Fever enter fight for home court advantage in WNBA season's final week

Driving the news: Indiana is No. 5 in the official playoff seeding, but sit one game behind No. 4 Atlanta with a record of 26-14.

• If the standings were to hold, the Fever and the Dream will face off in ATL when the WNBA playoffs start on Sept. 27.
• If the Fever win out, they'll move ahead due to the quality of their victories and start the playoffs in Indy.
• In each first-round matchup, the higher seed hosts Games 1 and, if necessary, Game 3.

Yes, but: But the Fever can still slip to No. 7 or No. 8 based on their performance over the next week.

• Along with being nearly neck-and-neck with Atlanta, Indiana's record puts the team 1.5 games behind No. 3 Las Vegas, while New York, Washington and Dallas are about two games behind the Fever.

• As far as their chances against the Dream go, the two squads met each other four times during the regular season, splitting the series at 2-2.
• Indiana also enters the final stretch as the league's highest-scoring team, averaging 97 points per game.

What's next: The Fever play at Toronto Friday, host Washington Sunday, then face top seed Minnesota twice — Tuesday in Gainbridge Fieldhouse and Thursday in Minneapolis.