In 2024, Indiana boasted the second-best offense and 24th-ranked defense. This season, they remained solid with the ninth-best offense, but pulled their defense above average, ranking 13th in the NBA. With no major offseason additions or losses, their transition to a more sustainable play has all been thanks to internal improvement and development.

Caitlin Clark refused to share a video she took of herself reacting to Tyrese Haliburton's buzzer-beater, but she did say it's "fun to be a part of" basketball in the state of Indiana.

Caitlin Clark says it's a great time to be a basketball fan in Indiana. It's enough to turn Clark, one of the state's biggest stars, into a fan during the NBA playoffs. Clark said before the Indiana Fever's WNBA game at the Atlanta Dream on Thursday night that she was so caught up in the Indiana Pacers' come-from-behind 138-135 overtime win at the New York Knicks on Wednesday night that she took video of her reaction to the signature play -- Tyrese Haliburton's jumper that sent Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals into OT.