The Game at Radio City - Wikipedia
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| Date | August 5, 2004 | |||||||||||
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| Arena | Radio City Music Hall | |||||||||||
| City | New York, New York | |||||||||||
| MVP | Yolanda Griffith | |||||||||||
| Attendance | 5,945 | |||||||||||
| WNBA All-Star Game | ||||||||||||
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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]
- 1 Injured
- 2 Injury replacement
- 3 Injured at time of game, but no replacement selected
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.
- ^ Robbins, Lenn (August 6, 2004). "HUSTLING TOWARD ATHENS – U.S. TEAM TOPS WNBA IN TUNE-UP". New York Post. Retrieved February 20, 2024.