The Indiana star Tamika Catchings had seen enough. The Fever had played what she described as their worst six quarters of the season.
Trailing by 15 points at halftime in Game 2 of the W.N.B.A. Eastern Conference finals on Sunday in Indianapolis — and down, 1-0, in the series — the Fever were in a desperate place against the Liberty.
After Fever Coach Stephanie White, in her first year, delivered one of her shortest halftime speeches of the season, Catchings scored 16 of her 25 points in the second half to rally Indiana to a 70-64 win over the Liberty and tie the best-of-three series.