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

City

Attendance

12,998

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.

The All-Star Game

**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	5th
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	San Antonio Silver Stars	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

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:

**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

**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

WNBA All-Star Game

All-Star Game MVP Award List of WNBA All-Stars NBA All-Star Game

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2006 WNBA season by team

Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Finals

Eastern	Charlotte Sting Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Detroit Shock Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics

Western	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm

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Women's National Basketball Association (2016)

Eastern Conference	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics

Western Conference	Dallas Wings Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury San Antonio Stars Seattle Storm

Annual events	Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Finals

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