WNBA Heat Check: Indiana Fever Are Scorching (10-0 Last 10)

Every WNBA season has a week when the temperature map redraws itself, and this feels like one of them. Indiana Fever have become the team nobody wants to see next on the schedule, while Los Angeles Sparks are hunting for anything that resembles a good night.

Who's hot

Start with Indiana Fever. They have won 10 of their last 10, and they have not been sneaking past anyone: the points margin over that stretch is +121, which breaks down to about 104.8 scored and 92.7 allowed per game. That is the arithmetic of a team winning on merit, not on bounces.

Right behind them sit Minnesota Lynx, 10-0 over the same kind of stretch and +102 on points margin, quieter, but pointed the same direction.

And do not sleep on Atlanta Dream, quietly 8-2 across their last 10.

For scale, the league as a whole is averaging 89.0 points a game over this window, Indiana Fever are clearing that bar by 15.8 a night all on their own.

The deep freeze

Then there is Los Angeles Sparks. A 0-10 stretch is ugly on its own; pair it with a -74 points margin and it stops looking like bad luck. They are being outscored by about 7.4 points a game, and no scheduling quirk explains that away.

Toronto Tempo are not far behind on the misery index at 1-9.

Do not ignore the middle class, either: Chicago Sky (5-5) and Dallas Wings (4-6) sit close enough that a single hot or cold series flips their order.

By the numbers

The top of the ledger, at a glance:

The fine print

As always, watch where record and points margin tell different stories about the same club. The margin tends to know first.

Next up on the slate: Indiana Fever against Dallas Wings. Check back after that one goes final.