Playoff-starved Indiana Fever win WNBA draft lottery for 2nd straight year

The Indiana Fever won the WNBA draft lottery for the No. 1 pick for the second consecutive season Sunday.

The Fever took Aliyah Boston last season with the top pick and she earned the league's rookie of the year honours.

"This is tremendous news for our franchise to receive another No. 1 overall pick," Fever GM Lin Dunn said.

Now Indiana will have to wait to see who decides to enter the draft. Iowa's Caitlin Clark, UConn's Paige Bueckers and LSU's Angel Reese all could head back to school for another year thanks to the extra season because of the coronavirus.

Clark, a generational talent, has said that she would trust her gut when deciding whether to stay in school for a fifth-year. Players have a few days before the draft, which will be held on April 15, to declare.

Indiana, which hasn't made the playoffs since 2016, had a 44 per cent chance of getting the No. 1 pick. They became only the third franchise to win the draft lottery in consecutive seasons, joining the Seattle Storm (2015, 2016) and the Las Vegas Aces (2017-19).

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Los Angeles has the No. 2 pick with Phoenix choosing third and Seattle fourth. The Sparks, who had an 18 per cent chance at getting the top pick, have missed the postseason two straight years and last had No. 1 in 2012 when they drafted Nneka Ogwumike.

Phoenix had the worst record in the WNBA last season and was trying to earn the first pick for the