Catchings helps Fever force Game 5, beat Lynx

Indiana Fever’s Briann January, center, heads to the basket as Minnesota Lynx’s Seimone Augustus, left, and Anna Cruz, right, watch in the first half of Game 4 of the WNBA Finals basketball series, in Indianapolis, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015. AP

INDIANAPOLIS — Shenise Johnson scored 15 points and Marissa Coleman added 14 to help the Indiana Fever beat the Minnesota Lynx 75-69 on Sunday (Monday Manila time), forcing a decisive Game 5 in the WNBA Finals.

As they’ve done all playoffs, the Fever found a way to stave off elimination. Indiana is 5-0 in elimination games this postseason and 9-2 since the 2012 playoffs when it beat Minnesota for its lone title.

Game 5 is Wednesday (Thursday) in Minnesota.

Trailing 38-36 early in the third quarter, Indiana took control with a 13-2 run. Johnson scored the final four points of the burst.

Indiana led 51-44 before Coleman scored five straight, including a 3-pointer that gave the Fever the biggest lead of the series for either team at 58-44. That was the Fever’s only basket in a nine-minute stretch. Indiana had just one basket in the final quarter allowing Minnesota to rally within four behind Maya Moore, but the Lynx could get no closer.