2004 Indiana Fever season
Introduction The 2004 WNBA season was the 5th season for the Indiana Fever. The Fever missed the playoffs due to the strong competitivity in the Eastern Conference. As of the 2010 season, this was the last season Indiana had missed the playoffs.
Offseason ===Dispersal Draft===Based on the Fever's 2003 record, they would pick 5th in the Cleveland Rockers dispersal draft. The Fever picked Deanna Jackson.===WNBA draft=== '''Round'''  '''Pick'''  '''Player'''  '''Nationality'''  '''College/School/Team''' 1  9  Ebony Hoffman (C)    USC 3  31  Ieva Kublina (F/C)    Virginia Tech
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== '''Date'''  '''Opponent'''  '''Score'''  '''Result'''  '''Record''' May 21  New York  69-67  Win  1-0 May 23  Washington  67-68  Loss  1-1 May 28  @ Charlotte  41-63  Loss  1-2 June 1  @ San Antonio  79-60  Win  2-2 June 5  Charlotte  70-57  Win  3-2 June 9  Detroit  79-83  Loss  3-3 June 11  @ New York  72-68  Win  4-3 June 12  @ Detroit  68-72  Loss  4-4 June 16  Sacramento  63-50  Win  5-4 June 19  New York  70-65  Win  6-4 June 22  Connecticut  58-63  Loss  6-5 June 25  Los Angeles  71-67  Win  7-5 June 26  @ Charlotte  37-46  Loss  7-6 June 29  @ Detroit  69-68  Win  8-6 July 1  @ Washington  64-69  Loss  8-7 July 3  Phoenix  61-60  Win  9-7 July 6  @ Connecticut  77-79 (OT)  Loss  9-8 July 8  Minnesota  58-56  Win  10-8 July 11  Connecticut  61-65  Loss  10-9 July 14  Houston  70-62  Win  11-9 July 16  Detroit  85-73  Win  12-9 July 19  @ Los Angeles  51-82  Loss  12-10 July 22  @ Seattle  54-59  Loss  12-11 July 24  @ Phoenix  56-71  Loss  12-12 July 25  @ Sacramento  62-71  Loss  12-13 July 28  Charlotte  53-63  Loss  12-14 July 31  @ Houston  54-62  Loss  12-15 September 1  @ Washington  75-58  Win  13-15 September 3  @ Minnesota  69-61  Win  14-15 September 4  Washington  69-42  Win  15-15 September 10  San Antonio  65-82  Loss  15-16 September 13  Seattle  70-76  Loss  15-17 September 16  @ New York  71-77 (OT)  Loss  15-18 September 19  @ Connecticut  60-80  Loss  15-19
Player stats  '''Player'''  '''GP'''  '''REB'''  '''AST'''  '''STL'''  '''BLK'''  '''PTS''' Tamika Catchings  34  249  115  67  38  568 Natalie Williams  34  235  62  40  23  349 Kelly Miller  34  108  106  37  5  348 Deanna Jackson  34  113  53  29  6  236 Kelly Schumacher  32  104  25  10  31  224 Kristen Rasmussen  33  113  47  21  14  152 Coretta Brown  26  34  41  7  1  104 Stephanie White  22  28  52  24  5  91 Ebony Hoffman  30  87  21  15  5  60 Niele Ivey  15  10  18  4  3  34 Kate Starbird  12  9  11  6  0  20 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta  10  11  4  1  3  12
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