Two nights ago, Natasha Howard had a chance to give the Indiana Fever a dramatic win over the Atlanta Dream, but missed two potential game-winners in the final seconds. The veteran forward redeemed herself on Thursday in an 81-76 win over the Dream, and showed exactly why the Fever wanted to bring her to town.
Howard finished with a game-high 26 points on 12 of 17 from the field, and chipped in seven rebounds, two assists and a steal in her 29 minutes, giving Indiana a huge lift on a night where Caitlin Clark scored only 11 points and failed to make a 3-pointer for the first time in her WNBA career.
Howard was one of the Fever’s key free agent signings during their busy offseason. The veteran forward boasts the defensive chops and championship experience the Fever were missing, but also has the ability to put the ball in the basket and take some of the pressure off of the Fever’s Big Three of Clark, Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell.
In the Fever’s one-point loss to the Dream on Tuesday, Howard was unable to do so. She managed just six points on 3 of 9 from the field, including her two misses at the end of regulation, and the Fever fell despite a combined 75 points from Clark, Boston and…
