How to watch the WNBA Skills Challenge and 3-Point Contest, Friday's All-Star festivities
How to watch WNBA All-Star Friday
Venue: Gainbridge Fieldhouse — Indianapolis
Time: 8 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN
Streaming: Fubo (try for free)
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This broadcast will also be available on ESPN+.
First up is the Skills Challenge. Dribblers will be asked to throw bounce, chest and outlet passes, then shoot from the elbow, corner and top of the arc. This year's field is entirely comprised of WNBA veterans. Allisha Gray (Atlanta Dream) is the youngest contestant at age 30; she's up to the highest scoring average of her nine-year run, and won the 2024 edition over finalist Sophie Cunningham.
Elsewhere, Natasha Cloud (New York Liberty), Erica Wheeler (Seattle Storm) and Courtney Williams (Minnesota Lynx) have all played a full decade in the W, and each guard is enjoying a late-career renaissance with competitive teams. The headliner is Skylar Diggins, the six-time All-WNBA force who leads Seattle in points and assists. All of these Skills Challenge newcomers will be eager to dethrone Gray.
Up next is the 3-Point Contest, a timed and frantic perimeter shoot-around with five racks. Each made trey is worth one point, with a bonus-point 'money ball' at the end of the first four racks. The fifth shooting spot from the far corner is exclusively money balls, and predictably, that's where the competition takes its dramatic swing. There are also two 'Starry balls' from way outside, each worth three points. The two top finishers advance to a second round for a title tilt.
Clark, Indiana's hometown superstar, has endured an injury-ridden second season with the Fever. Sadly, lingering injuries will keep her out of the 3-point showdown. Fans can still marvel at defending champ Gray — the only player competing in both events and the only player in league history to sweep them the same year — plus decorated stars Sabrina Ionescu (Liberty) and Kelsey Plum (Los Angeles Sparks). The field is rounded out by stellar rookie Sonia Citron (Washington Mystics), who is making 36.5 percent of her 3-point attempts on high volume. The 21-year-old Notre Dame product could be a fixture in this format for the next decade or so.
Ionescu won in 2023. Plum (second), Gray (fourth) and Ionescu (fifth) all rank in the top five in made 3s this season.
2025 Skills Challenge participants
Natasha Cloud, LibertySkylar Diggins, StormAllisha Gray, DreamErica Wheeler, StormCourtney Williams, Lynx
Skills Challenge winners
2003 — Dawn Staley2005 — Sue Bird2006 — Seimone Augustus2007 — Becky Hammon2009 — Cappie Pondexter2010 — Renee Montgomery2019 — Diamond DeShields2022 — Sabrina Ionescu2023 — Kelsey Plum and Chelsea Gray2024 — Allisha Gray
2025 3-Point Contest participants
Sonia Citron, MysticsAllisha Gray, DreamSabrina Ionescu, LibertyKelsey Plum, SparksCaitlin Clark's replacement TBD
3-Point Contest winners
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