Without Caitlin Clark on the floor, the Fever have struggled to get Aliyah Boston touches. This pattern continued on Saturday night especially in the first quarter when Boston just took one shot, the first of the game. But once the first quarter went by, Indiana did a better job of finding Boston. What was most impressive from the third year pro was how well she saw the floor on Saturday night. Her five assists, tied for second most on the Fever, prove how Boston has been able to expand her game as a pro. As of Saturday night, Boston has averaged the second most assists (3.8) out of all forwards, only second to Alyssa Thomas.

Mitchell got off to a fast start in the first quarter not missing a shot or a free throw. Both Sydney Colson and DeWanna Bonner found her cutting to the basket in addition to creating her own offense on a 21 foot step-back jumper. Mitchell went cold in the second quarter, but hit a three in the left corner pocket, blowed through the Sky defense to score on driving finger roll layup in addition to a trio of three throws in the third. Since the Fever held a 66-27 commanding lead with 46 seconds left in the third quarter, acting head coach Austin Kelly took Mitchell out for the entire of the fourth quarter.

The Sky will be without Vandersloot for the rest of the game vs. the Fever after Vandersloot suffered a non-contact injury to her right knee with 5:29 left in the first quarter. Vanderloot injured her knee on a drive to the basket and collapsed holding it immediately after falling to the floor. The Sky training staff had to support her as she was escorted off the court as she wasn’t putting a lot of weight on that right knee. With Vandersloot out for the rest of the game, Chicago will have to rely upon extended minutes from combo guard Hailey Van Lith and shooting guard Rachel Banham with possibly Ariel Atkins also handling the ball in spurts.

After missing three games, Bueckers has cleared the league’s concussion protocols and is on track to play Sunday afternoon. Maddy Siegrist, who has been part of the starting lineup, is the player most impacted by Bueckers’ availability. The rookie returning would also give the Wings much-needed help from a playmaking standpoint, as DiJonai Carrington and Arike Ogunbowale have been inconsistent in that regard.

Mabrey bounced back from her eight-point showing in Connecticut’s 48-point loss to the Liberty with a new season high in points on Friday. The veteran guard had already put forth a solid first half by scoring 15 points on an efficient 6-of-10 shooting before catching fire in the third quarter en route to a 19-point half. The Sun’s two wins on the season each have come on days in which Mabrey set season-highs in points and either flirted with or passed the 30-point mark. Her scoring is vastly important for this Connecticut squad’s success, which should be music to fantasy managers’ ears. Mabrey will have a chance to outdo herself on Sunday against the Mystics.

Held has been on a tear since scoring 11 points or less in her first seven appearances this season. After scoring 16 points in Tuesday’s loss to the Lynx, she was even better against the Valkyries. Held established a new career-high point total for the second straight game, with Thursday’s effort being the first in which she’s scored at least 20 points. While starter Sami Whitcomb was able to play despite a foot injury that landed her on the initial injury report, she struggled with foul trouble and ultimately fouled out. Held’s contributions were immense as the Mercury moved to 2-1 in Commissioner’s Cup play, and she’ll look to continue this recent play when Phoenix hosts Seattle on Saturday.

With 7:57 in the first quarter, Ionescu hit her 400th three-pointer, tying her with former Liberty player Crystal Robinson for the most threes made in franchise history. Ionescu reached this in 151 games and she’s the fastest player in WNBA history to reach 400 career threes, passing Diana Taurasi’s record by seven games. Around four minutes later, Ionescu hit another three in transition on a dribble drive from Natasha Cloud and became the Liberty’s all time leader in three-point makes. While Ionescu shot inefficiently, only making one other field goal besides those two treys, she was able to focus on playmaking a bit more. She found Kennedy Burke wide open for three of her four made threes in addition to hitting Breanna Stewart more than once on the run.

Coming off being named rookie of the month for May, Iriafen continued rolling on Thursday night keeping her double-digit scoring streak alive at nine games. She scored 11 of her 17 points in the first quarter alone and took advantage of the Liberty’s lackadaisical defense. With just over four minutes left in regulation, Iriafen rebounded and then scored off her own miss that was initially blocked by Breanna Stewart. That score brought the Mystics within six points after being down as many as 16. When Stewart was asked postgame about what has made Iriafen such an impressive rookie, Stewart said that Iriafen is “under control” and isn’t sped up when she plays.

Stewart posted her first double-double of the season. After Jonquel Jones left the game with 2:23 left in the first quarter, Stewart stepped up scoring 9 points to lead the Liberty in the second quarter and go into halftime with a 49-34 lead. Stewart scored 12 more points in the second half amid shooting struggles from the Liberty. She used her veteran savvy to reach the free throw line four times in the second half. Stewart also made league history on Thursday night passing Taj McWilliams-Franklin for 12th on the All-Time defensive rebounds list with 1,952. And Stewart scored her 5,566th point to become 21st on the WNBA all-time scoring list, passing Katie Douglas.