Jonquel Jones Wins WNBA All-Star MVP
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- Jonquel Jones scored 22 points with 13 rebounds and eight assists in 22 minutes, shooting 8-of-17 from the field, and became the first international player to win All-Star Game MVP honors.
- Team Spoon had eight players score in double figures in a game featuring 127 three-point attempts and very little defense, beating Team Coop 129-122.
- Caitlin Clark finished with 17 points for Team Spoon, while Allisha Gray led the squad with 19 points; Kelsey Mitchell scored 28 for Team Coop.
- Nneka Ogwumike scored 11 points for Team Spoon, passing Maya Moore's mark of 119 for the most career points in All-Star Game history.
- Marina Mabrey scored all 23 of her points during a red-hot first half for Team Coop, and Dominique Malonga added a first-half dunk plus 12 points and 13 rebounds.
- The game drew a record crowd of 19,783 at the United Center — the WNBA's first All-Star Game in Chicago since 2022 and a celebration of the league's 30th season.
- Legends Cynthia Cooper and Teresa Weatherspoon drafted the rosters from fan/media/player-voted starters and coach-selected reserves, with Becky Hammon coaching Team Coop and Cheryl Reeve running Team Spoon.
Why it matters: Jones, a Bahamas native, is the first international player ever to take All-Star MVP, a milestone that underscores the WNBA's deepening global pipeline. The record 19,783-person crowd at the United Center — up from the smaller Wintrust Arena used in 2022 — quantifies just how much the league's 30th-season audience has grown.
