Natasha Howard went from missing all the clutch shots against the Dream to igniting a win two nights later, thanks to an evolving trust in her team.

Natasha Howard scored 26 points and the Indiana Fever overcame Caitlin Clark’s cold long-distance shooting to beat the Atlanta Dream 81-76.

The Indiana Fever went toe-to-toe with the defending WNBA champion New York Liberty on Saturday. While coming out on the losing end of the 90-88 game, the Fever proved they belong in the league's upper-tier with their strong game against the WNBA's best team.

The Indiana Fever get revenge for an earlier loss to the Atlanta Dream. It's not the usual suspects leading Indiana.

And so in the offseason, they added two veteran starters, Natasha Howard and DeWanna Bonner, both of whom have been stalwarts of the WNBA for a decade-plus. On Thursday night, How

Indiana hosts the New York Liberty after Natasha Howard scored 26 points in the Indiana Fever's 81-76 victory over the Atlanta Dream.

The Indiana Fever got back to the win column after getting their revenge on the Atlanta Dream on Thursday. Indiana lost its Tuesday matchup against Atlanta in heartbreaking fashion, falling 91-90 after the Dream made two key stops on Natasha Howard at the end of the game.

On the one hand, she finally returned this winter to the Fever, the franchise where she began her professional career, reuniting with a familiar coach and with the executive who originally drafted her. But on the other, none of those entities are the same as they were the first time around. And neither is Howard.

Caitlin Clark made history, but fans erupted after Fever coach chose Natasha Howard for the final shot in a 91-90 loss.