INDIANAPOLIS — The Eastern Conference will be represented by the Indiana Fever in the 2025 Commissioner’s Cup final.
The Fever won 88-71 on Tuesday against Connecticut in a game marred by multiple scuffles, but still needed an Atlanta loss to overtake the Dream. The New York Liberty provided the assist, overcoming a 17-point deficit to beat Atlanta 86-81. Indiana and New York were tied at 4-1 in Commissioner’s Cup games, but the Fever’s latest victory over the Liberty gave them the tiebreaker.
This is the first time Indiana has advanced to the final in the five-year history of the Commissioner’s Cup. The East was previously represented by Connecticut, Chicago and New York, twice. Only the Liberty have won the cup for the Eastern Conference, which came in 2023. Of the current Fever players, DeWanna Bonner — who has missed the last two games for personal reasons — is the only one to have appeared in a cup final, back in 2021 with the Sun.
Indiana will have to travel to Minnesota, the Western Conference representative, for the final on Tuesday, July 1.
Caitlin Clark at the center of scuffles
Emotions boiled over between Indiana star Caitlin Clark and the Connecticut players, resulting in Clark being poked in the eye and shoved to the floor. At the 4:48 mark of the third…
