Lynx Coach Assigns Blame for Championship Loss to Caitlin Clark-Less Fever originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Despite facing an Indiana Fever team missing All-Star guard Caitlin Clark, the Minnesota Lynx lost in the WNBA Commissioner's Cup final and missed out on the $500,000 prize pool.

Caitlin Clark might have been absent through injury but that didn’t stop the Indiana Fever from winning the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup on Tuesday.

The Indiana Fever haven’t had many reasons to celebrate this year given the amount of adversity they’ve had to face just 16 games into the season. From allegations of an alleged affair between Sophie Cunningham and Phoenix Suns and Mercury CEO Josh Bartelstein,