# 2009 WNBA All-Star Game

The 2009 WNBA All-Star Game was played on July 25, 2009 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, home of the Connecticut Sun. The game was the 9th annual WNBA All-Star Game. This was the second time Connecticut had hosted the basketball showcase, after previously hosting the 2005 game.

## The All-Star Game
### Rosters

Western Conference All-Stars :
| Pos. | Player | Team | Selection # |
| Starters ||||
| PG | Sue Bird | Seattle Storm | 6th |
| SG | Becky Hammon | San Antonio Silver Stars | 5th |
| SF | Swin Cash | Seattle Storm | 3rd |
| PF | Lauren Jackson | Seattle Storm | 7th |
| C | Lisa Leslie$^1$ | Los Angeles Sparks | 8th |
| Reserves ||||
| G | Diana Taurasi | Phoenix Mercury | 4th |
| G | Cappie Pondexter | Phoenix Mercury | 3rd |
| F | Charde Houston | Minnesota Lynx | 1st |
| F | Nicole Powell$^2$ | Sacramento Monarchs | 1st |
| F | Tina Thompson$^3$ | Los Angeles Sparks | 8th |
| F | Sophia Young | San Antonio Silver Stars | 3rd |
| C | Nicky Anosike | Minnesota Lynx | 1st |
Eastern Conference All Stars :
| Pos. | Player | Team | Selection # |
| Starters ||||
| PG | Alana Beard | Washington Mystics | 4th |
| SG | Katie Douglas | Indiana Fever | 3rd |
| SF | Tamika Catchings | Indiana Fever | 6th |
| PF | Candice Dupree | Chicago Sky | 3rd |
| C | Sylvia Fowles | Chicago Sky | 1st |
| Reserves ||||
| G | Jia Perkins | Chicago Sky | 1st |
| G | Katie Smith | Detroit Shock | 7th |
| F | Shameka Christon | New York Liberty | 1st |
| F | Asjha Jones | Connecticut Sun | 2nd |
| F | Sancho Lyttle | Atlanta Dream | 1st |
| C | Érika de Souza | Atlanta Dream | 1st |
* $^1$ Injured
* $^2$ Injury replacement
* $^3$ Starting in place of injured player
* ABC (HD)
* July 25 3:30 p.m.
Western Conference 130, Eastern Conference 118 :
| Scoring by quarter: 25-27, 38-33, 36-33, 31-25 |||
| Pts: Swin Cash (22) Rebs: Cappie Pondexter (9) Asts: Sue Bird (10) | Pts: Sylvia Fowles (17) Rebs: Érika de Souza (9) Asts: Asjha Jones (6) |
* Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut Attendance: 9,518 Referees:
* 44 Felicia Grinter, #42 Roy Gulbeyan, #53 Jeff Smith

### Coaches

The coach for the Western Conference all-stars was San Antonio Silver Stars coach Dan Hughes. The coach for the Eastern Conference was Indiana Fever coach Lin Dunn.

## Other events
### Three-Point Shootout

| Position | Player | From | Year to ASG | Year to ASG | Year to ASG | 1st | 2nd |
| Position | Player | From | Made | Attempted | Percent | 1st | 2nd |
| PG | Becky Hammon | San Antonio Silver Stars | 28 | 86 | .326 | 14 | 16 |
| PG | Sue Bird | Seattle Storm | 29 | 77 | .377 | 11 | 12 |
| SF | Katie Smith | Detroit Shock | 32 | 77 | .416 | 12 | 12 |
| SF | Shameka Christon | New York Liberty | 42 | 88 | .477 | 10 | DNQ |
| SG | Katie Douglas | Indiana Fever | 31 | 86 | .360 | 9 | DNQ |
| SF | Diana Taurasi | Phoenix Mercury | 46 | 105 | .438 | 9 | DNQ |

### Skills Challenge

| Team | Player | From | Height | Weight | Time |
| West 1 | Cappie Pondexter | Phoenix Mercury | 5-9 | 160 | 34.8 |
| West 1 | Sophia Young | San Antonio Silver Stars | 6-1 | 165 | 34.8 |
| West 1 | Charde Houston | Minnesota Lynx | 6-1 | 189 | 34.8 |
| East 1 | Jia Perkins | Chicago Sky | 5-8 | 155 | 35.4 |
| East 1 | Tamika Catchings | Indiana Fever | 6-1 | 167 | 35.4 |
| East 1 | Sancho Lyttle | Atlanta Dream | 6-4 | 143 | 35.4 |
| West 2 | Swin Cash | Seattle Storm | 6-1 | 162 | 43.0 |
| West 2 | Nicole Powell | Sacramento Monarchs | 6-2 | 175 | 43.0 |
| West 2 | Nicky Anosike | Minnesota Lynx | 6-4 | 211 | 43.0 |
| East 2 | Alana Beard | Washington Mystics | 5-11 | 160 | DQ |
| East 2 | Asjha Jones | Connecticut Sun | 6-2 | 198 | DQ |
| East 2 | Sylvia Fowles | Chicago Sky | 6-6 | 200 | DQ |