WNBA All-Star Game To Feature Showdown Between USA And WNBA

WNBA All-Star Game To Feature Showdown Between USA And WNBA

The Americans will compete as the only time ever in history of the sport to take on the WNBA All-Star Team at the 2024 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game on July 20 at the Footprint Center.

 

Game Information

USA Pre-Olympic Tours

It is expected that the United States will play two practice games prior to competing in the Paris Olympic Games 2024 that begin on July 29th in Lille, France. The Americans will be playing in their first ever partnership to take on the WNBA All-Star Team in the 2024 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game on July 20 at the Footprint Center, as part of the 2024 Women’s National Team training camp in Phoenix, Arizona. They are then scheduled to travel towards London, England. U.S. will then travel to London, England to take on Germany in The USA Basketball Showcase event on the 23rd July.

USA and WNBA All-Stars Series History in Pre-Olympic Games

The 20th edition of the WNBA All-Star match is the second time that the event will include an USA Basketball vs. Team WNBA format. It follows from the two teams ‘ clash on 15th July 2021 before the Olympic games at the Tokyo Olympics. The game was the time when the WNBA All-Stars defeated the United States 95-93.

USA vs WNBA All-Stars Last Pre-Olympic Exhibition Game

The match was the first of their most recent game in 2021 took place in 2021. in 2021 in 2021, in 2021, the WNBA All-Star team won an impressive win in 2021 over Team USA with a score of 93-85, including the 26-point performance of Arike Ogunbowale who was named the MVP of 2021’s All-Star Game. The game was an all-time record to date for United States’ sole loss in the race to take home the gold medal in Tokyo it was a seventh straight victory for the team’s national team and a ninth overall.

The 2021 match was a game that was even with the two top teams with each team shooting 47 percent from the field with Team WNBA enjoying slightly more rebounding power than Americans Americans 41-37. It was a back-and-forth game until the WNBA All-Stars were able to take the lead towards the end in the 4th quarter. The Team WNBA was victorious during the extremely competitive match but they were not the only winners. U.S. saw strong performances from Brittney Griner and Breanna Stewart, who scored 17th and 15th respectively. Both will join the team for this weekend’s game with America. United States once again this Saturday.

A’ja Wilson as well as Jewell Loyd were both part of teams in USA in the past and they both join Team USA for a second consecutive time. Napheesa Collier, Chelsea Gray and Diana Taurasi are also returning players from the 2021’s USA Basketball team that took part in the Team WNBA however Taurasi wasn’t an active participant in the tournament.

What to Watch

the Redeemer TeamEntering in the 2nd ever contest against WNBA having a 1-1 record and a 0-1 mark, The United States will look to end the incredible performance of their All-Stars, Ogunbowale and Jonquel Jones who both posted highs in points and rebound the last time. It is the U.S. Women are 70-3 all-time in Olympic basketball, however they are 7-2 in their games of exhibition in 2016 – looking to stand out among them. WNBA foes.

The 2024 USA National Team has a total of 15 Olympic five-piece golds, as well with five WNBA All-Star appearances for the 12 players who make up its roster. Every player in the team this year has the Olympic or World Cup gold medal -the team consisting of Taurasi, Griner, Stewart, Collier, Gray, Loyd and Wilson each have at least one Olympic 5-x5 gold medal. Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young have 3×3 Olympic gold. Sabrina Ionescu and Alyssa Thomas have World Cup gold. The team isn’t just the top in international competition, but it is also the most dominant in the WNBA with a solid squad and players winning eight WNBA Championships with three League MVPs.

offensive powerAll 10 of the top scorers of the WNBA this season will participate in this match, which includes seven of the players that will take their courts as a part of the National Team. Wilson is currently leading his team WNBA scoring with an average 27.2 scores per match.

“Running Through The Record Book Taurasi has the possibility of breaking records. USA Basketball record she already holds. She is 42 years old. Phoenix Mercury guard boasts the record for Olympic games played. She played in 38 games in the year 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. Taurasi has also scored just seventy-four points shy of Lisa Leslie’s record for highest number of points for the total amount of goals during USA Basketball Olympic history, and is poised to set a new record. Taurasi is one of two Olympic basketball players who have earned 5 Olympic gold medals. Her record-breaking number of appearances in the Olympics when Team USA competes to win gold might make her the leader in the position as the best Olympic basketball player of all time.

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