This year's Fever play like last year's Fever: good D, poor shooting, low scores, and plenty of free throws.

Indy shot 26% but connected on 33 of 39 trips to the line, scoring nearly half their points that way: it wasn't pretty, but it beat the Shock with a late 11-0 run. Ebony Hoffman had 13 and 13.

Detroit coach Laimbeer: "We did everything wrong in the second half."

Indy coach Winters: ""With all the new players, we don't have a game feel just yet. We've got to get into some games and a real rhythm."