2009 WNBA All-Star Game

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	Template:Flagicon Sue Bird	Seattle Storm	6th
SG	Template:Flagicon Becky Hammon	San Antonio Silver Stars	5th
SF	Template:Flagicon Swin Cash	Seattle Storm	3rd
PF	Template:Flagicon Lauren Jackson	Seattle Storm	7th
C	Template:Flagicon Lisa Leslie1	Los Angeles Sparks	8th
Reserves
G	Template:Flagicon Diana Taurasi	Phoenix Mercury	4th
G	Template:Flagicon Cappie Pondexter	Phoenix Mercury	3rd
F	Template:Flagicon Charde Houston	Minnesota Lynx	1st
F	Template:Flagicon Nicole Powell2	Sacramento Monarchs	1st
F	Template:Flagicon Tina Thompson3	Los Angeles Sparks	8th
F	Template:Flagicon Sophia Young	San Antonio Silver Stars	3rd
C	Template:Flagicon Nicky Anosike	Minnesota Lynx	1st

Eastern Conference All Stars

Pos.	Player	Team	Selection #
Starters
PG	Template:Flagicon Alana Beard	Washington Mystics	4th
SG	Template:Flagicon Katie Douglas	Indiana Fever	3rd
SF	Template:Flagicon Tamika Catchings	Indiana Fever	6th
PF	Template:Flagicon Candice Dupree	Chicago Sky	3rd
C	Template:Flagicon Sylvia Fowles	Chicago Sky	1st
Reserves
G	Template:Flagicon Jia Perkins	Chicago Sky	1st
G	Template:Flagicon Katie Smith	Detroit Shock	7th
F	Template:Flagicon Shameka Christon	New York Liberty	1st
F	Template:Flagicon Asjha Jones	Connecticut Sun	2nd
F	Template:Flagicon Sancho Lyttle	Atlanta Dream	1st
C	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Becky Hammon	San Antonio Silver Stars	28	86	.326	14	16
PG	Template:Flagicon Sue Bird	Seattle Storm	29	77	.377	11	12
SF	Template:Flagicon Katie Smith	Detroit Shock	32	77	.416	12	12
SF	Template:Flagicon Shameka Christon	New York Liberty	42	88	.477	10	DNQ
SG	Template:Flagicon Katie Douglas	Indiana Fever	31	86	.360	9	DNQ
SF	Template:Flagicon Diana Taurasi	Phoenix Mercury	46	105	.438	9	DNQ

Skills Challenge

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