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	7th
F	Shameka Christon	New York Liberty	1st
F	Asjha Jones	Connecticut Sun	2nd
F	Sancho Lyttle	Atlanta Dream	1st
C	Érika de Souza	Atlanta Dream	1st

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

ABC (HD)

July 25 3:30 p.m.

Western Conference 130, Eastern Conference 118
Scoring by quarter: 25-27, 38-33, 36-33, 31-25
Pts: Swin Cash (22) Rebs: Cappie Pondexter (9) Asts: Sue Bird (10)		Pts: Sylvia Fowles (17) Rebs: Érika de Souza (9) Asts: Asjha Jones (6)

Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut Attendance: 9,518 Referees: 44 Felicia Grinter, #42 Roy Gulbeyan, #53 Jeff Smith

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