2025 WNBA All-Star Game: How to watch Team Clark vs. Collier
2025 WNBA ALL-STAR FRIDAY RESULTS: Sabrina Ionescu wins 3-point contest; Liberty sweep
Get ready for the game to be faster and flashier. Four special rules will be in play for "added entertainment and an enhanced pace of play," including a 4-point shot deep from the logo and live-play substitutions similar to hockey. Here's everything you need to know about the 2025 WNBA All-Star game:
When is the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game?
The 2025 WNBA All-Star Game between Team Clark and Team Collier tips off at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis and will be broadcast nationally on ABC.
How to watch 2025 WNBA All-Star Game
All-Star weekend concludes Saturday with the marquee event, a showdown between Team Clark and Team Collier.
Date: Saturday, July 19
Saturday, July 19 Location: Gainbridge Fieldhouse (Indianapolis)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse (Indianapolis) Time : 8:30 p.m. ET
: 8:30 p.m. ET TV: ABC
ABC Streaming: ESPN+, Disney+, Fubo, Sling
Caitlin Clark: WNBA All-Star break needs to be longer
WNBA All-Star team captains Caitlin Clark and Napheesa Collier are both prioritizing fun in the 2025 WNBA All-Star game, which caps off the first-ever All-Star weekend in Indianapolis on Saturday. The second half of the season promptly starts on Tuesday, offering All-Stars little to no time to regroup and recover from the festivities.
"We joke about winning but at the end of the day, it's not that serious. We're going to have a fun time," coach Clark said ahead of the game. Collier added, "I wasn't telling (my team) anything about preparing for the game. We were preparing to be on 'StudBudz'... This is supposed to be our break. We all play Tuesday."
Last year, WNBA teams got nearly a month off after the 2024 All-Star game between Team WNBA and the U.S. women's national basketball team to accommodate for the 2024 Paris Olympics. With no Olympics on the schedule for this year, the All-Star 'break' is less than a week. The Indiana Fever, for example, played their last game on Wednesday and will open the second half of the season against the New York Liberty on Tuesday.
"We would appreciate a longer break," Clark added.
Caitlin Clark and Napheesa Collier were asked about getting their teams ready after everyone has been seen out late more than usual.
"What makes you think we don't do that normally" - Caitlin ???? pic.twitter.com/fSeN5OaQV4 — No Cap Space WBB (@NoCapSpaceWBB) July 19, 2025
Caitlin Clark is in the building. Clark, who is set to captain her All-Star team alongside New York Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello, arrived to Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Saturday wearing a black blazer over a Prada shirt. She paired the look with a pair of black shorts and pumps.
Arrivals started pouring in ahead of game time. USA TODAY Sports is tracking every fashionable entrance here.
No. Clark will not participate in the All-Star Game due to a right groin injury. She also sat out of the 3-point contest on Friday.
"I am incredibly sad and disappointed to say I can't participate in the 3-Point contest or the All-Star Game. I have to rest my body." Clark said. "I will still be at Gainbridge Fieldhouse for all the action and I'm looking forward to helping Sandy (Liberty coach Brondello) coach our team to a win."
The 2025 WNBA All-Star game features six players making their All-Star debut:
Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers (Team Collier)
Seattle Storm forward Gabby Williams (Team Clark)
Golden State Valkyries forward Kayla Thornton (Team Clark)
Washington Mystics guard Brittney Sykes (Team Clark)
Washington Mystics forward Kiki Iriafen (Team Clark)
Washington Mystics guard Sonia Citron (Team Clark)
Clark didn't appear to have much of a strategy heading into the WNBA All-Star draft, saying, "I'm going on vibes. I'm picking whatever comes to mind. We're just having fun. My team is going to be fun. You get to be in front of the home crowd in Indianapolis." However, Clark had a game plan to select her teammates. She'll now help coach her team after being ruled out (right groin).
