The Indiana Fever pulled off a big upset on Tuesday to defeat the Minnesota Lynx in the 2025 Commissioner's Cup championship, 74-59. The Fever were playing without star guard Caitlin Clark (groin) but put together a brilliant defensive effort to win the WNBA's in-season competition for the first time in franchise history.

The Lynx chose the Commissioner’s Cup championship game against a .500 Indiana team playing without Caitlin Clark to play some of the worst basketball seen in Target Center in a long, long time. In a 74-59 loss to the Fever,

The Indiana Fever's upward trajectory continues. Indiana beat the Minnesota Lynx 74-59 on Tuesday to win the 2025 WNBA Commissioner's Cup championship, doing so on the road. Without Caitlin Clark still due to a groin injury, Indiana got off to a slow start in the first quarter before leveraging a 20-7 second-quarter advantage.