The 2024 WNBA All-Star Game was an exhibition women's basketball game played on July 20, 2024, at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, United States as part of the 2024 WNBA season. The Phoenix Mercury hosted the game and related events for the third time, the previous all star games being in 2000 and 2014.
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| Date | July 20, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Footprint Center | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Arike Ogunbowale | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 16,407 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network | United States: ABC Canada: TSN5/SN1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Ryan Ruocco, Rebecca Lobo, Holly Rowe, LaChina Robinson, Carolyn Peck | ||||||||||||||||||
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Allisha Gray won both the Starry 3-Point Contest and Skills Challenge. She became the 1st player ever to win both events in one night.
This game also featured the most former WNBA first overall draft picks since the 2018 WNBA All-Star Game, with 11. (Diana Taurasi, Nneka Ogwumike, Britney Griner, Jewel Lloyd, Breanna Stewart, Kelsey Plum, A'ja Wilson, Jackie Young, Sabrina Ionescu, Aliyah Boston and Caitlin Clark)
Rosters
editSelection
editOn March 20, the WNBA announced that 2024 would feature a matchup between the WNBA All-Stars who make up the US Women's National Team versus the remaining WNBA All-Stars. Fans, WNBA players, head coaches, sports writers, and broadcasters would all be able to vote for All Stars. All groups could fill out a ballot of four guards and six front court players. Players and coaches could not vote for members of their own team. Voting began on Thursday, June 13 at 2 p.m. ET and concluded on Saturday, June 29 at 11:59 p.m. ET.[1]
The voting was weighted as follows:
| Voting group | Vote weight |
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| Fans | 50% |
| WNBA players | 25% |
| Sports media | 25% |
Players were not allowed to vote for their own teammates. The top 10 players receiving votes based on this weighting would be selected to the All-Star Game. Any top 10 vote-getter who has not already been named to the USA Women’s National Team 5-on-5 roster will automatically be assigned to Team WNBA. The names of the next 36 highest vote-getters, consisting of at least nine backcourt and 15 frontcourt players, will then be provided to the 12 WNBA head coaches, who will vote to fill the remaining spots for the 12-player Team WNBA roster. Coaches will not be able to vote for their own players.
Fan vote results
editThe following table lists the top five players based on fan voting alone.[2]
| † | Denotes player named to Team WNBA after first rounds of voting |
| * | Denotes player named to Team USA for 2024 Summer Olympics |
| Rank | Player | Number of Votes |
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| 1 | Caitlin Clark † | 700,735 |
| 2 | Aliyah Boston † | 618,680 |
| 3 | A'ja Wilson * | 607,300 |
| 4 | Breanna Stewart * | 424,135 |
| 5 | Angel Reese | 381,518 |
Team WNBA pool
editThe following tables list the 36 next-highest vote-getters provided to the 12 WNBA head coaches to fill the remaining eight spots for the 12-player Team WNBA roster.[3]
| ° | Denotes player named to Team WNBA after head coach voting |
Head coaches
editThe head coach for Team USA was Cheryl Reeve, the current Minnesota Lynx head coach, [4] and for Team WNBA was basketball legend and former Phoenix Mercury head coach, Cheryl Miller.[5]
All-Star selections per team
edit| Team | Number of players |
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| Atlanta Dream | 1 |
| Chicago Sky | 1 |
| Connecticut Sun | 3 |
| Indiana Fever | 3 |
| New York Liberty | 3 |
| Washington Mystics | 0 |
| Dallas Wings | 1 |
| Las Vegas Aces | 4 |
| Los Angeles Sparks | 1 |
| Minnesota Lynx | 2 |
| Phoenix Mercury | 3 |
| Seattle Storm | 2 |
Final rosters
edit| † | Denotes player named to Team WNBA after first rounds of voting |
| ° | Denotes player named to Team WNBA after head coach voting |
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Game
editJuly 20, 2024
8:30 p.m. ET |
| Team USA 109, Team WNBA 117 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 23-24, 31-28, 25–36, 30-29 | ||
| Pts: Breanna Stewart (31) Rebs: Breanna Stewart (10) Asts: Kelsey Plum (6) |
Pts: Arike Ogunbowale (34) Rebs: Angel Reese (11) Asts: Caitlin Clark (10) | |
Footprint Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 16,407 Referees: Fatou Cissoko-Stephens, Jeff Wooten, Kevin Fahy |
Three-Point Contest and Skills Challenge
editOn March 20, 2024, it was announced that there will be a Three-Point Contest and Skills Challenge on July 19, the night before the All-Star game. It will be televised on ESPN in the US and on TSN2 in Canada. The Three-Point Contest is presented by Starry, while the WNBA Skills Challenge is presented by Kia.
