AP PHOTO Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) makes a pass to teammate Aliyah Boston during the first half of an WNBA basketball game against the Dallas Wings on Saturday in Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS — Arike Ogunbowale had 22 points, Paige Bueckers scored 20, and Caitlin Clark missed a deep 3 with a chance to send the game to overtime as the Dallas Wings beat the Indiana Fever 107-104 to open their WNBA seasons on Saturday.

Odyssey Sims also had 20 points for the Wings, and No. 1 draft pick Azzi Fudd scored just three points in 18 minutes off the bench.

Kelsey Mitchell, who also missed a chance to tie the game at the final buzzer, led Indiana with 30 points. Aliyah Boston had 23 points, and Clark finished with 20 points, seven assists, five rebounds and five turnovers.

Bueckers made 8 of 10 from the field and Sims made 8 of 11. Jessica Shepard had 13 points, nine assists and nine rebounds in her Wings debut.

Aziaha James had a four-point play when she was fouled on a made 3 with 9:09 left, putting the Wings ahead 84-82. They never trailed after that.

Clark missed her 3-pointer with about seven seconds remaining and Mitchell’s miss at the buzzer followed two missed free throws from Bueckers.

Clark showed flashes of the form that made her one of the league’s biggest stars, particularly during Indiana’s third-quarter surge. She knocked down several long-range shots and pushed the tempo in transition, energizing a sold-out crowd that had waited months for her return to regular-season action.

Dallas shot 59% from the field and 52% from 3-point range. Indiana shot 52% from the field and made 29% of its 3s.

Up next

Dallas: Hosts Atlanta on Tuesday.

Indiana: Visits Los Angeles on Wednesday.