SAN FRANCISCO — Fever coach Stephanie White wasn’t with Indiana when it confronted the Golden State Valkyries on Thursday night time as she tends to a private matter, the group mentioned.
It wasn’t specified how lengthy White might be away from the group. Assistant coach Austin Kelly function appearing head coach because the Fever misplaced to Golden State, 88-77.
Kelly, who has labored with White since their days with the Connecticut Solar, additionally assumed head teaching duties on June 7.
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“It will be the identical. I believe we’re an extension of one another,” Kelly mentioned after Thursday’s shootaround. “The message continues to be the identical that we discuss within the locker room: taking part in for one another, getting it completed on the defensive finish after which having that assist gas us on the offensive finish. However the vibes are good.”
In her first season with the Fever, White led Indiana to a 6-5 begin and to the Commissioner’s Cup finals.
The Fever are within the midst of a stretch of 5 video games in eight days, together with a three-game West Coast journey, a home-and-away back-to-back in opposition to the Los Angeles Sparks after which on the Dallas Wings.
Kelly mentioned the precedence throughout this stretch is to handle everybody’s minutes.
“We’re simply attempting to handle every little thing inside the sport after which we’ll put so much on them to get therapy in between video games,” Kelly advised ESPN. “We’re right here, Vegas, Seattle, then again house. It is about us taking good care of enterprise on the ground, at the beginning, and on the lookout for alternatives all through the sport to handle these minutes.”