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 Rosters
+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 6th 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 New York Liberty 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
1 Injured 2 Injury replacement 3 Starting in place of injured player
Coaches The coach for the Western Conference was Sacramento Monarchs coach John Whisenant. The coach for the Eastern Conference was Connecticut Sun coach Mike Thibault.
Other events Three-Point Shootout The inaugural Three-Point Shootout was held before the All-Star Game. Contestants shot 25 balls from 5 locations around the three-point line, with each shot counting for one point except for one "money ball" on each rack counting for two points. +ContestantsPos.PlayerTeamMadeAtt.Pct.1st2nd 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
Skills Challenge +ContestantsPos.PlayerTeamHt.Wt.1st2nd 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
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