Sophie Cunningham has her work cut out for her as the second half of the Indiana Fever's 2025 season begins. Though the All-Star break has come and gone, Caitlin Clark continues to recuperate from her groin injury. This means that players like Cunningham will have to step up their game in terms of scoring and playmaking, as well as defense.On Thursday, the Fever were looking to go above .500 as they went up against the Las Vegas Aces, who were at 12-11 heading into the game. Indiana ended up securing an 80-70 win to improve to 13-12, with Cunningham contributing 15 points on 4-for-5 shooting from the field, along with three rebounds and one steal. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostCunningham, who got a starting nod, finished the opening quarter with five points and one rebound. However, she also drew two personal fouls in the first 10 minutes of action.Despite playing with foul trouble in the second quarter, Cunningham continued to make her contributions in scoring and rebounding. Her stat line at halftime was seven points, three rebounds, and one steal. Also, to her credit, Cunningham did not pick up an additional foul before halftime.With the Fever staring at a six-point deficit to begin the second half, Cunningham continued to find her shots within the flow of the team's offense. She went on to hit two huge threes in a massive 27-15 third quarter surge mounted by Indiana. Cunningham continued to work hard on both ends of the floor as the Fever maintained control in the fourth quarter, en route to the 10-point victory."I don't know why this is funny to me": Sophie Cunningham reveals fine imposed by WNBA for her anti-referee TikTok clipThroughout this season, Fever players and coaching staff have spoken out against the officiating in their games. Recently, Cunningham decided to convey her message through a video clip posted on social media — and the WNBA took notice.On Wednesday, the Fever guard went on X to reveal that the league had fined her $500 for a TikTok expressing anti-referee sentiments."I got fined $500 for this TikTok," Cunningham tweeted. "idk why this is funny to me… like ok. you got it bud! Cause there’s not more important things to be worried about with our league right now"In her TikTok, Cunningham tagged "@ some refs" while lip-synching to Sabrina Carpenter's hit single "Manchild." The lyrics being lip-synched by Cunningham are: "Stupid/Or is it slow?/Maybe it's useless?"Notably, Cunningham's mention of "more important things to be worried about" is a likely reference to the ongoing CBA talks between the league and the players' union. To the dismay of the WNBA players, the in-person CBA meeting last week did not yield much progress in terms of addressing the changes they've been asking for.