2002 WNBA All-Star Game

2002 WNBA All-Star Game

1 2 Total West 40 41 81 East 40 36 76
Date	July 15, 2002
Arena	MCI Center
City	Washington D.C.
MVP	Lisa Leslie
Attendance	19,487
WNBA All-Star Game
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The 2002 WNBA All-Star Game was played on July 15, 2002 at MCI Center in Washington, D.C. This was the 4th annual WNBA All-Star Game. The West defeated the East, 81–76, and Lisa Leslie was named the All-Star Game MVP after recording 18 points and 14 rebounds.

The All-Star Game

Rosters

Western Conference All-Stars

Pos.	Player	Team	Selection #
Starters
G	Ticha Penicheiro	Sacramento Monarchs	4th
G	Sue Bird	Seattle Storm	1st
F	Sheryl Swoopes	Houston Comets	3rd
F	Tina Thompson	Houston Comets	4th
C	Lisa Leslie	Los Angeles Sparks	4th
Reserves
G	Tamecka Dixon	Los Angeles Sparks	2nd
G	Marie Ferdinand	Utah Starzz	1st
G	Adrienne Goodson	Utah Starzz	1st
G	Mwadi Mabika	Los Angeles Sparks	2nd
F	Katie Smith	Minnesota Lynx	3rd
F	Lauren Jackson	Seattle Storm	2nd

Eastern Conference All-Stars

Pos.	Player	Team	Selection #
Starters
G	Teresa Weatherspoon	New York Liberty	4th
G	Dawn Staley	Charlotte Sting	2nd
F	Tamika Catchings	Indiana Fever	1st
F	Chamique Holdsclaw 1	Washington Mystics	4th
C	Tari Phillips	New York Liberty	3rd
Reserves
G	Stacey Dales-Schuman 2	Washington Mystics	1st
G	Shannon Johnson	Orlando Miracle	3rd
G	Nykesha Sales	Orlando Miracle	4th
G	Sheri Sam	Miami Sol	1st
G	Andrea Stinson 3	Charlotte Sting	3rd
F	Penny Taylor	Cleveland Rockers	1st
C	Tammy Sutton-Brown	Charlotte Sting	1st

• ¹ Injured
• ² Injury replacement
• ³ Starting in place of injured player

ESPN

July 15 7:30 p.m.

Western Conference 81, Eastern Conference 76
Pts: Tina Thompson 20 Rebs: Lisa Leslie 14 Asts: Sue Bird 7		Pts: Tamika Catchings 12 Rebs: Tari Phillips 10 Asts: Dawn Staley 5

MCI Center, Washington D.C. Attendance: 19,487 Referees: 10 Bob Trammell, #20 Teresa Dahlem , #19 Tony Brown

Coaches

The coach for the Western Conference was Los Angeles Sparks coach Michael Cooper. The coach for the Eastern Conference was Charlotte Sting coach Anne Donovan.