Overview
- Team Spoon defeated Team Coop 129-122 at the United Center on Saturday night in front of a record All‑Star crowd of 19,783.
- Jonquel Jones was named game MVP after a 22-point, 13-rebound, eight-assist performance and dedicated the award to her late aunt.
- Dominique Malonga became the youngest player to dunk in WNBA All‑Star history and posted a 12-point, 13-rebound double‑double.
- Commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced the WNBA will open centralized replay operations for the 2027 season using the NBA’s Secaucus facility and said the investment cost will total tens of millions of dollars.
- Engelbert also said the long‑running Las Vegas Aces investigation is closed for now with insufficient evidence of salary‑cap circumvention and no discipline recommended, a development that updates recent governance scrutiny as the league grows.