WNBA All-Star Game 2013

The WNBA's 11th All-Star Game took place on July 27, 2013 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Montville , Connecticut . The league leadership awarded the game to the Connecticut Sun on September 27, 2012 , which hosted it in 2005 and 2009 . As in previous years, a selection of the best players from the Eastern Conference competed against a team from the Western Conference.

The best players of the WNBA took part in the event. In a worldwide vote on the Internet, the starting formations for the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference were determined, while the remaining positions in the squad were allocated by the trainers within the Conference. The coaches had to decide for six players each, including at least two guards and three front courts . In addition, the head coach was not allowed to vote for a player from their team.

Teams

The players in the starting line-up, the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference could be selected on the internet on the official website of the WNBA or via SMS with the mobile phone. Each fan could vote as often as they wanted. On July 18, 2013, the starting line-up for both teams was announced, with Elena Delle Donne ( Chicago Sky ) receiving the most of all players with 35,646 votes. With 33,810 votes, Candace Parker ( Los Angeles Sparks ) received the second most votes or most votes of all Western Conference players.

Western Conference Head Coach : Cheryl Reeve , Minnesota Lynx Item Player team Participation # (votes) Starting formation G Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury 6. (26,019) G Seimone Augustus Minnesota Lynx 4. (18,454) FC Candace Parker Los Angeles Sparks 2. (33,810) FC Maya Moore Minnesota Lynx 2. (31,635) FC Brittney Griner 1 Phoenix Mercury 1. (22,185) Substitutes FC Rebekkah Brunson 1 Minnesota Lynx 4th FC Glory Johnson Tulsa Shock 1. FC Nneka Ogwumike Los Angeles Sparks 1. G Danielle Robinson San Antonio Silver Stars 1. FC Tina Thompson 1 Seattle Storm 9. G Kristi Toliver Los Angeles Sparks 1. G Lindsay Whalen Minnesota Lynx 4th

Eastern Conference Head Coach : Lin Dunn , Indiana Fever Item Player team Participation # (votes) Starting formation G Cappie Pondexter New York Liberty 6. (18,265) G Epiphanny Prince Chicago Sky 2. (16,083) FC Elena Delle Donne 2 Chicago Sky 1. (35,646) FC Tamika catchings Indiana Fever 8. (27,921) FC Angel McCoughtry Atlanta Dream 3. (18523) Substitutes FC Tina Charles 2 Connecticut Sun 2. FC Erika de Souza 2 Chicago Sky 2. FC Sylvia Fowles Chicago Sky 4th G Allison Hightower Connecticut Sun 1. FC Crystal Langhorne Washington Mystics 3. G Ivory Latta Washington Mystics 1. G Shavonte Zellous Indiana Fever 1.

• ¹ Brittney Griner was unable to play due to an injury. Tina Thompson was nominated for her. Griner was replaced in the starting line-up by Rebekkah Brunson.
• ² Elena Delle Donne was unable to play because of an injury. Erika de Souza was nominated for her. Elena Delle Donne was replaced by Tina Charles in the starting line-up.
• G = guard; FC = front court

All-Star Game

After the defeat in 2011, the Western Conference won the eleventh All-Star Game with 102: 98. The East took off a bit in the second quarter and even went into the last quarter with a lead of seven points, in which the West took the lead again after almost six minutes and did not give it up in the further course.

After the game, Candace Parker was named Most Valuable Player of the All-Star Game. Parker scored 23 points, 11 rebounds and three assists in that game.

July 27, 2013	Summary	Eastern Conference	98-102	Western Conference	Mohegan Sun Arena , Uncasville, Connecticut Visitors: 9,323 Referees: Bonn Simpson Dawkins
		Points per quarter: 27:29, 22:14, 32:31, 28:17
		Points: Latta , Prince (15) Rebounds: de Souza , McCoughtry (8) Assists: Pondexter (5)		Points: Parker (23); Toliver (21) Rebounds: Brunson , Parker (11) Assists: Robinson (4)

Web links

• Official website of the WNBA All-Star Game

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Boost Mobile WNBA All-Star 2013 Set For Connecticut's Mohegan Sun Arena. WNBA, September 27, 2012, accessed September 2, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Rookie Elena Delle Donne Top Vote Getter in 2013 WNBA All-Star Balloting Presented by Boost Mobile. (No longer available online.) WNBA, July 18, 2013, archived from the original on August 3, 2013 ; accessed on September 2, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Kent Youngblood: Griner out of WNBA All-Star Game. StarTribune, July 25, 2013, accessed September 2, 2013 . 
4. ^ Bob Phillips: Delle Donne, Griner, to miss tomorrow's WNBA All-Star Game. Examiner.com, July 26, 2013, accessed September 2, 2013 .