Fever-Sun WNBA game postponed because of airport delays

The Indiana Fever had to postpone their WNBA game at the Connecticut Sun on Saturday night because of airport delays.

Indiana played in Washington on Friday night and was set to travel to Connecticut on Saturday morning. The Fever said the team’s commercial flight was held on the tarmac for nearly 2 hours because of weather and mechanical problems before finally returning to the gate.

There was no option to catch a later flight or drive to Connecticut in an attempt to make the 7 p.m. EDT start. The teams are working on a makeup date.

Indiana is staying in Washington on Saturday before flying to San Antonio today for Tuesday’s game against the Stars. The Sun have dropped five straight games and head to Washington to play the Mystics tonight.