The 1999 WNBA All-Star Game was played on July 14, 1999, at
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as The Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. It is located in Midtown Manhattan between Seventh and Eighth avenues from 31st to 33rd Street, above Pennsylv ...
in
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...
. Even though the
WNBA began in
1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...
, this was the inaugural All-Star Game.
The All-Star Game
Rosters
*
1 Injured
*
2 Injury Replacement
Coaches
The coach for the
Western Conference was
Houston Comets
The Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Houston. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. They are one of two ...
coach
Van Chancellor
Van Winston Chancellor (born September 27, 1943) is a former college and professional basketball coach. He coached University of Mississippi women's basketball, Louisiana State University women's basketball, and the professional Houston Comets ...
. The coach for the
Eastern Conference was
Cleveland Rockers
The Cleveland Rockers were a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Cleveland, that played from 1997 until 2003. The Rockers were one of the original eight franchises of the WNBA, which started in 1997. The owner was Gordon G ...
coach
Linda Hill-MacDonald
Linda Hill-MacDonald (born August 21, 1948) is an American former women's basketball coach.
Career
She was head coach at Fredonia from 2013 to 2018 and at the University at Buffalo from 2005 to 2012.
She was also head coach at Temple Universit ...
.
References
{{WNBA
Wnba All-star Game, 1999
Women's National Basketball Association All-Star Game