningham added that the hard schedule was “just an apology” and that she had to do a better job for her teammates.
She then had five points and four assists on Friday when the fever defeated the wings, 94-86.
The WNBA plan has become a tension point with some players.
New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart talked about the problems in a 44-game plan earlier this month.
“We want to play the games, especially if that’s what is wanted for TV and have these sales arenas,” she said. “I think the hardest part is no matter what when I played 36 games or 32 games, it was at the same time as 44 games.
Indiana Fever-Guard Sophie Cunningham responds during the third quarter to Brazil national team at Carver-Haweye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa, on May 4, 2025. (Jeffrey Becker-Preferred Pictures)
“I know at both ends between April and October that things happen. But I think it’s one of the biggest talking points in the next CBA is like, okay, how can we do it, so hold don’t play four (games) for six (days) three times in one season and continue to have the rest and improvement so we’re on our best. It’s tough, it’s a tough thing.”
