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With an infusion of talent, several teams are expected to step it up and some key coaching moves, the 2013 WNBA season promises to be a page-turner.

As espnW.com previews the 2013 WNBA season, Mechelle Voepel takes a look at the Indiana Fever.

After being sidelined significantly for the first time in her career, Katie Douglas has fought back from a severe ankle injury to return to the defending WNBA champion Fever.

No one wants to see one of the league's top players miss an entire season. But sitting out 2013 -- even if it leaves Seattle scrambling right now for what appears to be a very competitive Western Conference race -- just might be exactly what Lauren Jackson needs.

With Holly Warlick taking over a young squad with eight underclassmen, it's a new era for Tennessee. And espnW is along for the ride with a Total Access look at the people and personalities that make up the Lady Vols.

When the playoffs opened, not many were picking Indiana to knock off the top team from each division en route to the WNBA championship. But odds were beaten, twists and turns were navigated, and in the end, the Fever got their fairy tale ending.

Cut from the Australian national team before the Olympics, Erin Phillips became all the more determined to help Indiana win its first WNBA title.

Universally beloved and hard-working Tamika Catchings won the admiration of her fellow competitors a long time ago. Sunday, she won the missing piece to complete her brilliant career.

The Fever have been here before. Indiana had a chance to win the WNBA title in 2009, but lost Game 4 at home and Game 5 in Phoenix.

Shavonte Zellous scored a career-high 30 points in one of the more surprising mismatches in WNBA Finals history, putting the Fever one win away from their first league championship.

With the score tied at 48 and Lindsay Whalen hit with a technical, coach Cheryl Reeve ripped off her jacket in protest, earning the coach her own technical. Minnesota responded with a run that sealed Game 2 and evened the WNBA Finals.

Post players got the big numbers in Indiana's Game 1 win Sunday. But perimeter play -- especially from a group of players acquired in savvy personnel moves over the years by Indiana's front office -- might have been the biggest key in putting the Fever up 1-0 in the WNBA Finals.

It sounds simple. But to avoid falling into an 0-2 hole in the WNBA Finals on Wednesday, the Lynx just need to play like they did all season.

The Fever sent a message to the defending champion Lynx in Sunday's Game 1 win of the WNBA Finals: Whether they have Katie Douglas on the court, the Fever are not going to back down.

Indiana pulled off the upset to advance to the WNBA Finals. Now, especially if an ankle sprain hampers Katie Douglas, the Fever face another uphill battle against the defending WNBA champion.

After being out of the WNBA for two years, Erlana Larkins was just trying to lock up a job back in May. Now, she's trying to help Indiana finish one and could have a big impact on Game 3 of the East finals.