Starters
Aliyah Boston, Center, Indiana Fever
Sabrina Ionescu, Guard, New York Liberty
A'ja Wilson, Forward, Las Vegas Aces
* Kelsey Mitchell, Guard, Indiana Fever
* Jackie Young, guard, Las Vegas Aces
*Selected to replace Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark and Phoenix Mercury forward Satou Sabally in the starting lineup
Reserves
Brionna Jones, Forward, Atlanta Dream
Brittney Sykes, Guard, Washington Mystics
Gabby Williams, forward, Seattle Storm
Sonia Citron, Guard, Washington Mystics
Kiki Iriafen, Forward, Washington Mystics
Kayla Thornton, Forward, Golden State Valkyries
Napheesa Collier had a clear cut strategy heading into the draft -- shoot for current and former teammates. "I feel like got to try to get some of my (Unrivaled) Owls girls on here and got to try to get some of my (UConn) Huskies girls on here, so I've got an agenda," Collier said during the 2025 WNBA All-Star draft show.
Starters
Napheesa Collier, Forward, Minnesota Lynx
Breanna Stewart, Forward, New York Liberty
Allisha Gray, Guard, Atlanta Dream
Nneka Ogwumike, Forward Seattle Storm
Paige Bueckers, Guard, Dallas Wings
Reserves
Courtney Williams, guard, Minnesota Lynx
Skylar Diggins, Guard, Seattle Storm
Angel Reese, forward, Chicago Sky
Alyssa Thomas, Forward, Phoenix Mercury
Kelsey Plum, guard, Los Angeles Sparks
Kayla McBride, guard, Minnesota Lynx Replaced Atlanta Dream guard Rhyne Howard
On Wednesday, the WNBA announced four special rules will be in play at the All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse to provide "added entertainment and an enhanced pace of play" for one night only on Saturday. The changes include a four-point shot deep from the logo and live-play substitutions similar to hockey.
AT&T 4-Point shot: Each player will have the opportunity to score four points by shooting at a designated "AT&T 4-Point Shot" area on the court, made up of four circles placed 28-feet from the rim, six feet further than the 3-point line.
Each player will have the opportunity to score four points by shooting at a designated "AT&T 4-Point Shot" area on the court, made up of four circles placed 28-feet from the rim, six feet further than the 3-point line. Live-play substitutions: Team's will be allowed to make hockey-like player substitutions while the ball is in play, but only under certain conditions. The team on offense is the only one permitted to make a live-play substitution and only one player is allowed per possession.
Team's will be allowed to make hockey-like player substitutions while the ball is in play, but only under certain conditions. The team on offense is the only one permitted to make a live-play substitution and only one player is allowed per possession. 20-second shot clock: The shot clock will be shortened from 24 to 20 seconds. Following an offensive rebound, the shot clock will be reset to 14 seconds.
The shot clock will be shortened from 24 to 20 seconds. Following an offensive rebound, the shot clock will be reset to 14 seconds. No free throws: Anytime a player is required to shoot a free throw, they will "automatically be credited with the maximum available point(s) given the situation," the league explained. Free throws will only be in play in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter and in overtime.
New York Liberty superstar Sabrina Ionescu remains the queen of the WNBA All-Star 3-point contest.
Ionescu, who holds the 3-point competition record in both the WNBA or NBA after scoring 37 of 40 points in 2023, took down defending champion Allisha Gray of the Atlanta Dream Friday night in the 3-point contest final with a score of 30 points. Ionescu became just the second WNBA player to win the 3-point contest multiple times, joining four-time winner Allie Quigley.
"It means everything. The last time I was here in (Indianapolis) against Steph (Curry), I lost, so I feel like I had to come back and redeem myself," Ionescu said, referring to the first-ever NBA vs. WNBA 3-point challenge during the 2024 NBA All-Star weekend in Indianapolis, where she went head-to-head with Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry. "I feel like we put on a great show."
The 2025 WNBA Skills Challenge came down to the final second ... literally. New York Liberty guard Natasha Cloud finished the obstacle course with 1.1 seconds to spare, narrowly defeating Seattle Storm guard Erica Wheeler for the title.
Cloud becomes the second Liberty player to win the skills challenge, following Sabrina Ionescu's win in 2022. Cloud said she's going to use her $55K prize money from Aflac to put a down payment on a house with her girlfriend, Liberty teammate Isabelle Harrison.
"(Harrison) told me to go win this money for a home and that's what it's going down too," Cloud said after her win. "I'm really grateful for where our journey's have brought us and our career have brought us. This is just the next step. It's going be money well spent."
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