The Minnesota Lynx remained unbeaten in Commissioner’s Cup play through Sunday, June 7, posting a 3-0 Cup record and a plus-57 point differential as the Cup window heads into its second week.
Those figures sit at the top of a hybrid weekly power ranking that weighs season-long form and Cup results during the June 1–17 period. New York began Cup play 2-0, Atlanta remained in a strong position despite an early loss and the Dream carried a plus-36 point differential through three games. Las Vegas opened Cup play by beating the Sparks and the Valkyries, and earned its first home win of the season — an 84-79 victory over Golden State.
Notable individual weeks are already shaping narratives. A’ja Wilson averaged 26.5 points and 14.5 rebounds over the past week, while Jackie Young produced 21.5 points and shot 61.5% from 3-point range over the same span. Olivia Miles set a separate league mark by drilling eight 3-pointers in 11 attempts in a single game, one of the more startling offensive outbursts through games played on Sunday.
The schedule side matters because all games from June 1 to June 17 count toward both regular-season and Commissioner’s Cup standings. The team with the top Cup record in each conference will meet in the Commissioner’s Cup Championship Game on June 30, so the results logged through June 7 are not trivia — they can factor into tiebreakers and who ultimately represents each conference in the June 30 showpiece.
On the matchup sheet: the Wings, riding four straight wins and six victories in their last seven games, opened the second week of Cup play with a showdown at Minnesota — a meeting that will pit the unbeaten Lynx against a team on a clear roll. The Liberty closed a seven-game homestand with four straight wins and began Cup play by beating the Tempo and the Fever; the Atlanta Dream played the Liberty on Thursday. The Valkyries opened Cup play with a win over Portland but lost two close games to Minnesota and Las Vegas by a combined eight points and sit 1-2 with a plus-10 differential.
The domestic friction point for the schedule is the Fever. Indiana held a 12-point lead late in the third quarter on Saturday before losing, leaving the Fever 1-1 in Cup play and underscoring how quickly a promising Cup position can slip. For readers tracking roster and calendar changes, FilmoGaz has recent coverage on Indiana’s team moves and off-court matters at and those items feed into how Indiana’s fever schedule looks over the coming weeks.
Practical takeaway: Cup play continues through June 17 and every game in that window doubles as a regular-season contest, so home stretches, travel and matchup timing all matter more than in a typical week. The unresolved question heading into week two is straightforward and consequential — which teams will finish atop their conferences’ Cup records by June 17 and lock a spot in the June 30 Championship Game? Standings through June 7 show the Lynx with the clearest early claim in the West, but the next 10 days will determine whether that lead holds.
