WNBA All-Star 2025 grades for 3-point contest, skills challenge

Indianapolis is hosting its first WNBA all-star game. But the festival had a taste of New York on Friday night. Freedom‘S Sabarina Eonacu Won 3-point shooting competition for the second time in three years, while teammate Natasha cloud Skills took the Challenge title home.

This is the second time in the history of WNBA that the players of the same team have won both competitions, which have been held in every all-star game since 2019, but for the first time with two different players. In 2024, Alma Gray of Atlanta dream Both competitions won, but she was unable to successfully defend the title on Friday.

To break all action on Friday in Skills Challenge and 3-Point competition, ESPN classified all five contestants in both competitions. All-star weekend Saturday (8:30 pm ET, ABC) team continues with Clarke vs. Team Kolier.

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3-Bindu competition

Sabarina Eonacu, New York Liberty
Category: A

After sitting outside last year, IenESCU returned to show that he and four-time winner Elli Quigley’s 3-point competitions are the only acceptable answers for the goat.

For someone else, the score of Eansku of 25 in the first round – tied to the second best night – a charm. INESCU made 13 of its last 16 shot efforts with a deep 3. For IenESCU, it was just a warmup.

In the final, IenESCU recalled her first two shots and her last three, saying she had to say that she was “very disappointed” because she was “missed by some easy people.” The rest were amazed by the IONESCU, who made 11 consecutive shots at one point, including Deep 3, reminiscent of his record score of 37 during the 2023 final.

INESCU settled for a 30-point round, two of the WNBA players three times scored a 30-plus in a 3-point competition, as the current format was adopted in 2021. Quigley, with a round of 30 in the final, was suitable for the second player to reach that mark.

Alma Gray, Atlanta dream
Category: A-

Going as a defending champion, Gray established the anticipated performance of the last two winners by creating four shots and money balls from each of the last three racks. It gave the score of 25 to the score of INESCU in the initial stages. In the gray final, the left wing was found on a similar roll, going to 5 -for -5 after making Deep 3 from that side, but was already too late to catch the ions. Gray recalled his first four shots of the final and went up 0-5 over the key. In the final, the score of 22 points of gray still matched anyone’s best phase, but his and Eonsu.

Kelsey plum, Los angeles sparks
Category: B

Between the plums, it put him in an early lead. He made three above the key, the right 3 and four out of five right wing. If Plum made his last shot, worth two digits, he must have made things really interesting for two finalists. Instead, the plum finished third behind the last two champions.

Sonia citron, Washington Mistics
Category: B-

The alone crook in the field may require to move his money ball rack. Citron made his four high-rich shots from the left wing and all the fives of the five, but all went from the Right Wing with a double point for all the shots. Just flipping two wings, Citron gave some more points and pushed it out of the last place. For that location, Citron’s score was more than respectable.

Lexi plow, Indiana fever
Category: B-

The only fever player to compete on Friday was a late replacement for the team partner. Cetleen ClarkeWhich had to be withdrawn due to injury. Quickly, it seemed like a shot shot-a large vertical jump-dependent-3-point could not translate into the competition. Before making one of the deep 3S, it had just three points through the first two racks. Hull set the stretch on fire, causing eight of his last 10 shots – which included four out of five from the money ball rack – but it was not enough to reach the final.

Skill challenge

Natasha cloud, New York Liberty
Category: A

I felt that the cloud was out of the final after the requirement of all three attempts on 3-point shots, but she managed to run through the final pass and cordeous for a paste ahead of Erica Wheeler’s 37.5 second time. The cloud ended with the two best times of the night, displaying the mastery of both skill and strategy that can separate the winners from the loser in the skills challenge.

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Natasha Cloud defeated Bajer to win WNBA skill challenge

Natasha Cloud defeated Erica Wheeler’s 37.5 WNBA All-Star Skills Skills Challenge Erica Wheeler’s 37.5, beating Bajer with 1.1 seconds, increasing 37.5 of Erica Wheeler.

Erica WheelerSeattle Storm
Category: A-

Long -time member Indiana fever When she mentioned the benefits of her home in the competition, the crowd got a big cheering. It seemed that the 2019 all-star MVP could be enough to take to win, in the initial stages, overcame a gaf. To focus on fundamental and to make his first shot or pass, the wheeler had enough cushion to move forward, even if he tried his first taking his first take up. In the final, the wheeler sets the bar for the cloud, but when he needs several attempts on the up-a-bracing 3-pointer, he is slowed down.

Alma Gray, Atlanta dream
Category: B-

Defending champion, went quickly through the gray course – perhaps very fast for your own good. Gray was already trying to go to the next station when she missed her first chest and had to double her. Gray needed all three attempts, which left him far behind to reach the final round despite a strong shooting.

Curtney Williams, Minnesota Links
Category: C

After a strong start with the bounce pass, Williams were not cleaning the rest of the rounds. Williams needed several attempts on their outlet pass and shots, leaving it with a score of 42.0 seconds that only crossed the Digins. Before playing in Saturday’s all-star game, Williams leaves time to focus on his livestream Natasha hidman,

Skiler Digins, Seattle Storm
Category: C-

The early stages of Digins reflected an issue with the skill challenge rules that the NBA and WNBA have not corrected it after San Antonio Spors disqualified the NBA All-Star on Saturday night. Because players proceed with three missed shots (or pass) without any punishment, there is no real advantage to create a final shot – as Digins did from all three places. The time spent on those efforts spent him the slowest time of the first round.