The teams taking the court in Las Vegas on Saturday could not have taken more different paths through the first two weeks of the WNBA season.
Indiana, the lottery winner that added its second No. 1 overall draft pick in as many years, will be playing its league-high seventh game in 12 days. The Fever traveled every other day, largely on commercial flights before full charters went into effect on Tuesday. Their opponents were the best, most veteran squads in the league.
Las Vegas, the two-time defending champions, kicked back at home the first two weeks of the season.