Three-Point Contest
editThe contestants for the three-point contest were announced on July 17, 2024.[6]
Sabrina Ionescu, the reigning Three-Point Contest winner, and Caitlin Clark, the NCAA-W Division I all-time leader in three-pointers made, were both invited to participate in the 2024 contest; however, both declined.[7]
| Position | Player | Team | 2024 Season 3-point statistics | 1st Round | Final Round | ||
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| Made | Attempted | Percent | |||||
| G | Allisha Gray | Atlanta | 40 | 111 | 36.0 | 23 | 22 |
| C | Jonquel Jones | New York | 40 | 101 | 39.6 | 25 | 20 |
| G | Kayla McBride[8] | Minnesota | 76 | 178 | 42.7 | 21 | DNQ |
| C | Stefanie Dolson | Washington | 49 | 101 | 48.5 | 20 | |
| G | Marina Mabrey | Connecticut | 56 | 161 | 34.8 | 19 | |
Skills Challenge
editThe contestants for the skills challenge were announced on July 17, 2024.[6]
Erica Wheeler of the Indiana Fever was originally named as a contestant of the 2024 skills challenge but was unable to attend due to the global computer outages delaying her travel.[9] Wheeler was replaced by fellow Fever teammate, Kelsey Mitchell.[9]
| Position | Player | Team | 1st Round | Final Round |
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| G | Allisha Gray | Atlanta Dream | 31.2 | 32.1 |
| G | Sophie Cunningham | Phoenix Mercury | 35.5 | 34.5 |
| G | Marina Mabrey | Connecticut Sun | 35.7 | DNQ |
| C | Brittney Griner | Phoenix Mercury | 46.3 | |
| G | Kelsey Mitchell | Indiana Fever | >35.7[a] |
- ^ Mitchell was not able to beat Mabrey's time of 35.7 seconds to move onto the final round
3x3 Exhibition Game
editOn July 17, 2024, it was announced that the USA 3x3 Olympic team would face the Under-23 3x3 national team in exhibition on July 19, 2024.[6][10]
3x3 rosters
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Game
editReferences
edit- ^ "Voting for AT&T WNBA All-Star 2024 Tips Off Thursday, June 13". pr.nba.com. WNBA. June 10, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
- ^ "Rosters Set for AT&T WNBA All-Star 2024 on July 20". WNBA (Press release). July 2, 2024.
- ^ "2024 Team WNBA Roster Selection" (PDF). WNBA. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "2024 USA Basketball Women's National Team Announced". usab.com. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
- ^ Philippou, Alexa (July 17, 2024). "Cheryl Miller, Cheryl Reeve to coach WNBA All-Star Game". ESPN. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
- ^ a b c "10-Time WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner, 2021 KIA WNBA MVP Jonquel Jones Headline Participants for Friday Night Events at AT&T WNBA All-Star 2024". WNBA. July 17, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
- ^ Schilken, Chuck (July 18, 2024). "Caitlin Clark, Sabrina Ionescu hit lots of threes. But they aren't in All-Star shooting contest". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
- ^ "Lynx All-Star Kayla McBride breaks news about participation in 3-point contest, talks Wednesday game vs. Atlanta". KSTP Sports. July 16, 2024.
- ^ a b Peterson, Chloe (July 19, 2024). "CrowdStrike outage grounds Erica Wheeler; Kelsey Mitchell to step in WNBA Skills Challenge". Indianapolis Star.
- ^ "Brittney Griner in for WNBA skill competition; Caitlin Clark not in 3-point contest". Arizona Republic. July 17, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2024.