2007 WNBA All-Star Game

2007 WNBA All-Star Game

1 2 3 4 Total West 28 25 14 32 99 East 23 30 25 25 103
Date	July 15, 2007
Arena	Verizon Center
City	Washington D.C.
MVP	Cheryl Ford
Attendance	19,487
WNBA All-Star Game
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The 2007 WNBA All-Star Game was played on July 15, 2007 at Verizon Center in Washington D.C., home of the Washington Mystics. The game was the 8th annual WNBA All-Star Game. This was the second time Washington has hosted the basketball showcase, after previously hosting the 2002 game. The East defeated the West, 103–99, with Cheryl Ford winning the All-Star Game MVP award after recording 16 points and 13 rebounds.^[1]

The All-Star Game

Rosters

Western Conference All-Stars Pos. Player Team Selection # Starters PG Sue Bird1 Seattle Storm 5th SG Becky Hammon San Antonio Silver Stars 4th SF Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury 3rd PF Lauren Jackson Seattle Storm 6th C Yolanda Griffith Sacramento Monarchs 7th Reserves SG Cappie Pondexter Phoenix Mercury 2nd SG Kara Lawson2 Sacramento Monarchs 1st SF Seimone Augustus Minnesota Lynx 2nd SF Tina Thompson3 Houston Comets 7th SF Sophia Young2 San Antonio Silver Stars 2nd PF Rebekkah Brunson1 Sacramento Monarchs 1st PF Taj McWilliams-Franklin Los Angeles Sparks 6th PF Penny Taylor Phoenix Mercury 2nd

Eastern Conference All Stars Pos. Player Team Selection # Starters PG Deanna Nolan Detroit Shock 4th SG Anna DeForge Indiana Fever 1st SF Tamika Catchings Indiana Fever 5th PF Cheryl Ford Detroit Shock 4th C Kara Braxton Detroit Shock 1st Reserves SG Alana Beard Washington Mystics 3rd SG Katie Douglas Connecticut Sun 2nd SF Candice Dupree Chicago Sky 2nd SF Delisha Milton-Jones Washington Mystics 2nd PF Asjha Jones Connecticut Sun 1st C Tammy Sutton-Brown Indiana Fever 2nd

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

Coaches

The coach for the Western Conference all-stars was Sacramento Monarchs coach Jenny Boucek. The coach for the Eastern Conference was Detroit Shock coach Bill Laimbeer.

Other events

Three-Point Shootout

Contestants

Pos.	Player	Team	Made	Att.	Pct.	1st	2nd
SG	Laurie Koehn	Washington Mystics	12	33	.364	23	25
SF	Diana Taurasi	Phoenix Mercury	95	259	.357	21	16
SF	Penny Taylor	Phoenix Mercury	34	90	.378	20	19
SG	Katie Douglas	Connecticut Sun	68	201	.338	19
SG	Deanna Nolan	Detroit Shock	46	117	.393	11

Skills Challenge

Contestants

Pos.	Player	Team	Ht.	Wt.	1st	2nd
PG	Becky Hammon	San Antonio Silver Stars	5–6	136	34.6	27.1
SF	Seimone Augustus	Minnesota Lynx	6–0	179	28.3	27.4
SG	Betty Lennox	Seattle Storm	5–8	143	40.0
PG	Nikki Teasley	Washington Mystics	6–0	169	39.4

References