Caitlin Clark & Tyrese Haliburton Left Amazed by Lexie Hull as Fever Teammates React to Viral IG Moment

Never one to miss a chance at mixing buckets with bops, Lexie Hull has once again lit the social media and this time, it was even bigger. Remember when she walked out to Boosie’s Set It Off during the Unrivaled 1v1 tournament and had DiJonai Carrington clutching her phone in disbelief? “Yall, we got to pick a walk out song to walk out to for 1v1. Why did @lexiehull just walk out to Boosie- set it off 😭😭😭😭😭😭 I love her 😂😂😂,” Carrington posted on X. Within 30 minutes, the post had already pulled nearly 100,000 views.

For anyone out of the loop, Carrington was talking about Hull’s walkout track by rapper Boosie Badazz. Even the Chicago Sky superstar Angel Reese (Hull’s teammate on Unrivaled’s Rose BX squad) jumped in the replies, adding, “yup! and you know who chose that for her🤣😭.” Fast forward to last night, Hull dropped a string of pictures from Indiana’s recent games and practices. She showed off the black eye and forehead knot she picked up after colliding with Gabby Williams in the Fever’s game against Seattle. She set it to Troy Bolton’s Get’cha Head in the Game and captioned it, “took the song a little too literally.” And she wasn’t kidding.

In those very games, she quietly put up 8 points, 6 rebounds, and an assist in 33 minutes against Golden State, a 5-5-4 line with 2 blocks versus the Sparks, and 9 rebounds plus a block in the win over Seattle. Of course, if Hull’s posting, you already know Caitlin Clark is sitting there with her phone ready. Sure enough, Clark slid into the comments with a sweet, “Go Lex 🩷” before resharing the post on her story. But this time, she wasn’t alone. Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton decided to jump in with some humor of his own. He wrote, “great song choice.” At this point, Lexie Hull has practically made it a tradition to get her teammates hyping her up on social media (whether it’s with Unrivaled or the Indiana Fever).

 So of course, the rest of the squad showed up too. Sophie Cunningham jumped in with a playful, “way to use your noggin’ Lex 🥹.” While Chloe Bibby turned the energy up with, “Sexy Lexie back at it againnnn🔥.” Another hardship signing Aerial Powers wasn’t far behind, she added her own, “Get it Lexieeeee🔥🔥.” Even the Fever’s official account couldn’t resist. They rated her post a “caption 10/10.”

And it didn’t stop with just her own roster. Valkyries’ Veronica Burton commented a sarcastic, “Brings out your blue eyes😍😍.” Even Katie Lou Samuelson the very Storm squad’s player Hull collided with to earn that black eye, echoed Burton with a cheeky, “I think you should keep them 😍🔥.” Meanwhile, Mystics forward Emily Engstler kept it simple but sweet, commenting, “still look cute.” 

It was all the perfect hype-squad energy for a fellow player who earlier admitted the injury had shaken her a little. After the game in Los Angeles, Hull said that the knot on her forehead was so large she could actually see it out of her peripheral vision. “I knew it was going to be big. It was literally sticking out,” she said. “It’s still big right here, but it was bigger and I could see it.” So yes, sunglasses are part of Hull’s look for the next few days. But on social media, she’s still rocking nothing but five-star captions and support.

Front Row Seat to the Bond Powering Lexie Hull’s Viral Buzz

What Lexie Hull is living right now (goofy captions, teammates flooding her comments) is exactly what Natasha Howard has always described as Indiana’s culture. Ruthless on the court, gracious off it. Howard knows this contrast better than most and earlier, she shared it exclusively with Essentiallysports. Back in her rookie days under Lin Dunn, she was grinding through limited minutes, soaking up wisdom from Tamika Catchings, and learning the hard way that Indiana’s standards were as high as they came. Yet off the hardwood… she found comfort, mentorship, and a locker room that felt like a second home.

That balance is why, years later, Howard chose to come back in free agency. She told us, “Indiana’s one of the best states for basketball,” and she wasn’t talking about just the fans. For her, it was about the trust that runs through the roster. The same trust Lexie Hull felt when Caitlin Clark immediately dropped a “Go Lex 🩷.” Or when Sophie Cunningham jokingly saluted her with “way to use your noggin’ Lex 🥹.”

Howard’s perspective matters because she’s made it clear that being the veteran “big sister” isn’t just about catching Clark’s passes. It’s about making the younger core feel safe enough to stumble, laugh, and still be backed up no matter what. That’s why goofy TikToks, inside-joke T-shirts, and playful digs about black eyes coexist with grueling practices and playoff urgency.

When Natasha Howard said, “At the end of the day, we’re going to have each other’s back,” it’s more than a quote. It’s the connective tissue you can see every time a Fever player comments on Lexie Hull’s Instagram or the way Sophie Cunningham sticks up for Caitlin Clark on court. Hull’s black eye may have forced sunglasses into her rotation, but the way the Fever rallied around her shows what Howard always promised: this is a family.