Indiana Fever's Playoff Chances Take a Hit After Falling to 7th in WNBA Standings

The Indiana Fever remain in a solid position to make the WNBA playoffs, but it wasn't as good as it was before.

Stephanie White's squad, which has been missing All-Star playmaker Caitlin Clark due to a groin injury, has lost its last two games and dropped to seventh in the WNBA standings with an 18-16 record.

The Golden State Valkyries have already surpassed them with an 18-5 win-loss tally. To make matters worse, the No. 8 Seattle Storm are just one game behind the Fever in the standings, while the No. 9 Los Angeles Sparks trail by just one and a half games.

Fever's Updated Playoff Chances

Now, according to the ESPN WNBA Basketball Power Index, the Fever still have an 87.1% chance to make the postseason. However, that's quite a bit lower from than where they were before.

There was a point when they had a 99.2% chance of making the playoffs. Furthermore, earlier in August amid back-to-back losses, they were still at 98%.

It's certainly not an encouraging sign to see the Fever's playoff chances drop drastically, especially amid a tight playoff race.

Looking at the bright side, though, Indiana is just half a game behind the Valkyries for the No. 6 seed. They are also just two wins away from the No. 5 Las Vegas Aces.