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Team Napheesa Collier dominated Team Caitlin Clark from start to finish and picked up a 151-131 victory in WNBA All-Star came behind a record setting evening from Minnesota Lynx Star on Saturday night.
Collier ended with 36 points in the game. She broke the scoring record set by Dallas Wings star Arike Ogunbowale in the 2024 game.
Collier is a five-time all-star and average 23.2 points and 7.6 rebounds per year. Match when she has helped Lynx back to the top of the WNBA position during the break with a 20-4 record.
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Minnesota Lynx’s Napheesa Collier (24) celebrates a 4-pointer on Saturday, July 19, 2025 during the WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Grace Smith / Indystar / USA Today Network via Imag images)
She was appointed WNBA All-Star Game MVP.
Seattle Storm star Skylar Diggins from Team Collier set a record for most assists in an all-star game and became the first player to record a triple double in the event. She had 11 points, 11 rebounds and 15 assists
Indiana Fever -Star Kelsey Mitchell led Team Clark with 20 points.
However, the game’s speech was about the players’ message of a pay rise in the midst of the tense collective negotiation agreement (CBA) negotiations during the break.
Each Wnba All-Star had a shirt that read, “Pay us what you owe us” during warm-ups before the game. Fans were heard song “pay them” during the award presentation.
July 19, 2025; Indianapolis, I, USA; Team Collier Forward Napheesa Collier (24) looks at before 2025 WNBA All Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. (Trevor Ruszkowski-Published Pictures)
“The audience says it to us,” Collier said as he was asked to share his message.
WNBPA president Nneka Ogwumike praised the players for using their platform.
WNBA stars send message to the league before all-star game in the middle of disputed CBA negotiations
“I’m just so inspired by the amount of players who showed up, the commitment that was there,” she said. “That’s really what it’s all about. Because the more happens, the more we’ll be able to get things done. I think today we’ll be able to use this conversation to start rolling the ball on things.”
Las Vegas Aces ‘A’Ja Wilson, right, talking to the Golden State Valkyries’ Kayla Thornton during the first half of a WNBA All-Star Basketball Game against Team Collier, Saturday 19 July 2025, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Despite the claim, WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said on Saturday night that she was optimistic that an appointment would be made.
“I’m still really optimistic that we get something done that would be transformative,” she said. “And that, next year at All-Star, we’re talking about how amazing everything is. Obviously, there’s a lot of hard work to do on both sides to get there.”
The players met with league officials on Thursday and the pages did not reach an appointment. Chicago Sky star Angel Reese was one of many WNBA players who have expressed criticism of the league’s handling of negotiations.
“It was an eye -opener for me. Like hearing things and hearing things and not things that I was glad to hear. It was disrespectful the things we were sent back, the suggestion that we were sent back,” she said Friday.
“It’s important to be able to be vocal. If I am leaning back, it seems that I don’t care.”
Indiana Fevers Aliyah Boston (7) warms up on Saturday, July 19, 2025, ahead of the WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Grace Smith / Indystar / USA Today Network via Imag images)
New York Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu said the players would not settle for “minimum” in the negotiations, while Phoenix Mercury player Satou Sabally called the league’s latest CBA offer a “clap in the face.”
