INDIANAPOLIS -- Christie Sides had a simple message on Sunday afternoon: leave it better than you found it. And the former Indiana Fever head coach did just that. The Fever fired Sides after two ...

Despite the massive growth that the Indiana Fever showed in their 2024 WNBA regular season compared to their 2023 campaign, second-year head coach Christie Sides was still under much scrutiny.

After guiding the Indiana Fever to their first playoff appearance since 2016 and a 20-20 record — up from a 13-27 mark in 2023 — the team parted ways with head coach Christie Sides. The Fever ...

Despite second-year head coach Christie Sides being a big part of the Indiana Fever making it to the WNBA playoffs for the first time since 2016 in the 2024 season, Indiana still decided to fire ...

FILE - Indiana Fever head coach Christie Sides reacts during Game 2 of a first-round WNBA basketball playoff series against the Connecticut Sun, Sept. 25, 2024, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo ...

Indiana Fever head coach Christie Sides chats with Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever during the second half against the Chicago Sky on June 23, 2024 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois.

Indiana Fever head coach Christie Sides, center, and Seattle Storm head coach Noelle Quinn, right, have a heated talk near the end of a WNBA basketball game, Sunday, August. 18, 2024, in Indianapolis.

Lip-readers thought they caught Indiana Fever head coach Christie Sides screaming F-bombs at a referee in the Game 1 playoff loss to the Connecticut Fever. But I'm here to inform you that you're ...

While making a case for Caitlin Clark being the WNBA's Rookie of the Year, Indiana Fever head coach Christie Sides compared her No. 1 overall pick to a women's basketball legend.

But Sides did not, and there was a very awkward exchange with Quinn (and even Skylar Diggins-Smith) during the end of the game. Quinn seemingly gave Sides an earful multiple times before ...

Lip-readers thought they caught Indiana Fever head coach Christie Sides screaming F-bombs at a referee in the Game 1 playoff loss to the Connecticut Fever. But I'm here to inform you that you're ...