WNBA All-Star Sport 2024: The best way to watch, schedule, rosters

The 2024 WNBA All-Star Sport shall be performed Saturday, July 20 (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN App) at Footprint Heart in Phoenix.

The twentieth version of the occasion will see a matchup of the All-Stars on the U.S. ladies’s nationwide staff — which shall be competing for an eighth consecutive gold medal on the Paris Olympic Video games — towards the remaining WNBA All-Stars.

A expertise problem and a 3-point contest will happen July 19 (6 p.m. ET, ESPN).

The All-Star Sport additionally marks the WNBA’s regular-season break (July 18 to Aug. 15) whereas the Olympics (July 26 to Aug. 11) are being held.

The final time the WNBA used this format for the All-Star Sport, forward of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Staff WNBA defeated Staff USA 93-85 in Las Vegas, with Arike Ogunbowale of the Dallas Wings incomes MVP honors.

Sabrina Ionescu of the New York Liberty received final 12 months’s 3-point contest with a document 37 factors, whereas the Las Vegas Aces’ Kelsey Plum and Chelsea Grey received the 2023 expertise problem.

Come again right here for extra updates proper by means of the All-Star Sport.

The best way to watch

Abilities Problem: Friday, July 19, 6 p.m. ET, on ESPN

3-Level Contest: Friday, July 19, after the Abilities Problem, on ESPN

All-Star Sport: Saturday, July 20, 8:30 p.m. ET, ABC

WNBA All-Star starters and reserves

How they’re chosen

All-Star voting incorporates a mixture of enter from followers (50%), present WNBA gamers (25%) and media members (25%). Voting ran June 13-29. Rosters shall be introduced July 2.

The highest 10 vote-getters will robotically be named to the All-Star Sport, with these gamers not already on the 5-on-5 Olympic roster assigned to Staff WNBA.

The 12 WNBA head coaches will choose from the following 36 highest vote-getters to fill the spots left on the 12-player All-Star roster.

The second everybody has been ready for 🤩

Tomorrow at 9pm/ET tune into WNBA Countdown on ESPN to see the total roster reveal for the 2024 @ATT #WNBAAllStar Sport pic.twitter.com/W8rPlB63AP

— WNBA (@WNBA) July 1, 2024

Early voting outcomes

Preliminary outcomes of the fan voting for the WNBA All-Stars have been introduced on June 21. The Aces’ A’ja Wilson and the Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston led the listing, with the Liberty’s Breanna Stewart and Wings’ Arike Ogunbowale rounding out the highest 5. 5 gamers on the U.S. 5-on-5 Olympic staff for Paris have been among the many high 10 vote-getters within the first All-Star voting returns.

See the total outcomes of the early fan voting beneath.

A’ja Wilson*, Las Vegas Aces (217,773 votes)
Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever (216,427 votes)
Aliyah Boston, Indiana Fever (171,864 votes)
Breanna Stewart*, New York Liberty (151,984 votes)
Arike Ogunbowale, Dallas Wings (130,838 votes)
Sabrina Ionescu*, New York Liberty (118,949 votes)
Angel Reese, Chicago Sky (118,490 votes)
Kelsey Plum*, Las Vegas Aces (117,217 votes)
Napheesa Collier*, Minnesota Lynx (103,550 votes)
Dearica Hamby, Los Angeles Sparks (97,094 votes)

* On U.S. 5-on-5 Olympic roster

Staff USA roster

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Meet the 2024 U.S. ladies’s Olympic basketball staff

Take a look at a number of the key gamers headlining the U.S. ladies’s basketball staff because it seeks to win its eighth straight gold medal together with Dianna Taurasi, Brittney Griner and Breanna Stewart.

The U.S. nationwide staff’s roster was introduced June 11.

Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury, who shall be showing in her document sixth Olympic Video games, headlines the roster. She shall be joined by Breanna Stewart, A’ja Wilson, Chelsea Grey, Napheesa Collier, Jewell Loyd and Brittney Griner — all of whom performed on the 5-on-5 staff in Tokyo in 2021.

Kelsey Plum and Jackie Younger, who helped the U.S. ladies win the inaugural 3×3 gold medal on the Tokyo Video games in 2021, are additionally on the roster, together with first-time Olympians Ionescu, Alyssa Thomas and Kahleah Copper. All three performed on the American staff that received the World Cup in Australia in 2022.

That is the total squad:

Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx
Kahleah Copper, Phoenix Mercury
Chelsea Grey, 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 Solar
A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
Jackie Younger, Las Vegas Aces

Two tune-ups for the 🇺🇸 #USABWNT are across the nook!

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— USA Basketball (@usabasketball) July 1, 2024