Team Collier looks like the favorite over Team Clark in Saturday’s WNBA All-Star Game. What are the must-see matchups?
INDIANAPOLIS — The 2025 WNBA All-Star Game has a lot to live up to. Last year, the WNBA All-Stars beat the U.S. national team 117-109 in Phoenix, a matchup that helped prepare the Americans for their run to an eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal.
The stakes won’t seem quite as high Saturday (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC) but pride is still on the line as Team Caitlin Clark meets Team Napheesa Collier. Clark, the Indiana Fever guard, is one of three players who will miss the game due to injuries, along with Atlanta Dream’s Rhyne Howard and the Phoenix Mercury’s Satou Sabally.
Clark, the leading vote-getter in fan balloting, will be helping New York Liberty coach Sandy Brondello guide the team. One of Clark’s Fever teammates, All-Star Aliyah Boston, joked Friday that she hopes Clark will draw up a couple of plays geared toward her.
«She needs to get that clipboard out. We need to see what she’s got. I need a flare-3 or something», Boston said with a grin. She added, «Caitlin does a great job of pouring into other people regardless of her situation. For us, we’re going to continue to do that and just have some fun.»
Minnesota’s Cheryl Reeve is coaching Team Collier after leading the national team last year.
«It’s going to be very different this time», Reeve acknowledged. «Little more loose and have-fun element to it. . This game will be very player-centric. It’s for the fans.»
ESPN predicts how Saturday’s game will play out. Come back closer to tipoff for live analysis and coverage courtside at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
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Philippou: Team Collier will win by 18 points.
