The WNBA All-Star Game is finally here, and Saturday’s event, as usual, features the WNBA’s best and brightest. But this year, with the Olympics kicking off next week, USA Basketball Women’s Olympic Team will take on the WNBA All-Stars in preparation for the Paris Games. Here’s how the teams stack up:
Team WNBA: DeWanna Bonner (Connecticut Sun), Aliyah Boston (Indiana Fever), Caitlin Clark (Indiana Fever), Allisha Gray (Atlanta Dream), Dearica Hamby (Los Angeles Sparks), Brionna Jones (Connecticut Sun), Jonquel Jones (New York Liberty), Kayla McBride (Minnesota Lynx), Kelsey Mitchell (Indiana Fever), Arike Ogunbowale (Dallas Wings), Nneka Ogwumike (Seattle Storm), Angel Reese (Chicago Sky)
Team USA: Napheesa Collier (Minnesota Lynx), Kahleah Copper (Phoenix Mercury), Chelsea Gray (Las Vegas Aces), Brittney Griner (Phoenix Mercury), Sabrina Ionescu (New York Liberty), Jewell Loyd (Seattle Storm), Kelsey Plum (Las Vegas Aces), Breanna Stewart (New York Liberty), Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury), Alyssa Thomas (Connecticut Sun), A’ja Wilson (Las Vegas Aces), Jackie Young (Las Vegas Aces)
Date: Saturday, July 20, 2024
Time: 8:30 p.m. ET
Location: Footprint Center, Phoenix, AZ
TV channel: ABC
Streaming: DirecTV, Fubo, Hulu
Follow along with Yahoo Sports’ Cassandra Negley for live updates and highlights as WNBA All-Star weekend continues on Saturday.
Live46 updates
Sun, July 21, 2024 at 4:44 AM GMT+2
The All-Star scoring record is 33, set by Arike Ogunbowale after a masterful second-half performance to lift Team WNBA to a 117-109 win over Team USA. No need to panic about the US national team yet. Cheryl Miller said earlier this is a great test playing against the best in the world. Clean up the sloppy passes, hit some more shots, and this one looks different.
Sun, July 21, 2024 at 4:42 AM GMT+2
Record watch, via Across the Timeline:
— Ogunbowale holds the scoring record with 32 points, one more than Jewell Loyd last year. Stewart has 31.
— Allisha Gray’s five steals are off tying the record of six set by Ruthie Bolton in 2001
— Caitlin Clark’s 10 assists are one off of tying Sue Bird’s record of 11 set in 2017
Sun, July 21, 2024 at 4:39 AM GMT+2
There’s 30.6 on the clock in an All-Star game and Nneka Ogwumike is talking to the ref about why that was a foul. MVP chants ring out from an arena corner for A’ja Wilson shooting free throws.
Sun, July 21, 2024 at 4:32 AM GMT+2
At halftime, USA was 4-14 (28.6%) from 3 and WNBA was 3-17 (17.6%). They’re still shooting about the same percentages as each other (10-29 USA, 11-33 WNBA), but Arike going off tilted this game in the third quarter and USA couldn’t come back. Ogunbowale is 7-11 from 3 and 9-18 overall.
Notably, Clark is sitting at 10 assists, one shy of tying the WNBA record in an All-Star game set by Sue Bird, who is in attendance. Still 2:48 to play.
Sun, July 21, 2024 at 4:28 AM GMT+2
OH MY GOSH ARIKE, THEY HAVE FAMILIES
Sun, July 21, 2024 at 4:24 AM GMT+2
While Arike Ogunbowale looks to be on her way to winning WNBA All-Star Game MVP, some might be wondering why she’s not on Team USA. She says it’s about politics, not about a player’s game.
“I pretty much had an idea that I wouldn’t be on it,” Ogunbowale said on the “Nightcap” podcast. “I just felt the vibes. When it comes to that stuff, it really doesn’t have much to do with your game.”
Sun, July 21, 2024 at 4:22 AM GMT+2
Caitlin Clark vs Sabrina 1v1 is also fun. Clark beats her to the basket there and it’s an 11-point WNBA lead
Sun, July 21, 2024 at 4:14 AM GMT+2
Arike Ogunbowale is certainly making a statement against Team USA. 21 points after 3 quarters!
On the broadcast, Caitlin Clark says Arike Ogunbowale is probably the best 1v1 player in the league.
— Noa Dalzell 🏀 (@NoaDalzellNBA) July 21, 2024
Sun, July 21, 2024 at 4:12 AM GMT+2
Basket is good, 88-79 WNBA lead stands.
Sun, July 21, 2024 at 4:12 AM GMT+2
Team WNBA mobs Kelsey Mitchell in the corner after her buzzer 3 puts them up, 88-79, heading into the fourth quarter. It is being reviewed.
Sun, July 21, 2024 at 4:10 AM GMT+2
Team USA playing a little loose with the ball. Really questionable passes leading to 11 Team WNBA steals. Six are in this quarter alone.
Sun, July 21, 2024 at 4:08 AM GMT+2
Probably shouldn’t keep letting Ogunbowale set up shop there. Or there. Crowd is up and loud after her fourth 3 on six attempts. Up to 17 points in a jiffy this quarter. Only Team USA’s Wilson and Stewie (18 each) have more total.
Sun, July 21, 2024 at 4:03 AM GMT+2
There is a small contingent trying to start “USA USA” chants behind the Team WNBA bench. Probably the line of people in USA jerseys sticking out in a wave of orange, white and No. 22 Clark jerseys.
Sun, July 21, 2024 at 4:02 AM GMT+2
Arike with the steal, but can’t hit the 3. Wilson scores in transition to snap the WNBA streak. Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna bonnern are out on the floor together again and guarding each other.
Sun, July 21, 2024 at 4:00 AM GMT+2
It’s WNBA 61, USA 56 coming out of this timeout. Was a 9-0 run for WNBA.
Sun, July 21, 2024 at 3:59 AM GMT+2
Team WNBA came out HOT, forcing Cheryl Reeve to take a Team USA timeout ninety seconds into the frame. Jones blocked Stewie, her Liberty teammate. Ogunbowale, the 2021 star against Team USA who took herself out of consideration this national cycle because of “politics,” gets on the board with five points, and Clark assists on three buckets for nine in the game. She’s three away from breaking the All-Star game record
Sun, July 21, 2024 at 3:48 AM GMT+2Halftime!
Enjoy it like Sophie Cunningham!
Sun, July 21, 2024 at 3:40 AM GMT+2HALFTIME : Team USA 54, Team WNBA 52
Team USA is led by A’ja Wilson (13p/4r/2a/2s, 5-7 overall with a 3) and Breanna Stewart (14p/5r/1a, 5-8 overall, 1-4 3FG). They are the new leading generation of the team. Taurasi has eight points shooting 3-5.
It’s Allisha Gray’s weekend, though. She leads Team WNBA with 12 points, but shooting 2-6. Clark has six assists and Reese has seven rebounds. The rooks doing their thing.
Neither team is shooting well from deep. The team that can start doing that should pull away in this one.
Sun, July 21, 2024 at 3:32 AM GMT+2
Team WNBA sets up for a deep Caitlin Clark 3 to end the half. Brionna Jones cleans up the miss and Team USA leads, 54-52, at the half.
Sun, July 21, 2024 at 3:29 AM GMT+2
Aliyah Boston over A’ja Wilson must make the South Carolina fans confused. And then Clark pulls up to attempt a 3, but decides against it. She appears to smile and mutter a, um, four-letter word.
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