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Paige Bueckers steals the stone and splashes a much-needed half-court buzzer-beater going into halftime for the Wings. (0:49)
Associated Press
Jun 30, 2025, 06:02 PM ET
NEW YORK -- Paige Bueckers volition play successful her archetypal WNBA All-Star Game and Nneka Ogwumike has earned her 10th selection, the league announced Monday arsenic it named the players who volition articulation Caitlin Clark and Napheesa Collier arsenic All-Star starters.
Bueckers, who was the No. 1 draught prime by the Dallas Wings, volition beryllium the 10th rookie to commencement the game. It's the 3rd consecutive play it has happened, with Clark getting a commencement past twelvemonth and Aliyah Boston successful 2013.
Bueckers is ranked 11th successful the league successful scoring (18.4 points) and sixth successful assists (5.8) to pb rookies successful some categories. She received the sixth-most votes from fans.
Ogwumike, who stars for Seattle, is tied for the third-most All-Star appearances with Tamika Catchings and Brittney Griner. She trails lone Sue Bird (13) and Diana Taurasi (11).
Clark and Collier were named captains of the teams Sunday for receiving the astir instrumentality votes. The brace volition draught their teams by choosing among the different starters arsenic good arsenic the 12 reserves picked by coaches. The reserves volition beryllium announced this weekend.
New York's Breanna Stewart and Las Vegas' A'ja Wilson each earned a seventh All-Star motion and volition beryllium successful the starting lineup. Other starters selected Monday by a operation of fan, media and subordinate voting included guards Allisha Gray of Atlanta and Sabrina Ionescu of New York. The frontcourt besides volition diagnostic Phoenix's Satou Sabally and Boston, Clark's Indiana teammate.
The starters were selected from crossed the WNBA without respect to league affiliation. Players and a media sheet joined fans successful selecting the starters. Fan voting accounted for 50%, and the subordinate and media votes each accounted for 25%.
Boston finished less than 1,400 votes down Minnesota prima Collier for 2nd successful the instrumentality voting. While Clark finished archetypal successful the instrumentality vote, she was ninth successful the players' ballot and 3rd successful the media voting for guards.
Kelsey Mitchell of Indiana and Angel Reese of Chicago some conscionable missed making the All-Star starters list, finishing 5th and seventh, respectively, astatine their positions.
The crippled volition beryllium played successful Indianapolis connected July 19.
