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The Minnesota Lynx have already locked up home-court advantage throughout the postseason. The Indiana Fever still have a shot at earning home-court in the first round.The two teams with different levels of motivation collide Friday when the Lynx travel to Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis to take on the Fever.With two games remaining in the regular season, Indiana (16-16) has clinched a spot in the eight-team playoffs and sits in sixth place, one-half game behind the Atlanta Dream and a full game behind fourth-place Chicago. The top four teams earn home-court advantage in the first round.The Fever had a chance to move up the standings Tuesday, but blew an 11-point lead in the second half and dropped an 89-87 decision to the Connecticut Sun. The Fever shot 52.5 percent from the field, but were sloppy with the ball, committing 21 turnovers that led to 20 Connecticut points. The loss spoiled a career-high 23-point performance from reserve guard Shenise Johnson and ended Indianas three-game winning streak.Minnesota (26-6) locked up home-court advantage in the playoffs with a road victory over San Antonio on Sunday. The Lynx followed it up with an overtime loss to the Chicago Sky on Tuesday, though, ending Minnesotas five-game win streak. The Lynx have won 11 of their last 13.Maya Moore is averaging 19.4 points and 4.2 assists, both team highs for Minnesota. Sylvia Fowles (13.5), Seimone Augustus (11.3) and Lindsay Whalen (10.1) also are averaging double figures in points for the Lynx, who enter the postseason as the favorites to repeat as WNBA champions.Indiana veteran Tamika Catchings, who announced she will retire after the season, leads the Fever in scoring, averaging 12.7 points per game, and is second on the team in rebounding (4.8). Catchings will need to be at her best against the Lynx, who have won 11 of their last 13 meetings against Indiana, including both games this season.Indiana wraps up the regular season Sunday at home against the Dallas Wings. The Lynx finish the regular season Sunday against Atlanta.NMD Online . -- Matt Rupert scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the London Knights extended their win streak to nine games by defeating the Owen Sound Attack 4-3 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. NMD Fake . Louis Rams wide receiver Stedman Bailey last Sunday. The fine is the fourth this season for Goldson. He was fined $30,000 for a hit on the New York Jets Jeff Cumberland in Week 1. https://www.cheapnmdoutlet.com/ . The 18th player to shoot 60 on the tour, Jamieson settled for par on the final hole when his 15-foot birdie chip grazed the edge of the hole and stayed out. After opening with rounds of 66 and 73 to make the cut by a stroke, he had 11 birdies in the bogey-free round. NMD Wholesale . Soukalova missed only one target and completed the 15-kilometre course in 40 minutes, 32.6 seconds for both victories in this seasons individual discipline. Darya Domracheva of Belarus was second, 34. NMD On Sale . Anthony Calvillo, through 20 CFL seasons, was frequently invincible and largely stoic in the heat of competition. But underneath the professional exterior he was, and is, compellingly human.CLEVELAND -- Sometimes youve just got to make it up as you go along, and thats exactly what the Houston Astros are doing.Day-to-day is a good description for us right now in September, manager A.J. Hinch said. Weve got guys here who didnt expect to be starting or even in the big leagues right now, so were just trying to get through this series.An injury to ace Dallas Keuchel has caused a shakeup in the Astros starting rotation. Tuesday they recalled Brad Peacock from Triple-A Fresno so he could start Tuesdays game against the Indians. That start was supposed to go to Keuchel, but he was scratched and is out indefinitely with left shoulder inflammation.Joe Musgrove was supposed to start Thursdays series finale in Cleveland, but David Paulino was also recalled from Fresno on Tuesday and he will make his major league debut Thursday. Musgroves start has been pushed back to Friday.Despite all the maneuvering, the Astros have pitched well in the first two games of the series, winning them both and outscoring Cleveland 10-5.The Astros have won three in a row overall and will try to make it four in a row Wednesday when they send Doug Fister (12-10, 3.91) to the mound against Clevelands Carlos Carrasco (10-7, 3.06).Fister has struggled of late. In his last five starts he is 2/3 with a 6.23 ERA. In one start against the Indians this year he pitched seven innings and gave up two runs and six hits. In 15 career starts versus Cleveland he is 5-3 with a 2.72 ERA.Carrasco has been pitcching well lately.dddddddddddd In his last three starts he is 2-1 with a 1.40 ERA, with 28 strikeouts and two walks in 19 innings. He has not faced the Astros this year. In five career appearances -- four starts -- against Houston he is 2-1 with a 2.05 ERA.The Indians need a good start from Carrasco because their offense has been spinning its wheels in the first two games against the Astros. In the first inning Tuesday night the Indians had runners at second and third and no outs, with the middle of the order coming up, but failed to score.That was a big turn of events. We have runners at second and third and no outs and dont score, and then they come back with three (in the top of the second), manager Terry Francona said.Indians cleanup hitter Mike Napoli was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in the game. Napoli leads the Indians in home runs with 30, but he has hit only one since Aug. 11. The Indians could use some more production from their cleanup hitter.Francona, however, is familiar with Napolis player profile and the manager is willing to wait for the big bang he knows is coming.Hes getting his hits. He just isnt hitting them out of the park, Francona said. His home runs tend to come in bunches. We know, with his swing, there are some strikeouts in there, but were willing to wait for the good because we know it far outweighs the not so good. ' ' '