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

ESPN's prediction of who will "dominate" the 2025 WNBA Commissioner's Cup championship aged like milk.

Jul 1, 2025; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Indiana Fever forward Aliyah Boston (7) dribbles the ball past Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier (24) in the first half during the Commissioner's Cup final at Target Center. Mandatory Credit: Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images | Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images

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.

ESPN already have a video premiere scheduled titled “Lynx dominate Fever to win Comissioner’s Cup”

Fever lead by 12 currently 😬 pic.twitter.com/znwa0pWkHG

— Clark Report (@CClarkReport) July 2, 2025

It wasn't until after the game ended that ESPN changed the video's title to "🚨 FULL REACTION: Fever stun Lynx to win Commissioner's Cup | The Wrap Up 🏀".

While some might take this scheduled video caption from ESPN as disrespect, the Fever will ultimately get the last laugh. In fact, they'll be laughing straight to the bank with their share of that $500,000 bonus.