2006 WNBA All-Star Game

The 2006 WNBA All-Star Game was played on July 12, 2006 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, home of the New York Liberty. The game was the 7th annual WNBA All-Star Game. This was the third time New York has hosted the basketball showcase, after previously hosting the 1999 and 2003 games.

2006 WNBA All-Star Game

1 2 3 4 Total West 28 12 16 26 82 East 27 22 30 19 98
Date	July 12, 2006
Arena	Madison Square Garden
City	New York, New York
MVP	Katie Douglas
Attendance	12,998
WNBA All-Star Game
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The All-Star Game

Rosters

Western Conference All-Stars

Pos.	Player	Team	Selection #
Starters
PG	Dawn Staley	Houston Comets	5th
PG	Sue Bird	Seattle Storm	4th
SF	Sheryl Swoopes	Houston Comets	6th
PF	Lauren Jackson	Seattle Storm	5th
C	Yolanda Griffith	Sacramento Monarchs	6th
Reserves
SG	Cappie Pondexter	Phoenix Mercury	1st
SG/SF	Diana Taurasi	Phoenix Mercury	2nd
SF	Seimone Augustus	Minnesota Lynx	1st
SF	Tina Thompson1	Houston Comets	6th
SF	Sophia Young	San Antonio Silver Stars	1st
C	Lisa Leslie	Los Angeles Sparks	7th
C	Michelle Snow2	Houston Comets	2nd

Eastern Conference All Stars

Pos.	Player	Team	Selection #
Starters
PG	Lindsay Whalen	Connecticut Sun	1st
PG	Becky Hammon1	New York Liberty	3rd
SF	Nykesha Sales1	Connecticut Sun	7th
SF	Tamika Catchings1	Indiana Fever	4th
C	Margo Dydek	Connecticut Sun	2nd
Reserves
SG	Alana Beard3	Washington Mystics	2nd
SG	Deanna Nolan	Detroit Shock	3rd
SG	Katie Smith	Detroit Shock	6th
SG/SF	Katie Douglas3	Connecticut Sun	1st
PF	Cheryl Ford3	Detroit Shock	3rd
PF	Tamika Whitmore	Indiana Fever	1st
PF	Candice Dupree2	Chicago Sky	1st
PF/C	Taj McWilliams-Franklin2	Connecticut Sun	5th
C	Tangela Smith2	Charlotte Sting	1st

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

ESPN

July 12 7:30 p.m.

Western Conference 82, Eastern Conference 98
Pts: Seimone Augustus 16 Rebs: Michelle Snow 11 Asts: Staley, Swoopes, Pondexter 4		Pts: Katie Douglas 16 Rebs: Margo Dydek 9 Asts: Deanna Nolan 7

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York Attendance: 12,998 Referees: 10 Bob Trammel, #22 June Corteau, #30 Lisa Mattingsly

Coaches

The coach for the Western Conference was Sacramento Monarchs coach John Whisenant. The coach for the Eastern Conference was Connecticut Sun coach Mike Thibault.

Other events

Three-Point Shootout

The inaugural Three-Point Shootout was held before the All-Star Game. Contestants shot 25 balls from 5 locations around the three-point line, with each shot counting for one point except for one "money ball" on each rack counting for two points.

Contestants

Pos.	Player	Team	Made	Att.	Pct.	1st	2nd
PG	Dawn Staley	Houston Comets	53	124	.427	19	17
SF	Katie Douglas	Connecticut Sun	73	173	.422	14	16
SF	Katie Smith	Detroit Shock	59	161	.366	13
SF	Diana Taurasi	Phoenix Mercury	121	305	.397	9

Skills Challenge

Contestants

Pos.	Player	Team	Ht.	Wt.	1st	2nd
SF	Seimone Augustus	Minnesota Lynx	6–0	179	38.1	28.5
PG	Sue Bird	Seattle Storm	5–9	150	29.2	33.2
SG	Cappie Pondexter	Phoenix Mercury	5–9	160	39.0
SG	Deanna Nolan	Detroit Shock	5-11	144	40.8