Indiana's Catchings also plans to play

Indiana’s Tamika Catchings said she was “close to 100 percent” following practice Wednesday at Mohegan Sun Arena and expects to play Thursday in Game 1 against the Connecticut Sun. How many minutes she plays is still to be determined, but after missing the final 13 games of the regular season with a partially torn left plantar fascia, she’ll see her first action since sustaining the injury on July 20. She said she doesn’t know if she’ll start.