The 2024 WNBA All-Star Game had a familiar feeling. Team WNBA beat Team USA 117-109 on Saturday at Footprint Center in Phoenix.
Dallas Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale scored an All-Star record 34 points in the win and was named MVP of the 20th edition of the midseason showcase.
The league traditionally has pitted WNBA All-Stars against the U.S. national team in Olympic years. And three years ago ahead of the Tokyo Games, Team WNBA came out on top then, too. The MVP in 2021? That's right, Ogunbowale.
On Saturday, Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark set a rookie All-Star record with 10 assists, and Angel Reese of the Chicago Sky became the first rookie to have a double-double (12 points and 11 rebounds) in the All-Star Game.
Breanna Stewart, who already has won two Olympic gold medals, had 31 points and 10 rebounds to lead Team USA.
Now the WNBA heads into a monthlong break while the Olympics (July 26 to Aug. 11) are being held. The league resumes Aug. 15.
Here's everything that went down and all the players who showed out in Phoenix.
The Atlanta Dream guard became the first player in WNBA history to win both the 3-point and skills competition in the same year. Gray edged Jonquel Jones in the final of the 3-point shooting contest and beat Sophie Cunningham in the skills challenge final.
Gray, who is also an All-Star on Team WNBA in Saturday's game, received $2,575 from the league for each victory, per the collective bargaining agreement, and an additional $110,000 from Aflac, which supplemented the winnings with a $55,000 bonus for the winner of each event.
Clark and Reese, the No. 1 and No. 7 picks in the 2024 draft, are the only first-time All-Stars of the group. Nneka Ogwumike will be making her ninth All-Star appearance.
Indiana has the most selections of any team with three.
Kelsey Mitchell's buzzer-beater ends 3rd quarter in style for Team WNBA
Kelsey Mitchell connects on a contested jump shot for Team WNBA as the third-quarter buzzer goes off.
The top 10 All-Star vote-getters -- determined by 50% fan voting, 25% current player voting and 25% media voting -- were automatically named to the All-Star Game, with those who weren't previously named to the Olympic 5-on-5 team assigned to Team WNBA.
Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young, who helped the U.S. women win the inaugural 3x3 gold medal at the Tokyo Games in 2021, are also on the roster, along with first-time Olympians Ionescu, Alyssa Thomas and Kahleah Copper. All three played on the American team that won the World Cup in Australia in 2022.
Snubs and biggest questions around the Team WNBA roster
Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese as WNBA All-Star teammates has "breaking the internet" potential on gameday.
But Seattle Storm center Ezi Magbegor being left off is perhaps "the most egregious omission ever from the WNBA All-Star Game." ESPN's Kevin Pelton, Michael Voepel and Alexa Philippou break down the All-Star Game roster.
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Angel Reese battles for a tough bucket
Angel Reese battles for multiple offensive rebounds to drop in a tough layup for Team WNBA.
WNBA All-Star Game history
Which WNBA player has appeared in the most All-Star Games? Who was the MVP each year? We've got everything you need to know about past matchups of the midseason showcase and its history.
