Chelsea Gray hits two buzzer-beaters as Las Vegas Aces outlast Indiana Fever in overtime at Gainbridge Fieldhouse

A buzzer-beater is a shot taken as the clock reaches zero. Chelsea Gray hit two of them Thursday night, once to tie the game and once to win it, giving the Las Vegas Aces an 86-84 overtime victory over the Indiana Fever at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The game produced nine lead changes across the fourth quarter and overtime, and it featured Caitlin Clark missing two free throws in regulation before a turnover in overtime gave Las Vegas one final possession.

Gray's closing act

With Indiana holding its lead late in regulation, Clark missed two free throws at the charity stripe. Those misses left the Aces close enough to survive. Gray converted her first buzzer-beater to tie the score at 75-75 and send the game to overtime.

The Fever built an 84-83 lead in overtime. Clark then lost the ball on a turnover with Las Vegas needing one possession to take the lead. Gray made them pay: a cold-blooded three-pointer as time expired for an 86-84 final. Clark finished with 20 points, eight assists, three rebounds and eight turnovers. A'ja Wilson led Las Vegas with 26 points.

The Aces held the second-best record in the WNBA heading into Thursday's game. Winning on the road in overtime, sealed by a veteran's final shot, is the kind of result that holds a record together.

The courtside confrontation

The game carried a second storyline. Las Vegas guard Jackie Young stopped during play to confront several male fans seated courtside who were heckling the Aces. Young, who finished with 22 points, demanded that venue security remove them. The men were escorted off the floor. Amazon Prime Video's broadcast team celebrated the removal on air as it unfolded.

After the game, an Indiana Fever spokesperson told OutKick-Fox News that security reviewed the behavior and found no violation of the Fan Code of Conduct, the written behavioral policy that defines the boundaries for spectators at a venue. The fan in question was not ejected. He elected to leave.

The gap between what unfolded at floor level and what the venue's own review concluded is something the league now carries into its next public statement on crowd policy. Young's 22 points and Gray's game-ending three-pointer will cycle out of the conversation before that question does.