1999 WNBA All-Star Game

	1	2	Total
West	43	36	79
East	29	32	61

Date

July 14, 1999

Arena

Madison Square Garden

City

New York City

MVP

Lisa Leslie

Attendance

18,649

WNBA All-Star Game

2000 >

The 1999 WNBA All-Star Game was played on July 14, 1999 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Even though the WNBA began in 1997, this was the inaugural All-Star Game.

The All-Star Game

Rosters

**Western Conference All-Stars**
Pos.	Player	Team	Selection #
Starters
G	Michelle Timms	Phoenix Mercury	1st
G	Cynthia Cooper	Houston Comets	1st
F	Sheryl Swoopes	Houston Comets	1st
F	Tina Thompson	Houston Comets	1st
C	Lisa Leslie	Los Angeles Sparks	1st
Reserves
G	Tonya Edwards	Minnesota Lynx	1st
G	Ticha Penicheiro	Sacramento Monarchs	1st
F	Ruthie Bolton-Holifield	Sacramento Monarchs	1st
F	Jennifer Gillom	Phoenix Mercury	1st
F	Natalie Williams	Utah Starzz	1st
C	Yolanda Griffith	Sacramento Monarchs	1st

**Eastern Conference All-Stars**
Pos.	Player	Team	Selection #
Starters
G	Teresa Weatherspoon	New York Liberty	1st
G	Nikki McCray	Washington Mystics	1st
F	Chamique Holdsclaw	Washington Mystics	1st
F	Vicky Bullett	Charlotte Sting	1st
C	Kym Hampton	New York Liberty	1st
Reserves
G	Shannon Johnson	Orlando Miracle	1st
G	Sandy Brondello	Detroit Shock	1st
G	Merlakia Jones	Cleveland Rockers	1st
G	Nykesha Sales	Orlando Miracle	1st
F	Vickie Johnson ²	New York Liberty	1st
F	Taj McWilliams	Orlando Miracle	1st
C	Rebecca Lobo ¹	New York Liberty	1st

¹ Injured
² Injury Replacement

ESPN

July 14
7:00 p.m.

Western Conference 79, Eastern Conference 61
Pts: Natalie Williams 14 Rebs: Swoopes, Williams 8 Asts: Cooper, Timms 4		Pts: Brondello, S. Johnson, McWilliams 8 Rebs: Taj McWilliams 7 Asts: Teresa Weatherspoon 4

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Attendance: 18,649
Referees: Sally Bell, Patty Broderick, June Corteau

Coaches

The coach for the Western Conference was Houston Comets coach Van Chancellor. The coach for the Eastern Conference was Cleveland Rockers coach Linda Hill-MacDonald.

References

WNBA All-Star Game

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

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

1999 WNBA season by team

Draft All-Star Game Championship Playoffs

Eastern	Charlotte Sting Cleveland Rockers Detroit Shock New York Liberty Orlando Miracle Washington Mystics

Western	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs Utah Starzz

← 1998 WNBA season 2000 →

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

Statistics	Career scoring Career rebounding Career assists Career steals Career blocks Career turnovers Season: Scoring leaders Rebounding leaders Assists leaders Steals leaders Blocks leaders Turnovers leaders

Other	Arenas Attendance Awards Coaches Defunct teams Expansion draft history LiveAccess MVP NBA Media (NBA TV, WNBA on ESPN, Current broadcasters, Finals broadcasters) Players (Current rosters, Foreign players) Rookie of the Year Seasons Teams (All-Decade Team, Top 15 Team, Top 20 Team)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 4/22/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.