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| Date | July 10, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Wintrust Arena | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Kelsey Plum | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 9,572 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network | United States: ABC Canada: TSN3/SN1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Ryan Ruocco, Rebecca Lobo, Holly Rowe, LaChina Robinson, Carolyn Peck | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 2022 WNBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on July 10, 2022, at Wintrust Arena. The Chicago Sky hosted the game and related events for the first time.[1]
The league also debuted a new, two-day fan event called "WNBA Live," which included interactive events as well as the All-Star teams' practice. This year also brought back the Three-Point Contest and Skills Competition, for the first time since 2019.[2]
A'ja Wilson, of the Las Vegas Aces was the overall leader in fan votes with 88,407, with Breanna Stewart, of the Seattle Storm, finishing in 2nd with 79,520 votes.[3]
Allie Quigley won the MTN Dew 3-Point Shootout for a WNBA and NBA record 4th time.[4] Sabrina Ionescu and her high school partner and NC State commit, Zoe Brooks, won the Skills Challenge.[5]
Team Wilson defeated Team Stewart 132–112. Kelsey Plum of the Las Vegas Aces scored 30 points to tie Maya Moore for the All-Star Game record for points. She was named the MVP of the game.[6] This was A'ja Wilson's second time winning as team captain – moving herself to 2–0.
- ^ "Chicago will host 2022 WNBA All-Star Game". nbcsports.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
- ^ Pandian, Ananth. "When is the 2022 WNBA All-Star Game? Date, location, format, TV channel". sportingnews.com. Sporting News. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
- ^ "AT&T WNBA 2022 All-Star Fan Voting Final Totals". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
- ^ "2022 WNBA All-Star Weekend: Allie Quigley makes 3-Point Contest history; Sabrina Ionescu wins Skills Challenge". CBS Sports. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
- ^ "Sabrina Ionescu, Zoe Brooks Win 2022 WNBA All-Star Skills Challenge". bleacherreport.com. Bleacher Report. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
- ^ "2022 WNBA All-Star Game: Team Wilson beats Team Stewart; Kelsey Plum wins All-Star MVP". CBS Sports. Retrieved July 10, 2022.