Three years ago, Kelsey Mitchell felt like the Fever played every game on the road. Their schedule had plenty of games at home. But that concept did not mean very much to them in 2022.
The franchise was five seasons into a playoff drought, a stretch in which it had never so much as flirted with a winning record. Arena renovations meant the Fever spent that summer bouncing across different venues. They played games in their usual downtown home of Gainbridge Fieldhouse, on the state fairgrounds, at Butler’s Hinkle Fieldhouse. No matter where they played in Indianapolis, the seats were mostly empty.
