The Game at Radio City

The Game at Radio City
Date	August 5, 2004
Arena	Radio City Music Hall
City	New York, New York
MVP	Yolanda Griffith
Attendance	5,945
WNBA All-Star Game
< 2003	2005 >

The Game at Radio City was played on August 5, 2004, at Radio City Music Hall in New York, New York. This game is not considered a standard All-Star Game.

In order to allow players to participate in the 2004 Summer Olympics, the WNBA took a month-long break. However, prior to the teams heading to Athens, the WNBA hosted an exhibition game between the U.S. Olympic Team and a team of WNBA stars. Every player on the Olympic team was also an WNBA player. The WNBA squad consisted of American players, with the exception of Mwadi Mabika who was from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Her country's women's basketball team did not qualify for the Olympics that year.)

Team USA defeated the WNBA stars, 74–58.^[1]

The Game

Rosters

**USA Olympic Team**
Pos.	Player	Team
Starters
PG	Dawn Staley	Charlotte Sting
SG	Shannon Johnson	San Antonio Silver Stars
SF	Tamika Catchings	Indiana Fever
PF	Tina Thompson	Houston Comets
C	Lisa Leslie	Los Angeles Sparks
Reserves
PG	Sue Bird	Seattle Storm
SG	Diana Taurasi	Phoenix Mercury
SF	Swin Cash	Detroit Shock
SF	Delisha Milton-Jones ¹	Los Angeles Sparks
SF	Katie Smith ³	Minnesota Lynx
SF	Sheryl Swoopes ³	Houston Comets
PF	Ruth Riley ²	Detroit Shock
C	Yolanda Griffith	Sacramento Monarchs

**WNBA Team**
Pos.	Player	Team
Starters
PG	Nikki Teasley	Los Angeles Sparks
SG	Anna DeForge	Phoenix Mercury
SF	Nykesha Sales	Connecticut Sun
PF	Cheryl Ford	Detroit Shock
C	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	Connecticut Sun
Reserves
PG	Becky Hammon	New York Liberty
PG	Lindsay Whalen	Connecticut Sun
SG	Deanna Nolan	Detroit Shock
SF	Allison Feaster	Charlotte Sting
SF	Mwadi Mabika	Los Angeles Sparks
PF	Natalie Williams	Indiana Fever

¹ Injured
² Injury replacement
³ Injured at time of game, but no replacement selected

ESPN

August 5
7:00 p.m.

USA Olympic Team 74, WNBA Team 58
Pts: Lisa Leslie 15 Rebs: Yolanda Griffith 15 Asts: Bird, Johnson, Staley 3		Pts: Mwadi Mabika 11 Rebs: Natalie Williams 6 Asts: Natalie Williams 4

Radio City Music Hall, New York, New York

Coaches

The coach for the USA Olympic Team was Houston Comets coach Van Chancellor. The coach for the WNBA Team was Detroit Shock coach Bill Laimbeer.

References

^ Robbins, Lenn (August 6, 2004). "HUSTLING TOWARD ATHENS – U.S. TEAM TOPS WNBA IN TUNE-UP". New York Post. Retrieved February 20, 2024.

[1] Robbins, Lenn (August 6, 2004). "HUSTLING TOWARD ATHENS – U.S. TEAM TOPS WNBA IN TUNE-UP". New York Post. Retrieved February 20, 2024.

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