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Clark ranked among the top 10 in voting by
fans, players and media, giving her automatic qualification to
Team WNBA. Indiana's Aliyah Boston, the Los Angeles Sparks'
Dearica Hamby and the Dallas Wings' Arike Ogunbowale landed
their All-Star berths in the same manner.
The other six players who wound up in the top 10 of fan, player
and media voting are all part of the Team USA five-on-five squad
that is heading to the Paris Olympics. That group consisted of
the Minnesota Lynx's Napheesa Collier, the Phoenix Mercury's
Kahleah Copper, the New York Liberty's Sabrina Ionescu and
Breanna Stewart and the Las Vegas Aces' A'ja Wilson and Jackie
Young.
Outside of the top 10 vote-getters, the next 36 players in the
voting had their names submitted to the WNBA head coaches, who
chose the rest of the league's All-Star representatives. Reese
was selected, as were the Connecticut Sun's DeWanna Bonner and
Brionna Jones, the Atlanta Dream's Allisha Gray, the Liberty's
Jonquel Jones, the Lynx's Kayla McBride, the Fever's Kelsey
Mitchell and the Seattle Storm's Nneka Ogwumike.
Rounding out Team USA are the Aces' Chelsea Gray and Kelsey
Plum, the Mercury's Brittney Griner and Diana Taurasi, the
Storm's Jewell Loyd and the Sun's Alyssa Thomas.
Clark, the No. 1 overall selection in this year's draft out of
Iowa, and Reese, the No. 7 overall pick out of LSU, are the lone
players making their All-Star debuts.
Entering play Tuesday night, Clark was averaging 16.2 points,
6.9 assists and 5.7 rebounds per game for Indiana.
Reese extended her WNBA record with an 11th consecutive
double-double on Tuesday, putting up 12 points and 19 rebounds
as the Sky beat the Dream 85-77. She is averaging 13.2 points
and 11.8 rebounds.
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