Team USA and Team WNBA put on a spectacular performance at the 2021 WNBA All-Star Game – but it was the women in orange who came out on top.
In honor of the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games, the WNBA took a new approach to the 2021 All-Star Game, having the U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team face off against a team of non-Olympic WNBA All-Stars. (Team USA opens Olympic group play in Tokyo on July 27 against Nigeria.)
Team USA was headlined by the 2020 WNBA MVP and Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson, Seattle Storm forward and reigning WNBA Finals MVP Breanna Stewart and the WNBA’s current leading scorer, Tina Charles. At the helm for Team WNBA was former WNBA Most Improved Player Jonquel Jones, Chicago Sky star point guard Courtney Vandersloot and former No. 1 overall pick Candace Parker.
Parker received an even bigger honor earlier in the day.
This year, the Aces had the most All-Star selections with four, followed by the Sky, Storm, Connecticut Sun, Phoenix Mercury with three players each.
Eight first-time All-Stars were featured (Ariel Atkins, Kahleah Copper, Dearica Hamby, Brionna Jones, Betnijah Laney, Arike Ogunbowale, Satou Sabally and Courtney Williams), while Sue Bird set a WNBA record with her 12th All-Star game appearance. Liz Cambage (Australia) joined Jones…
