The East topped the West on Sunday in one of the closest and most competitive All-Star games yet. This marked the second win in a row for the East after losing the first six times.

Cheryl Ford captured MVP honors with 16 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists. Tamika Catchings and Katie Douglas also put up numbers worthy of MVP consideration.

The West opted to go with the three point shot a lot (46 attempts) and it worked well for them at times. "We just tried to beat them from the outside simply because we thought we are a little quicker," Tina Thompson said. "They did a great job of getting the ball inside and getting really high percentage shots."

With a sell-out crowd of over 19,000, Mystic All-Star Alana Beard was impressed. "Man, if only we could play in an arena like this every night," she said. "It was amazing to see."

Prior to the game, the league held the Dribble, Dish and Swish and Three Point Competitions. Becky Hammon edged defending champion Seimone Augustus to capture the Skills Challenge. While Laurie Koehn shot an impressive final round of 25 to win the Three Point crown. “The hardest thing in contests like these is when you’re nervous and you don’t feel like you have any blood in your arms,” Koehn said. “So my biggest strategy was just to relax.”