ESPN Must Eat Words After Fever-Lynx WNBA Commissioner's Cup Prediction Blows Up

The Indiana Fever just won the 2025 WNBA Commissioner's Cup Championship after their 74-59 defeat over the Minnesota Lynx on July 1. As a result of this, the Fever roster will be splitting a $500,000 prize among themselves.

Many within the women's basketball community didn't give Indiana (who is 8-8 on the season) to beat the 14-2 Lynx in this game, if only the Fever were handicapped by not having star guard Caitlin Clark, who is still sitting out because of a groin injury.

And things didn't look good for Indiana in the early going, as Minnesota outscored them 20-12 in the first quarter. But it was all Indiana after that, led by a balanced offensive attack that saw five players (Aliyah Boston, Natasha Howard, Kelsey Mitchell, Aari McDonald, and Sophie Cunningham) all score in double-digits.

As the game was winding down, Fever fans took note of a scheduled video on ESPN's YouTube account, which was captioned, " FULL REACTION: Lynx Dominate Fever to win Commissioner's Cup | The Wrap Up ".

While this was clearly a placeholder that someone forgot to erase or edit, ESPN seemed to think the Lynx were going to have no problem handling the Fever.

X user @CClarkReport posted a screenshot of the ESPN video's thumbnail, which is already making waves on social media.