There is a loaded WNBA schedule on Thursday, July 3, and it starts at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis where the Indiana Fever are hosting the Las Vegas Aces.
The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. EDT and will be broadcast on Prime Video. Fans looking to watch this game for free can do so on Prime Video, which offers a free trial and access to WNBA League Pass as well as plenty of other content, including NBA and NFL games, tons of documentaries across sports and a plethora of tv shows and movies.
The Fever are playing their first game since knocking off the Minnesota Lynx to win the Commissioner’s Cup on Tuesday. Led by Commissioner’s Cup MVP Natasha Howard, Indiana earned a 74-59 win on the road. Howard led all scorers with 16 points while Sophie Cunningham added 13 off the bench. Additionally, Aliyah Boston, Kelsey Mitchell and Aari McDonald all chipped in 12 points in the victory.
The Aces are the last team to win the Commissioner’s Cup and WNBA title in the same season when they did it in 2022. However, Las Vegas is not looking like the squad that one its first of back-to-back titles currently. At 8-8, the same record as the Fever, the Aces have failed to win more than two games in a row yet this season. A’ja Wilson is still leading the team with 21.6 points and 9.9 rebounds while Chelsea Gray is averaging 13.9 points and 4.3 assists and Jackie Young is chipping in 18 points a night. They now face four straight games on the East Coast to close out a stretch of five-straight road games.
The last time these teams met was in late June and Las Vegas earned an 89-81 victory. In that contest, Caitlin Clark went for 19 points and 10 assists but also had eight turnovers. She will be sidelined for Thursday’s contest with a groin injury.
Who: Las Vegas Aces vs. Indiana Fever
When: Thursday, July 3 at 7 p.m. EDT
Where: Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis
Stream: Prime Video (free trial)
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Rookie Paige Bueckers named WNBA All-Star starter. Nneka Ogwumike selected for 10th time
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Paige Bueckers will play in her first WNBA All-Star Game while Nneka Ogwumike has earned her 10th selection, the league announced Monday as it named the players who will join Caitlin Clark and Napheesa Collier as All-Star starters.
Bueckers, who was the No. 1 overall draft pick by the Dallas Wings, will be the 10th rookie to start the game. It’s the third straight season it’s happened, with Clark getting a start last year and Aliyah Boston in 2013. Bueckers is ranked 11th in the league in scoring (18.4 points) and sixth in assists (5.8) to lead all rookies in both categories. She received the sixth most votes from the fans.
Ogwumike, who stars for Seattle, is tied for the third-most All-Star appearances with Tamika Catchings and Brittney Griner. She trails only Sue Bird (13) and Diana Taurasi (11).
Clark and Collier were named captains of the teams on Sunday for receiving the most fan votes. The pair will draft their teams by choosing among the other starters as well as the 12 reserves chosen by coaches. The reserves will be announced this weekend.
New York’s Breanna Stewart and Las Vegas’ A’ja Wilson each earned a seventh All-Star nod and will be in the starting lineup. Other starters selected Monday by a combination of fan, media and player voting included guards Allisha Gray of Atlanta and Sabrina Ionescu of New York. The frontcourt also will feature Phoenix’s Satou Sabally and Boston, Clark’s Indiana teammate.
The starters were selected from across the WNBA without regard to conference affiliation. Players and a media panel joined fans in selecting the starters. Fans voting accounted for 50%, while the player and media votes each accounted for 25%.
Boston finished fewer than 1,400 votes behind Minnesota star Collier for second in the fan voting. While Clark finished first in the fan vote, she was ninth in the players’ vote and third in the media voting for guards.
Kelsey Mitchell of Indiana and Angel Reese of Chicago both just missed making the All-Star starters list, finishing fifth and seventh, respectively, at their positions.
The game will be played in Indianapolis on July 19.
The Associated Press contributed to this post
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