Women's National Basketball Association All-Star Game

The Women's National Basketball Association All-Star Game, commonly referred to as the WNBA All-Star Game is an annual exhibition basketball game played between the best players of the Eastern and Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The game was first played during the 1999 WNBA season in New York City.

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Women's National Basketball Association - 1999 - New York City

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Each conference is represented by a team of 12 players who are currently having the best seasons performance-wise around the league. The starters are determined by fans voting through both paper and internet ballots. The rest of the players are selected by league personnel including head coaches as well as media personalities. In 2004, fans were allowed to select one of the reserve players through an online poll on WNBA.com and voted for rookie guard Lindsay Whalen to represent the East team. At the end of the game, the Most Valuable Player (MVP) is named, as decided by a panel of media members. http://www.wnba.com/allstar2003/2000_all_star_notes.html

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Ballots - 2004 - Lindsay Whalen

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In 2004, the game was not played in its usual format due to the WNBA players competing in the 2004 Summer Olympics. That year, the U.S. Senior National Women's Basketball team defeated a team of WNBA All-Stars 74-58 at Radio City Music Hall.

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2004 Summer Olympics - Radio City Music Hall

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The 2005 WNBA All-Star Game was played on July 9 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The game was the highest scoring All-Star Game of all time, with the two teams combining to score a total of 221 points. Late in the game, Lisa Leslie made the first slam dunk in WNBA All-Star Game history. Sheryl Swoopes was named Most Valuable Player of the game for the first time in her career, one season after contemplating retirement. She shared the award with her son Jordan.

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Uncasville, Connecticut - Lisa Leslie - Slam dunk - Sheryl Swoopes

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