Nissa Smith came off the bench in Wednesday's loss to the Washington Mystics because of a team matter Indiana Fever head coach chrisy side said the reason for the change the other night against Washington was a team matter Sid said and I'm sorry guys but I'm just not going to discuss team business so we are moving forward and we are looking forward to this game tonight against Phoenix Lexi Hull took Smith's place in the starting lineup on Wednesday with KY L samerson sliding to the four spot the fever struggled against the mystics in the first quarter with that lineup committing eight turnovers and allowing the mystics 23 shots compared to their own one two do Smith still came into the game off the bench and ended up starting the second half she played 27 minutes and scored 11 points but had just two rebounds her lowest total of the season in the fever's 8 984 loss to the League's worst team Smith will return to the starting lineup against the Phoenix Mercury for Friday night's game Samson will go back to her starting spot at the three and Hull will come Off the Bench Smith has been a main stay in the starting lineup since she was drafted to the fever in 2022 starting every game she played in during the 2022 and 2023 Seasons she came off the bench in place of Tami fagin for two games earlier this season not because of a team matter returning to the starting lineup when fagin injured her foot TT when Smith was benched she and the fever were coming off their biggest win of the season over the New York Liberty Smith contributed 11 points and 11 rebounds her third straight game with a double double