The Indiana Fever have spent the 2025 season rewriting expectations. Once dismissed as a rebuilding team, they’ve battled adversity and punched their ticket to the semifinals for the first time in a decade . Now, facing the defending champion Las Vegas Aces, the Fever are in uncharted territory. Yet, they are also playing with house money. To turn this Cinderella run into something even bigger, they must combine grit and execution to stand toe-to-toe with one of the WNBA’s dynasties.
A breakthrough year
The Fever finished the 2025 regular season with a 24-20 record , earning the No. 6 seed in the playoffs. In the first round, they faced the 3rd-seeded Atlanta Dream in a best-of-three series. After dropping Game 1, Indiana bounced back with a dominant 77-60 win at home. They then cl