{"id":957506,"date":"2026-07-25T03:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T03:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/957506\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T03:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T03:06:15","slug":"dallas-rookie-azzi-fudd-wins-wnba-all-star-3-point-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/957506\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas rookie Azzi Fudd wins WNBA All-Star 3-point contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CHICAGO\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Azzi Fudd<\/a> had no idea she was the first rookie to win the WNBA All-Star<\/a> three-point contest. She put forth a stellar effort in the championship round to do it.<\/p>\n

Fudd, the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft by Dallas, scored 30 points in the finals to top Portland\u2019s Bridget Carleton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was shocked, that\u2019s crazy to be the first is definitely an honor,\u201d Fudd said of being the first rookie to win.<\/p>\n

Fudd\u2019s 30-point effort was tied for the second-most ever, equaling Sabrina Ionescu<\/a> and Allie Quigley\u2019s total. Ionescu holds the record, scoring 37 points in 2023.<\/p>\n

Fudd hit her first six shots in the finals to get into rhythm. Carleton, from the expansion Fire, had 29 points in the opening round, but struggled in the finals, scoring 19 points.<\/p>\n

Fresh off her victory, Fudd issued a playful request for a rematch with Golden State Warriors guard StephenCurry. The two had a 3-point competition when Fudd went to his camp when she was in high school.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean Steph if you\u2019re listening, I\u2019m asking for a rematch,\u201d Fudd said.<\/p>\n

The three-point competition capped off the Friday night festivities. Elena Delle Donne, Shakira Austin and high schooler Jezelle Banks led team Washington to the Shooting Stars championship to tip off the action. The trio scored 31 points to edge Seattle\u2019s three in the finals, with Banks hitting two of the 4-point shots from just inside halfcourt to put the team over the top.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe carried. She carried,\u201d Austin said of Banks. \u201cYou could just tell in her energy, like as soon as we started, like it was confidence and I think that showed in how she hit those tough shots.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the three-point competition, Carleton had a stellar first-round, scoring 29 points. She hit 13 of her first 16 shots. Fudd also had a great opening round, scoring 24 points. She made four of her final five shots. That carried over to the finals.<\/p>\n

Carleton\u2019s hot shooting in the opening round brought the crowd, which included Jayson Tatum, Russell Westbrook, NBA commissioner Adam Silver, Dwyane Wade and Sheryl Swoopes, to its feet.<\/p>\n

\"Dallas <\/p>\n

Dallas Wings guard Azzi Fudd competes in the WNBA All-Star three-point shooting contest Friday.<\/p>\n

(Geoff Stellfox \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Other players in the three-point contest were Atlanta\u2019s Rhyne Howard, who scored 20 points, Golden State\u2019s Janelle Salaun, who had 19 points; Toronto\u2019s Marina Mabrey, who had 18 and Minnesota\u2019s Natisha Heideman, who had 17.<\/p>\n

In the Shooting Stars competition, Seattle had 24 points to finish as runner-up after missing all of the team\u2019s four-point shots.<\/p>\n

This was the first year that the contest was conducted. A skills competition was done in previous All-Star weekends. The format was a two-round, timed shooting competition in which teams had 70 seconds to score as many points as possible from seven shooting locations around the court. The competition featured shots ranging from a layup to the 4-pointer.<\/p>\n

Washington had the highest score in the preliminary round, posting 35 points. Once again, Banks hit four-point shots to help her team reach the championship round.<\/p>\n

Seattle\u2019s squad needed to beat the 20 points that the Detroit\/Dallas team put up to advance to the finals. High schooler Tatianna Griffin hit two of the 4-point shots to help Seattle reach the finals. Minnesota finished in fourth with 19 points with a team of Courtney Williams, Rebbekah Brunson and Ryan Carter.<\/p>\n

Detroit\/Dallas had former Shock great Deanna Nolan, Wings All-Star Jessica Shepard and high schooler Morghan Reckley.<\/p>\n

The new CBA gave Fudd $20,000 for winning the 3-point contest and each participant received $10,000. That\u2019s about eight-times last season\u2019s prize money.<\/p>\n

Each shooting stars winner received $15,000. Each competitor, not including the high school players, will receive $7,500. Last year, the winners of the skills contest each received $2,575 from the WNBA.<\/p>\n

In addition Aflac, like it has the past two years, gave extra money to the winners. Fudd took home $40,000 for winning the three-point contest. Carleton received $30,000 for finishing second and Howard got $15,000 for placing third.<\/p>\n

Team Washington got $40,000 from Aflac with Seattle receiving $32,500 and Dallas $12,500.<\/p>\n

Feinberg writes for the Associated Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Azzi Fudd had no idea she was the first rookie to win the WNBA All-Star three-point contest. She…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":957507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,27273,1596,385193,12798,1627,2378,385195,471,385198,449,12795,385196,554,385194,358,385197,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,385192],"class_list":["post-957506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-america","tag-bridget-carleton","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-rookie-azzi-fudd","tag-elena-delle-donne","tag-final","tag-friday-night","tag-high-schooler-jezelle-banks","tag-no","tag-opening-round","tag-point","tag-shakira-austin","tag-shooting-stars-championship","tag-shot","tag-team-washington","tag-texas","tag-tipoff","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-wnba-all-star-three-point-contest"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116978411136037544","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=957506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/957507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=957506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=957506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}