2018 WNBA All-Star Game
| File:2018 WNBA All-Star Game.jpg | |||
| Date | July 28, 2018 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Arena | Target Center | ||
| City | Minneapolis, Minnesota | ||
| Network | ABC | ||
| WNBA All-Star Game | |||
| |||
The 2018 WNBA All-Star Game will be an exhibition basketball game which will be played on July 28, 2018. The Minnesota Lynx will host a WNBA All-Star Game for the first time.[1]
Rosters
Selection
On June 5, the WNBA announced that 2018 would have a new roster selection format for the All-Star Game. Fans, WNBA players, head coaches, sports writers and broadcasters will all be able to vote for All Stars. Fans can vote for 10 players, while the groups will vote for 22 players (9 guards and 13 front court players). Players and coaches cannot vote for members of their own team. Voting will begin on June 19, 2018 at 2 PM EST, and end on July 12, 2018 at 11:59 PM EST.
The voting will be weighted as follows:
| Voting Group | Vote Weight |
|---|---|
| Fans | 40% |
| WNBA Players | 20% |
| Head Coaches | 20% |
| Sports Media | 20% |
Players were not allowed to vote for their teammates. Head coaches could not vote for players on their own team. The top 22 players receiving votes based on this weighting will be selected to the All-Star Game. There will not be a restriction on number of players from one conference. The top 2 vote getters will be captains of the two All-Star teams and select their teams from the pool of remaining 20 players. The 22 All-Stars will be revealed on July 17, 2018. Rosters will be revealed on July 19, 2018 during ESPN2's coverage of the Washington Mystics at the Dallas Wings.[2]
Head Coaches
The head coaches of the two teams will be the head coaches from the two WNBA teams with the best records following games on July 13.[2] On July 12, 2018 the two teams with the best records were determined when the Dallas Wings defeated the Los Angeles Sparks. The Seattle Storm had the best record in the league and the Phoenix Mercury had the second best. Therefore, Dan Hughes was to coach the team captained by the highest All-Star vote getter (Team Delle Donne), and Sandy Brondello would be the coach of the team captained by the second highest All-Star vote getter (Team Parker).[3]
All-Star Pool
The players for the All-Star Game were selected per voting process described above. The 22 players that would participate in the All-Star Game were announced on July 17, 2018 on Sportscenter. Maya Moore and Elena Delle Donne were the two leading vote getters and would be the captains of the two All-Star teams. Moore decline the role of captain, and President Lisa Borders named Candace Parker as the replacement captain, due to Parker being the next leading vote getter.[4] The selections were lead by the Western Conference, with 16 selections, while the Eastern Conference had 6 players selected.
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Final Rosters
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rosters as of July 20, 2018. Team rosters were announced on July 19, whereas the starters for each team will be announced on July 27.
Game
Three Point Shootout
On July 24, 2018, it was announced that the Three Point Shootout would return during halftime of the All-Star Game. For the second year in a row, the WNBA will donate $10,000 to a charity of the winner's choice.[6]
Rules
The Three-Point Shootout is a two-round, timed competition in which five shooting locations are positioned around the three-point arc. Four racks contain four WNBA balls (each worth one point) and one “money” ball (worth two points). The fifth station is a special “all money ball” rack, which each participant can place at any of the five locations. Every ball on this rack is worth two points. The players have one minute to shoot as many of the 25 balls as they can. The two competitors with the highest scores in the first round advance to the championship round.[6]
Results
| Position | Player[6] | From | 2018 Season 3-point statistics | 1st Round | 2nd Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Made | Attempted | Percent | |||||
| G | Allie Quigley | Chicago Sky | 45 | 137 | 32.8 | ||
| G | Kayla McBride | Las Vegas Aces | 36 | 88 | 40.9 | ||
| G | Kelsey Mitchell | Indiana Fever | 55 | 157 | 35.0 | ||
| G | Renee Montgomery | Atlanta Dream | 53 | 142 | 37.3 | ||
| G | Allie Quigley | Chicago Sky | 52 | 119 | 43.7 | ||
| G | Kristi Toliver | Washington Mystics | 52 | 144 | 36.1 | ||
References
- ^ Official Release (September 2, 2017). "Minnesota Lynx To Host Verizon WNBA All-Star 2018". WNBA.com.
- ^ a b "WNBA Announces New All-Star Game Format". wnba.com. WNBA. June 5, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Hughes, Brondello Earn Head Coaching Spots for WNBA All-Star Game". wnba.com. WNBA. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
- ^ "2018 WNBA All-Stars Announced; Elena Delle Donne, Candace Parker To Serve As Player-Captains". wnba.com. WNBA. July 17, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ^ a b "Rosters Set For Team Delle Donne vs. Team Parker at Verizon WNBA All-Star 2018". WNBA.com. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Chicago All-Star Quigley To Defend Title In 2018 WNBA Three-Point Contest". WNBA.com. WNBA. July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.