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Kelsey Plum scored 12 of her season-high 34 factors within the fourth quarter because the Las Vegas Aces rode a dominant last interval to their fifth consecutive win, an 88-69 defeat of the visiting Indiana Fever on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Las Vegas (11-6) led many of the night time, however an Indiana aspect taking part in the finale of a five-game street swing stayed inside a single-digit margin of the reigning WNBA champion Aces for the higher a part of three quarters.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n That modified within the fourth when Plum set the tone, flattening one in all her six made 3-pointers on 11 makes an attempt for the sport simply 15 seconds within the quarter. Plum scored the primary eight factors of the interval, and Las Vegas went on an general run of 12-0 that lasted greater than 4 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The burst pushed a six-point result in 18, and the Fever (8-13) by no means recovered. Indiana completed 2-3 on its journey.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The WNBA’s main scorer, A’ja Wilson, added 28 factors and 9 rebounds for the Aces. Wilson additionally restricted the Fever’s inside scoring alternatives with 5 blocked pictures.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n Las Vegas’ Jackie Younger recorded 15 factors and 10 assists, and Kiah Stokes grabbed a team-high 12 rebounds.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n NaLyssa Smith snared a game-high 14 rebounds for Indiana however scored solely 5 factors on 2-of-7 taking pictures from the ground. The Fever struggled to 36.4 p.c field-goal taking pictures to the Aces’ 45.1 p.c, and Indiana went 6-for-26 (23.1 p.c) from past the 3-point arc to Las Vegas’ 9-for-25 (36 p.c).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Kelsey Mitchell accounted for all however one in all Indiana’s made 3-point makes an attempt, going 5-for-10 en path to a team-high 23 factors.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Fever rookie Caitlin Clark shot simply 1-for-7 from lengthy vary and 4-for-12 general. Her 13-point, 11-assist effort marked her third double-double up to now 4 video games, nevertheless.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n