2009 WNBA All-Star Game

2009 WNBA All-Star Game

1 2 3 4 Total West 25 38 36 31 130 East 27 33 33 25 118
Date	July 25, 2009
Arena	Mohegan Sun Arena
City	Uncasville, Connecticut
MVP	Swin Cash
Attendance	9,518
WNBA All-Star Game
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The 2009 WNBA All-Star Game was played on July 25, 2009 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, home of the Connecticut Sun. The game was the 9th annual WNBA All-Star Game. This was the second time Connecticut had hosted the basketball showcase, after previously hosting the 2005 game.

The All-Star Game

Rosters

Western Conference All-Stars Pos. Player Team Selection # Starters PG Sue Bird Seattle Storm 6th SG Becky Hammon San Antonio Silver Stars 5th SF Swin Cash Seattle Storm 3rd PF Lauren Jackson Seattle Storm 7th C Lisa Leslie1 Los Angeles Sparks 8th Reserves G Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury 4th G Cappie Pondexter Phoenix Mercury 3rd F Charde Houston Minnesota Lynx 1st F Nicole Powell2 Sacramento Monarchs 1st F Tina Thompson3 Los Angeles Sparks 8th F Sophia Young San Antonio Silver Stars 3rd C Nicky Anosike Minnesota Lynx 1st

Eastern Conference All Stars Pos. Player Team Selection # Starters PG Alana Beard Washington Mystics 4th SG Katie Douglas Indiana Fever 3rd SF Tamika Catchings Indiana Fever 6th PF Candice Dupree Chicago Sky 3rd C Sylvia Fowles Chicago Sky 1st Reserves G Jia Perkins Chicago Sky 1st G Katie Smith Detroit Shock 8th F Shameka Christon New York Liberty 1st F Asjha Jones Connecticut Sun 2nd F Sancho Lyttle Atlanta Dream 1st C Erika DeSouza Atlanta Dream 1st

• ¹ Injured
• ² Injury replacement
• ³ Starting in place of injured player

Coaches

The coach for the Western Conference all-stars was San Antonio Silver Stars coach Dan Hughes. The coach for the Eastern Conference was Indiana Fever coach Lin Dunn.

Other events

Three-Point Shootout

Position	Player	From	Year to ASG			1st	2nd
			Made	Attempted	Percent
PG	Becky Hammon	San Antonio Silver Stars	28	86	.326	14	16
PG	Sue Bird	Seattle Storm	29	77	.377	11	12
SF	Katie Smith	Detroit Shock	32	77	.416	12	12
SF	Shameka Christon	New York Liberty	42	88	.477	10	DNQ
SG	Katie Douglas	Indiana Fever	31	86	.360	9	DNQ
SF	Diana Taurasi	Phoenix Mercury	46	105	.438	9	DNQ

Skills Challenge

Team	Player	From	Height	Weight	Time
West 1	Cappie Pondexter	Phoenix Mercury	5-9	160	34.8
	Sophia Young	San Antonio Silver Stars	6-1	165
	Charde Houston	Minnesota Lynx	6-1	189
East 1	Jia Perkins	Chicago Sky	5-8	155	35.4
	Tamika Catchings	Indiana Fever	6-1	167
	Sancho Lyttle	Atlanta Dream	6-4	143
West 2	Swin Cash	Seattle Storm	6-1	162	43.0
	Nicole Powell	Sacramento Monarchs	6-2	175
	Nicky Anosike	Minnesota Lynx	6-4	211
East 2	Alana Beard	Washington Mystics	5-11	160	DQ
	Asjha Jones	Connecticut Sun	6-2	198
	Sylvia Fowles	Chicago Sky	6-6	200

References