{"id":72435,"date":"2025-07-18T10:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T10:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/72435\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T10:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T10:51:10","slug":"how-to-watch-the-wnba-skills-challenge-and-3-point-contest-fridays-all-star-festivities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/72435\/","title":{"rendered":"How to watch the WNBA Skills Challenge and 3-Point Contest, Friday\u2019s All-Star festivities"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAll the stars approach you<\/a>,\u201d as SZA once belted out. To paraphrase, a Dream might let us know \u2026 but so might a Spark, or a Mystic, or even a Fever. The 2025 WNBA All-Star proceedings begin Friday night. The league\u2019s top playmakers will dribble and pass through an ornate obstacle course in the Skills Challenge, and then the best long-range shooters will let it rip in the 3-Point Contest. Even though Caitlin Clark<\/a> (groin) is unable to give it a go in Friday\u2019s shootout and Saturday\u2019s All-Star Game, there\u2019s still a lot to look forward to. Here\u2019s what you need to know about the forthcoming broadcasts, this year\u2019s participants and all the past winners.<\/p>\n

How to watch WNBA All-Star Friday<\/p>\n

Venue: Gainbridge Fieldhouse \u2014 Indianapolis<\/p>\n

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Time: 8 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

TV: ESPN<\/p>\n

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First up is the Skills Challenge. Dribblers will be asked to throw bounce, chest and outlet passes, then shoot from the elbow, corner and top of the arc. This year\u2019s field is entirely comprised of WNBA veterans. Allisha Gray (Atlanta Dream) is the youngest contestant at age 30; she\u2019s up to the highest scoring average of her nine-year run, and won the 2024 edition over finalist Sophie Cunningham.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Natasha Cloud (New York Liberty), Erica Wheeler (Seattle Storm) and Courtney Williams (Minnesota Lynx) have all played a full decade in the W, and each guard is enjoying a late-career renaissance with competitive teams. The headliner is Skylar Diggins, the six-time All-WNBA force who leads Seattle in points and assists. All of these Skills Challenge newcomers will be eager to dethrone Gray.<\/p>\n

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Up next is the 3-Point Contest, a timed and frantic perimeter shoot-around with five racks. Each made trey is worth one point, with a bonus-point \u201cmoney ball\u201d at the end of the first four racks. The fifth shooting spot from the far corner is exclusively money balls, and predictably, that\u2019s where the competition takes its dramatic swing. There are also two \u201cStarry balls\u201d from way outside, each worth three points. The two top finishers advance to a second round for a title tilt.<\/p>\n

Clark, Indiana\u2019s hometown superstar, has endured an injury-ridden second season with the Fever. Sadly, lingering injuries will keep her out of the 3-point showdown. Fans can still marvel at defending champ Gray \u2014 the only player competing in both events and the only player in league history to sweep them the same year \u2014 plus decorated stars Sabrina Ionescu (Liberty) and Kelsey Plum (Los Angeles Sparks). The field is rounded out by stellar rookie Sonia Citron (Washington Mystics), who is making 36.5 percent of her 3-point attempts on high volume. The 21-year-old Notre Dame product could be a fixture in this format for the next decade or so.<\/p>\n

Ionescu won in 2023. Plum (second), Gray (fourth) and Ionescu (fifth) all rank in the top five in made 3s this season.<\/p>\n

2025 Skills Challenge participants<\/p>\n

Natasha Cloud, Liberty<\/p>\n

Skylar Diggins, Storm<\/p>\n

Allisha Gray, Dream<\/p>\n

Erica Wheeler, Storm<\/p>\n

Courtney Williams, Lynx<\/p>\n

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Skills Challenge winners<\/p>\n

2003 \u2014 Dawn Staley<\/p>\n

2005 \u2014 Sue Bird<\/p>\n

2006 \u2014 Seimone Augustus<\/p>\n

2007 \u2014 Becky Hammon<\/p>\n

2009 \u2014 Cappie Pondexter<\/p>\n

2010 \u2014 Renee Montgomery<\/p>\n

2019 \u2014 Diamond DeShields<\/p>\n

2022 \u2014 Sabrina Ionescu<\/p>\n

2023 \u2014 Kelsey Plum and Chelsea Gray<\/p>\n

2024 \u2014 Allisha Gray<\/p>\n

2025 3-Point Contest participants<\/p>\n

Sonia Citron, Mystics<\/p>\n

Allisha Gray, Dream<\/p>\n

Sabrina Ionescu, Liberty<\/p>\n

Kelsey Plum, Sparks<\/p>\n

Caitlin Clark\u2019s replacement TBD<\/p>\n

3-Point Contest winners<\/p>\n

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This article originally appeared in The Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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