STATE HOUSE AND HANNAH ADAMSON >> WELL HEY A BIG FEVER WHEN HAS FANS FEELING THE HEAT DOWNTOWN TONIGHT THE TEAM BEAT THE LOS ANGELES SPARKS ALL WHILE RIDING THE HIGH OF CLINCHING A PLAYOFF SPOT CBS FOUR'S MICHAEL VANCE QUAKE WAS AT GAINBRIDGE FIELDHOUSE WHERE FANS WERE CELEBRATING THE VICTORY AND LOOKING TO WHAT COMES NEXT >> TONIGHT THE FOAM FINGER IS ONLY POINTING IN ONE DIRECTION THAT'S TOWARDS THE PLAYOFFS FEVER FANS ARE EXCITED YOU COULD FEEL THE ENERGY AS THOUSANDS OF THEM POURED OUT OF GAINBRIDGE FIELDHOUSE TONIGHT IN A SEA OF RED BUT OF COURSE MOST OF THEM ARE EXCITED FOR THE TEAMS FIRST PLAYOFF APPEARANCE IN 7 SEASONS >> THIS YEAR'S SEASON HAS BEEN ONE OF NEW BEGINNINGS AND GREAT RETURNS FROM ANY FEVER FANS COME TO GAMES OCCASIONALLY BUT NOW >> JUST MY FRESH AIR WITH SEASON TICKETS AND ALREADY LOYAL FAN BASE GREW EXPONENTIALLY THIS YEAR CROWDS FROM ALL OVER INDIANA AND EVEN THE COUNTRY HAVE FLOODED THE CIRCLE CITY TO WATCH THE FEVER >> MANY CAUGHT THE FEVER AFTER NUMBER 22 CAME TO TOWN AFTER WE'VE GOT THE DROP OF CAITLIN I WAS LIKE THIS WITH IT >> I WAS LIKE ALRIGHT WELL YOU KNOW IF THERE'S A TIME TO GET ON THAT'S GOING TO BE NOW AND I WANT TO GO SEE SEE WHAT THE HYPE IS ALL ABOUT SINCE I HAVEN'T SEEN IN PERSON IT'S BEEN A LOADED SEASON FILLED WITH UPS AND DOWNS BUT THE EXCITEMENT IS ALWAYS FRESH ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THE TEAM HAS MADE IT INTO THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2016 SO WE JUST KIND OF BUILT THE SUPER TEAM THAT HAS FINALLY LOCKED IN >> AND IT'S COOL TO SEE LIKE HOW THEY ARE TAKING TOWN AND THIS LIKE PLACE TO ANOTHER LEVEL THE GAMES HAVE BROUGHT FAMILIES TOGETHER AND EVEN GIVING YOUNG FEMALE ATHLETES ALL NEW AMBITION MOTIVATION AND DETERMINATION THERE FASTER MOVING AND STUFF BUT IT HELPS ME LIKE KIND OF >> LEARN MORE ABOUT BASKETBALL AND WHEN THE SEASON COMES I'M ABLE TAKE WHAT I LEARNED FROM HERE AND WIN AT BASKET BALL INDIANA AND HAVING ANOTHER OUTLET TO TAKE THE GIRLS TO SEE A ROLE MODEL AND A REALLY ENJOYABLE GAME AS JUST ANOTHER GREAT ASPECT OF INDIANAPOLIS BUT IT'S NOT JUST YOUNG GIRLS AND I NEVER THOUGHT >> I WOULD SEE GROWN MEN YELLING AT REFEREES ABOUT WOMEN'S BASKETBALL AND THAT'S BEEN REALLY REALLY FUN AND AWESOME TO SEE WITH A WNBA PLAYOFFS ONLY WEEKS AWAY FEVER FANS SAY THEY'RE EXCITED TO WATCH THE TEAM TAKE IT ONE STEP FURTHER THAT HAVING THIS ALONG WITH THE PACERS ALSO MADE THE PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR IS JUST GOING TO BE REALLY REALLY 6 OF THE FEVERS NEXT 7 GAMES ARE HERE IN INDIANAPOLIS AT GAINBRIDGE FIELDHOUSE UNTIL THE PLAYOFFS KICK OFF ON SEPTEMBER 22ND